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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Great Paradox Of ‘Precision At Scale’
“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 Kim Brown, founder and CEO at Centrally Human. Of all the jargon being tossed around digital conversations these days, the phrase “precision at scale” is becoming increasingly common. Everyone wants […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingTaking Ad Tech Beyond Media And Making It Truly Sticky
“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 by Bruce Falck, CEO at Turn. In 1968, 3M scientist Spencer Silver invented an adhesive that could stick to a surface over and over without leaving residue when removed. The invention wasn’t […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingElf On The Shelf: 2016 Ad Tech Edition
“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 Lung Huang, head of strategic partnerships at 84.51°. Well, the holidays are here and many of us are either hitting the after-Christmas sales or dreading those final projects we put […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMachines Vs. Media-Buying Jobs: Is Your Position On The Line?
“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 Pancer, chief operating officer at Dstillery. The robots have arrived, quipped a very recent Newsweek article, and they are “coming to take your jobs, your homes, your children.” Should you be […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAd Buyers And Sellers: Unite And Share More Bid 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 Jay Friedman, chief operating officer at Goodway Group. It’s generally thought that second-price auctions are better at extracting maximum bids from buyers than first-price auctions. The auction mechanics of eBay, the […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWith GDPR On The Horizon, It’s Time For Marketers To Get Some Religion
“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 Todd Ruback, chief privacy officer and vice president of legal affairs at Ghostery. There has been a vast amount of misguided content on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) flying around […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingOrdered Chaos: Is The Marketing Funnel Capable Of Much More?
“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 Matthew Mobley, chief technology officer at Merkle. At a marketing event I recently attended, there was one aspect that resonated with me the most: the marketing funnel and how marketers […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAs PII And Other Data Merge, How Will The Identity Graph Evolve?
“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 Alan Chapell, president at Chapell & Associates. ProPublica’s Julia Angwin broke the news recently that Google has quietly begun to merge personally identifiable information (PII) with the ad-serving data collected […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMobile Apps: Today’s Prime Time
“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 Ryan Griffin, senior vice president of strategy at Opera Mediaworks. Five years ago, millions of people watched the same programs and commercials at the same time, often leading to an […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMarketers Must Prepare For When Platform Giants Make Measurement Mistakes
“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 Alon Amit, co-founder and vice president of product at Origami Logic. Facebook’s recent admission that it miscalculated the average view time of video ads for two years has sparked discussion […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingTo Compete With Amazon, Don’t Ruin A Targeted Campaign With Generic 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 Joe Hirsch, CEO at YellowHammer Media Group. There are two times each year when brands’ advertising strategies are scrutinized by the general public: the Super Bowl and the kickoff of […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Quest For Scale Is Ruining The Digital Ad Industry
“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 Yael Avidan, vice president of product at Adelphic. The first question marketers or agencies ask ad tech vendors or media companies is probably this: “That audience is perfect, but can […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingDon’t Become ‘That Brand’
“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 Nancy Hall, senior vice president at Conversant. Whether it’s a phone, laptop or tablet, cross-device matching accuracy is essential to overall marketing success. The largest obstacle of optimal accuracy is […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingPay To Play: The Future Of The Marketing Cloud
“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 Carla Holtze, CEO and co-founder at Parrable. During the really early days of digital media, AOL and CompuServe were basically the only two consumer portals and total digital ad spend […]
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AT&T To Acquire Time Warner, Becoming Latest Media Giant With Cross-Device Mojo
By Kelly Liyakasa, Sarah Sluis and Allison Schiff Update: AT&T has reached a deal to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion. The move gives the telco some seriously premium media assets, including HBO, Warner Bros., CNN, Turner Broadcasting and DC Comics. Yes, AT&T will own Batman. While the telco got a distribution outlet when it merged with DirecTV […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe IAB's Dynamic Ad Standard Will Bridge The Divide Between Data And Creativity
