Apartments.com Moves to Accipiter's AdManager; AdManager Hosted Helps Apartments.com Maximize Revenue Potential.RALEIGH, N.C. & LONDON -- Accipiter Solutions, Inc., an online advertising technology innovator since 1996, today announced that Apartments.com, a nationally-recognized online apartment rental listing service, has migrated from a competitive solution to Accipiter's AdManager Hosted technology. Apartments.com reported record-breaking visits and leads to customers during the first half of 2006, helping make the site the number one Internet listing subscription service for the rental industry. As such, Apartments.com required a solution that would easily scale with its rapidly growing marketplace. With an aggressive plan for continued growth, Apartments.com plans to maximize AdManager's unique revenue management capabilities such as the ability to create campaign tiers which can be optimized per campaign by segment and creative performance. "Projecting inventory forecasts in a real-time environment and making changes to our ad campaigns on the fly are critical needs of Apartments.com and our advertisers," said Maria Richer, Apartments.com product manager for media sales/corporate products. "Accipiter has helped us capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. a more effective use of our existing inventory, allowing us to anticipate even greater revenue gains as we continue to grow our marketplace." Today, many online publishers such as Apartments.com have complex business models that incorporate national sales teams, local sales teams, schedule-based campaigns, performance-based campaigns, affiliate campaigns and promotional programs. "It is possible to manage all of these initiatives together while ensuring that each ad request is fulfilled as strategically as possible, as opposed to just getting it right a percentage of the time," said Accipiter CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Brian Handly. "This is the concept behind our revenue management technology and we're happy to have the opportunity to help apply this methodology for Apartments.com." "We wanted a team that could provide exceptional customer service and the ability to develop customer-based solutions," continued Richer. "Accipiter put in place multiple high-performance solutions that expertly manage the needs of Apartments.com and our advertisers." About Apartments.com Apartments.com is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC Classified Ventures, LLC ("CV") is a joint-venture owned by five large media partners whose main focus is in the real estate and automotive online advertising. Classified Ventures, LLC ("CV") is a joint-venture owned by five large media partners whose main focus is in real , a strategic joint venture owned by five leading media companies including Belo Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BLC BLC Boston Library Consortium BLC Bethany Lutheran College (Minnesota) BLC Back Light Compensation (video cameras) BLC Belo Corporation (stock symbol) BLC Broadband Loop Carrier ), Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute ), , The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI See Merom New Instructions. ), Tribune Company The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, responsible for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Hartford Courant (NYSE: TRB TRB Transportation Research Board TRB Technical Review Board TRB Teacher Registration Board TRB Test Review Board TRB Total Relationship Balance TRB Tap-Rack-Bang (shooting procedure) TRB Theodore Roosevelt Building ) and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO WPO Women Presidents' Organization (New York, NY) WPO World Packaging Organization WPO World Powerlifting Organization WPO Werkplek Onderzoek (Netherlands) ). As part of this relationship, Apartments.com exclusively provides rental content to newspaper, television and community Web sites within the network. Apartments.com is the most visited national apartment Internet listing subscription service distinguished by approximately three million rental listings from managed properties, newspaper classifieds and for-rent-by-owner units. Its personalized searches, highly visual ads featuring 360-degree virtual tours Virtual Tours The phrases panoramic tour and virtual tour are often used to describe a variety of video and photographic based media. The word panorama indicates an unbroken view, so essentially, a panorama in that respect could be either a series of photographs or panning video and professional photography, and comprehensive community listings, make it possible for in-market renters to access rental inventory from across town or across the country and make informed decisions quickly. The site's foundation of solid partnerships with the local newspaper and television station Web sites of more than 170 affiliates across the country includes the Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com), The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) and the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). (www.latimes.com). Apartments.com, a division of Chicago-based Classified Ventures, LLC, delivers highly qualified, ready-to-rent prospects to more than 14,500 trade customers, which increases closure rates and decreases the average cost of leasing an apartment. About Accipiter Accipiter has been serving and enriching the digital advertising industry since 1996. Web publishers, media networks and marketers take advantage of Accipiter's innovative ad management, trafficking and behavioral targeting solutions to effectively manage their online advertising revenue. Accipiter's established industry experience and substantial investment in technology provides their customers with the very latest in advanced online advertising solutions. Accipiter's technology supports and delivers ads in any emerging rich media format, including RSS feeds, podcasts, blogs, photocasts, mobile and streaming audio and video. With more than 350 customers worldwide, over 50 billion online ads are served each month using Accipiter's technology. For more information, please visit www.accipiter.com. AdManager is a trademark of Accipiter Solutions, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks or service marks of the company with which they are associated. |
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