What programmatic buyers want from publishers

Posted by Erica Roane on May 5, 2016 2:29:47 PM

Wondering what buyers expect from publishers is enough to keep you up at night. Impressions, viewability, and quality traffic are just the tip of the iceberg. With so many different partners, publisher expectations can be endless. To ease your mind, we have taken on the task of finding out what buyers truly want from their publishers. We may not have all the answers but we think we are off to a great start.

Viewability
One of the biggest requirements is viewability, which can also directly affect publisher revenue. Becoming a form of currency, viewability has become an expectation from many buyers and some won’t even pay for impressions that are not 100% in-view. Enabling ads that are highly viewable not only increases your revenue as a publisher but also your overall page viewability score, making your inventory even more attractive and valuable.

Transparency
Buyers want to know what’s happening behind the scenes with their ads with regard to page placement, audience information, etc. Questions of legitimacy arise when buyers are not granted access to performance. The more transparent you are with buyers the more credible you look as a publisher. Working with tech providers who enable transparency is a great way to build your credibility, which fosters relationships with buyers.

Quality
Fraud-free, in-view and high-quality ad units; try saying that in one breath. Buyers want high performance, at the best cost and at scale. Since programmatic buyers prefer to “set it and forget it,” the more you as a publisher can guarantee quality the more buyers will rely on you to fill impressions.

Already a 33Across publisher? You are in luck. 33Across gives our buyers 100% in-view, fraud-free and in turn our publishers more incremental revenue. Not yet a publisher? Today is a great day to join us!

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Topics: publishers, viewability, advertisers, buyers

33Across Water Cooler Recap [4/29/16]

Posted by Erica Roane on Apr 29, 2016 7:30:00 AM

 

What's the buzz around the office this week? More opportunities for small and medium-sized publishers; engagement may soon take priority over viewability and everything you need to know about programmatic tv. 

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Topics: programmatic, mobile, programmatic tv, digital advertising, publishers, viewability, engagement, cost per engagement

33Across Water Cooler Recap [4/22/16]

Posted by Erica Roane on Apr 22, 2016 7:30:00 AM

 

What's the buzz around the office this week? Thanks to mobile and social, digital ad spending has hit an all time high; viewability is increasing in popularity in the UK and Facebook steps up their third-party verification game. 

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Topics: programmatic, mobile, digital advertising, publishers, viewability, third party verification

How publishers win with 33Across

Posted by Erica Roane on Apr 18, 2016 9:13:11 AM

Finding innovative ways to monetize your site and increase traffic, can seem overwhelming. With new monetization trends emerging, finding trustworthy partners that understand your site and are easy to install can be challenging. As luck would have it, 33Across specializes in providing publishers with tools to monetize traffic without cannibalizing direct sales. Here are a couple of ways we help our publishers win. 

100% Viewability 
Since our units are 100% in-view all the time; we can actually improve your viewability score. That's right, we assure you that humans are viewing all of our ads. 

We Put Publishers First
Without our publishers, 33Across would cease to exist. We pride ourselves on being brand-safe. We are consistently monitoring creative material and the ad-buys coming our way. We implement advertiser category blacklists, ad-blocking technology and a host of other capabilities. We consider ourselves your “one-stop-shop” for all of your advertising needs.

We Have Your Back
Our Publisher Operations team consists of some pretty awesome folks. Not only are they super responsive to our publishers needs, they also resolve issues rather quickly. The sooner we fix it; the sooner you can get back to monetizing. If you have an issue, email us and we are on it.

The Possibilities Are Endless
Many of our products are created from customer feedback. If you have an idea let us know. Furthermore we have a niche for creating new real estate on your site. Our team can create inventory space that you never knew existed, making you a more desirable publisher.

You’re probably wondering why you’re not already monetizing with 33Across. There’s no better time like the present, let's go!        

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Topics: publishers, viewability, 100% in-view, monetization

33Across Water Cooler Recap [4/8/16]

Posted by Erica Roane on Apr 8, 2016 8:00:00 AM

 

 

What's the buzz around the office this week? Politics, programmatic and emotions are the perfect trifecta, publishers step their game up thanks to ad-blockers and the MRC releases standards for mobile viewability. 

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Topics: programmatic, mobile, News, ad blocking, ad fraud, viewability

33Across Water Cooler Recap [3/31/16]

Posted by Erica Roane on Apr 1, 2016 7:30:00 AM

 

 

What's the buzz around the office this week? The FTC puts their foot down on publishers and sponsored content, how to set expectations when it comes to viewability and working creatively to make the most out of programmatic ads. 

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Topics: programmatic, News, ad fraud, native advertising, viewability, video advertising

33Across Water Cooler Recap [3/25/16]

Posted by Erica Roane on Mar 25, 2016 7:30:00 AM

What's the buzz around the office this week? Google, Yahoo and Disney assist IAB in viewability-focused primer, online ad spend could beat out television for the first time and CBS Interactive just increased their native programmatic ad spends. 

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Topics: programmatic, News, native advertising, display advertising, viewability