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Don’t Buy Your Programmatic Audience, Build It

Convince & Convert

In its place, the good folks at both McKinsey & Company, Forrester Research, and Scott Brinker at ChiefMarkeTec have proposed maps of the customer journey that reflect the actual complexity of buying behavior. Click fraud is a beat down, but bots and malware are a reality. The funnel was awesome that way.

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What every marketer needs to know about programmatic advertising

Martech

One-quarter of retailers are generating more than $100 million in revenue from their media networks, according to Forrester. There are very real problems with it, including data accuracy, collusion by ad sellers and buyers, and click fraud. The nine largest U.S. Retail profit margins tend to be slim — in the 3% to 4% range.

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Banners Have 99 Problems And A Click Ain’t One

Marketing Insider Group

But clicks aren’t the only problem that banners face. Click fraud: Websites that fake clicks on banners. Bots: Automated scripts that scour the web and click on advertiser banners. Forrester ). Viewer fatigue: We have learned to ignore banners. Display ads account for a mere 0.9 DoubleClick ).

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