MediaRadar’s 12 Ads of Christmas: 12 Engines Humming

For MediaRadar, singing the praise of the season’s latest and greatest ads is what Christmas is really all about. Have you seen our previous 12 Ads of Christmas from last year? Well, this holiday, we’re continuing the tradition. Beginning today, and continuing everyday until Christmas, we'll be posting the best holiday ads across multiple industries, in the styling of the classic, “12 Days of Christmas.”

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4 Juicy Native Ads Related to Thanksgiving Turkey (#4 is Our Favorite!)

Thanksgiving is just days away, so pick out your favorite pair of stretchy pants and grab a fork! While you prepare the roast, we'll whip up the latest in turkey advertising. Join us this year as we dive into Applegate Farms, LLC and its native ads, specifically in digital.

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Nike’s Native Ad Campaign with Colin Kaepernick

Why was Nike's native ad campaign so effective? Because Nike changed the game. By implementing native ads, Nike gathered benefits. By stirring controversy, Nike bred success.

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New Ad Trends: A Look at Addressable Television Advertising

To innovate and maintain the same pace as other evolving ad formats, the television industry has made a number of notable strides. One of the largest strides to rise to the surface recently has been the incorporation of addressable television advertising. Let’s take a look at the many benefits that make addressable TV advertising one of the most prevalent trends in the industry.

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7 Back-to-School Advertising Trends from July 2018

School is back in session. Kids have already been handed their class schedules and assigned to a seat. Students are fully prepared with their new backpacks, pencils, pens, rulers, notebooks, and calculators. But, how did they make their back-to-school purchases and whose advertising grabbed their attention and dollars?

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4 Takeaways from MediaGrowth Summit 2018

From April 10-12th, in Chicago, many B2B media professionals gathered at MediaGrowth Summit 2018 to discuss the market's evolutionary changes, new advancements, and trends. The ad sales market is constantly changing, and ever-evolving. Reps are now expected to do more than ever before, and the complexity of the market can sometimes seem overwhelming.

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4 Reasons Why Google Loves Native Advertising

For a moment in time, in 2017, many perceived Google's new ad blocking standards as building a bleak set of walls around online publishers. In June 2017, Google first announced that, come 2018, Chrome would begin to support and abide by the "Better Ads Standards," originally set in place by the Coalition for Better Ads, to which Google belongs. The Coalition for Better Ads is a collection of companies and associations that have come together to form an alliance for the betterment of viewer experience with advertising. The Better Ads Standards were put in place to essentially add guidelines to how ad servers should interact with their viewers.

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The Oscars 2018: Best Picture Advertising

With the arrival of this year's Oscars ceremony, we thought we'd take a look at the best trailers and advertising from this year's best films. The Oscars 2018 will be held this Sunday, March 4th, at 5pm on ABC. Host Jimmy Kimmel will be joined by members of the industry, their families, and millions of television viewers, as they give out awards and tributes to celebrate this year's best in cinema. The annual event, held in Los Angeles, celebrates the best acting, directing, screenwriting, and so on from the year most recently passed.

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Emerging Trends in Advertising: Programmatic Audio Advertising

As any ad sales or ad tech professional knows, the demand for programmatic ad inventory has been rising on a number of different platforms. And with Pandora's most recent news, it's evident that audio platforms are now taking full advantage of the process, as well. Pandora will now, for the first time, offer a private marketplace (PMP) for programmatic audio advertising, something that many considered a long-time coming. While, the audio industry does not always receive the same amount of coverage as other formats in relations to programmatic advertising, Pandora's full buy-in could change that.

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