AdHack
AdHack is a community and market for people-powered advertising. Anyone can create an ad. Anyone can buy an ad. Like an eBay for advertising, AdHack connects ad buyers and ad creators in a secure web environment, enabling community interaction and transactions.
More specifically, AdHack creates a fast and authentic way for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to source advertising without the slow delivery, high costs and questionable value of advertising agencies.
By connecting ad buyers directly to ad creators through web tools we deliver outstanding value to a large and underserved market.
AdHack solves 3 problems:
1. Creating ads is slow.
- AdHack enables ad buyers to easily find existing ads or to quickly commission ad creators for custom ads.
2. Creating ads is expensive.
- AdHack charges ad buyers only for the ads they buy.
3. Return on attention for advertising is low and diminishing.
- AdHack enables word-of-mouth advertising, the most-trusted form of advertising.
We launched AdHack Beta on July 2, 2008. We quickly made our first sale and have made additional direct sales through the AdHack Pioneers program, proving our assumptions and creating case studies of completed ad sales.
We are currently raising a friends-and-family round of funding to grow our direct sales, establish our media partner sales channel and grow our ad buyer and ad creator communities. We will be seeking an A round of funding in January.
- Website:
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http://adhack.com
- Address:
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302 - 70 2nd Ave E
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Blog Posts About AdHack
AdHack launches Recotype #reco
The AdHack team have been busy lately. Not satisfied with just running AdHack (the online platform that amtches buyers of creative work to top creators), they’ve also come up with a nifty...
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AdHack helps Microsoft crowdsource
Jame Sherrett over at Vancouver start-up AdHack blogged last week about a big opportunity on their site for creative types to work with a "Leading Software Company for the Global PC Marketplace"....
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AdHack evolving into an Ad Marketplace
To celebrate Canada Day, Vancouver startup AdHack launched a new version of their site yesterday. The new site marks two bigs steps in the evolution of the People-Powered Advertising solution.
For...
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Henrik Zetterberg teams up with AdHack?
There is a cool story developing over at AdHack this week thanks to the Detroit-Pittsburgh Stanley Cup matchup. AdHack Founder James Sherrett came across some very funny fan-created ads featuring...
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Final Call for AdHack Scripts
Last week we mentioned Vancouver-based AdHack's experiment using their own People-Powered Advertising platform. While they're not running a traditional paid commission for this piece, they are...
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AdHack crowdsources Balls Sequel
Last summer Techvibes commissioned a print advertisement through Vancouver startup AdHack and the results were bang-on.
Now the AdHack guys are having a little fun themselves showing off their...
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BVF08: AdHacking at the Banff Venture Forum
AdHack's James Sherrett got a dreaded post-lunch time slot at the Banff Venture Forum this afternoon. Not a problem - his energetic presentation was laden with sample ads that were created on the...
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IMC: Best Tips and Conference Summary
Internet Marketing Conference took place in Vancouver September 11 and 12 at the Coast Plaza Hotel. The conference was live blogged by Corey Rollins of AdHack.com, Rebecca Bolwitt of Miss604.com...
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Still wondering what Adhack is?
Techvibes recent ad commission on AdHack did a pretty good job of explaining what exactly they're all about but apparently some of you are still wondering what AdHack is... this should help:
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AdHack Beta Launch Party Tonight
AdHack is hosting a Beta Launch Party tonight, 7pm to Midnight, at the Anza Club (8th Ave and Ontario St), and are holding it DIY-style:
We’ll have great DIY games and activities for you to...
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Need Feedback for Techvibes Print Ad
We've received some great submissions for our upcoming BIV High Tech BC magazine advertisement that we commissioned over at AdHack. Check out the final three below and head over to AdHack to let us...
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IDC's 10 Canadian Web 2.0 Companies to Watch
Global research powerhouse IDC has released their 10 Canadian Web 2.0 Companies to Watch list today and Mark MacLeod of StartupCFO was kind enough to republish the companies online.
AdHack -...
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Adhack presents at DemoCampVancouver04
James Sherrett, CEO of Adhack, presented his do-it-yourself advertising agency at DemoCamp04 Vancouver today at Workspace. He said that as we now live in a participatory culture driven by...
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