Good morning, marketers.
It finally happened. Uber is getting digital car-top ads. The company has been under mounting pressure to turn a profit and has most recently partnered with adtech company Adomni to build another revenue stream. The result ā Uber OOH ā is digital screens on top of Uber cars in three pilot cities: Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix. Uber OOH promises 1,000 cars, 180 million monthly impressions and āmillions of milesā of ad exposures. It also says you can do precise geotargeting by neighborhood. The company will offer āperformance reports.ā Itās not clear, however, what that means and what specific metrics will be provided. For advertisers who have yet to get into the DOOH space, now might be a prime opportunity. Yesterday we told you about a healthcare company thatās nailing personalized marketing. What we didnāt tell you is there are two sides to this coin. While some marketers are singing the praises of one-to-one marketing, others are questioning if personalization is worth risking customer trust. As privacy regulations continue to expand and ad blocker usage grows, marketers are being forced to reconsider how they track and target users. Industry analysts and marketing experts weigh in. Facebook quietly updated its terms of service for its Advanced Mobile App Measurement program in January, barring mobile app advertisers from using device-level data for any purpose other than measuring campaign performance on an āaggregate and anonymous basis.ā The change took effect on January 22. With the change, Facebook mobile app advertisers can no longer use device-level data for any of the following: To target or retarget ads, to redirect with tags, to sell to third-parties, to inform cross-channel ad campaigns. While itās a minor change on the mobile app ads front, it lays the groundwork for a bigger push to bring advertisers even deeper into Facebookās walled garden. Can we trust Facebook to grade its own homework? Thereās more below, including a Pro Tip on why e-comm companies should bundle shipping costs into the price of goods. Taylor Peterson, Deputy Editor |