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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingOff To See The Wizard: The Problems Of Complexity in Programmatic Direct
“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 O’Hara, Chief Revenue Officer at NextMark. I once heard Terence Kawaja remark that “complexity is the agency’s best friend.” It’s hard to argue with that. Early digital agencies were necessary […]
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Conflict-Of-Interest And The IPO; MoPub Talks Momentum
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news roundup… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Conflict Of Interest? It’s not an agency trading desk story, but agency-vendor conflict of interest is the theme of a Digiday article. Tremor’s S-1 outlines that Publicis Starcom Mediavest Group (SMG) exec Laura Desmond received $300k in 2012 share options as a member of […]
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Twitter Exchange; More Native Brands
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Twitter Exchange In Ad Age, Tim Peterson reports Twitter’s rumored ad exchange may be imminent. Anonymous sources tell him that “the micro-blogging platform is planning to erect an exchange similar to FBX that would let brands retarget people who visit their sites with ads […]
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Meeker's Ad Spend Trends; Engaging Metrics
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. D11: Meeker’s Ad Spend Trends Mary Meeker, formerly a Morgan Stanley analyst and now at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, released her latest “Internet Trends” snapshot of the online ecosystem at the All Things D D11 conference. Given time spent on the Internet, whether through […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven Thinking4 Steps To Unleash The Power Of First-Party 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 Gurman Hundal, Co-founder at Media IQ. Accessing first-party data represents a significant opportunity in the ever-evolving, data-driven marketplace. But there are some obvious philosophical and organizational barriers to leveraging first-party data […]
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Twitter's Custom Audiences; EU Joins Google Anti-Competitive Bandwagon
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Twitter CRM Matching AdExchanger’s Twitter ad strategy prognostications may be true. Twitter is rumored to be releasing a customer matching tool similar to Facebook’s Custom Audiences product, which will allow advertisers to target their customers on the site. Although there is no official word […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderLocation Is The New Cookie; Here’s How To Get A Bite
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Steinberg, Senior Vice President of Digital Ad Sales for The Weather Company. One of the most important tasks I have in my role as the head of a digital ad sales team is increasing mobile […]
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Yahoo & Video Ads; AppNexus IPO Update
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news roundup… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo & Video Ads At All Things D, Kara Swisher taps her Yahoo sources and finds that the company is hot on the trail of Hulu with a $600-800 million bid for the video site. This syncs with previous rumors reported by Bloomberg. Swisher […]
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FTC Probes Google Display Biz; Tremor Files For IPO
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. FTC Probes Google Display Biz The Federal Trade Commission is prepping a new antitrust probe into Google’s display ad dominance, just four months after ending its last investigation of the company (which found no wrongdoing). Bloomberg sources say, “FTC investigators are examining whether Google […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAre You An Exec With 'Digital' In Your Title? Good Luck
“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 Adam Heimlich, Consultant & Former Razorfish Client Partner. Big business first started to take digital seriously when, about five years ago, companies hired their first directors of digital marketing. Now […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow To Transcend 'Above-The-Line' And 'Below-The-Line' Thinking
“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 Greg Corso, Vice President of Media Solutions at dunnhumbyUSA. In Dr. Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book, the Yooks are separated from the Zooks by a wall, an arbitrarily drawn […]
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Programmatic Out-Of-Home; Twitter Lead Gen
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Programmatic Out-Of-Home Signs on sticks – can you buy them programmatically? Xaxis thinks so. The WPP trading desk is adding out-of-home buys courtesy of sister company Spafax and its geo-based audience segments (with Vistar Media’s help – Digiday). The venues: “taxis, shopping malls, doctor’s […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingDon't Walk Into Walls: Finding The Real Value Of Mobile 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 Krishna Subramanian, Chief Marketing Officer at Velti. When considering location data, marketers – not unreasonably – tend to focus on its ability to tell them where someone is at […]
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Elementary, My Dear Watson; Hashtag Exchange
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Elementary, My Dear Watson From yesterday’s Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, supercomputer “Watson” is apparently coming to marketing in a much bigger way. An IBM release offers, “Watson will serve as an assistant in helping line of business leaders from CMOs, customer […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven Thinking
Is Efficiency Bad For Digital Display?
