Phillip H.

One size fits all marketing just doesn’t cut it. Know who your audience is to make meaningful connections.

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I really enjoyed this Marketecture Pod by Harry Kargman. He said what we all know to be true: "If you even look at Trade Desk today...are they even a DSP or an ad network or a data company, or all the rest, you can't put anything in a box." But what I do know is what a black box looks like. So if you don't know where your ads are running (ie: domain level reporting with log files to back them up) or how much you are paying for them now, (beyond the platform fee, or the variable/blended margin), then I can tell you with a large degree of certainty that you are you are probably lighting 50-60% of your media dollars on fire once it actually gets to the end human, which you aren't also tracking to be true. Keep in mind, your screenshots are also made up. AI can do that for me now too. If you don't believe me, hit me up via DM and I'll tell you where you money is being wasted. https://lnkd.in/gHxmHeZ7 CC: Lizzie Black Brittany Smartt Batchelor

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✅🖥️ Ars Technica (5/7): “Amazon has heightened focus on streaming ads this year. Those who opted for Prime Video with commercials will soon see shoppable carousel ads, interactive pause ads, and interactive brand trivia ads, as Amazon calls them. Amazon said that advertisers could buy these new displays to be shown "across the vast majority of content on Prime Video, wherever it’s streamed." All the new ad formats allow a viewer to place advertised products in their Amazon cart. With carousel ads, subscribers will be pushed to shop "a sliding lineup of" products during ad breaks during shows and movies, Amazon said, adding: "The ad automatically pauses so that customers can browse, and automatically resumes play when ad interaction has stopped." The pause ads will be visible during Prime Video TV shows, movies, and live sports. These types of ads have been around since Hulu introduced them in 2019. Since they can show up whenever someone hits the pause button, these displays mean that Prime Video users will see ads beyond their scheduled breaks. In Prime Video's case, pausing the program will bring up "a translucent ad featuring brand messaging and imagery, along with an 'Add to Cart' and 'Learn More'" overlay, per Amazon. Advertisers can also use pause ads to acquire voluntary viewers' email addresses.” 🛒⬇️ #shoppable #ecommerce #ctvadvertising #streamingtv https://lnkd.in/eAPXRHzw

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Perhaps inevitable, but nonetheless very interesting developments on Amazon Prime Video Ads announced this week. Amazon Ads are launching three new interactive ad units for Prime Video, all of which are shoppable 📺 Shoppable carousel ads, interactive pause ads and interactive trivia ads will come in the near future. As you would expect from Amazon, a seamless way to connect the streaming and shopping experience, and of course allow brands to easily measure the impact on their STV investment. https://lnkd.in/ecHiBvrx

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✅🖥️ AdExchanger (6/3): “Seedtag was mainly attracted to Beachfront’s SSP direct integrations with TV and streaming publishers, which is something that Seedtag doesn’t have much of. These publishers will attract new demand and more scale for Seedtag’s contextual ad products. Seedtag entered the US market in 2022. But it wasn’t until earlier this year that it launched its first CTV-focused contextual ad product that allows advertisers to apply contextual targeting signals to their streaming buys. More advertisers are now looking for addressable alternatives in light of signal loss and privacy concerns, which, in turn, is driving more interest in streaming ad products. Hence Seedtag’s decision to buy rather than build in order to capture that growing demand. Beachfront operates both a video-focused supply-side platform and ad server.” ⬇️ #streamingtv #ssp #dsp #ctvadvertising #spo https://lnkd.in/evvUE4hY

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Netflix streaming was one of Amazon Web Services (AWS) early success stories and proofs of concept (I'll drop a link in the comments). "Amy Reinhard, the company’s president of advertising, was clear: Netflix will roll out a proprietary ad tech platform by next year." Could Netflix in-house #adtech be the next Netflix <> AWS collab? There's history there and this could be a major win for proving the value of AWS for Advertising out in the wild... #adtech + #cloud = 🔥

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💡 #Brands Take note how the #NYPost mitigated #cookiepocalypse risk by using Aqfer's identity resolution tech, informed by Prohaska Consulting. In a post 3rd party cookie 🍪 world killer content and segmentation hooked to an adtech #frankenstack results in risk & loss. Pubs and brands need their own 1st party IDR systems to avoid fragmented customer views that result from multiple ID providers & other partners who are all hooked to each other in an attempt to create their own scale. This many-to-many-middlemen scenario has plagued adtech from the start. The result is redundancy, media waste, inconsistent customer experiences and inaccurate measurement. Think of Aqfer IDR like Data tech’s version of SPO 😉 #DPO, enabling clients like the NYPost, to get a single, deduplicated, omnichannel view of their customers. More here - https://lnkd.in/ggjDGWn5 https://lnkd.in/gTNURTu2

