Pinterest Adds Search Advertising

Pinterest Adds Search Advertising

Pinterest introduced its first search ad offering on February 1st, almost seven years after the company launched. The new search functionality comes via Kenshoo, an advertising vendor in Pinterest’s marketing partner program. It’s sold for three KPIs: impressions clicks on promoted or buyable pins and engagement, which on Pinterest means someone saving a pin to their … Read more

Google Changes Bidding Rules Making Targeting Easier

Recent numbers from Google have shown that more than half of the searches going through their search engine are now happening on mobile devices.  This is a big milestone, and a sign of a big trend of people using their mobile devices for searching more and more.  Of course, this trend is expected to continue … Read more

Self-Serve Mobile Ads Available

ADOTAS – Mobile signup ad platform Pontiflex launched a self-service feature called AdLeads today. The new service, said Pontiflex CEO and co-founder Zephrin Lasker, is “the next step after Google AdWords — a very analogous situation with us.” According to a release from the company, AdLeads allows businesses to create geotargeted signup campaigns for iPhone, … Read more

When Will iAd be Cheap enough for Marketers?

iAd, the mobile advertising platform for Apple products originally started out requiring a $1M advertising buy to use it. About a year ago, they cut the entry level to $500k. However, this past week the new iAd minimum advertising spend is now $100k. Still, that’s way too pricey for the average marketer to test. According … Read more

Affiliates Adapt to Mobile Advertising Demands

According to the Ofcom International Communications Report for 2011, 41% of Internet users access the Internet, via mobile phone. The percentage has nearly tripled over the last three years. With nearly half of the population accessing the Internet, affiliate marketers, who have not mobile-enabled their landing pages and websites, clearly stand at a significant disadvantage … Read more