The future of online communities

February 20, 2018

The latest 30 years can be characterized as a breakthrough in the media industry caused by the advent of the Internet and its dynamic expansion. The Internet and smartphones have revolutionized our communication channels and become an integral part of our daily lives. Today, there are approximately 3.7 billion Internet users — that’s over 50% of the world’s population — and the number is still continuing to climb. In the last year alone, approximately 350M people became internet users .

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Integrated media plan 2019

whitePaper | November 12, 2019

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Ghost Bidding for Causal Advertising Measurement

whitePaper | August 10, 2022

It’s critical for marketers to know if their campaigns are influencing behavior in response to an ad. But to really know if a campaign actually works, consumer response must be compared with those who hadn’t been exposed to the ad. This new study demonstrates the dramatic power of “ghost bidding” in revealing true campaign effectiveness. A large U.S.-based apparel company ran an extended ad campaign to a targeted audience. The difference? The company used demand-side platform technology to simultaneously expose and exclude identical user groups from viewing the ad. This A/B study used “ghost bidding”—withdrawing bids from the excluded group at the last moment—to plot the true effectiveness of display, video and audio ads, and demonstrated a powerful validation of marketing effectiveness.

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Understanding the Consumer’s State of Mind in A Recession & How Ad Strategies Should Adapt

whitePaper | March 15, 2023

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whitePaper | May 27, 2022

Advertisers know that a well-placed plug can tug at the heartstrings, or that a nimble, witty retort can gain the upper hand on a busy press day. A company can have the finest business acumen, but without an empowered creative team—from a junior designer to the chief marketing officer—the messaging will fall short, or worse, alienate the very customers it’s trying to reach.

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complete guide to facebook advertising

whitePaper | December 4, 2019

Facebook in particular stands out in some cases, 7x cheaper than the next most affordable social media ads channel (Twitter). You can spend as little as $5 per day on Facebook advertising and see significant results. Sounds great, right! We’d love to make it easy for you to get up and running with Facebook Ads. This guide features the exact steps and lessons we’ve been taking to build up our own paid ads campaigns, and we’ll be keeping this post up-to-date with the latest news and learnings.

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The Ultimate Guide to OEM advertising

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

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