“Why Pixability?” That’s often the first thing that I hear from industry colleagues — at least, colleagues that haven’t yet had the opportunity to work with Pixability. In today’s seemingly crowded video adtech/martech space, these colleagues wonder what’s unique about Pixability and its platform, and why I signed on as CEO. During my 15 yearsRead more “Why I Joined Pixability”
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Understanding Brand Appropriateness Marketers Need A Deeper Understanding of Context And Impact
This perspective originally appeared on AdExchanger on February 19th, 2018. The digital advertising industry needs to move away from the incendiary headlines toward a more nuanced perspective of brand safety. Marketers should not view the issue as a binary where there are only two clear answers — brand-safe or non-brand-safe — but instead invest inRead more “Understanding Brand Appropriateness Marketers Need A Deeper Understanding of Context And Impact”
Year of Sports: How advertisers can use digital video to join the sports conversation in advance of and through the World Cup
Not an official sponsor of the World Cup? That doesn’t mean you can’t still participate in the massive World Cup conversation. The key to connecting with this passionate community of fans (which is already buzzing about the tournament 3 months out) lies in digital video. Viewers are increasingly turning to video platforms like YouTube, Facebook,Read more “Year of Sports: How advertisers can use digital video to join the sports conversation in advance of and through the World Cup”
Unify your video advertising with the world’s first self-serve solution for YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram
Audience eyeballs and ad dollars are increasingly moving to Google and Facebook — in fact, GroupM estimates that the duopoly attracted 84% of digital advertising dollars in 2017 — but managing video campaigns across these platforms remains a significant challenge for advertisers. Dissimilar ad formats, creative sizes, view definitions, and targeting parameters mean that advertisersRead more “Unify your video advertising with the world’s first self-serve solution for YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram”
No more silos: Why marketers must holistically measure performance across video platforms
Agency marketers have a measurement problem. For too long, the advertising industry has been managing and measuring video campaigns in silos. One agency team may manage Facebook video buys, while another team — that might sit on the opposite end of the building — handles the YouTube campaigns. Strategies might be shared in an initialRead more “No more silos: Why marketers must holistically measure performance across video platforms”
Why you need more than a band-aid for brand suitability
No CMO wants to wake up and see their brand called out in the press for serving ads against unsavory content. Ensuring brand safety is rightfully a top priority for digital marketers, but more often than not, it’s framed as a simple black and white issue. But it’s far from a binary. Marketers must changeRead more “Why you need more than a band-aid for brand suitability”
Tracking the Top 100 Global Brands’ YouTube Performance
Each year, Pixability turns its video advertising technology on the top 100 global brands (per Interbrand’s ranking) to understand how these brands are performing on YouTube. This year, our analysts paid close attention to late Q2 and early Q3 to analyze how brand safety concerns impacted these top brands’ YouTube behavior. Here’s what we found:Read more “Tracking the Top 100 Global Brands’ YouTube Performance”
Do you know what food and beverage content audiences crave most across social video platforms?
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?”
Google awards Pixability the Global Award for Video Innovation
We recently faced off against leading digital marketing companies in the first-ever Google Premier Partner Awards. The awards program recognizes and celebrates partners within the ecosystem that stand out in digital marketing and technical innovation — and we’re proud to say we emerged victorious as the global winner for video innovation! Pixability was the onlyRead more “Google awards Pixability the Global Award for Video Innovation”
Here’s what gamers are viewing across social video platforms
Gaming is a vast, diverse space across social video, attracting more than 1.5T views on YouTube alone. With so many creators, brands, and viewers influencing the conversation, the gaming space has developed its own unique set of content types. By understanding these content types — and which ones attract the most views and engagements —Read more “Here’s what gamers are viewing across social video platforms”
