FOOA: Future of Online Advertising Notes: Brent Hill / Kim Malone / Bill Wise

Here are my notes from the balance of the morning presentations from the Future of Online Advertising. I will post my complete commentary plus audio files tonight so please grab the RSS Feed

Bill Wise - Right Media - Online Advertising 101

• Begins by discussing the players: Publishers, Advertisers, Networks (sit btw advertiser and publisher), technology providers.
• Discusses the evolution of the online ad sales model in that it is evolving to an exchange model
• Some takeaways (he had 5 but I could only grab the first 2):Auctions have providen to increase yield for publishers while empowering advertisers, There is a clear convergence between search and display

Kim Malone - Google

• Different pricing models for different needs
• Aligning pricing models and marketing objectivesAwareness = CPMConsideration = CPCAction = CPA

Sorry, I didn't really see a ton of value in this presentation and I will post more about the CPA topic in the next day or two.

Brent Hill - FeedBurner

• Discusses the movement from blogs to commercial publishers to corporate feeds
• RSS allows content to be on the move between publisher and subscriber. From analytics, to promotion to interactivity and monetization.
• Why advertise in feeds?-- quality of the content-- reach-- multiple targeting channels-- effectiveness-- industry-standard ad serving