Can the Grey Lady sell display ads to hyperlocal businesses?

At the introductory price of $5 CPM, it sounds like a bargain. … s still cheap advertising when the CPM climbs to $8 and $12 after … , rye, or whole wheat" than "CPM or PPC?" is potentially an equally … who still don't know what "CPM" means). You can just bet the …

Google tells newspapers how to disappear completely

… shifted to the advertisers, but the publishers actively encouraged it to happen. They just didn’t care enough, and that’s why CPM rates have fallen so far, and why many media buyers remain lazy creatures that do not look beyond the numbers programmed into …

Two ideas to solve two problems – paid content and multi-channel marketing

… Google splits that 50:50 with the publisher? £600k is the equivalent of, what, 60 million page views monetised at £10 CPM for ads.  Might this be a way for publishers to monetise content and for Google to make *even more* money, including monetising its …

Q&A: Lance Stewart on developing the Tube Exits iPhone app

… so I think it's good value for users. Do you have advertising on the lite version? We do, while most apps work on a CPM model, we were working from a standing start and I knew we were unlikely to have enough users to justify this. I thought that a better …

The future of ad networks and display advertising

… the industry-standard payment model, that of cost-per-thousand (CPM). In effect, this is an offline advertising format that was … are attempts to target or engage the consumer, using a CPM model - especially without any targeting - isn’t enough. Happily, …

The rise of interactive video and what it means for online marketing

… if this wasn’t enough, many interactive companies ask only for a fixed fee and/or a CPA rate, which stamps heavily on the worn CPM model and is likely to save the advertiser money against lost impressions.  So, to try and summarise what is a complex but …

Can you make more money by adding CPA to your revenue mix?

… CPA can deliver much higher eCPMs than CPM advertising. Companies like TrialPay, Super Rewards, … new ways to make money as traditional CPM advertising, CPA is well worth a second … . If you've been relying on CPM advertising or contextual ads and are feeling …

10 tips for choosing the right ad network or ad rep firm

… this but you can be more strategic when evaluating a network or rep firm. Ask the right questions. Don't just focus on CPMs. Ask about other important topics, such as fill rates, what happens when there's unfilled inventory, what sort of real-time access …

The big CPM squeeze

… heyday of being able to charge £20 CPM for broad run of site display advertising … impressions are going unsold every month and CPM rates have inevitably fallen, hitting margins. … sites for as little as £0.50 CPM. While increasing traffic will have a …

Is behavioral targeting breaking online publishers' business model?

… These new ads are cheap—$3 CPM—but they reach exactly the … networks, paying a significantly higher CPM for a campaign on the … publishers that usually have higher CPMs are often more experienced when … all you look at is CPM and audience profiles. What I …

UK internet users like ads, sort of

… Obviously the ongoing global recession has really put a dent in ad budgets and that's hitting many online businesses hard as CPMs plummet. But this issue goes beyond that and it existed before the economy soured. Ads for content might work for consumers …

How to keep the ecommerce momentum

… what can't be measured very well is the long-term impressions display ads make before consumers actually pull the trigger on a purchase. CPM based ads are a good deal right now. For an aspiring ecommerce player, they're a smart move. Search: Until some …

Time to revisit social media sponsorship

… that explain why sponsorship has been basically abandoned by marketers. The business model for sponsorship is problematic right now. It is not a CPM-based ad model. It's not worth it for marketers to embrace it as such. It's not a performance-based model …

IAB stats show surprises and uncertainty

… . Whither display ads? Regardless of the IAB year-to-year trends, display ads took a beating when the economy got tight. In fact, CPM based ads dropped from 45 percent of the market in 2007 to 35 percent in 2008. Fader doesn't see any major concerns there …

Brands seek order in media chaos

… they all have a place," said Kate Johnson, personal care consumer relationship marketing manager at Kimberly-Clark. "Display ads measured by CPM can help with brand awareness. Cost-per-click allows me to learn about my customers. Cost-per-lead allows me to …