Monetizing mobile apps without harming the user experience [Q&A]

In the past making money from a mobile app has usually involved signing up to an advertisement network and allowing the app to display banner ads. The problem with this is that it doesn't make for a particularly good user experience and may actually turn people off using the app. For some time now the buzz around the industry has been about 'native' ads within apps. But exactly what is a native ad and what are the benefits? We spoke to Yannis Dosios, VP of Yahoo Publisher Services to find out. BN: What is a native ad and how do they… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here’s Why Mobile Video Is Confusing and Scary to Advertisers

There is a consensus in advertising that mobile video is the future, but that future is still hazy. Mobile video can run in apps like Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube or be bought through ad networks that serve the mobile Web. There are six-second, 15-second and 30-second formats, and there are... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Bookindy app helps bookshops fight back against Amazon

Type in a book you’d like to read, and the app will compare the Amazon price with nearby independent book shops – in the hope you’ll go and buy thereIndependent booksellers have launched a new weapon in their two-pronged offensive against online retailers such as Amazon and the supermarket... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AOL Debuts Makeover That's All About Mobile Video and Social-Friendly Content

AOL is unveiling a data-driven site overhaul today that should give marketers a sense of how it will zero in on mobile video and branded content as it plots its future. The revamp comes less than a month after Verizon's $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL and is based on a load of the publisher's... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why publishers struggle to monetize their paywall data

Publishers erect paywalls with an eye to growing their consumer revenue. But the consumer data they collect in the registration process holds value to advertisers. So why do they struggle to charge more for it? The most-cited reason is a lack of audience size. With the likes of Google and... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s Instant Articles Do Speed Up Mobile Content

When it comes to loading times, Facebook’s Instant Articles appear to be living up to their name.   Earlier this month, the social network launched its new Instant Articles product, which allows publishers to host articles and videos d ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Design Harms Instead Of Helps

Bruce Nussbaum's firsthand account of how a celebrated agro-design went terribly wrong. This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Design and Violence, edited by Paola Antonelli, Jamer Hunt, and Michelle Fisher and published by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The book is based on an... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Birmingham library users stage sit-ins

Library users have been staging sit-ins at the Library of Birmingham as it switches to shorter opening hours following council cuts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week in Children's Apps: May 14, 2015

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agency view: The (few) publishers that get mobile ads right

Publishers get a bad reputation for their mobile ads, which often intrude on or confuse the user. But some get it right, say agencies. BuzzFeed's ads mirror the site's shareable editorial content. Mashable, ESPN and NY magazine strike a good balance of content to ad space. The Weather Company... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Strategies for Content Monetization

Ever since the Internet dropped a bomb on the status quo in media, many publishers have been struggling to adapt. Even when they seem to make some headway, The post New Strategies for Content Monetization appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink apologises for Alfie app mishap

Publisher Blink has apologised for the cancellation of the Alfie Deyes “Golden Ticket” competition that was intended to run this weekend. The competition was supposed to give 10 Deyes fans the opportunity to meet him by scanning their copies of The Pointless Book 2 with the linked app to see if... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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App glitch hits Deyes promo

A "Golden Ticket" competition launched by Blink and Alfie Deyes on Friday night (8th May) had to be cancelled on Sunday (10th) after a technical problem that informed hundreds of entrants that they had won. Deyes announced the competition on his YouTube channel on Friday evening. Viewers who... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook algorithms no match for users' own decisions on feeds, study finds

Facebook study considered the political leanings of news posts by US users before determining which posts were reached via the site’s social algorithmsThe algorithms used by Facebook to filter news posts have an effect on the information seen by users – but not nearly as much as the choices made... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HealthiNation Pitches Media Buyers on Mobile Lifestyle Video

For its first Digital Content NewFronts presentation, video startup HealthiNation kept its pitch short and sweet. In what was possibly this year's quickest NewFronts sell so far, HealthiNation showed a seven-minute video skimming over the publisher's fitness, cooking and health content to... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Ratings Council Issues Interim Guidance for Mobile Viewability, Adds a Not-Quite-Viewable Category

The Media Rating Council has issued interim guidance on what it takes for ads on mobile devices to be considered "viewable" and introduced a new category of mobile ad between "viewable" and "not."Advertisers and web publishers use viewability standards to determine whether ads that were served... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With 100,000 Pieces of Content at Launch, Mode.com Expects 25 Million Monthly Users

Just one year after rebranding from Glam Media, Mode Media is bringing all of its brands together on one site where it hopes to build the "largest native feed distribution platform outside of Facebook." At its second Digital Content NewFronts presentation today, Mode unveiled its new... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Mobile Ads Recommend Videos Based on the News You're Reading

Nailing mobile video is a major goal for marketers this year, as exemplified at this week's Digital Content NewFronts presentations. And as Snapchat and Facebook lure advertising dollars away from TV with new video options, smaller ad companies are following suit. A GIF showing the new video... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Mobile Travel Bookings Grow, This Private Jet Charter Service Is Catching Up

While the mobile boom took off for commercial travel brands a few years ago, the private sector has been noticeably slower to make the shift to digital. But that's starting to change for high-end players like Skyjet, a private jet charter service. After launching a website last year, Skyjet... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every now and then Google tweaks its search algorithm in a way that uproots the online publishing ecosystem. It happened a few years ago when Google decided links to so-called content farms -- publishers that try to game Google's algorithm with keyword-laden headlines tied to content of... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Experience tells on Baileys Women's Prize shortlist

Five writers on the six-strong shortlist for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction – Rachel Cusk, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and Sarah Waters – have all been shortlisted for the award before.  The sixth novelist, Laline Paull, is shortlisted for her debut The Bees (Fourth... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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