OpenAds nets $5m in VC funding

… to shrink the adserving market. By removing the adserving costs, publishers can now focus on raising their effective CPM. This is especially important for small and mid-sized publishers, who previously had a limited choice of adserving technologies – and …

Interview: Paul Cook, CEO of PositiveFeedback

… out there at the moment are for portals and publishers to help them sell more ads, and to try and get a higher CPM for people that they know are interested in skiing, for example. What we are about is automatically using that data to change which …

Google confirms FeedBurner buy

… it delivers around 750,000 ‘live feeds’ from approximately 30,000 publishers per day, and the firm already sells CPM ads alongside that content, at bargain basement rates. Interestingly, the signs are that Google will also use Feedburner’s tracking …

Google rolls out new video ad formats

… the ads. "If the advertiser has chosen to display the click-to-play video ad as a cost-per-thousand impression (CPM) ad, you will be paid for every valid impression of the static image, regardless of plays or clicks to the advertiser's …

Interview with Richard Spalding of Kontraband

… and anything above that is a bonus for them. It encourages clients to be more creative. We’re trying to break down barriers to entry, rather than doing a CPM or CPC rate, which I think would scare people off. It might mature into that ultimately. …

WPP to buy 24/7 Real Media

… 24/7 Real Media provides digital media sales, search marketing, and technology - its media arm is one of the largest CPM media networks, with more than 950 participating sites and 115m monthly unique users worldwide. The firm has shown strong growth …

Q&A: Rick Bruner, director of research at DoubleClick

… , where the ad is embedded within a video clip, and on-page. Those two will evolve a bit differently. You can get higher CPM prices for the in-stream video ads because there is a more limited supply of inventory – there are lots of web pages out there …

Interview with 'super-affiliate' Keith Budden

… if you want free branding then buy media space on a CPM deal. Ee are here to drive you sales, not to … . -------------------------------------- How many links are you now providing on a CPM or CPC basis, compared to CPA? At the moment it …

Q&A: Bill Urschel, CEO of new online ad exchange, AdECN

… transaction fee. The seat cost for early members is £1, so it’s nominal. The transaction fees range from $0.03 to $0.015 CPM, but that includes ad serving as well. It’s a flat fee, albeit scaling on volume, because we want to be utterly neutral. If …

Funding round puts poll marketing centre-stage

… publishers are given an incentive to place polls on their pages with an offer of a revenue share, calculated on a CPM basis, for each vote they embed. "Just as advertising networks in the '90s disrupted the traditional advertising model, …

Interview with Reevoo CEO Richard Anson

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a nutshell, how can the reviews you supply improve conversion rates for an e-tailer? Ultimately, it’s about improving trust. Adding …

Behavioural targeting key to more brand advertising

… exist where publishers are trying to increase revenues by adding more banners to pages. This has just driven down response rates and hence CPMs have followed as a result. Video or no video, less ads per page has to be the way forward. One thing …

Fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million

… Media's blog network, which account for around 1.5m unique users per month. Glam’s sites currently command relatively high CPMs for their ads, between $20 and $30 for static placements, so backers must feel that, with further expansion planned by Glam's …

E-consultancy market briefings available for free

… communication The need for integrated campaigns Hybrid deals (i.e. publishers who want to combine CPA pricing with CPC or CPM) There is plenty of food for thought in this briefing. But those who want to delve deeper should look at …

The Sun outstrips rivals via paid search marketing

… may well be spending more than its media rivals on paid search, but this strategy can pay off, allowing them to boost the CPM rate it can charge its advertisers, as well as helping to build long-term brand awareness. If this more aggressive approach …