Archive for the 'SpotX for Publishers' Category

SpotXchange Cracks Top 20 on comScore’s Video Metrix

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

WESTMINSTER, CO (September 10, 2009) – comScore’s newly released Video Metrix numbers for July 2009 listed SpotXchange as a top video ad network reaching a potential of 47M unique visitors per month with its in-stream pre-roll video ad unit. As a result, SpotXchange ranked in the top 20 of Video Metrix when including potential [...]

What is performance-based video advertising?

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

As you’ve seen from our newly relaunched site, SpotXchange has a new logo, a new tag line, and new messaging.  We are all about performance.  We’ve always been about performance, but now we’re making sure our brand reaffirms our mission to our advertisers and publishers.

You might be asking, what is performance-based video advertising?  To [...]

SpotX4Pubs Twitter

Monday, July 6th, 2009

SpotXchange launched a twitter feed today for SpotXchange publishers called SpotX4Pubs located at http://twitter.com/SpotX4Pubs.  SpotXchange is suggesting active and prospective publishers to follow SpotX4Pubs so as to receive updates about inventory requests (domestic and international), product releases, and network advisories.  Sign up today and be in the know!

SpotXchange CEO to Speak at Casual Gaming Summit

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

SpotXchange CEO, Mike Shehan, is speaking at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle on July 21, 2009.  Casual Connect is organized by the Casual Games Association and is one of the most anticipated casual game events of the year.  Mike is speaking on the panel, “Make Money Off Your Games” along with representatives from Mochi, [...]

IAB Releases IAMTHELONGTAIL.COM

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

I recently saw that the IAB produced a video and a new site called http://www.iamthelongtail.com, which highlights some of the stories behind the estimated 1.2 million websites that support themselves through advertising.  Personally, I really found the video very inspiring.  Many of these ‘long tail’ publishers have very loyal, niche audiences.  The publishers themselves care [...]

Online Games Find Success in Recession

Friday, February 20th, 2009

“In fact, according to leading online video advertising network SpotXchange, in February 2008, over 90% of the InGame video advertisements they served were watched in full. This level of engagement means the effectiveness of the video ad goes through the roof.” – From article written by Slingo.com
Follow the link below to view full article:
http://xboxpc.com/955538-Online-Games-Find-Success-in-a-Recession.html

AdAge: Most Say Ads a 'Reasonable' Cost of Free Online Video

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

AdAge covered an interesting study on the acceptance of ad-supported online video content.
I am interested to know if acceptance would change if survey respondents were asked specifically about retail sites who produce informational videos (WineLibraryTV comes to mind–note: I’m just using the show as an example as I’ve never seen an ad on any episode [...]

Case Study: 1408 Online Video Ad Campaign

Monday, November 19th, 2007

12-day program
Start: 9/27/07
End: 10/8/07
Street Date: 10/3/07
Creative: Pre-Street, “Available Tuesday on DVD,” 9/27-10/2; Street, “Now Available,” 10/3-10/8
Total Video Impressions Delivered: 714,682
Total Companion Banner Impressions: 555,739
Click Through Rate: 1.51%
How did we do it? 
Matches were narrowed by publishers who accepted 15 second ads and 300×250 banners.
Data collected in the campaign’s early stages enabled optimization that powered the campaign’s [...]

Attention SpotXchange Publishers: New Enhanced Channel Management Tools – Pushed November 8

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

We just completed some new functionality that will enhance your visibility among advertisers in our network and allow you to provide additional information about the specific advertising opportunities your properties offer.
You will notice these enhancements when you create a new channel or edit your existing channels.

Media Kit – You can now upload a media kit—advertisers [...]

Kaizen

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

The engineering team at SpotXchange is always striving to improve our network’s ability to help advertisers manage their online campaigns, while helping publishers maximize their revenue opportunities. We pushed a significant amount of new code recently that should result in some noticeable improvements in both our self-service advertiser tools as well as our self-service publisher [...]