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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingPeople-Based Marketing’s Biggest Problem: The Retargeting Conspiracy
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Andreas Reiffen, founder and CEO at Crealytics. If there’s one indisputable truth about digital media, it is that digital is measurable. While that’s bona fide, debate still rages around what’s […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingScaling To Better Measurement Requires A Stepwise Approach
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by George W. Ivie, CEO and executive director at the Media Rating Council. Many people in our business like to quote John Wanamaker about the inability to determine which 50% of […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat Happens When Telcos Stop Sharing their Location Data?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Peter Lenz, senior geospatial analyst at Dstillery. In late June, Verizon made the somewhat controversial decision to stop selling location data to third-party brokers. AT&T and Sprint quickly followed, making […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingCampaign Effectiveness Comes Down To Great Ads, Not Viewability
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Paul Lowrey, head of marketing and strategy at TI Media. In the continual race to maximize viewability, brands and agencies may have forgotten one vital element: engagement. You might have […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat Happens When Telcos Stop Sharing their Location Data?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Peter Lenz, senior geospatial analyst at Dstillery. In late June, Verizon made the somewhat controversial decision to stop selling location data to third-party brokers. AT&T and Sprint quickly followed, making […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingCan Transparent Technology Evolve Faster Than Tech Used For Ill-Gotten Gains?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jerry Jones, chief ethics and legal officer and executive vice president at Acxiom. When it comes to safeguarding our democracy, much has already been said about the need for more […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingData Generations: Segmenting The Industry’s Data Professionals
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Lindsey Harju, co-founder at Blinc Digital Group. At recent industry events, I’ve noticed distinct differences in conversations. The more seasoned industry vets understood consumer data, especially offline data, better than […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingCalculating Your Calculated Risks
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Nathan Carver, chief technology officer at Amnet Group US. Investment in new product development is the single strongest predictor of a company’s future value. It’s for this reason that successful […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingNavigating Location Data’s Ethical Minefield
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Thomas Walle, co-founder and CEO at Unacast. Data is the lifeblood of the internet economy, and that’s unlikely to change. But questions of privacy are more frequent and louder than […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWe Need Data Ethics, Not Just Laws
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Chad Wollen, chief marketing officer at Smartpipe. With consumer trust in brands at such a low point it is worth reflecting on a home truth: Companies neglected to put the […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Growing Role Of AI In B2B Marketing
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jacob Beck, programmatic media specialist at DWA Media, a Merkle company. Already, the AI ecosystem has grown crowded, especially as it relates to managing programmatic spend. Demand-side platforms (DSPs), supply-side […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIs The DMP Finally Dead?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Martin Kihn, research vice president at Dentsu Aegis Network. Pity the poor data management platform (DMP). After almost a decade since the programmatic power-up, it has been all but left […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingDespite Its Many Benefits For Programmatic, Transparency Remains Elusive
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by George Pappachen, board director at BIScience and adjunct professor at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. We are in the second decade since programmatic’s rise, a business […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMobile Apps That Transcend Borders
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Bikram Sohal, head of India at StartApp. The timeless tenet that understanding customers is the key to business growth has never been truer than within India’s rapid acceleration into a […]
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PODCAST: The Big StoryThe Big Story Podcast: IPG Buys Acxiom Marketing Solutions, LiveRamp’s Future And Sir Martin Wins Against WPP
This is a new podcast from AdExchanger. It will be available wherever you subscribe to podcasts. The Big Story is a breezy new podcast featuring a roundtable of AdExchanger editors talking about, well, the biggest stories that broke over the past week. In our inaugural episode, Managing Editor Ryan Joe and staff writers Alison Weissbrot […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMarketers Can’t Overlook Simpson’s Paradox In Programmatic Buying
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Cameron Wertheimer, director of corporate development and strategy at Vertical Mass. As budgets continue to shift toward programmatic, it is more important than ever for marketers to use statistics when […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMaximizing Return On Investment In A Post-GDPR World
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Wayne Blodwell, founder and CEO at The Programmatic Advisory. Now that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been activated, brands must quickly learn how to maximize what they do with […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoWill IGTV And Digital Long-Form Finally Bring Big TV Ad Budgets Online?
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Edward Kim, founder and executive chairman at SimpleReach. Facebook recently announced the launch of IGTV, a hub for long-form, vertical videos that’s accessible from both a new app and the existing Instagram app. Facebook’s […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingPost-GDPR, How Many Will Really Opt Out Of Personal Targeting?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Duncan Arthur, managing director at illuma. You’d be forgiven for thinking we’re reliving the Y2K bug all over again. Though there were reports of drops in bidding for inventory lacking […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderGetting In On The 2020 Election Campaigns: What Publishers Need To Know
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. Instead of taking a well-deserved (and much-needed) break after the 2016 presidential election, digital teams went right back to work. That’s partly because presidential elections […]
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The In-House Hiring Challenge; NYT Covers TV Ad Tracking
Now Hiring The overarching trend of brands in-housing marketing technology operations isn’t great for agencies and tech vendors. But one thing working in their favor is the challenge many brands now face securing top programmatic and data-driven talent. The pharmaceutical giant Bayer would like to more than double its 10-person programmatic and analytics team, but […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThis ‘Oil’ Should Fuel Creative Campaigns, Too
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Lux Narayan, co-founder and CEO at Unmetric. Data is often likened to oil, but the similarities go deeper than you might think. The first oil drills in North America were […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderProgrammatic Guaranteed: A Chance To Rethink Publisher Growth
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Devlin Jefferson, vice president of product at Operative. Bauer Xcel recently gave publishers advice about working directly with brands that take programmatic in-house. Note that the advice was written by Bauer’s new in-house programmatic […]
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Summer Of Our Missed Consent
Summer Of Our Missed Consent Google is causing consternation and potential GDPR violations by delaying its implementation of the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework, a collaborative model for publishers to gather consent and transmit that consent up the supply chain, Reuters reports. Google promised to fully integrate with the industry framework by August, but […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingEuropean Advertisers Have Limited Ability To Verify YouTube Ads
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Bjarte Humborstad, digital director at RED Media Consulting. Following the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Google has allowed advertisers to serve their YouTube ads only from Google-owned […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Programmatic Transparency Challenges That Still Must Be Solved
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by James O’Connor, head of programmatic at Kiip. Our industry has taken great strides improving transparency in recent years, and it’s about to do so again with the IAB’s release of […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoMissed Opportunities: Creative Testing For TV
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Kevin O’Reilly, chief strategy officer at TVSquared. It goes without saying that a creative can make or break an ad campaign. TV advertisers spend millions to create visually memorable, emotion-driven and even humorous ads […]
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Data Driven And Daring: The 10 Boldest Marketers
by Allison Schiff, Alison Weissbrot, Sarah Sluis, James Hercher and Ryan Joe Getting a big brand to shift its marketing approach is about as easy as moving a planet out of orbit. Yet, many see the writing on the wall: If they don’t change, consumers will leave them behind. As such, big marketers have to […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThrough Consolidation And Net Neutrality Repeal, The Duopoly Becomes A Lots-More-Opoly
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jay Friedman, chief operating officer at Goodway Group. Most of the discussion about who dominates digital media over the past few years has focused on the Google and Facebook duopoly. That’s […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingFast-Forward To 2040: How Businesses Will Evolve With AI
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Aman Naimat, senior vice president of technology at Demandbase. From scaling repetitive tasks to improving human-to-machine interactions, artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way when it comes to freeing […]