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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow Can We Move To High Predictability Ad Serving?
“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 Nanda Kishore, chief technology officer at ShareThis. When you’re an Olympic sprinter, the only thing that matters is speed. But when you’re an online advertiser, you need more than just […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Fallacy of Calling Atlas People-Based ‘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 Matt Keiser, founder and CEO at LiveIntent. If I’ve learned one thing from my 20 years in marketing, it’s this: When brands market to people, they expect to be able […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat’s Your Level Of Confidence In The 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 Kathy Leake, CEO at Qualia. As cross-screen marketing continues to evolve, the industry’s approach to the underlying data science also will mature. The amount of time consumers spend per platform […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow Should We Measure Media Value?
“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 Amihai Ulman, founder and chief operating officer at Mass Exchange. Measuring the comparative value of media inventory has been a longstanding challenge. For both sides, the relative value of media […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingData Can Reveal Consumers’ Emotional Impact from 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 Ephraim (Jeff) Bander, president and chief revenue officer at Sticky. More than a decade ago, Harvard Business School professor Gerald Zaltman reported that 95% of consumers’ purchase decision-making takes place […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAs Hype Around Native Mobile Video Advertising Grows, Key Challenges Loom
“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 Upstone, CEO at LoopMe. Big, dominant Internet and app players are investing heavily in mobile native video advertising. Facebook, for example, could sell $700 million worth of autoplay native […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAmid DMP Merger Mania, Brands Face A Changed Marketplace
“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 Kristin Marlow, managing director at Accordant Media. The recent Nielsen acquisition of eXelate, an independent data management platform (DMP), marks the latest in a string of major mergers that have […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingProgrammatic’s Teen Angst
“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, founding partner and global innovation director at Essence. I believe we are entering the second age of programmatic. If the first phase of this revolution was characterized by […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingRethink Retargeting
“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 Marc Grabowski, CEO at Iris Mobile. Marketers need to reprioritize their remarketing and display reengagement decision stack because the status quo is antiquated. Display remarketing, retargeting and reengagement – terms […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingViewability Is Moot If Users Aren’t Human
“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. The ways that malware-compromised PCs can cause ad fraud, including fake ad impressions, fake clicks, ad injection and cookie stuffing, have […]
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To Build Or Buy An In-House Programmatic Stack? Do Both
“Brand Aware” explores the data-driven digital ad ecosystem from the marketer’s point of view. Today’s column is by Tony Ralph, director of advertising technology at Netflix. Over the last year, I’ve spoken with at least a dozen representatives from brands both large and small that are looking for advice on first steps as they consider […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAd Tech’s Real Talent Gap: Storytellers
“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 director at Gartner. There is an acute and growing skills gap that threatens the success of many otherwise admirable ad tech companies. Worse than the well-known shortage […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMarketers Should Trash Their Tech Stacks
“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 Rewalt, digital marketing director at SalientMG. No matter what set of tools marketers use today, chances are they will not be using the same mix a few years from […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven Thinking
Facebook’s Milk And Honey Days Are Numbered As People-Based Marketing Leaves Walled Gardens
“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. There is little doubt that Facebook is the leader in this new era of people-based marketing. It was the first mainstream product on […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingSalesforce, HubSpot Should Worry About Scaling The Funnel
“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 Scott Bedford, CEO at MultiView. Are you more likely to die of thirst in the middle of the ocean or a desert? It’s a trick question, because while the ocean […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat’s Keeping Programmatic Native From Achieving 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 Vitaly Pecherskiy, co-founder and chief operating officer at StackAdapt. I see a massive disconnect between the buzz surrounding programmatic native and the reality. In the past few years, we’ve seen […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingSponsored Content: Ripe For A Consumer Backlash
“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 Chris Smutny, vice president of strategy at Sojern. As a marketer, my goal is to make ads as relevant as content so consumers say, “Wow. That was really helpful.” This […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingBrands Use Emerging Media (And Beer) To Forge New Customer Connections
“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 Lauren Moores, vice president of analytics at Dstillery. Since the emergence of digital media, the relationship between brands and consumers has shifted from one-sided messages pushed from brands to consumers […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe New Premium: How Programmatic Changes The Way Advertisers Value Inventory
“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 strategic partnerships at MediaMath. Five years ago, if I told anyone in our industry that I wanted to buy or sell “premium” inventory, we’d all […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingA Sneak Peek At A New Age In Digital Analytics
“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 Vandre, senior vice president and digital analytics practice leader at Merkle. I have a confession. As a marketing analytics professional, I’ve bashed the likes of Facebook and Google for […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingShould The Ad Industry Ditch Open Exchanges?
“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, co-founder and CEO at TripleLift. Back in the early days of the web, it was fairly intuitive that every publisher couldn’t work with every advertiser. As a result, […]
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AppNexus Acquires MediaGlu; YouTube's Force
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AppNexus Shops Again AppNexus acquired cross-device advertising startup MediaGlu, bringing its combined M&A outlay this year to a whopping $200 million (most of it spent on ad server Open AdStream). “We have a tremendous opportunity to redefine how advertising on the Internet works,” AppNexus […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingData: The Center Of Media’s Biggest Custody Battle
“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 Donahue, CEO at White Lightning + The Judge’s Son The promise that marketers have been making for the last 15 years – that data will transform advertising by increasing […]
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Addressable TV Momentum: Harbinger For A T-Commerce Future
Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, the latest patch – alongside marketing, sales and customer service – in the tech giant’s in the tech giant’s quilt of survey companies bodes poorly for the future of the other content here and such
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhy Do Marketers Shy Away From Valuable Data Points?
“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 Rachel DiCola, senior director for consumer insights at Gamut. Despite easy access to information these days, data often lacks a place in the tactical negotiations of media buying and selling. […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven Thinking
Don’t Believe The Lies About Digital Media
“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 strategic partnerships at MediaMath. For years, there has been a series of bad memes spreading throughout our industry. Some of the big ones have caused […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingFacebook Advertising: Not For Cheapskate Marketers
“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 Serfaty, director of social advertising at Matomy Media Group. Advertising on Facebook has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last year. It’s evolved from what was primarily an engagement-based […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingProgrammatic: Great For Direct Response, Bad For Branding
“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 Lawrence Herman, CEO at BlueLink Marketing. It seems over the past year we’ve heard a number of creative agencies tout programmatic ad buying as the perfect answer to a company’s […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAdvertising Week 2014: Technology Takes Center Stage
“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 Bob Lord, CEO at AOL Platforms. The annual whirlwind of Advertising Week events, when nearly 100,000 advertisers, agencies, media and marketing companies converge in New York, always presents a fantastic […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIt’s Time To Move Beyond Viewability: Better Metrics Await
“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 Chris Stark, senior vice president of product marketing at Grapeshot. There’s a fair amount of debate regarding display and video viewability standards now being transacted in the marketplace and it’s […]