Whitepapers
These whitepapers are designed to educate all users of ad servers, from startups to seasoned professionals.
Selling In A Programmatic World
Buying and selling digital media through programmatic channels is not a passing trend. It is quickly becoming a staple and it is only likely to grow as greater numbers of marketers pursue the efficiencies and transparency that programmatic offers. This Forrester report examines the attitudes and practices of publishers who actively sell their ad inventory through programmatic channels.
Programmatic + Mobile: Differing Priorities Between Buyers and Sellers
In partnership with Digiday, this State of the Industry whitepaper explores the collision of two top trends: the pervasiveness of programmatic buying and the rise of mobile advertising. The result? A serious divide between buyers and sellers.
A Publisher’s Guide to Growing Online Ad Revenue
For publishers to earn what their inventory is really worth, they need a platform that enhances their ability to develop a coherent revenue strategy, get the best price for their inventory, and increase efficiencies. This paper explores the changes publishers should implement to grow revenue and maximize yield.
When Device Recognition and Programmatic Buying Intersect
For marketers to make the most of mobile they need to deal with a number of challenges: issues of addressability, attribution, ad format, how to recognize and reach audiences programmatically. This paper, written jointly with AdTruth, describes how mobile RTB – enabled by a new approach to device identification – addresses these challenges.
Ad Exchange vs. Ad Network: How Do They Compare?
Web publishers have a wide choice of different ad networks to partner with to generate ad revenue. Recently, ad exchanges have emerged as an alternative channel to sell publishers’ online advertising space. This whitepaper explains what an ad exchange is, how it differs from an ad network, and explores the advantages that an ad exchange has over an ad network.
Programmatic + Premium: Current Practices and Future Trends
Trading online advertising programmatically may either be the path to strategically applying technology to create a more perfect marketplace for both buyers and sellers – or a threat to publishers’ businesses. OpenX and Digiday analyze the current online advertising practice of programmatic trading and predict future trends.
Data Equals Dollars
This whitepaper describes the steps publishers should take to develop targeted audience segments based on user data to drive up CPMs and sell-through rates.
Demand-side Platform: What Is a DSP and How Can Digital Publishers Profit?
What is a demand-side platform? How does a DSP work with an ad exchange such as OpenX? How does a DSP help online advertisers and publishers? This whitepaper explains how DSPs enable advertisers to buy across multiple ad exchanges through a single user-interface and how publishers can benefit.
A Publisher’s Guide to Understanding Ad Exchanges
An RTB-enabled ad exchange exposes your inventory to a larger pool of online advertisers, thereby increasing competition and pushing up CPMs. This paper addresses 10 ways to safeguard your brand when you decide to sell your online advertising inventory on real-time markets.