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What every marketer needs to know about programmatic advertising

Martech

Preferred deal is a one-on-one programmatic auction where publishers sell premium inventory at a set CPM price to a selected number of advertisers. These advertisers bid in real-time at or above the fixed CPM price. This is called CPM — cost per mille (mille is French for thousand). How much does it cost? Targeted device.

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Why we care about performance marketing

Martech

Since performance marketing campaigns look at actions (sales, conversions, leads) rather than superficial metrics (views, clicks, impressions) it’s theoretically a better approach. Even so, the scale of click fraud is so massive it inevitably impacts the amount you’ll pay for your desired action.

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Hackers Are Draining Your Ad Budget: What You Need to Know About Digital Ad Fraud

Hubspot

Augustine Fou , who earned his PhD from MIT and founded Marketing Science Consulting Group in New York City over 14 years ago. How Impression Fraud Works. viewed or seen), without taking into account whether or not the ad gets clicked. viewed or seen), without taking into account whether or not the ad gets clicked.