Mindshare’s Bitterman on Real-Time Content and Technology

Content and content marketing are among the leading buzzwords in the advertising business, but it can be useful to understand the different types of content that brands are relying on, says Jordan Bitterman, Chief Strategy Officer, North America at Mindshare in an interview for Beet.TV with Paul Kontonis, SVP Strategy & Sales at Collective Digital Studio. Advertising itself […]

 
 

Brand Watch CEO: Marketers Must Act Right Here, Right Now

Oreos may have been dunked in the dark in 2013, but does “real-time marketing” have a real future in 2014? Sebastian Hempstead, CEO of social media marketing monitor service Brandwatch, says immediacy is vital. “The content we put in to conversations can turn up a day later… if it’s not in the right moment… when we want […]

 
 

Mindshare Exec: Online Videos Becoming Shorter

LAS VEGAS  —  Long-form video is alive and well, but online videos in general are becoming shorter, says Jordan Bitterman, Chief Strategy Officer, North America at Mindshare in an interview with Beet.TV at CES. The trend stems from the proliferation of six-second Vine videos and fifteen-second Instagram clips, coupled with the effectiveness of shorter ads, he tells […]

 
 

Mindshare’s Bitterman: Premium Video Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

The ad industry is fond of considering video inventory either low-grade fodder or “premium”. But Mindshare’s North America Chief Strategy Officer Jordan Bitterman tells Beet.TV the distinction depends on the goals of the advertiser. “One marketer may say ‘premium’ content has to be shot by a famous director, has got to have celebrity talent on […]

 
 

Digitas’ Bitterman: Our NewFront is about ‘Context’

Digitas, the big digital agency that started the NewFronts six years ago, has seen a dramatic growth in the marketplace for Web original video and an expansion of its industry event to now include over a dozen big content producers including AOL, Conde Nast, Google/YouTube, Hulu, Microsoft, Vevo, Yahoo and others. With the explosion of […]

 
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