Amazon Ads unveils video and streaming advert products

Amazon Ads has showcased new solutions to help advertisers of all sizes use the power of video and streaming media to more effectively share their brand and product stories with customers.

According to third-party research from Wyzowl, 73% of consumers say they prefer video ads to learn about products and services, and 88% say video ads have convinced them to buy. The US is home to more than 225 million streaming TV viewers, and while spending on digital video advertising is...

27 October 2022 | Advertising

96% of marketers want IT held accountable for ROI

A pile of £20 notes.

81% of marketers believe that IT teams will become increasingly involved in marketing efforts over the next five years.

With that role comes an expectation from both teams on accountability for marketing ROI: 96% of marketers and 89% of IT leaders said that IT teams should have more accountability for marketing ROI. 

This is according to a report by Lytics, a customer data platform (CDP), titled Marketing and IT: The Strategic Partnership, in which 250 senior...

22 September 2022 | Advertising Technology

Marketers engaging better with disabled consumers but barriers remain

A barrier blocking a road.

83% of businesses are doing more to provide accessibility in digital marketing than in the past, demographics such as age, gender and race are more often prioritized in marketing efforts.

This is according to the 2022 Accessible Marketing Survey conducted by Capterra, an online marketplace vendor serving as an intermediary between buyers and technology vendors within the software industry.

One in four American adults live with a physical or mental disability, yet they...

1 September 2022 | Advertising Technology

Fiverr slides into the advertising industry with Togetherr

Fiverr, an online marketplace for freelance services, has launched Togetherr, a platform for building creative teams and connecting them with global brands and agencies.

The platform uses proprietary technology, the Creative Genome, to construct teams from an exclusive group of creative talent. These teams will be curated and matched to support brands and agencies on specific projects and campaigns.

The advertising world has gone through massive changes in the last few...

9 June 2022 | Advertising

How marketers can reduce overspend in digital advertising

A burning dollar note.

In the marketing and advertising space, 2020 was a transformational year. The huge growth in online retail and ecommerce brought about by the pandemic led marketing professionals to alter their strategies and dedicate more of their budget to digital channels. In fact, 76% of professionals in the marketing field are planning to increase spend on online video ads, while 70% are looking to invest more in social media stories and 68% on social media feeds.

The increased levels of...

3 May 2022 | Advertising

GumGum partrners with Ad Council to support Ukraine

Ukraine.

GumGum, a contextual-first advertising technology company, is working with the Ad Council on a new disaster and crisis relief effort that encourages audiences to give financial donations to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund through GlobalGiving.

GumGum is providing support to the Ad Council with GumGum Smile, a programme that enrols clients to contribute a portion of every advertising dollar towards the Ad Council’s social impact initiatives. This programme enables campaigns to get...

15 April 2022 | Advertising

LinkedIn snaps up Oribi to accelerate attribution technology capabilities

LinkedIn on a smartphone.

LinkedIn has entered into an agreement to acquire Oribi, an Israel based marketing analytics company, to further help customers gain actionable insights, make smarter decisions and drive business results.

Through the integration of Oribi’s technology into our marketing solutions platform, LinkedIn said its customers will benefit from enhanced campaign attribution to optimise the ROI of their advertising strategies.

As part of the agreement, LinkedIn will also open a...

1 March 2022 | Advertising

Quartile creates ‘largest cross-channel e-commerce advertising platform’ with Sidecar takeover

Quartile, an ad optimisation platform for top e-commerce marketplace sellers, has acquired Sidecar, a performance marketing technology provider for e-commerce retailers and brands.

The two companies will combine under the Quartile name, growing the brand into the world’s largest cross-channel e-commerce advertising platform. Both platforms apply machine-learning and natural-language processing to provide data-driven strategies and best practices to brand marketers while also...

15 December 2021 | Advertising

TVSquared launches cross-platform analytics solution in UK and Germany

TV Streaming

TV analytics firm TVSquared has launched its cross-platform measurement and attribution platform for all forms of TV, ADvantage XP, in the UK and Germany.

The scalable solution brings continuous and impression-based measurement of ad exposure and outcomes to TV campaigns across linear, streaming, and addressable TV.

By using smart TV viewership data and direct publisher integrations, TVSquared has a vast coverage of global converged TV, now including millions of British...

2 November 2021 | Advertising Technology

Cavai raises more than £6.5m for international expansion

A pound coin.

Cavai, a conversational ad tech provider, has raised £6.5m from a range of prominent investors including Norway’s two largest venture players, Investinor and Idekapital, and ad tech industry specialist FirstPartyCapital. 

The company plans to use the funds to bolster its offering in existing markets, develop its product portfolio, and expand in the US as it gets IPO-ready.

Alex Rahaman, a London based partner at Idekapital, who will join the board, said:...

19 August 2021 | Advertising Technology