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Second quarter saw slowing ad spend on most platforms

Martech

digital ad platforms saw slowing ad spending last quarter, according to a new report from digital marketing agency Tinuiti. On the pricing front, advertisers experienced some relief as the cost-per-click (CPC) growth rate slowed to 12% year-over-year, following four quarters of accelerating CPC growth.

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5 DSP Tweaks to Increase Programmatic Performance From an Expert Media Buyer

Ad Monsters

According to the Epom client survey, 71% of programmatic agencies prioritize performance over reach. Instead of buying traffic resold by intermediaries at subpar CPA or CPC rates, agency-employed media buyers can tweak their CTR and conversion rates directly in the platform.

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It’s Time To Ditch The Junk Food Of Low-Quality Ad Inventory

AdExchanger

Marketers and their agency and DSP partners have grown so focused on vanity media metrics, such as clickthrough rate (CTR), cost-per-click (CPC) The post It’s Time To Ditch The Junk Food Of Low-Quality Ad Inventory appeared first on AdExchanger. The media industry has a junk food problem.

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How to Choose a Digital Marketing Agency That Delivers Results

Single Grain

And to be better than the rest usually requires the help of an agency. So understanding how to choose a digital marketing agency is crucial. Digital marketing agencies promise to navigate these waters on your behalf. Why do many businesses partner with an agency rather than hire in-house?

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Best of AdMonsters Wrapper: The Top Ad Tech News Stories You Couldn’t Stop Clicking on in 2024

Ad Monsters

By automating campaign creation and improving metrics like CPC by 10%, the social media discovery platform hoped to set itself apartbut marketers raised eyebrows over transparency issues. Meanwhile, MFA ( Made-for-Advertising ) sites continued to entangle brands, agencies, and ad tech platforms in a web of wasteful spending.

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Paid advertising: Tips to boost qualified leads and reduce costs

Martech

A year ago, our agency fell into this trap and, as a result, got very few qualified contacts at a much higher cost than usual. Step 2: Leave more budget at the end of the month Cost-per-click (CPC) reduces at the end of the month, as most competitors run out of money and leave the auction.

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58. Jeff Hirsch – all the -Clicks in SoCal lead to AudienceScience

Paleo AdTech

ValueClick was an ad network that sold excess (so-called “remnant”) inventory from publishers using a CPC model. CPC seemed more accountable than CPM, but it put a burden on the network to get the math right (buying CPM, paying CPC – it’s complicated). This is a formula Advertising.com later mastered.

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