Jun 29

Last quarter’s in-game advertising & social gaming

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Sam’s daily shared social games & video gaming news articles and retweets Continue reading

Jun 28

Last Week in Mobile Marketing

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Sam Parent’s retweeted and shared news articles related to mobile marketing & advertising Continue reading

Jun 27

Last Month in Real-Time Bidding news

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Sam’s daily shared real-time bidding, demand side platform and ad trading desk ecosystem news articles & retweets Continue reading

Jun 26

Last month in Ad Targeting, Data & Privacy

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Sam Parent’s retweeted and shared news articles related to ad targeting and online data Continue reading

Jun 26

Canada ranks 4th in Facebook penetration WW

Facebook top5 countries by penetration WW 2012

Canada ranks 4th in penetration of Facebook users WorldWide according to a March 2012 eMarketer study. This places us behind Indonesia with 82,5%, India at 63,3% and Argentina at 62,1% but slightly ahead of the US where penetration is at 59,1%. According to recent comScore data on the reach of Facebook in Quebec (where I live) which I could compare with the total population from Statistics Canada, the penetration for this province would actually be 1 or 2 points higher than for the rest of the country (63%). Continue reading

Jun 19

Email ads much appreciated by Internet users

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When asked which ad formats they prefer the most and the least, Internet users in the US, and I presume this would be the same in Canada as well, they answered overwhelmingly (compared to other formats) that they prefer email ads. eMarketer recently published a report on opt-in email offers and loyalty which is where this comes from. Continue reading

Jun 12

Extraordinary growth of RTB in Canada

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Real Time Bidding is all the rage around the world and Canada is no different. eMarketer recently published a report on the explosive growth or RTB around the world quoting new data from Forrester, IDC and Accordant Media. While some agencies have been using RTB to some extent in the last year or two, most are still grasping at the very concept of what this is, how it works and what it can really do for them. At the same time, publishers are worried this is just another way to commoditize their inventory, further driving down CPMs. Ad networks however are quick to catch on to the potential this represents to them and they are jumping in with both feet. Continue reading