How to Make Google AdWords Work
Posted on January 9, 2010
If you would like to learn how to make Google AdWords be more effective, this interview is for you.
Today’s guests are Dr. Donald Berndt and Ricardo Lasa who are the founders of Sitewit.com. Their company enables users of Google AdWords and similar online ad platforms to obtain better results by employing artificial intelligence to manage campaigns. Sitewit provides an analytical engine to dynamically optimize such ad campaigns as an online service.
Since the Great Recession of 2008 it has become abundantly clear that conventional advertising is not working as well as in the past. This applies to newspapers, Yellow Pages, television, and radio. As a result, sponsors are turning to the Internet. Read more…
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Best Internet Video Ad Format
Posted on July 19, 2009
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If you would like to watch an example of a successful Internet video ad format, this video is for you.
MTV conducted a research study to discover the kind of video ad format that works best for their streamed music videos. The results are important because we infer that they’ll apply to Interactive television as well. Read more…
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Future Video Commercials to use Search
Posted on July 14, 2009
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If you would like to learn why search will become a crucial part of future video advertising, this video is for you.
Once video migrates to the Internet the search function will become crucially integrated with video advertising. This applies to both short and long form programs including TV shows and movies. As discussed in our Future Developments in Video Advertising research report, there are three reasons for our conclusion. Read more…
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Future Video Ads Will Be Shorter
Posted on July 13, 2009
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If you would like to learn why future video commercials will be shorter, this video is for you.
In our new research report, Future Developments in Video Advertising, we predict that video programming will migrate away from Cable TV and onto the Internet. Furthermore, we conclude that the great majority of consumers will expect to watch videos for free in ad-supported formats as opposed to paying a fee for rental or purchase of copyrighted content. Thus, it is crucial that future video ads be more effective than previously. Read more…
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Effective Ads for Long-Form Internet Video
Posted on June 16, 2009
Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3
If you would like learn about the types of advertisements that are effectively generating revenue for long-form video on the Internet, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Jim Louderback who is the CEO of Revision3.com. His company is an Internet television network that creates, produces and distributes web television shows on niche topics. Some shows have achieved audience numbers equivalent to popular cult-TV shows. One example is DIGGnation in which two hosts discuss the top weeky topics on the Digg website. It gets about 200,000 – 300,000 viewers which is equivalent to the TV audience for Dog the Bounty Hunter. Read more…
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Addressable Advertising for Television
Posted on June 9, 2009
Seth Haberman, CEO, Visible World
If you would like to learn about addressable television advertising, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Seth Haberman who is the Founder of Visible World. His company is a leading provider of targeted television advertising. It offers a software platform, termed intelliSpot, that enables advertisers, agencies, and media companies to target, customize and change messages to address diverse audiences, programming, and business situations. Investors include Comcast, Time Warner, Viacom, WPP, and AllianceBernstein, among others. Read more…
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Internet Video Advertising
Posted on April 28, 2009
Waikit Lau, Co-Founder, ScanScout
If you would like to learn what kind of Internet Video ads work best, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Waikit Lau who is the President and Co-Founder of ScanScout.com. His four-year old company serves ads, such as pre-rolls, mid-rolls, post-rolls, and overlays, to Internet Video websites. Earlier Waikit worked at Scientific-Atlanta and Bessemer Ventures. He holds a BSEE from MIT and a MBA from Harvard. Read more…
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Opinion Surveys vs. Direct Experience
Posted on April 8, 2009
How do opinion surveys of the uninitiated compare to the knowledge of those with direct experience?
There’s a lot to be said for direct experience.
While looking for an advantageous way to attack the Confederates in the Spring of 1862 the commander of the Federal army in Virginia and his staff approached the Chickahominy River. Stopping at the bank, they pondered whether it was too deep for troops to cross. As the group discussed the matter, one of the youngest staff members rode his horse down the bank and into the river. From his dry saddle at midstream he turned around and shouted back, “This is how deep it is General.” *
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