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Advertiser Growth

Strategies for getting and keeping advertisers

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Advice on how to price and sell your ads

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Important features your ad product needs

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Ideas for ad units you could offer

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Additional insights for your ad platform journey

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The Basics of Building an Ad Platform

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Ad Policy
How to Write Clear Ad Policy Guidelines
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Launching an Ad Platform
A Step-By-Step Guide to Building an Ad Business
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Ad Ops
The 6 Required Roles for Successful Ad Product Teams
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Advertising Definitions
Advertising Terms: Everything You Need to Know

How to Get and Keep Advertisers

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Top Publishers
Why Successful Ad Publishers Stay on Top
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Ad Platform Differentiation
5 Ways to Differentiate Your Ad Platform
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Outbound
Getting Advertisers with an Outbound Campaign
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Advertise with Us Page
25 'Advertise with Us' Pages You'll Want to Copy
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Interview
How Unsplash Launched Its Ad Product - and Why Advertisers Loved It
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Self-Serve
Launching Your Self-Serve Marketplace Platform

Pricing & Business Model Advice

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Insertion Order
Insertion Order Template
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Determining Price
How to Determine Your Pricing Model and Ad Rates
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Rate Card
How to Make a Rate Card

Features You'll Want To Offer

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Geolocation
4 Ways to Add Geolocation Targeting to Your Ad Platform
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Reporting
How to Determine Ad Platform Reporting Offerings
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Weather
Implementing Weather Targeting with APIs
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Frequency Capping
What is Frequency Capping? A 2022 Guide
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First-Party Data
First-Party Data Targeting in a Privacy Law World
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Behavioral
What is Behavioral Targeting: A 2022 Guide

Ad Unit Ideas For Your Platform

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Native Advertising
What is Native Advertising?
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DOOH Ads
What are DOOH Ads? The Definitive Guide for 2022
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Carousels
How to Turn Your Homepage Carousel Into a Revenue Source
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Email Ads
Email Ads: The Definitive Guide for 2022
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Sponsored Listings
What are Sponsored Listings? The Definitive Guide for 2022
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Drop-Downs
How to Boost Your Ad Revenue with Drop-Down Ad Units

Other Considerations As You Build Your Ad Platform

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Best Practices
How to Protect Against Broken Ads
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Product Insights
Why Publishers Benefit from Responsive Ad Design
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Ad Blocking
Tips for addressing ad blockers
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GDPR & Ad Tech
How will GDPR impact your ad platform?
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Ad Disclosure Compliance
Is Your Native Ad FTC-Compliant?
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PDPA & Ad Tech
How will Thailand's PDPA impact your ad platform?

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