“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 Jared Belsky, president at 360i. Coming fresh off my latest trip to Palo Alto visiting with tech powerhouses and the C-suite of one of my favorite clients, I’m feeling energized, […]
“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 McDonald, executive vice president and group account director at DigitasLBi. About 30 minutes into the movie “Argo,” CIA officer Jack O’Donnell (played by Bryan Cranston) remarks, “This is 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 Jennifer Pelino, senior vice president of omnichannel media at Information Resources Inc. (IRI). When my 5-year-old son opened his birthday present from my 72-year-old mother this summer, he proclaimed that Grandma […]
“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, senior vice president and managing director of HX at Horizon Media. Digital display advertising is effective. It works a lot like TV advertising, lifting awareness a little bit across […]
“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. In the early 2010s, a few assumptions seemed undeniable for media buyers. They believed programmatic was growing rapidly with user-level targeting, for example, providing […]
“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 Mollie Parker, director of analytics and tech ops at DWA Media. When an agency and client first start working together, it’s crucial to get on the same page before a campaign […]
“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 Auren Hoffman, CEO at SafeGraph. In my last AdExchanger column in September, I discussed truth and religion data companies. Truth data companies are backward-looking, focusing on data that can reveal […]
“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 Anna Saffer, director of strategic customer intelligence at 84.51°. Loyalty economics has traditionally been defined as evaluating how much a customer is worth to a brand over time. Whether a […]
“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. Every October, the Nobel committee hands out its annual prizes in recognition of academic, cultural or scientific advances. While there is no award […]
“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 Terence Kawaja, founder and CEO at Luma Partners. Following the acquisitions of Rocket Fuel, MaxPoint Interactive and YuMe and the divestiture of Tremor Video’s demand-side business, there will be no […]
“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 Van Fleet, managing partner at Van Fleet Capital Strategies. The crowded nature of the ad tech landscape is well known but what gets less attention is the fundamental question […]
“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 Salah Shami, senior director of product at Bidtellect. It’s not news that leaders in the digital advertising industry have expressed concern over the prevalent challenges with fraud, brand safety 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 Manny Puentes, founder and CEO at Rebel AI. As innovative as the invention of the automobile was on its own, cars didn’t become commonplace until the assembly line and nationwide […]
“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 Tobin Ireland, co-founder and CEO at Smartpipe. When it comes to adding agencies to their portfolios, the major media groups are certainly not afraid to spend big. There were 398 […]
“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 Peterson, managing partner at R2C Group. We marketers love to imagine our customers. We want to see them, understand them and get inside their heads. We make PowerPoint slides […]
“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. While WPP’s Martin Sorrell has sounded the alarm, the rest of the industry is just catching on: Amazon is racing ahead to own […]
“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 Leslie Wood, chief research officer at Nielsen Catalina Solutions. Say the phrase “data modeling” in a room full of ad folks and watch them quickly become preoccupied with answering urgent […]
“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 Hannu Verkasalo, founder and CEO at Verto Analytics. As tech behemoths dominate search, enterprise services, social networking and mobile, Facebook and Google run a duopoly with no signs of stopping. […]
“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 Spaeth, partner at Sequent Partners. I’ve heard anecdotally that somewhere between 50% and 70% of digital advertising spend is wasted, completely ineffectual. Fraudulent impressions could account for 30% to […]
“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 Elmar Mamedov, vice president of engineering and analytics at Thinknear. With the walled gardens of Google and Facebook attracting up to 85% of the new advertising dollars entering the digital space, […]
“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 Alexandre Cotarmanac’h, senior director of publisher products at Criteo. There is a fundamental dynamic in any price negotiation: Both parties are trying to find out each other’s bottom line. This haggling […]
“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. Zero-based budgeting is the new buzzword in our industry. It even comes with a snazzy acronym: ZBB. Last month, Verizon said that it […]
“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 Zane McIntyre, co-founder and CEO at Commission Factory. Advertisers know that measuring success based on reach doesn’t lead to conversions. Yet impressions, clicks, social shares, quality scores and time 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 Jason Downie, senior vice president and general manager of data solutions at Lotame. Marketers can have all the data they could ever want, but if that data is of low […]
“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 at Melbourne Business School. Programmatic has for years faced a lot of heat for its lack of transparency and measurement, brand-safety and fraud issues. Over 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 Jeremy Hlavacek, head of global automated monetization at IBM Watson Advertising. We have all met people who love driving a manual stick-shift car. They will tell you how much they […]
“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 Dean Vegliante, president at Netmining. With smartphones “positioned to become the default device for internet access” for many Americans, according to eMarketer, marketers know that they must have a mobile component. But […]
“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. The telcos are uniquely equipped for the battle of the people-based marketing crown. They have the best mobile data, which is crucial for […]
“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 Marosi, director, client advisory, at 84.51°. Why is it that many analysts – who have so much data, yet so little time – turn up their noses at reporting […]
“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 Ramsey McGrory, chief revenue officer at Mediaocean. In February 2013, I developed a simple data framework to demystify the data landscape and explain why technology and media companies were building […]
