“Think of FitAd as data light,” Greenberg told MobiHealthNews in an interview. “We are not looking to compile anything. We are not storing any data. We’re more interested in real-time. Opening up [a fitness or health] app sends a low tech signal that you are starting an activity. Based on which app it is, we know what you are going to do. If you just started up a running app, you are starting a run. If you are in a health app, you’re probably looking to track something.”

Greenberg said there are other moments that are good opportunities for brands to reach health app users. When an app user achieves a personal best time or completes their weekly or monthly goal, the congratulations message in the app could be from a sponsor. Those kinds of ads don’t require FitAd or a brand to collect data on the end user.

“If we ever ran an ad while you were already on a run, you would stop that app, uninstall it and never want to use it again,” Greenberg said. “We are trying to do two things: Be very mindful of the user experience and not to ruin that. And, two, we are trying to capture as little data as possible by being intelligent about the breaks, the starts, the stops that happen when you use an app.”

Convincing app developers that these kinds of ads won’t ruin the user experience will be key to FitAd’s success, as will its ability to work with brands to craft ads that work while not driving app users away. FitAd already counts a few brands as customers.


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It looks like one of the biggest trends in the next couple of years may be a huge growth in the usage of mobile devices and wearables for fitness & health.

Hoping to capitalize on that growth, New York startup FitAd has launched a mobile ad platform that promises to deliver a “curated audience” to brands, and maximized ad revenues to specialty publishers.

FitAd is a “mobility ad network” that is targeted at publishers and brands interested in the fitness and health industry.


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What’s the future of fitness? More apps, of course. And wearables.

Now FitAd has launched the first-ever mobile and wearable advertising platform for fitness and health brands and publishers. The FitAd platform can deliver targeted ads via a network serving about 50 million monthly app users and mobile site visitors.

“Recent research shows that fitness app usage is growing 87 percent faster than the overall app market,” say the visionaries behind the platform. “Almost one-third of U.S. smartphone owners, which is about 46 million unique people, used apps from the fitness and health category in January 2014, according to a report from Nielsen’s Mobile NetView 3.0 software. Those 46 million users accessed the apps on average 16 times per month and engaged with the apps over periods averaging approximately one hour per engagement.”

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A new wearables ad network initiative enables brands to deliver targeted ads to consumers' wrists.

There’s no denying that "wearables" has become a buzzword in the digital marketing space. And now, the technology is so popular that marketers can even run programmatic ads on wearable devices with a new ad network.

FitAd, a mobile and wearables ad network, has started serving targeted ads on wearable gear and apps in an effort to engage with consumers who are passionate about health, fitness, and outdoor recreation.

For example, FitAd's wearables ad platform allows Amtrak's Acela Express train service to run banner ads via Golfshot, a golf GPS app, onto Golfshot users' Sony or Samsung watches. Similarly, the platform is also working with HOKA ONE ONE, a running shoe brand, to deliver targeted ads via running app RockMyRun on consumers' wearable devices.

"Success in digital health and fitness is all about authenticity," says Adam Riggs-Zeigen, founder and chief executive (CEO) of RockMyRun. "With the FitAd platform we can offer an ad-supported model with relevant advertisements for active people."


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Advertisers can now tap into the growing market for wearable technology using FitAd, a recently launched wearable advertising platform for fitness and health-oriented brands and publishers.

Engagement on mobile health software is higher than almost all other categories of apps, making it a market ripe for advertisers. Nielsen’s own evidence points to 46 million users of apps averaging 16 uses each month for a period totalling one hour per engagement.

New York-based FitAd uses a mixture of programmatic advertising and direct seller channels to take advantage of the heightened engagement around health apps. The company also states it can target approximately 50 million monthly app and mobile site users.


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FitAd aims to take fitness and health brands on the run with digitally connected exercisers.

Claiming to be the first-ever mobile and wearable advertising platform for fitness and health brands,FitAd was launched this week by Clear Channel digital marketing alumnus Mort Greenberg. The new business promises delivery of targeted ads to some 50 million users of mobile apps and sites.


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December 16, 2014 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FitAd today announced its launch of the first-ever mobile and wearable advertising platform for fitness and health oriented brands and publishers. FitAd delivers targeted ads via a network extending to approximately 50 million monthly app and mobile site users.


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