Data-Driven 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 Cory Munchbach, senior vice president of strategy at BlueConic. Marketers are grappling with the roles that different technologies play in marketing operations, campaigns, measurement and more. While CMOs and their organizations […]

“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. When the ad tech world started thinking about GDPR enforcement in late 2017 or early 2018, most were fairly confident that EU supervisory […]

“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 Julie Van Ullen, General Manager, US Growth, at Rakuten Marketing It’s hard to find something new to say about digital marketing measurement. Today’s headlines about measurement seem no different in […]

“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 Daniel Meehan, CEO at PadSquad. Sharing data between agency partners is critical, though not as common as one would assume. But marketers need easy access to data for better 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 Eric Seufert, head of platform at N3TWORK and owner of Mobile Dev Memo. Shortly after Christmas, Aram Zucker-Scharff, The Washington Post’s director of ad engineering, launched a viral jeremiad on […]

“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 Steve Latham, global head of analytics at Flashtalking Frequency ranks among the most important factors in determining advertising effectiveness. Regardless of the quality of the placement, creative or context, too […]

“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 Dave Helmreich, group vice president at Oracle Marketing Cloud. Earlier this decade, digital media platforms transitioned from interesting ways for people to stay in touch with old friends and keep […]

“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 Maja Milicevic, co-founder and principal at Sparrow Advisers. When it comes to ad tech and mar tech vendor choice, we’re in an era of abundance. Scott Brinker’s Marketing Technology Landscape is […]

“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 Jim Kaskade, CEO at Janrain. When the EU’s landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect last year, it, among other things, expanded the definition of personally identifiable information […]

“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 Sandoval, director of biddable media at The Media Kitchen. The reviews are in, and ITP2 is the sequel that marketers hoped would never come. Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.0 is […]

“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 CEO at Applift. The volume of data handled by mobile marketers is tremendous, and because of the fundamental role automated technologies play in this process, […]

“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 Orchid Richardson, vice president and managing director of the Data Center of Excellence at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).  Lexus recently released the first ad written by AI – and […]

“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 Scarborough, programmatic media director at PMG. Banner ads have reigned over programmatic for years. Although demand-side platforms have been furiously expanding into emerging formats such as connected TV (CTV), digital out […]

“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, president and partner at Goodway Group. As 2018 comes to a close, we’ve seen a number of positive trends giving ad tech more hope than ever moving into 2019, including […]

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“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 Elgin Thompson, managing director at Digital Capital Advisors. For brands, vendor consolidation will come into sharper focus in 2019. Sixty-four percent of respondents in a Sizmek survey of 522 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 Simon Harris, head of programmatic activation at Dentsu Aegis Network. It is usually this time of year when industry experts get nostalgic and look back or look forward and make bold […]

“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 Tom Triscari, co-founder and managing partner at Labmatik. It’s that time of year for annual reviews, praises, raises, reprimands and firings. Since marketers don’t actually buy ad tech – they hire […]

“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 Mor, director of engineering, Core Exchange, at Dailymotion. Bid shading was created as a way to bid effectively in first-price auctions. But not only is bid shading making programmatic bidding […]

“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 Frank, research vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. Ever since the ad industry made “creative” a noun, agencies and creatives have defended its mystique against an onslaught of data-driven […]

“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 Ravi Krishnaswamy, chief technology officer and head of engineering at InMobi. Mobile penetration is reaching saturation in many markets, while growth in new users is declining. As a result, it’s […]

“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 Nico Neumann, assistant professor and fellow, Centre for Business Analytics at Melbourne Business School. Two weeks ago, a multimillion dollar ad fraud scheme was publicly revealed and eight people were […]

“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 Corey Ferengul, board member at Hyde Park Angels. Welcome to 2019. Every ad tech company seems to be for sale and, unfortunately, most efforts will fail. While ad tech has gotten […]

“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 Maja Milicevic, co-founder and principal at Sparrow Advisers. Seemingly every few weeks news breaks of a new hacking scandal or high profile data breach. No industry is immune: Among the […]

“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 Paxman, product research manager at Adjust. Mobile marketing is firing on all cylinders, with mobile ad spend pegged to hit $232.34 billion in 2019. This marks the first time that […]

“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 Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. After AdExchanger reported how Rocket Fuel questionably used client data for its user profiling and segmentation tools, I was struck by […]

“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 Ric Elert, president at Conversant.  A problem that haunts the industry is too much of an emphasis is still being placed on technology and not enough focus is placed on […]

“Brand Aware” explores the data-driven digital ad ecosystem from the marketer’s point of view. Today’s column is written by Belinda J. Smith, global head of media at Electronic Arts.  Over the past year or so we’ve seen every indication that in-housing will have as much staying power as “The Year of Mobile” – which enjoyed its […]

“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 Simon Harris, head of programmatic activation at Dentsu Aegis Network. Header bidding has made it common for a buyer to see the same impression several times, as most publishers now offer […]

“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 Richard S. Eisert, partner and co-chair of the advertising, marketing & promotions practice group at Davis & Gilbert. The influencer marketing industry continues to grow rapidly. Some expect influencers to […]