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| In fact, I think it's another reason why we have – we feel good about that second half and why we emphasize it because we – effectively, which is what you're saying, we backfill that, and that's not an insignificant amount of revenue |
| The first four months have been encouraging, already delivering roughly $60,000 per month in revenue with only marginal additional costs |
| An example of this occurred in the third quarter of 2023 where we reported revenue of $24.6 million and we did have positive free cash flow in that quarter |
| And I think the next three years – one, two, three years are going to be really, really exciting years for us |
| The company had a positive free cash flow from May through September of 2023 |
| We see strong potential upside in this initiative over the next few years |
| They're considerably bigger than we, which is a testament, quite frankly, to our technology to be able to beat out the companies we did |
| Inuvo saw the importance of this large language model AI branch of data science many years ago when we started developing for a future that has, well, now arrived, a decision that has provided us a significant competitive advantage, a moat of patents and first mover advantage for the advertising use case our AI was designed for |
| At this level, gross margins are capable of absorbing much of our fixed costs and, therefore, generates positive cash flow |
| The real story, however, was how well the company performed in the second half of the year where revenue was up 32% year-over-year and, of course, in Q3, the company recorded its highest quarterly revenue ever at $24.6 million, a run rate at which we have stated many times in the past that, if maintained, we would expect to get us to free cash flow positive |
| This trajectory and several positive client, industry and product announcements and advancements gives us confidence for the 2024 year |
| This integration is already delivering revenue at higher margins |
| We had a strong year-over-year fourth quarter growth of 21% and a second half year-over-year growth of 32%, which provides confidence that, as we head into 2024, we have the momentum required to continue growing |
| We are pleased to report that, for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, we delivered a strong 21% year-over-year quarterly growth with $20.8 million revenue |
| And when we say we think we can get there, it means that, with the customers we've got, with the traction we've got, with how things look just from today, we think we've got a good shot at getting there this year |
| So, this component of our technology that we completed in 2023 and have now implemented across a number of customers, this is proving to have been a really good initiative for us |
| Right? In fact, like I said, we added a new platform relationship in 2023, which is also exciting for us |
| Jack Vander Aarde Great to see the strong growth momentum in the back half of the year |
| It's way better than terrible |
| Brian Kinstlinger Exciting news about measuring Netflix ads |
| Net loss of the full year also improved at $10.4 million or $0.08 per basic share for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to a $13.1 million net loss or $0.11 per share in the prior year |
| Gross profit improved in the fourth quarter of 2023 where it was $18.2 million compared to $11.7 million for the same period last year |
| Adjusted EBITDA loss improved in the fourth quarter of 2023 |
| Apple has been the single biggest catalyst behind this reshaping of the internet in favor of ad targeting systems that do not use the consumers' identity and data |
| We believe we have a plan to reach this threshold in 2024 and can be cashflow positive |
| So, yes, when we sign up 56, even if they're small now, there's a good chance unless an agency loses the client themselves, that those will continue to expand going forward for us |
| This was a critical feature in the larger client win I described earlier |
| The net loss improved in the fourth quarter of 2023 where it was $2.4 million or $0.02 per basic and diluted share as compared to a net loss of $4 million or $0.03 per basic and diluted share for the same quarter last year |
| And for the full year, the cash flow used had improved by $3 million over the prior year 2022 |
| And in head-to-head testing, our solution has outperformed other technologies we've come up against competitively |
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| For the year, while revenue was down 2% overall, it was largely a consequence of a weaker-than-expected first quarter |
| And in fact, it's a real weakness, and has been a weakness within advertising for a long time, not that there hasn't been technologies that are available to be purchased, but not all CMOS actually use them and perhaps maybe even know that they exist |
| But I would say we're not feeling a strain in the sense that we're scared of continued growth |
| This creates a serious challenge for chief marketing officers, who therefore will no longer be able to attribute the return on their media investments across the plethora of campaigns and channels they deploy |
| One of the most significant consequences of no longer being able to track consumers is the inability to measure directly when those consumers convert |
| In much the same way Inuvo saw the audience selection and targeting challenge, we also saw this one |
| We reported $73.9 million revenue for the full year of 2023, a slight decrease as compared to $75.6 million in 2022 |
| At a high level, maybe discuss with the opportunity you have with your IntentKey and your AI, how should we think about reasonable growth rate targets in 2024? And I assume the first quarter is seasonally weak as usual |
| The first, the ad market had challenges, but I think it showed some signs also of improving, but we've got also an election year |
| That was one of those examples, by the way, that I just said to Brian, right, of a loss |
| The adjusted EBITDA loss for the full year ended December 31, 2023 was $5.3 million compared to a loss of $5 million last year |
| Richard Howe Well, whenever you grow as much as we did in the second half, you feel some strain |
| That's not terrible |
| So, you have to overcome the aspect of change and then the reluctance to change |
| And so, I'm reluctant to do that |
| The decrease is due to the slower-than-expected start in 2023 in the first half of the year |
| And that relates to the second issue with this that I answer on, which is the incumbent |
| And not to say your second half numbers aren't super, it's not to say achieving $100 million wouldn't be great either |
| Maybe highlight the testing that's been done with beta customers, the results, and how it's helped advertisers make budget decisions? And then second, related to that, how do you plan to educate advertisers and agencies? Richard Howe The budget decisions is a big issue |
| This change is accelerating and it's being driven both by legislative and technological pressure, resulting from the use of an individual's identity and data for ad targeting |
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