The best and worst of times to build a new SaaS product
If you’re building a new SaaS product, these are the best and worst of times. It has never been easier than ever to build a new product. The tools ecosystem is now so vast and well...
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TV Advertising Effectiveness and Profitability: Generalizable Results From 288 Brands
“The ROI analysis shows negative ROIs at the margin for more than 80% of brands, implying over-investment in advertising by most firms. Further, the overall ROI of the observed advertising schedule is only positive...
From A Redditor that just gave up on Facebook ads…
Posted on Reddit today in r/smallbusiness: “Killed off my last Facebook ads today, going back to 100% organic marketing, very scared but relieved”
Researchers Uncover Advertising Scam Targeting Streaming-TV Apps
Fraudsters mimicked popular apps, siphoned off revenue from unsuspecting advertisers, cybersecurity firm says
Digital ad spend grew 12% in 2020 despite hit from pandemic
Despite an initial falloff due to the Covid pandemic, digital advertising spending grew 12.2% year over year in 2020, according to a new report commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and conducted by PwC.
Coming to a TV Near You: Ad Fraud That Costs Marketers Millions
Paying for impressions, views, and any other such metrics continues to be a sucker’s game… paying for performance in online marketing remains by far the best way to go. More marketers are learning that...
Airbnb ends affiliate program as it ramps up host recruitment marketing campaign
Porque no los dos? This seems rather misguided…
Safari on iOS ignores referrer-policy HTTP headers
Safari browsers on iOS are ignoring referrer-policy HTTP headers, even when those headers are requesting a more private no-referrer policy than the origin one which Safari now implements by default under ITP.
China Is Dominating Ecommerce
“In China, a drab gray Mao suit was once the required attire for men and women. No longer. The county is poised to become the largest luxury apparel market worldwide by 2025. With a...
Marketers are Addicted to Bad Data
“Most of us don’t understand how data is collected, how these mechanisms work and most importantly where and how they don’t work.”
240+ Android apps caught showing out-of-context ads
The malicious applications were showing ads but making them appear as coming from other, legitimate apps.
Many of the reviews on Amazon are fake and writers of fake Amazon reviews are thriving.
Amazon banned incentivized reviews in 2016, but it’s still a rampant problem on the platform. On September 4th, a Financial Times investigation revealed nine of the top 10 reviewers in the UK were engaged in suspicious activity,...
Dozens of Amazon’s own products have been reported as dangerous — melting, exploding or even bursting into flames
Dozens of Amazon’s own products have been reported as dangerous — melting, exploding or even bursting into flames. Many are still on the market
Report: Amazon’s Monopoly Tollbooth
“Amazon’s dominance of online retail means that hundreds of thousands of small businesses must rely on its site to reach customers. In this report, we find that Amazon is exploiting its gatekeeper power to...
“…we have decided to continue at 0% commission rates through this quarter…”
A message sent out by one merchant to all its affiliates on a major network today (names redacted)… quite a few programs across several networks have been sending things like these out as a...
Third of top brands likely to suspend social media spending, survey finds
Almost a third of the world’s biggest brands will suspend spending on social media or are likely to do so, according to a survey of top advertisers that reveals the scale of the revolt...
FT – Digital ad market set to eclipse traditional media for first time
Overall spending predicted to fall almost 12% but pain will be unevenly spread across industry.
Brands lose 50% of the money they invest in programmatic ads
A new study by ISBA has found that half the money advertisers invest in programmatic advertising never reaches online publishers, with 15% of the money unattributable to any players in the supply chain.
As Amazon soars during the pandemic, publishers that rely on it now feel left behind
Amazon rolled out steep rate cuts to its affiliate program that pays online publishers and social media influencers a cut of sales on products they recommend. The changes mean less income for those who...
Why All the Warby Parker Clones Are Now Imploding
How venture capital became the most dangerous thing to happen to now-troubled DTCs like Outdoor Voices, Harry’s, and Casper
