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Return-on-ad-spend – or ROAS – has solidified itself as an industry standard for measuring campaign effectiveness. There’s no doubt that ROAS is useful, but an ultra-heavy focus on the metric can be deceptive when determining the overall health of your campaigns. Is the Marketing Efficiency Ratio, or MER, the solution to the problems ROAS creates? Let’s dive into the details: MER vs. ROAS: What’s the Difference? ROAS is calculated by dividing the cost of ads from the revenue those ads produced: (Revenue from ads) / (Cost of ads).

For a small business, marketing isn’t just about growing profits, it’s about survival. One of the biggest challenges small businesses face is getting the most out of a limited advertising budget. Luckily, there’s a smart solution. Programmatic advertising helps stretch every ad dollar for maximum impact. By using data and automation, it helps small businesses compete with much larger ones. Let’s take a look at how programmatic can help small businesses grow:

One of the many draws of programmatic advertising is the promise of efficiency, but there are plenty of examples of businesses taking “efficiency” too far. In this week’s blog from Genius Monkey, we’re taking a look at another way some advertisers cut out too many steps with the issue of programmatic “black boxes.” Let’s dive in! What is a Programmatic Black Box? A black box is a system where advertisers spend ad money with little control as to how, when, and where ads are placed.

The last year has seen many shake-ups to the advertising world; big platforms shutting down, Google losing multiple advertising-related court cases, and the ever-evolving machinations of MFA. One thing that doesn’t change is the Genius Monkey platform’s ability to reach your audience: any audience! Genius Monkey users represent a vast variety of verticals across multiple programmatic channels. We’re always talking about following the data; let’s see what the data has to say!

Genius Monkey is a programmatic platform built for efficiency, but there are a number of ways to measure that efficiency. ROAS – return on ad spend – has long been an industry standard metric that doesn’t tell the whole story; could the Marketing Efficiency Ratio (MER) be the hero the industry needs? This week, Genius Monkey makes an appearance on Adweek, where readers can download our latest white paper on measuring efficiency and its potential pitfalls.

MFA, or “Made For Advertising”, is the boogeyman of digital advertising, scooping up some $20 billion of wasted ad spend on bot sites, unviewable ads, or ad farms. The Association of National Advertisers reports that buyers have been spending less on MFA overall in the last few years, but it’s been on the rise in recent months. We all know MFA sites when we see them; so why are they so hard to circumvent?

In 2024, consumers in the United States spent an eye-watering $994.1 billion throughout the winter holiday season! It’s no wonder that advertisers focus on it so much, but history has shown there are many events and seasons that encourage customers to open their wallets. In this week’s blog from Genius Monkey, we’re following up on our article last year ranking the top ten shopping days throughout the year. Let’s jump in and see what’s new, what’s old, and how advertisers can make the most of each season!

Targeted advertising has solidified itself as the king of digital marketing. Approximately 87% of all digital ad spend is devoted to programmatic, and nothing can get that popular without a few alternatives rearing their heads. To the crux of the issue: self-service vs. fully-managed programmatic platforms. There are many qualities that separate these two distinct tools of targeted advertising, and this article is going to take a deeper look at a key element that divides them: customer service.

What do you do when everything seems to be perfect, but you’re not seeing results? You may have thought you set up the best strategy possible, but when the numbers aren’t lining up, there’s usually a reason. These are the first 5 fixes we like to recommend if your campaign isn’t seeing the results you wanted. Each business is different, so these 5 won’t automatically make you a big success—for that you need a team working alongside you every step of the way.

On Sunday, February 12, 2023, millions will gather in their homes—and at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona—to watch one of the greatest sports spectacles around: The Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is, as always, expected to be a big event, as last year’s Super Bowl had almost 100 million people watching. One thing we can all agree on is that the advertisements during the Super Bowl bring out some of the most creative and memorable ideas in advertising.