Gamestop, Bid Shading, and Raising Money for Bartenders. This Week in Digital Advertising: February 5th, 2021

by | Feb, 2021 | Content, Native Advertising

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Hello Bidtellectuals!

Congratulations to Bidtellectual of the Week Mitchell Bonkowski!

 

If Gamestop Taught Us Anything, It’s that Sharing is Caring

The Gamestop stock-buying craze has made one thing clear: people love sharing informational content and acting on what they’ve learned. Now’s the time for the finance vertical to up its meaningful content efforts. Create content to (re)educate consumers and build trust, then maximize contextual tools to reach consumers at their moment of research or purchase intent. Director of Sales Jonno Burden weighs in on next steps for the industry.

Read more here: GAMESTOP WHAT? Time to Educate and Win Customers

Superbowl Ad Breakdown: The COVID Effect

You may have heard the term floating around lately, or even read this WTF piece on Digiday. Simply put, Bid Shading allows advertisers to save money on an ad placement that’s valuable to them and their goals. Bidtellect’s VP of Product breaks down the process in the first video of our new Behind the Platform series. You can also read more about it here. 

The Latest

  • Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon—the trillion-dollar ecommerce and cloud computing behemoth he started 27 years ago that made him one of the world’s richest humans. Bezos will transition to executive chair while Andy Jassy will take over as CEO. Jassy grew Amazon’s cloud segment Amazon Web Services from its inception into a $45 billion business and the company’s biggest moneymaker. 
  • Magnite has acquired video supply-side platform SpotX from European entertainment network RTL Group for $1.17 billion. According to Magnite CEO Michael Barrett, the company’s vision is to build a highly scaled independent programmatic CTV and video ad platform.
  • The Superbowl is the Sunday. 186.6 million people are expected to tune in this year. What to expect: advertisers are more cautious, somber ads are out, and many new brands who thrived during the pandemic are making their debut.
  • Read a rundown of Superbowl advertisers here and COVID’s effect. 

Good News: Bartenders Get Some Celebrity Love

Say cheers! The alcohol brands of Ryan Reynolds, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and David Beckham have joined together to donate $1 million towards organizations that benefit bartenders in lockdown. You can watch the hilarious video here.

Stay safe,
Charlotte