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The Hot Fix by Fastener

The Hot Fix highlights challenges in media trades and matches relevant solutions. Five articles. Five solutions. Let’s go!


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THE HOT TOPIC

Cookies are out, Bonbons are in!
Consented registrations and first-party data combine for a tastier approach to audience growth and engagement.

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Co-founders Elliot Easterling and Will McGivern-Smith built TrueData before launching Bonbon, so they know a thing or two about the challenge of increasing registrations and engagement with a data focus. Add their savvy rewards capabilities, and Bonbons (and the ad revenue they create) get even yummier.

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“Working closely with publishers to solve complex first-party data and engagement challenges has been really rewarding. Our modular ID and engagement tools for addressable advertising have tripled publisher registration rates and consistently increased engagement—a crucial advantage as we face the accelerating challenges of cookie and referral traffic losses in 2024.”

-Will McGivern-Smith, Co-founder, CRO

See the Ranker case study and get an intro to Bonbon here →

 

THE HOT FIXES

Jetpack | Adbridg | Adsolutely | Athlos | PubWise

NICE

It’s Nice That on Campaign
Design

The Hot Fix

Jetpack delivers custom ad experiences for publishers, boosting their sales and performance with a blend of self-service tools and hands-on management and innovation advice.

Partners: WBMG, Fox

 


DIGIDAY

Digiday on Ad Market Rebound

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Adbridg empowers digital publishers with premier ad stack technology and a dedicated expert team, ensuring optimal revenue without the burden of staffing internally.

Partners: Healthline, Ancestry, Zoopla.co.uk, Optimism Digital, Tampa Bay Times

 
BrandEquity

Brand Equity on Building Trust
via Native Advertising

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Adsolutely provides a cookieless, contextually relevant native ad unit designed specifically for article pages generating healthy incremental yield. Ads automatically display related text links powered by unique demand from Google search advertisers without the need for user data.

 
VisualCapitalist

Visual Capitalist on Continued
Growth in Online Gaming

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Athlos is an Integrated Game Engine for hosting in-game tournaments and social leagues that enhances gamer immersion and community engagement, empowering mid-market and indie publishers to unlock profit potential akin to platforms like FIFA.

Partners: Playgendary, Zeptolab

 
AdExchanger

AdExchanger on Reducing
Emissions in Media

The Hot Fix

PubWise offers self-serve, direct sold and unique programmatic demand via its prebid adapter, one Ads.txt line and its Smart Path Optimization Technology (SPOT) for advanced audience match targeting.

Partners: Academia.edu, Petclassifieds.com, Digital Turbine

 

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