How do you define advertising? Melinda McLaughlin, CMO, Extreme Reach, believes that content distribution and consumption is blurring the lines of what an 'ad' is, and that this actually brings with it untold opportunities. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, McLaughlin takes a look [...]

Customers have developed high expectations for their interactions with a business and are now more loyal to the experience than the brand, making them more powerful than ever. Online search makes it easy to find an alternative product, price, or [...]

Have we lost the art of understanding data and interpreting key intent signals? Harvey Sarjant, managing director UK, sirdata.com certainly thinks so. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Sarjant explains why intelligent data modelling will allow brands to reconnect with the entire consumer decision-making process. Procter [...]

Teads hosted its inaugural ‘Programmatic Wave’ event to a packed room in London last week, seeing experts from across the industry coming together to discuss the evolution of programmatic, using surfing as a surprisingly fitting analogy. From creative and data, [...]

There's data everywhere, no doubt about that. However, how useful is this data to marketers and are they making the most of what it can offer them? Colin Grieves, managing director, digital marketing and media services, Experian, believes 2017 signals change [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: SEA viewability close to US standards; Taptica acquires Japan mobile ad platform; WeChat user base to hit [...]

Digital advertising is booming in terms of growth, but is struggling to personalise ads effectively. This is stagnating performance and undermining the industry, says Cablato Founder and CEO, Adrian Pearmund (pictured below). If you take a look at the recent Advertising [...]

If you work for an agency trading desk, programmatic buying unit, or client trading desk you are already doing it; if you work for an SSP, you will be responding to RFPs about it; if you are a publisher, you [...]

Brands are fast discovering the power and opportunity of influencer marketing. They’re realising that they can boost online visibility and acquire customers for a fraction of the cost of traditional approaches like radio, print, and TV, while achieving longer-lasting impact [...]

How does the political landscape impact marketing? Maria Pousa, CMO, Integral Ad Science, explores the fundamentals brands must keep front-of-mind during changing political times and argues that, ultimately, brand values and context shouldn't really change in the short term. In periods of turmoil, [...]