Archive for February, 2008

Auto Dealers bidding up CPM on automotive related sites

February 27, 2008

According to an article on Brandweek,  “CPMs at such sites have risen to as much as $34 compared to only $4 two years ago, according to Cheril Hendry, president of HLF Brandtailers in Irvine, Calif.” The sites referenced are 3rd party sites such as Edmunds.com and cars.com.  There’s even anecdotes of one dealer offered $40 [...]

CPM For Superbowl TV Commercials

February 16, 2008

Superbowl XLII had 97.5 million viewers. Cost for a 30-second commercial spot is $2.7 million. Let’s just assume that every one of those viewers watched every commercial. The CPM works out to $27.70.Actual CPM may be higher cause some viewers may be on bathroom breaks.

Video Overlay Ads

February 4, 2008

In this interview of YuMe CEO Jayant Kadambi, he talked about the factors affecting CPM on ads inserted into online videos (pre-roll, post-roll, mid-roll, overlays). The interesting demographics is women 18-34 because they are hard to find in the online world.
He said CPM can vary from as low as $1 to $2 to $40-80. <sarcastic>That’s [...]

Cubics ad network on Facebook

February 2, 2008

I looked at Cubics recently. They deliver ad banners in 4 different IAB dimensions to Facebook applications in much the same way as Google deliver ad banners through AdSense for Publishers. Cubics pay Facebook application publishers in CPM regardless of clickthru. A bit unusual at first, but the CPM is so low [...]