Ben Pashman

Ben Pashman

Gigya

Ben has 15 years of media marketing experience, including 10 years focused on Internet advertising sales and business development. Positions include Sales and Product Management roles at Doubleclick, Advertising Director at Condenet and Director of Advertising Sales at Travelzoo where Ben helped the company go from $15M to $70M in advertising revenue in three years and saw the company through a successful IPO on NASDAQ. Prior to joining Gigya, Ben headed up ad sales for Insider Pages, a Sequoia Capital funded start up which was acquired by IAC.

Sessions

3:30pm - 4:15pm Monday, 03/03/2008
Widget Strategies & Social Platforms
General
 Location: San Diego Ballroom B
Jeremiah Owyang (Forrester Research), Hooman Radfar (Clearspring Technologies, Inc.), Jeff Nolan (NewsGator), Pam Webber (Widgetbox), Ben Pashman (Gigya)
Widgets are rapidly spreading throughout social networks and platforms. Companies are using widgets as new publishing and advertising channels, for both businesses and consumers. What advantages do widgets provide? And who's in charge of all of them? Learn how to define your widget strategy, and how to conquer the world of social platforms, news feeds, viral marketing, and more. Read more.
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  • BNet

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