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HubSpot Launches App Version of Marketing Grader Tool

All-in-one marketing software company HubSpot has launched a dashboard web app based on its popular Marketing Grader tool. The idea is to "quickly answers marketer's burning questions at a glance," said the company in a statement. Did growth of inbound links take a nosedive? Does the competition suddenly have a lot more indexed pages? Has the last three months of marketing effort improved effectiveness? Are competitors accruing more Facebook fans faster  [...]

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More Marketers, Advertisers Trust And Conduct Media Audits

At the Association of National Advertisers’ annual Advertising Financial Management Conference yesterday, the Media Audit Council (MAC) presented results of a recent survey as part of the conference’s “Insights From Advertisers Who Have Embraced Media Audits” panel discussion. MAC had conducted the survey to better understand perceptions of marketing and procure  [...]

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InMobi Launches Privacy-Friendly, No-Cost Mobile Conversion Tracking

InMobi, the independent mobile advertising network, has announced the launch of its free-to-integrate-and-use mobile conversion tracking platform, InMobi Ad Tracker. The platform is designed to allow advertisers and agencies to track any post-click mobile conversion (app downloads, lead generations, sales, or other events) across all mobile marketing channels (both, ad networks and mobile publishers) through a single platform. The solu  [...]

Jelli Offers Terrestrial Radio with Social Media Analytics, Ad Engagement

Social radio provider Jelli is claiming to have “reimagined the radio spot, making it more engaging and interactive.” Jelli promises a radio/social media mashup for advertisers, and now promises it can quantify those exposures with social media analytics. TechCrunch described Jelli  [...]

comScore Validated Campaign Essentials (vCE) Signs More Leading Brands

Digital measurement powerhouse comScore has released a shortlist of major brands that have signed on for its validated Campaign Essentials (vCE) for measurement of their online ad campaigns. The new round of brands will use vCE to validate whether the ads in their campaigns were delivered in-view, in the ri  [...]

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Research: Do We Need A "Pay-per-Hover" Ad Model?

Perhaps “cost per hover” or “pay-per-hover” will become new metrics. comScore and Pretarget, the intent targeting company, have released results of an online advertising study which found that ad viewability and hover time are more strongly correlated with conversions (defined as purchases and requests for information) than clicks or total impressions. It will  [...]

ZenithOptimedia Group Rolls Out "Live ROI" Tools, Brand Image

Media agency network ZenithOptimedia Group has launched its global “Live ROI” strategic initiative, promising customers real-time performance measurement and return on investment (ROI). The value prop as Adweek describes it is to "give marketers immediate insights from  [...]

YouTube Entices Small Business With Keyword Search, Credit, Ambassadors

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Ad Technology: Innovid Announces Interactive Video Ad Studio Enhancements Marketo adds social platform with Crowd Factory acquisition Branding: 60% of Wikipedia articles about companie  [...]

Google Offers TV-Like Viewable Impressions, Ratings Technology

Google joins the list of online ad venue that is “chasing TV ad dollars” (as AllThingsD describes it). Just like streaming video giant Hulu announced yesterday (April 17), Google introduced technologies to enable campaign reporting based on viewable impressions and Gross Rating Points or GRPs, a TV metric. Compared to digital metrics, GRPs are crude, but they are “still the preferred currency  [...]

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Social Media's Rep as Trend Predictor Takes a Hit

A Princeton research team, led by Felix Ming Fai Wong, has found that Twitter is not as reliable a predictor of the future, at least in terms of movie sales. After analyzing Tweets during the Oscar season and comparing them to reviews at Rotten Tomatoes and other sites, the team determined that Twitter posters tend to be more positive than the general positive, according to Technology Review. This finding is of interest to mark  [...]

'Eyes On' Metric Could Boost Growing DOOH Channel

Digital out-of-home advertising could get a boost from a new measurement being rolled out under a so-called "Eyes On" program. Described by Joseph Philport, president of the Traffic Audit Bureau for Media Measurement at the American Advertising Federation in Charlotte, Eyes On can deliver demographic information about the effectiveness of billboards, the Charlotte Observer reported.   [...]

Questions to Ask Your Tag Vendor Before You Move Forward

Last month, TagMan, a provider of tag management applications, secured $5 million in its second round of venture capital funding. Digital media investment firms Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital led the Series B round, bringing the company’s total funding to date to the $10 million mark. TagMan, not surprisingly, attributed the successful round to the growing need for its brand of analytics. "Data-driven online marketing is growing exponentially and tag management is the enabling techno  [...]

As Ad Networks Grow, So Does Demand for Ad Verification

As the number of ad networks and ad exchanges continue to grow, so has the need for ad verification services -- and more fundamentally -- standards. This week IAB announced it was assembling a working group on this issue. The goal will be to develop and present a set of standard protocols that any agency ad server could implement to address the proofs of viewability advertisers desire, in a manner that protects the contents of the page. Industry Measures   [...]

BrightRoll Adopts CPA Model for Video

BrightRoll is offering an audience guarantee to advertisers for ads that they run on the BrightRoll network. Under the program, called TAG, for Total Audience Guarantee, digital video advertisers only have to pay for the impressions that reach their target audiences. Bridging the Gap Between TV and Online Video B  [...]