Viewability 2.0 We’re excited to announce an exclusive partnership with Moat for 2017, and look forward to working with our customers in ensuring video ad viewability across all of our YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter campaigns. The gap in cross-channel marketing measurement became smaller in 2016 when premium video ad platforms such as YouTube startedRead more “Viewability across video platforms: What our Moat partnership means”
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Social video platforms start the year off with a bang: Here’s the latest
Social video platforms kicked off the new year with a host of updates and features. We know marketers will be better equipped to reach target audiences and surpass business objectives with a deeper understanding of these platforms’ offerings and insight into the future of social video — so let’s take a look at what’s new!Read more “Social video platforms start the year off with a bang: Here’s the latest”
What You Missed at CES 2017: A Digital Floor Tour
CES is the world’s largest gadget trade show, this year attracting about 175,000 attendees. In the last few years, CES has developed into one of the top marketing and advertising events, with roughly 5,000 representatives from brands, agencies, ad tech vendors, and platforms descending on the Vegas strip to catch up on the latest techRead more “What You Missed at CES 2017: A Digital Floor Tour”
Advertising in the Fast Lane: Pixability’s Partnership with Zipcar
The Problem Millennials are increasingly cutting the cable cord, or never subscribing in the first place, turning instead to social video platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to consume video. So when ride-sharing service Zipcar wanted to increase its millennial customer base, it knew that a cross-platform social video ad campaign was key. ButRead more “Advertising in the Fast Lane: Pixability’s Partnership with Zipcar”
What the Latest Video Ad Tech Hack Means for Social Video
What’s Happening? This week, White Ops released a report detailing a massive hack that’s generating as much as $5M per day through its manipulation of the programmatic open web video ad ecosystem. This means the hack could have made as much as $1B per year in fraudulent video ad revenue. This hack showed an unprecedentedRead more “What the Latest Video Ad Tech Hack Means for Social Video”
This Winter, Holiday Content Heats Up On YouTube
Holiday content is more popular than ever on YouTube, as consumers turn to the platform to research gifts, shape their holiday purchase decisions, or stream seasonal music. The overall category clocks in at more than 143B total views. Brands have a considerable opportunity to use video to engage their core audience leading up to andRead more “This Winter, Holiday Content Heats Up On YouTube”
It’s beginning to look a lot like YouTube
Much like we saw around Black Friday, the holidays are proving to be more popular than ever on YouTube. In fact, holiday views have increased over 65% year-over-year since 2011. That’s because consumers are increasingly turning to YouTube to research gifts and shape their holiday purchase decisions. So amidst the 4.4M holiday-related videos, 551K channels,Read more “It’s beginning to look a lot like YouTube”
Are Social Video Platforms Moving Toward Feature Parity? Here’s the Updates that Marketers Need To Know
The dizzying pace of change in the social video landscape can seem overwhelming — but marketers who stay ahead of the updates will be able to stay ahead of their competition. So here’s your rundown on the latest updates from the major social video players: YouTube Doubling down on its commitment to being at theRead more “Are Social Video Platforms Moving Toward Feature Parity? Here’s the Updates that Marketers Need To Know”
Black Friday 2016: What’s Trending on YouTube?
America’s favorite shopping frenzy kicks off this Friday, and brands are taking steps to make sure consumers line up in front of their stores. More than ever, consumers turn to social video to learn about new products and shape their purchase decisions, and brands are responding with aggressive video ad campaigns. We powered our technologyRead more “Black Friday 2016: What’s Trending on YouTube?”
The Impact of Skippable Video Ads on Brand Lift
At first glance, skippable ads may seem like a strange concept, especially to TV-loyal advertisers. But TrueView ads, YouTube’s skippable ad format, are a win-win for both advertisers and audiences — viewers can skip ads that aren’t relevant to them, and advertisers only pay to reach audiences that stay tuned for 30 seconds (or theRead more “The Impact of Skippable Video Ads on Brand Lift”