“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 Diaz Nesamoney, CEO at Jivox and co-chair of the IAB Tech Lab Dynamic Content Ad Standard Working Group. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) this week introduced the industry’s first standard for […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWith Accurate Measurement Facing So Many Challenges, Marketers Must Challenge Everything
“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 Augustine Fou, digital strategist and independent ad fraud researcher. There are many limits to measurement that may lead to entirely different answers depending on when, where and how the measurements […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHard Or Soft, Brexit Will Be Tough On 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 Stephen Taylor, senior vice president of enterprise solutions at Sojern. Two weeks ago, UK Prime Minister Theresa May expressed support for a “hard Brexit,” the process for the country’s planned […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat Is The ‘Holy Grail’ Of 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 Martin Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. “You would think that the digital advertising industry has found religion given all the talk about the legendary ‘holy grail’ these days.” So […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMissing In Action: Digital Media Training Plans
“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 Jaclyn Stewart, senior director of publisher services at The 614 Group. Whenever you ask people who manage digital operations teams about training programs for their staff, they almost unanimously roll […]
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Criteo And HookLogic CEOs On The Logic Behind The Acquisition
By Kelly Liyakasa and James Hercher Criteo’s $250 million, all-cash purchase of retail exchange HookLogic on Tuesday was premeditated. Meaning, the two companies already knew of the other’s capabilities – and a marriage felt right for the future of both ecommerce ad tech companies, said Criteo CEO Eric Eichmann. “We’d been talking to HookLogic for almost […]
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Agencies And Consultants Borrow From Each Other’s Bag Of Tricks
By Kelly Liyakasa and Alison Weissbrot Agencies are becoming more consultative. Consultants are buying creative agencies. And systems integrators are dabbling in client strategy. “Everyone talks about online vs. offline media or creative vs. media, but when a marketer wants to change the consumer journey, we’re talking new operating models and governance,” said Glen Hartman, […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingLet The Data Speak For Itself
“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 David Danziger, vice president of enterprise partnerships at The Trade Desk. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet famously asked, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by […]
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Introducing AdExchanger Talks, The Podcast For Data-Driven Marketers
Dear AdExchanger reader: Care to become an AdExchanger listener? If you’re into digital marketing and have 30 minutes to spare every couple of weeks, we invite you to subscribe to AdExchanger Talks, a new podcast focused on the people who are transforming data-driven digital advertising – and marketing as a whole. AdExchanger Talks features […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Improbable Economics Of Linear TV Addressability
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Randy Cooke, vice president of programmatic TV at SpotX. It’s not uncommon to hear conference panelists wax quixotic about how linear TV addressability will imminently become the standard of campaign fulfillment in the United […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMobile Industry Fragmentation Jeopardizes Campaign Performance
“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 Maor Sadra, managing director and chief revenue officer at AppLift. Within the next few years, the crowded LUMAscape will have 70% fewer logos on it, which is a good thing […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderLet’s Stop Talking About The Yield Benefits Of Header Bidding
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rachel Parkin, senior vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. Header bidding is here to stay. So it’s time we stop talking about what the technology does for publishers and start talking about […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIs The NFL Using Twitter As A Digital Guinea Pig?
“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 Ken Zi Wang, founder and CEO at Traction Labs. Twitter deserves props for closing a live-streaming partnership deal with the NFL. It beat out Facebook, Amazon and Verizon for the […]
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Agency Check-Ins And Shake-Ups; Buyer Beware
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Couldn’t Stay Away WPP vet Kelly Clark will replace Dominic Proctor as global CEO of GroupM. Clark served as CEO of GroupM North America 2012-2015, before leaving to spend more time with his family. Prior to that he was worldwide CEO of Maxus, GroupM CEO in […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingData Possession – Not Just Ownership – Is Key To Improving Advertisers’ Results
“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 Jeremy Fain, co-founder and CEO at Cognitiv. In a time where big holding companies are expecting all buying to go programmatic – Dentsu is the latest – it is more […]