Food and beverage content appeals to a wide audience — after all, everybody eats and drinks. But which content types does this audience crave more than any other? On YouTube — the video platform with the longest tenure — audiences have quite the sweet tooth. The top-performing food and beverage videos (when measured by totalRead more “Do you know what food and beverage content audiences crave most across social video platforms?”
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How Scale and Quality Can Coexist in Video Advertising
At Pixability, we’re often asked, ‘how can I achieve scale without sacrificing the quality of my audience in my video marketing campaigns?’ To answer that question, we’ve intentionally partnered with the largest, most premium platforms in video marketing today — YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Spotify — which continue to outperform their open webRead more “How Scale and Quality Can Coexist in Video Advertising”
The Latest Social Video News: YouTube Measurement Program, Facebook Household Targeting, and More
Social video platforms continue to refine their ad products and user experience — and at Pixability, we keep a close eye on the platform updates that our customers need to know about. Here’s the latest that you need to get up to speed on: YouTube: New YouTube Measurement Program YouTube launched a new Measurement ProgramRead more “The Latest Social Video News: YouTube Measurement Program, Facebook Household Targeting, and More”
Brand Suitability and YouTube
Several brands have recently made headlines by announcing their suspension of YouTube advertising campaigns due to brand safety concerns. Like any platform with user generated content, there will always be some content that may not be desirable for a specific brand, but brand safety on YouTube is undeniably very high. And despite the current industryRead more “Brand Suitability and YouTube”
Video Advertising 101: Cookie Targeting
Across the advertising technology industry, the term ‘cookie’ continues to be used in increasingly inaccurate and confusing ways. Some vendors contrast ‘cookie-based’ with ‘people-based’ approaches to targeting, which is misleading to some extent because both technologies only work in combination. Simply put, a cookie is the basic technical method a web browser uses to identifyRead more “Video Advertising 101: Cookie Targeting”
What You Missed at CES 2017: A Digital Floor Tour
CES is the world’s largest gadget trade show, this year attracting about 175,000 attendees. In the last few years, CES has developed into one of the top marketing and advertising events, with roughly 5,000 representatives from brands, agencies, ad tech vendors, and platforms descending on the Vegas strip to catch up on the latest techRead more “What You Missed at CES 2017: A Digital Floor Tour”
It’s beginning to look a lot like YouTube
Much like we saw around Black Friday, the holidays are proving to be more popular than ever on YouTube. In fact, holiday views have increased over 65% year-over-year since 2011. That’s because consumers are increasingly turning to YouTube to research gifts and shape their holiday purchase decisions. So amidst the 4.4M holiday-related videos, 551K channels,Read more “It’s beginning to look a lot like YouTube”
Instagram Stories Encourage More Unfiltered Sharing
Last week, Instagram rolled out a new feature to encourage more spontaneous sharing on its platform. With Instagram Stories, users can post photo and video content that disappears after 24 hours. Users can also overlay text and drawings on photo and video slideshows. Instagram’s CEO openly acknowledges the similarities to Snapchat’s core offering. Stories hopesRead more “Instagram Stories Encourage More Unfiltered Sharing”
Facebook’s ad tech changes will benefit advertisers and users alike
Recently, Facebook announced an overhaul of its ad tech stack. The social giant plans to shutter FBX, its desktop ad exchange, as well as LiveRail, its video ad network (purchased two years ago for a rumored $500M), in favor of its proprietary Facebook Audience Network (FAN). In addition to putting its open ad exchanges outRead more “Facebook’s ad tech changes will benefit advertisers and users alike”
This Week in Online Video: Making Mobile Moves
This week in online video: from pre-loading ads, to direct video messaging, premium platforms are racing to build the best experience for mobile users and advertisers. Facebook Launches Canvas So Publishers Can Create “Instant” Ads Facebook has officially rolled out its new ad offering: Canvas, which autoloads in the mobile app to streamline the user’sRead more “This Week in Online Video: Making Mobile Moves”
