Headway reinforces its mobile marketing capabilities with acquisition of mobile-first programmatic platform Smadex

Headway reinforces its mobile marketing capabilities with acquisition of mobile-first programmatic platform Smadex

Headway, a leading provider of mobile, programmatic, data and performance digital marketing solutions; business unit of Entravision Communications Corporation, announced the acquisition of mobile-first programmatic platform Smadex. Smadex technology allows advertisers to execute performance campaigns on mobile devices, using its machine learning engine to understand the best combination of creative assets, targeting and pricing for […]

Snapchat Launches First-Ever Chew-Powered Lens Games with Tic Tac Gum

Snapchat Launches First-Ever Chew-Powered Lens Games with Tic Tac Gum

 Tic Tac Gum, in partnership with creative agency TBWA\Chiat\Day New York, has released “Chew & Play” games, the first Snapchat lens games powered by chewing. The two Chew & Play games, called Spearmint Jungle and Cool Watermelon Water Ski, were created in traditional 8-bit video game style and designed to correspond with Tic Tac […]

Integrating search and social is 2018’s #1 challenge for B2C digital advertisers, according to Marin

Integrating search and social is 2018’s #1 challenge for B2C digital advertisers, according to Marin

Integrating search and social channels has emerged as the biggest challenge for advertisers globally in 2018. That’s according to Marin Software’s latest ‘State of Digital Advertising’ report, which canvassed the views of more than 500 B2C performance marketers around the world from across the Retail, Automotive, Travel and Finance sectors. Getting these two channels to […]

Teads launches new performance offering with Teads True Visits

Teads launches new performance offering with Teads True Visits

Teads, the adtech company well known for its innovative branding solutions, announced its first Performance offering. Called Teads True Visits, this new offering leverages Teads AI capabilities to identify and attract new visitors to advertisers’ websites. A Revolutionary Buying Model : CPiV  Brands buying clicks are often disappointed when they see that as an average, 50% […]

Snapchat partners with LiveRamp to launch measurement solution

Snapchat partners with LiveRamp to launch measurement solution

LiveRamp, an Acxiom company and leading provider of omnichannel identity resolution, and Snap Inc. have partnered to launch a new measurement solution called Offline Sales Impact (OSI). OSI will enable brands to measure the impact of their campaigns on offline sales, in a privacy-friendly manner, by matching Snapchat users with one of the UK’s largest […]

Deliveroo will expand its network with restaurants’ own riders

Deliveroo will expand its network with restaurants’ own riders

Deliveroo has revealed its next step to becoming the definitive food company, giving consumers the best selection, price and service. Having built its own extensive delivery network of 35,000 riders worldwide and 15,000 riders in the UK that bring amazing meals direct to customers’ doors, the platform will now also host restaurants who make deliveries […]

Two-thirds of marketers embracing location data for ads and promotions, according to Factual

Two-thirds of marketers embracing location data for ads and promotions, according to Factual

Almost two-thirds of marketers are making use of location data for tageting ads and promotions, and nearly half for location-based offers, according to new data from location firm Factual. With mobile overtaking desktop, a wealth of location data is now available to marketers. US companies alone spent $17.1bn (£12.75bn) on location-targets mobile advertising in 2017, […]

Snapchat augmented reality ads go programmatic

Snapchat augmented reality ads go programmatic

Snapchat has launched a new tool for advertisers called ‘reach and frequency’, letting them buy most of the platform’s ad formats programmatically, including its popular augmented reality (AR) lenses. The self-serve Ads Manager already included three formats — Snap Ads, Story Ads, Filters — to a programmatic, ROI-focused model. Under the new scheme, AR Lenses […]