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Why Fraudulent Ad Networks Continue to Thrive

Harvard Business Review

To see how the bad guys operate, we follow the money trail. In the display advertising world, advertisers pay by thousands of ad impressions, denoted CPM (cost per thousand). At an average CPM of $1, this budget buys 100 million ad impressions. They show up to 100 percent click-through rates! million per month.

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7 Marketing Technologies Every Company Must Use

Harvard Business Review

With over 1,000 companies trying to sell some type of marketing technology in over 40 categories, it’s not surprising that the most common word that marketers use to describe themselves is “overwhelmed.” But to do that you need to have web analytics programs set up, and have people on the marketing team who know how to use data.

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7 Marketing Technologies Every Company Must Use

Harvard Business Review

With over 1,000 companies trying to sell some type of marketing technology in over 40 categories, it’s not surprising that the most common word that marketers use to describe themselves is “overwhelmed.” But to do that you need to have web analytics programs set up, and have people on the marketing team who know how to use data.