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Marin Software Positions for First Ad Tech IPO of 2013 Profit-challenged company may benefit from B2B focus

AppNexus and DataXu may have elicited hearty applause in the last few weeks for raising sizeable private funding rounds, suggesting that ad tech’s financial picture is just fine, but the…

February 14, 2013, 9:57 AM EST

Twitter Prepping Bigger Ad Play Ad API to roll out this quarter, sources confirm

Twitter is about to take advertising on its platform up several notches. That could mean tons more revenue for the social networking giant. But it could also threaten Twitter's delicate…

February 11, 2013, 4:18 PM EST

Starbucks Pushes 'Snow Day' on Facebook, Twitter Coffee giant uses clever real-time ad buy

When reports of an impending East Coast snowstorm started going around Wednesday, Starbucks' marketing team in New York called up the brand's headquarters in Seattle and quickly pieced together a…

February 8, 2013, 3:50 PM EST

LinkedIn Getting More Serious About In-Stream Ads, Mobile Company nearly doubled advertiser base in 2012

LinkedIn’s Marketing Solutions division, which houses its ad business, typically falls in the shadow of its larger recruiter-oriented Talent Solutions group. But that hasn’t stopped the company's ad revenue from…

February 7, 2013, 6:10 PM EST

Finding Facebook's Most Extravagant Mobile Users Ad tech firm Nanigans says it can target audiences based on in-app spending

The idea that all customers are created equal is cute. Too bad that it’s a lie, particularly for mobile app developers. Someone might download an app and use it once…

February 7, 2013, 9:00 AM EST

Super Bowl Wednesday? 5 Brands Still Buying Twitter Ads Big-game campaigns piggyback college football's National Signing Day

Super Bowl XLVII might be 60-some hours into the books, but brands are still pushing their big-game-based initiatives via Twitter ads today. Marketers for Super Bowl advertiser MiO have purchased the…

February 6, 2013, 1:07 PM EST

Social Ad Firm Optimal Ties Together Twitter, Pinterest Company helps buyers identify keywords and hashtags for targeting across platforms

As marketers shift more of their media budgets to social networks, they’re pressured to identify the right keyword targets in order to improve their chances of winning bids for users’…

February 4, 2013, 8:00 AM EST

Facebook Testing Suggested Page Ads in News Feed Units aimed at a brand's non-fans

Last summer, Facebook began experimenting with running ads in the News Feed devoid of the social connections typical to its Sponsored Story units. Rather than requiring an ad only be…

February 1, 2013, 8:48 PM EST

Facebook Execs Tout Mobile, Targeting Mobile now 23 percent of quarterly ad revenue, per Q4 earnings

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s claim during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday that “Today there is no argument: Facebook is a mobile company” may sound a bit hyperbolic for…

January 30, 2013, 8:12 PM EST

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