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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

Rev

Remember those banner ads that you used to see when scrolling through MySpace or talking to your best friend via the antiquated AOL Instant Messenger? Those ads that we would see on our computers after school, or deep in a chat with your best friend, were actually the beginning of what we call Programmatic Advertising today.

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11 Modern Technologies That Make the Case for Inbound Marketing

Hubspot

There are tons and tons of ad blocking software services out there that work to block the interruptive ads, adware, banner ads, Flash, and pop-ups we all hate so much while we're surfing the web. These ad blockers have made online advertising less and less effective for marketers. 6) Do Not Call Registry.

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A Brief History of Online Advertising

Hubspot

1994: The first banner ads appear. The age of banner ads had officially begun. Wired magazine's former online off-shoot HotWired for introducing the world to the enduringly ubiquitous banner ad. AT&T paid HotWired $30,000 to place the banner ad above on their site for three months.

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26 A/B Testing Examples to Inspire Your Next Test

Convert

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Store: Single Page vs Multi-Step Checkout. Result: They did that and found version B had a 433% increase in clickthrough than version “A”. Sony: Personalized Banner Ad. Hypothesis: Personalized ads lead to higher conversion rates than promotional ads. A” ( Source ). B” ( Source ).

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Banners Have 99 Problems And A Click Ain’t One

Marketing Insider Group

A couple of years ago, when he was still with WPP’s Mindshare, I heard Scott Sorokin explain how 99.99% of people who see a banner ad will ignore it. This has become one of my favorite content marketing quotes and I use it in almost every presentation: Banners have 99 problems and a click ain’t one! Tweet This ].

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