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The Cost of Mobile Fighting Ad Fraud: Manual vs. Programmatic

Back in August of 2016 at the beginning of a heavy political advertising season, the Ad Operations team at Gimbal started receiving consistent complaints from one of our partners regarding questionable placements coming up in their performance reports on a campaign we were running for them. As with all our clients, we had brand- and […]

Gimbal Ranks No. 66 on Inc. 500

Advertising and Marketing Platform Gimbal Receives Honors Among America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies LOS ANGELES, August 16, 2017 Inc. Magazine today ranked Gimbal, Inc. number 66 on its 35th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy […]

Introducing the S22 Beacon Featuring Best-in-Class Battery Life

One of the great things about Gimbal beacons is that they’re incredibly low-maintenance. Once you’ve purchased them and placed them about your location (store, arena, OOH asset, etc), there’s little else you have to do. No complicated installation. No confusing configuration. No frequently recurring maintenance. Just deploy them where you want and you’re ready to […]

The Evolution of a Mobile Ad

A mobile ad is more than just a creative combination of copy and imagery. It’s a piece of technology. And like a piece of technology, it must be built from the ground up by engineers and designers working in concert. So how is a mobile ad brought to life? Phase I: Inspiration It all starts […]

Let’s Reimagine What Beacons Can Do For OOH Advertising

Beacons and push notifications. Like peanut butter and jelly, the two have gone hand-in-hand since we started marketing on mobile. And as good of a fit the two might make, beacons have always held the promise of something more – however elusively. A beacon is a signal. It transmits data and corresponds with connected devices […]

Kube Systems and Gimbal Work Together to Improve the Hotel Experience

Hoteliers now can use beacon technology in guestrooms via the Kube Essentials mobile device charging solution to push targeted guest offers and drive onsite revenues. JERICHO, NY AND SAN DIEGO, JUNE 20, 2017 — Kube Systems, the provider of mobile device charging solutions, has recently partnered with Gimbal to bring location-based marketing to the guestroom […]

Snapchat Acquires Placed

Bundling for Better Results: Why Snapchat Acquired Placed

I have always jokingly complained that digital marketing is held to exceedingly high-performance expectations compared to other channels. “Go ahead… try and force people not to change the radio station!” I joked during the Viewability Rush of 2015. But that curse is also a blessing. Those same standards are what push our industry to innovate […]

Announcing Arrival: Dwell-Based Attribution

“What happens after a person sees an ad?” You’ve seen this question before, time and time again. “Where do they go?” “What do they do?” “What do they buy?” Each year, the advertising industry gets closer to answering these questions. But we still aren’t quite there. Current attribution solutions either don’t have the necessary breadth […]