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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingPost-GDPR, Clients Will Own Data And Agencies Must Get Creative
“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 John Snyder, CEO at Grapeshot. The upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides impetus for brands to take a stronger hand in the stewardship of the data that will be […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWho Will Survive The Machine-Learning Revolution?
“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 Rémi Lemonnier, co-founder at Scibids. Machine learning (ML) is a very trendy term, raising huge expectations on one end and creating fantastic fears on the other. Even if there is […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingFacebook’s Blow To Third-Party Data Makes First-Party Data Even More Crucial
“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 Matt McGowan, president at Adestra. Facebook’s move to shut down its Partner Categories program helps it look good in the court of public opinion, shores up some loose ends with […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingA New Beginning For In-App Measurement
“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 Eric Picard, vice president of product management at Pandora. Last week, the IAB Tech Lab released the Open Measurement (OM) Software Development Kit (SDK), a universal SDK to support standardized, […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIs Google Using GDPR As An Excuse To Restrict Advertiser And Publisher Choices?
“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 Joshua Koran, managing director, DMP, at Sizmek. As the May deadline for GDPR compliance approaches, many companies have been asking how Google may react. So when Google recently announced as […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Growing Global Influence Of GDPR
“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 Micciche, CEO at Certain. If 2017 was the year of the data breach, 2018 is shaping up to be the year of data privacy. Data breaches impact millions of […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingFacebook’s Third-Party Data Pull-Back: Winners And Losers
“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 Kurt Abrahamson, CEO at ShareThis. Facebook recently created a small panic in the marketing and data community when it announced that it would pull the plug on its Partner Categories […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow Much Targeting Is Too Much 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 Frost Prioleau, CEO and co-founder at Simpli.fi. P&G made headlines in 2016 when it announced it would scale back on Facebook targeting. At the time, P&G CMO Marc Pritchard said, […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow Digitally Native Brands Succeed On Programmatic
“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 Sam Appelbaum, general manager at Yellowhammer Media Group. At its annual meeting, the IAB [PDF] highlighted a shift in today’s brand economy from a supply chain-driven paradigm to one defined […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingSpeaking The Same Language On Cross-Media Audience Measurement Standards
“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. Cross-device audience measurement is difficult and has been slow to emerge because the clues involved are unique to […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven Thinking‘Advertising Wins Elections’ And Other Myths
“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 Gartner. People who believe Cambridge Analytica put our president in office aren’t thinking very hard. We know how advertising works: It hardly works at […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Customer Service Imperative In Ad Tech
“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 Alex Perrin, vice president of programmatic strategy at Viant’s Adelphic. Brands place too high of a priority on impersonal technology versus strategic partnerships that garner access to innovative solutions. Everyone […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingFixed-Price Buying Prevents Marketers From Unlocking The Power Of Their 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 Tim Sims, senior vice president of inventory partnerships at The Trade Desk. For all of digital’s promise, some marketers today still execute media buys the way they did in the […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAds.txt And The Future Of Data Pricing
“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 Ben Goldman, chief revenue officer at 180byTwo. Ads.txt adoption is creating ripple effects throughout the media ecosystem. Launched by the Interactive Advertising Bureau as a way to combat fraud caused […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Silver Lining In Lost Business
“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 Shachar Shamir, co-founder at Ranky. Too often, marketing and sales folks work hard to move leads through the sales funnel, only for some of those customers to leave after making […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIs CRM The Future Of Agencies?
“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 Ka Mo Lau, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Thunder. The agency industry has had an identity crisis in recent years in the wake of digital media’s disruption. […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIs Your Data Healthy?
“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 Ameet Shah, senior director of global technology, publisher and data strategy at Prohaska Consulting. How much do we really know about the data we use? A company’s advertiser, agency or […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingFor Ad Agencies to Survive, Transparency Must Be More Than Just A Buzzword
“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 Mike Romoff, head of global agency and channel sales at LinkedIn. Ad agencies face an existential crisis, years in the making, and it feels particularly urgent at this moment. There […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAI In Marketing: Where And When It Can Make A Difference
“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 Dana Hayes, president at ShareThis. Today’s CMO is tasked with the challenge of understanding a far greater number of channels, platforms and technologies than ever before. Couple that with the […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingFacebook-Cambridge Analytica Shows The Importance Of Data And Trust In Advertising
“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 Joshua Lowcock, executive vice president and chief digital and innovation officer at UM Worldwide. The advertising industry often talks about trust – trust between advertisers and their agencies, trust between […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingBlockchain Is Here, But Legal And Practical Issues Abound
“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 Vejay G. Lalla, a partner in the advertising, marketing and promotions group at Davis & Gilbert. Blockchain technology took off in 2017 across a wide array of industries and may […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow Change Blindness Diminishes Advertising Effectiveness
“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 Serge Ioffe, co-founder and chief technology officer at RevJet. In a study conducted several years ago, while counting the number of times several jugglers passed a ball back and forth, […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAd Tech Isn’t Overpriced
“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 Andrew Shebbeare, co-founder and chief product officer at Essence. One can’t fail to notice the headlines about big brands taking their money back to traditional channels, grumbling that the programmatic […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow To Survive In A First-Price, 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 Jay Friedman, chief operating officer at Goodway Group. Imagine it’s 2016, and a marketer is programmatically targeting EU consumers with behavioral data and buying those impressions on a second-price auction. When […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingGDPR And The Confounding Question Of ‘Legitimate Interest’
“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 Eric Berry, CEO at TripleLift. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is going into force in late May and could either devastate the programmatic ecosystem in Europe, along with the […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderAs More Brands Demand Transparency, Publishers Must Answer The Call
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Susan Panico, senior vice president of strategic solutions at Pandora. Unilever CMO Keith Weed made headlines at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting when he threatened to pull advertising investment from online platforms that create […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIs A Single Viewability Standard Possible?
“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 Bradley Timmers, director of product management at Integral Ad Science. The last four years have seen digital advertising adopt viewability as a primary measure of media quality, with numerous agencies, […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat Really Matters In Ad Tech
“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 Brixius, vice president at 84.51° Data and analytics are often used in dubious ways for dubious ends. Bob Hoffman and others have written about their frustrations of an industry that needs […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingDeterministic Data Isn't What It Seems
“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 Matt Keiser, founder and CEO at LiveIntent. Metadata is necessary to wield identity with the same accuracy as the triopoly – Facebook, Google and Amazon. The triopoly has great metadata […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingComplexity Vs. Simplicity: Betting On The Future Of Marketing Technology
“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 Auren Hoffman, CEO at SafeGraph. If you are going to start a new company or grow an existing one in the marketing technology world, you need to first place a […]