Microsoft Advertising listens : Feedback for 2019

At Microsoft Advertising, our mission is to work with each of you to identify opportunities and solve business challenges. Listening to you, our clients, and solving the problems that are most important to you, is at the heart of this mission. We review feedback that you've shared on our UserVoice feature suggestion forumOpens in new window, and through other listening forums and use these ideas to continually improve our product.

Thank you for partnering with us to reshape Microsoft Advertising.

The first half of 2019 has been exciting.  Lots of product improvements and exciting platform announcements — we celebrated 10 years of Bing, Bing Ads became Microsoft Advertising and we announced a strengthened partnership with Verizon Media.

Over this period, we also made several improvements based on your valuable feedback that we are confident will help you take your existing campaigns to the next level; especially with the holiday season right ahead.

Read full article @ https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/post/september-2019/microsoft-advertising-listens-your-feedback-for-the-first-half-of-2019

Darren Huston, Business Person Of The Year

Darren Huston has been at the Priceline Group since only 2014, but the CEO is making big moves and they’re already paying off: The company sold $50 billion worth of travel in 2014 and posted an 11% increase in profits in its most recent quarter. Darren Huston shapes the company in two ways:

• First, his experience in digital at Microsoft and consumer services at Starbucks have made him a meticulous, hands-on operator.
• Second, Darren Huston’s made some promising acquisitions in his short reign.

Read full article @ https://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/2015/darren-huston/

Darren Huston Good Year For The Company

Darren Huston, The Priceline Group is the dominant online player based on its scale, speed, search engine marketing strategy, and conversion skills, but perhaps its compensation policy should be added to the list of factors, as well.

• Priceline’s stock price increased 87% in 2013.
• Its gross bookings jumped 37.7% year over year.
• Priceline’s adjusted EBITDA climbed 35.9% year over year, and
• Priceline retained its position as the leader in global room nights booked.

Read full article @ https://skift.com/2014/04/24/priceline-ceo-huston-earned-17-9-million-in-2013-a-very-good-year-for-the-company/