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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhy Place And Context Are Crucial For Understanding Consumer Behavior
“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 Jessica Yiu, audience analyst at PlaceIQ. The golden rule in real estate is location, location, location. The same mantra has been adopted by the world of digital marketing, albeit with […]
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Pursway Connect; TV Still Wins
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Friends Of Friends Pursway unveiled an audience extension platform on Tuesday, dubbed Pursway Connect. Simply put, the platform helps markets identify and reach “real-life” friends of their known target audience, thereby extending a marketer’s overall pool of targets. Pursway Connect is only available for […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMobile Data: More Than Location
“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. Mobile is becoming the primary bridge between online and offline data, driven largely by the availability of location data via mobile devices. […]
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BuzzFeed Gets $50M; Thrillist's Native Success
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. BuzzFeed Optimizes Bank On Monday, BuzzFeed closed a $50 million investment deal from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. With the new injection of cash, BuzzFeed boats a $850 million valuation, according to The New York Times. The online publisher will likely use the funds […]
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M&A Trends; WPP Gets Flexible
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. What’s With The M&A? The NY Times explores the recent mergers and acquisitions trend – and what it means. NYT writers explain, “To some on Wall Street, the deal-making may not in fact be an indicator of golden years ahead. Optimism about economic growth […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingNative May Sink Before It Sails
“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 Justin Choi, CEO at Nativo. Last December, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released a native advertising playbook to establish a common framework for the industry. Since then, native has become […]
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Agencies On Programmatic TV; Twitter's New Performance Tools
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Addressing Television The Drum prodded agency execs from Starcom Mediavest Group (SMG), VivaKi and Carat for insights on programmatic television. “Linear TV won’t go away – but as more digital video inventory within exchanges opens up, we will continue to look to programmatic to […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingVideo Ad Targeting Isn’t Behavioral Because It’s Not Direct-Response
“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 Smith, vice president of programmatic at Tremor Video. Display ads are most commonly used for direct-response campaigns that rely on behavioral targeting. Video ads, by contrast, generally do not […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWe’re Overpromising And Underdelivering Again
“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 Joel Nierman, vice president of digital and media strategy at Liquidus. I only remember a few things from back when I started in this business a decade ago as an […]
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Stats On Google Web Designer; BuzzFeed's Programmatic President
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Creative Ads In announcing the one-year anniversary of its Google Web Designer product, which offers HTML5 integration for creating ads, the DoubleClick Advertiser blog shares some stats that it claims show traction, including: “In the first half of 2014, DoubleClick Rich Media ad impressions […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAdvertisers Taking Programmatic In-House Is Short-Sighted
“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, COO at Goodway Group. I see a concerning pattern forming in the marketplace. Agencies are bracing for change as advertisers heavy up on programmatic, often in-house, according to a […]
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Hold The (Mobile) Phone; TripleLift Automates Native
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Hold The Phone The industry is pouring on the mobile-first Kool-Aid with a heavy hand, but new data from Chartbeat suggests some healthy restraint. Mobile web traffic is not usurping desktop consumption, according to the analytics service – it’s complementing it. Chartbeat found that […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIn the Facebook Age, It’s Time for Publishers To Face Facts
“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 Terri Walter, chief marketing officer at PubMatic. If you hang out with publishers and others in the media business long enough, you’re going to hear one question come up for discussion […]
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YouTube's Growing Pains; Baidu Bets On Deep Learning
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. YouTube’s Horizons For Susan Wojcicki, the 15-year Google veteran who helped build the search company into a $55 billion advertising business, recreating the ad magic at YouTube will present some hurdles. Wojcicki took the lead at YouTube in February, and has since been buried […]
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P&G Drops Underperforming Brands; Targeting Krill Oil
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. P&G Targeting On Friday, P&G said it’s letting go of more than half of its brands that it sees as underperforming. Read more. This announcement came as the company reported an $11.6 billion (that’s “b” as in “billion”) profit for the fiscal year, slightly […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingBrands Need To Move Past Groundhog Day
