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Podcasts have evolved as a disruptive force in today’s media landscape, capturing audiences from the comfort of their headphones. Millions of listeners are not only engaged with the content, but they also put their trust in the hands of the hosts and their suggestions — from which gadget to buy to where to grab the...
The digital audio market continues to show steady growth, with ad spending predicted to hit $5.87 billion this year, an increase of 20% yearly and a nearly 90% jump since 2021. Advertisers aren’t the only ones flocking to audio, though. The dollars they bring with them can draw the attention of bots from both bad...
Digital advertising faces an identity crisis due to evolving consumer preferences and privacy regulations, audio advertising included. Today’s marketers will need to balance effective targeting, personalization, and measurement with consumer privacy choices and changing legislation and platform policies. The industry is seeing third-party data and deterministic identity-based targeting face the most challenges amidst growing privacy...
Envision a smart system that checks past trends to predict what will happen in the future and then applies that information to constantly adjust the ad delivery and steer the campaign to its ultimate goal. With Predictive Pacing, publishers and resellers can ensure audio ads are delivered optimally by a data-powered engine that switches gears...
Did you know that the average consumer encounters up to 10,000 ads in a single day? With such information overload, the key to standing out lies in creating compelling messages and in delivering these messages to the right audience at the right moment. So, how can brands guarantee that their ads hit the mark? The...
Inventory Forecasting in audio advertising involves predicting the availability and demand of ad slots or impressions in the future, typically over a specified period. This capability helps publishers, buyers, and ad networks optimize their ad strategies and allocate resources more effectively. As an audio publisher selling your inventory directly, Forecasting is a critical tool offering...
Being a Market Operator has benefits but comes with significant responsibility, especially when working with publishers of different sizes, custom agreements, and margins. As a reseller, it is crucial to have access to tools that enable increased visibility and manage your contracts with publishers to obtain the insights you need. What is the Market Operator...
The audio advertising space is undergoing a boom, and the need for innovative and interactive audio experiences that captivate and engage listeners has never been more critical. One of the most innovative ways for brands to engage audiences is through the widespread consumer adoption of voice assistants. 62% of Americans 18+ use a voice assistant on...
Brand safety is often associated with advertisers, but it’s also very much a publisher’s concern. Publishers are brands; thus, they must ensure that the ads displayed on their platforms align with their values. Improper ad placement on a publisher’s platform would incur a negative perception from the audience, who could turn away from that publisher,...
In a 2021 survey taken by adult consumers from the United States, 78% of respondents strongly or somewhat agreed that marketers should be troubled by their ads appearing next to harmful content on a website or app. So, it should go without saying that negative associations with published content can degrade a marketer’s brand equity:...