“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 Arther Wu, senior director of monetization and business operations at Cheetah Mobile. Napoleon Bonaparte once wrote: “War is 90% information.” When it comes to business competition, the figure might be […]
“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 Hemsey, president of 500friends (a Merkle company). The rise of artificial intelligence and its voice interface will force brands to scramble if they are to become the default recommendation […]
“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 Kershaw, chief product and engineering officer at Rubicon Project. In the next three years, nearly 700 million new consumers will access the internet for the very first time, according […]
“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 Welby Chen, chief business officer at Inneractive. Despite reports of a slowing economy, digital ad spend in China is predicted by eMarketer to double from $40.42 billion last year to more than […]
“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 James Green, CEO at Magnetic. Radical transparency is humanity’s natural state. Look at business organizations, the state of politics or your own personal relationships and it’s clear that people are […]
“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 Gil Rachlin, vice president of products and R&D at Sizmek. The programmatic landscape has recently seen a rise in generic core platforms, forcing participants to look more closely at the factors […]
“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, vice president of omnichannel media at 84.51°. With the data and technology that’s at our disposal, marketing efforts should be moving to the next level of consumer connectivity. […]
“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 Greene, vice president of product strategy at AudienceScience. The recent report from online ad fraud-detection vendor WhiteOps about the millions of dollars lost to the Methbot fraud operation was 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 Joseph Lavan, vice president of data and insights at Netmining. Online advertisers have a New Jersey diner-style menu of options for using data in their campaigns, with a glut of […]
“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 Joe Hirsch, CEO at YellowHammer Media Group. When a dam is breaking, you don’t just slap some duct tape on it to keep it together. It takes quality engineering 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 Michael Collins, CEO at Adelphic. If you are in brand management, chances are you have leveraged marketing-mix modeling (MMM). In case you haven’t, MMM is the well-used planning tool 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 Nico Neumann, senior research analyst for programmatic strategy and analytics at the University of South Australia. With allegations that Russian hackers may have meddled in the US election, cybersecurity has made […]
“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. Imagine you have $50. I tell you that I’m going to flip a coin, and if you guess the flip correctly, I’ll give […]
“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 Sandro Catanzaro, co-founder and senior vice president of innovation and analytics at DataXu. We’ve come a long way since the Don Draper days of advertising, when creatives would drink Manhattans […]
“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 Arnold, senior director of marketplace quality at The Trade Desk. The plague of invalid traffic (IVT) is well documented across the industry, particularly in recent weeks with the discovery […]
“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 Guldimann, CEO at Parsec Media. Paying for business outcomes has recently gained popularity with media buyers and brands. The idea is that media buyers only pay for advertising when […]
“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 Victor Davidson, US lead at DBi Consulting. I’ve been hearing a lot about marketing orchestration lately, and based on the way people are using the terminology, I think it bears […]
“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 Patrick Salyer, CEO at Gigya. If we’ve learned anything about progress, it’s that regulation rides hot on the heels of innovation. With the birth of the airline industry, for example, came […]
“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 Kevin Jennison, chief technology officer at Gladly. A well-targeted online ad can be a delightful moment – that instant you find the exact gift or concert you were looking for. Sadly, […]
“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 Stacey Hawes, president of data practice at Epsilon. No doubt, 2016 was the year of data. There was the good: Data-driven principles were at the forefront of conversations across industries, versus […]
“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 Alessandro De Zanche, global product lead of data activation at GfK. User data is a paradox in the way it is controlled and used in organizations. For some companies, their use […]
“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 Brown, founder and CEO at Centrally Human. Of all the jargon being tossed around digital conversations these days, the phrase “precision at scale” is becoming increasingly common. Everyone wants […]
“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 Bruce Falck, CEO at Turn. In 1968, 3M scientist Spencer Silver invented an adhesive that could stick to a surface over and over without leaving residue when removed. The invention wasn’t […]
“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 Lung Huang, head of strategic partnerships at 84.51°. Well, the holidays are here and many of us are either hitting the after-Christmas sales or dreading those final projects we put […]
“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 Sadler, vice president of product at Adacus. Every so often over the last few years, well-written, thoughtful articles have popped up that identify parallels between digital advertising and 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 Stephen Taylor, senior vice president of enterprise solutions at Sojern. It’s hard to deny that in today’s digital ad landscape, tidal forces have coalesced around two major players: Google 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 Michael McLaren, executive global group director, high-tech and business-to-business practices, at Merkle. Have you ever found yourself in a meeting where sales leadership challenged marketing leadership for evidence that their […]
“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 Knoll, CEO and president at Integral Ad Science. When you look at the evolution of digital advertising, it makes sense that viewability has become a leading metric and top […]
“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 Renee Hill, president and co-CEO at Eyereturn Marketing. Brian O’Kelley can be credited for taking the first ad tech shot at the alt-right by banning Breitbart from selling on AppNexus’ […]
“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 Katz, CEO and co-founder at mParticle. There are two schools of thought when it comes to how evolution occurs. There is the gradualism model, first proposed by Darwin, suggesting […]
