Category: Press

Mark Bembridge, Chief Executive Officer, Smartology gg gg Smartology allows advertisers to make better use of their branded content, placing it in the world’s most premium media owners. Its advanced technology solves many of the key challenges the ad tech industry is grappling with including viewability, GDPR, privacy, brand protection, and click fraud. Its technology… Read more »

-By Mark Bembridge, CEO of Smartology gg According to a CMO Spend Survey by Gartner, marketing budgets are continuing to grow. However, the growth in spend comes with an increase in expectations. The report emphasises that it’s time for marketers to assume accountability for their spend and to equate this with a demonstrable impact on… Read more »

Mark Bembridge, CEO, Smartology ggg Fake news and the press’ future are now at the top of the political agenda. To be slightly flippant, journalism must be truly in crisis when politicians acknowledge they need to support quality reporting to maintain democracy. Culture secretary Jeremy Wright has said he would not rule out a tech… Read more »

-By Gary Neal, COO of Smartology gg There are no two ways about it. Journalism is under threat. A report commissioned by the UK government on sustainable high-quality journalism proves precisely that. There are a quarter fewer full-time journalists than a decade ago, and large swathes of the UK have no access to proper local… Read more »

Intro As we near the end of the year, it’s time to look back at what has happened in 2018, including those events that made the news and their impact on Smartology. GDPR- what else? A review of the year wouldn’t be complete without some sort of recognition of the impact of GDPR. The months… Read more »

Smartology’s CEO, Mark Bembrdge, was featured in the Marketing Gazette. The article titled, ‘Privacy is the New Norm‘ looks at why contextual advertising is gaining public support and popularity again. 

Smartology’s US Managing Director, Gordon Kerr, was feature in Martech Advisor this week. The article titled, ‘The renaissance of Contextual Advertising‘ looks at why contextual advertising is making a come back and why it is bigger, better and more important than ever before.

Gary Neal, COO of Smartology, was covered by MarTech series in an interview on the 1st of October. Gary is an accomplished digital strategist and operations professional with over 15 years experience in online businesses.

Comments from Mark Bembridge, CEO and founder, Smartology gg Key advice “Don’t invest in technology too quickly and keep it simple – let it work for you, not drown you!” “Technology should be there to add value and help small businesses save time. In the early days, tying up limited staff in complex tech is… Read more »

Early days of GDPR   May 25th 2018 – GDPR-Day – has come and gone. And following the interim distraction of the industry’s annual jamboree in Cannes, publishers, advertisers and ad tech vendors are now starting to understand its effect and implications for their businesses and map out the road ahead.