“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, entrepreneur-in-residence at Highland Capital Partners. In the movie “Groundhog Day,” Phil Connors, played by Bill Murray, meets his high school classmate, Ned Ryerson, over and over again while […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingVacation Nation: Marketing to Summer Travelers
“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 Eli Portnoy, president at Thinknear by Telenav. Summer. It’s a magical time of year when it’s a little easier to get away from work for a stress-free vacation. And no […]
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Digital Adopter Confusion; Shazam Goes Desktop
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Digital Transformation (And Confusion) A significant percentage of digital adopters lack understanding of their tools. At least, those are the findings of Altimeter Group’s recently released report, “The 2014 State of Digital Transformation.” Of the companies surveyed, 88% claimed to be undergoing digital transformations, […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingOpen RTB Needs Its Own Bloomberg Terminal
“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 Josh Engroff, chief digital media officer at The Media Kitchen and managing partner at kbs Ventures. It has become fashionable in media circles to compare the programmatic media market to […]
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Publishers Embrace Automation; Native Ads Controversy
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Embracing Automation More than 98% of online publishers in the US are taking a data-driven, programmatic approach to audience engagement, according to a new Winterberry Group report released on Wednesday. For the study, Winterberry Group partnered with the IAB to survey more than 200 […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Risk Of Clicking Facebook’s Social Plugin
“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 Gary Kibel, a partner in the technology, digital media and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. When developing an interactive campaign or product, incorporating social plug-ins is generally a quick […]
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Pirating Ads; Optimistic Yandex
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ads Against Pirates A new initiative in the UK is repurposing digital display ads for an innovative take on cyber law enforcement, according to TechCrunch. Dubbed “Operation Creative,” and managed by the City of London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, the initiative targets websites […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingGaming The Attribution System
“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 Seph Zdarko, head of attribution initiatives and partner strategy at Quantcast. Attribution models were designed with the best of intentions: to help advertisers understand which ads lead their users to convert and […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingCross-Channel Video Ad Campaigns May Be Key To Millennials’ Hearts
“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 Kogan, co-founder and CEO at Headway Digital. I have a piece of vital advice for brand marketers everywhere: It is time to embrace programmatic video campaigns, or risk going […]
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Chatvertising; Reddit's New Ad Biz
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Chatvertising A new wave of advertising may be upon us in the form of chat bots, writes WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims. Services like WhatsApp and Facebook have been popular for quite some time, but new chat apps are cropping up, designed with brand […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingDoes Online Advertising Actually Work?
“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 Gough, vice president of media solutions at dunnhumby. As the IAB announced $11.6 billion in online advertising spending for the first quarter alone this year, the inevitable question arose: […]
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Google To Buy Twitch; Advertisers Trading Desk Issues
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. More Video Ad Inventory Google is buying Twitch for $1 billion, VentureBeat first reported on Thursday. Twitch is an aggregation site for streaming video games in real time (think YouTube for serious gaming enthusiasts), where users can broadcast their desktop, Xbox One or PlayStation […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingDo Digital Media Agencies Have a Plan?
“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, co-founder and chief revenue officer at Bionic Advertising Systems. Digital agencies used to get paid for unpacking an incredibly complicated digital landscape for marketers. Faced with all kinds […]
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LinkedIn Endorses Native; Yahoo Vocabulary Lesson
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. LinkedIn Endorses Native LinkedIn is growing its native ad strategy, with a new option for brands to personalize and test news feed content. LinkedIn’s calling it “Direct Sponsored Content,” and the offering aims to help brands improve the relevancy of their content. Brands can now […]
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Geotargeting: Let’s Get Critical
“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 Lorry Destainville, product development director at Glow. I used to be a geoskeptic. This is an industry term I just invented. Advertisers used to approach me breathlessly thirsting for geotargeting […]