“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 O’Hara, Chief Revenue Officer at NextMark. I’ve always loved the notion of programmatic RTB. As a data hound and an early adopter of AppNexus, the idea that advertisers can achieve […]
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Google Open Source's RTB Tech; Pahade Returns To Ad Tech
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Open Sourcing RTB Google is offering its RTB technology in a roll-your-own format. Developers can access the company’s customizable toolkit for real-time bidding applications using tech from DoubleClick and Google Cloud Platform. A Google developer blog post says, “With Open Bidder buyers can significantly […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingShould Every Agency Build A Trading Desk?
“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 Brian Stempeck, SVP of Strategic Business Development at The Trade Desk. About three times a week, I hear the same question from presidents, media directors or technology directors of […]
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Yahoo To Buy Tumblr; Marketing Automation Windfall
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news roundup… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo Youth Movement? Perhaps a chance to capture a younger audience, Yahoo is buying blogging platform Tumblr. The WSJ says the $1.1 billion deal is done (subscription) and so does the NY Times. All Things D broke the story late last week and referenced […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingI Like You, But Not In That Way
“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, Chief Operating Officer of Nanigans. A parade of limousines filled with elaborately dressed high-schoolers is a sure sign that prom season has arrived. The season evokes memories […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingTech Barriers To A Level Programmatic Playing Field
“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 Dina Zelikson, Digital Program Manager at Bluestem Brands. Few in the ad industry would deny these trends: RTB-eligible inventory growth is meeting with rising advertiser spending in programmatic; the […]
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New AdMob; Acxiom Reports
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. New AdMob Google unveiled a rebuild of AdMob at its I/O conference today. The changes, which incorporate tech from AdSense, are all about optimizing conversion for advertisers and boosting yield for app developers. There are some bells and whistles here too, such as better […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingChanging Lanes: Solving the Decade-Old Problem of Cross-Channel Ad Attribution
“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 Reed Perell, CEO of Adconion Direct. Recent debate surrounding deficiencies in today’s media attribution models is a positive indication that the industry is finally ready to move forward […]
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Campbell-Mithun's Trading Desk; Automating Sponsorships
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news roundup… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Trading Desk Evolution Companies like Interpublic’s Campbell-Mithun are cutting out what they see as middlemen – agency trading desks – and building their own digital trading operations, reports Ad Age’s Alexandra Bruell. Bringing the trading desks in-house is “about an evolution from a […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Cookie Is Crumbling: What’s Next?
“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 Andrew Shebbeare, Founding Partner and Global Chief Strategist at Essence. Don’t worry; I’m not planning to reprise the old debate over whether data is good or evil here. I assume this […]
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Viewability Guarantees: Missing the Forest for the Trees
“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 Adrian Tompsett, Vice President of Business Development at DataXu. It’s been a busy couple of months for the emerging viewability metric. Here’s a small sample of headlines: Ford is testing […]
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Extending GRPs To Mobile; Acqui-Hire Blues
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Extending GRPs To Mobile In their TV “Upfront” presentation yesterday, Nielsen announced that it is extending its Online Campaign Ratings product to mobile apps. “What’s that mean?” you ask: “ABC will be able to measure audience demographics and understand the reach and frequency of […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat Candy Can Teach Us About Digital 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 Michael Lowenstern, Managing Director of Digital Advertising for R/GA. Around last Christmastime, I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, NPR’s Planet Money. The topic was – and […]
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Programmatic 'Tipping Point'; A 'Second Path' To Funding
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Programmatic ‘Tipping Point’ Even the most optimistic acknowledge that TV dollars are beginning to make a more pronounced shift to digital. As the FT’s Emily Steel notes, a wider adoption of programmatic ad sales methods is taking place, impacting the traditional face-to-face negotiations between […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderThe Key To Web Traffic? It’s The Content, Stupid!
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. There have been some recent musings on BuzzFeed about what would happen to publisher traffic if Facebook went the way of MySpace. Unlikely as this is […]
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Ecommerce Hits $50 Billion, Says comScore; Walker Jacobs Leaves Turner
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news roundup… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ecommerce Hits $50 Billion Measurement and analytics firm comScore says that digital commerce transactions crossed the $50 billion threshold in Q1. The company adds in the press release that its “new m-commerce spending estimates revealed that Apparel & Accessories was the highest grossing mobile […]