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Yahoo Identity Solutions are now available on CTV! This means Yahoo DSP advertisers can enjoy enhanced targeting and measurement, resulting in better performance. The solution is supported by launch partners Paramount, Tubi, NBCUniversal and FreeWheel. Yahoo's ConnectID for CTV bridges the gap between channels, enabling advertisers to maintain omni-channel targeting in an identity-constrained world. If you're interested in learning more, check out this AdExchanger article: https://lnkd.in/gQB28BnE

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✅🖥️ CNBC (5/13): “It does feel like this is a moment, a moment in terms of what the next year, two years will bring," Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said during the company's earnings call last week. "I said a while back that this is a generational disruption.” Media companies just finished reporting quarterly earnings, which showed traditional TV is still lagging behind streaming and digital when it comes to ad revenue. Traditional TV ad buying during Upfronts is expected to increase about 1% to $18.79 billion this year, according to data from eMarketer. This is an improvement from last year when it was down about 4% to $18.64 billion. Meanwhile, digital advertising spend during the Upfronts and Newfronts — which take place a few weeks ahead of the traditional media events — is expected to increase nearly 32% to $16.45 billion this year, according to eMarketer. There was a general improvement in traditional TV ad revenue last quarter, down 8% as opposed to nearly 16% in the same quarter last year, according to a note from Macquarie senior media tech analyst Tim Nollen. Streaming advertising was up 22% across media companies, and now makes up 18% of total advertising.” ⬇️ #streamingtv #upfronts #newfronts #ctvadverting

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So This is Fascinating and I am very pleased. This week I posted that we needed responsibility to come back into programmatic. Because otherwise everyone blames others and we end up with a polluted ecosystem (fraud, bad content, MFA, hate etc). I have been talking about this in different ways for years. We need some level of walls to keep out the bad actors. We need some level of responsibility to maintain standards. Its clear that TTD and Jeff Green agree. This is at the nub of the push to the premium internet. With TTD taking some level of responsibility for what happens on their platform. Its also worth saying that the easy option is to do nothing. Many platforms make millions out of poor content in the short term. We need more action like this for the long term. For thats the point. This is not altruistic but acting to secure the long term viability of the channel.

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✅⬇️ AdExchanger (5/24): “To some degree, the digitization of TV marketing is inevitable. Wall Street investors prefer advertising and media companies with the most promising long-term profitability. One way to get there is for streaming companies to access shopper data and strike partnerships with retailers to court advertisers with the promise of performance and attribution. Publishers want to relabel connected TV as a performance channel, (an analyst) said. But if that happens, she continued, “CTV will lose its cred” among buyers and brands as a viable replacement for legacy linear commercials. Say what you will about linear, but it’s a mass reach vehicle. And if CTV doesn’t provide the same reach opportunity, Wall Street may cool on public companies with a CTV advertising business, (the analyst) said. The reality is, upper-funnel channels, like streaming, have a strong downstream impact on outcomes even if they don’t directly drive a purchase. For example, CTV’s ability to drive mass reach and brand awareness is why more retail media spend is moving to streaming, said Max Willens, a senior analyst at eMarketer, also speaking at Programmatic I/O this week. According to eMarketer, the proportion of retail media spend going to CTV should grow from 12% this year to 20% by the end of 2027.” ⬇️ #shoppabletv #streamingtv #programamtic #ctv https://lnkd.in/eu7AbtTU

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You can't rely entirely on tools to determine the legitimacy of a Creator's audience. It requires a combination of quantitative and qualitative strategies: 1. Combining Tools with Instinct 2. Proper Vetting Process 3. Finding Patterns

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What could be more fun than building better cross screen audience experiences when you're in Ad Tech? Building with partners like eBay who was one of our first partners to embrace Yahoo Advertising's new Unified TV Audiences, a unique blend of viewership data to deliver better scale that drives outcomes. Read more about how they achieved not only higher reach, but more qualified consumers beating benchmarks for key KPIs. https://lnkd.in/gxsk8hS5

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The issues and risks of Principal Media have been well covered over the past few weeks. For specific actionable guidance, check out the Managing Media Playbook from MMC. If you don't have your copy yet, I'll send it to you.

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