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  • How Ad Tech Companies Can Retain Their Appeal To Talent

    “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 Brandon Atkinson, chief people officer at AppNexus. Imagine driving to your office, dropping off your dog with a caretaker, leaving your laundry with a drycleaner and buckling up your cycling […]

  • The Digital Rollout Of Bill Simmons’ New Media Company Has Been Flawless

    “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 Aaron Dodez, vice president of digital marketing at RPA. These days, sports commentary juggernaut Bill Simmons has found himself on the other side of the interview table, with his media […]

  • Should The US Government Intervene To Solve Digital’s Fraud Problem?

    “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. Fraud costs marketers $7.2 billion annually, according to the ANA. Ask buyers who’s at fault and they’ll say they’re not sure, but they […]

  • The Billion-Dollar-Per-Second Mobile Viewability 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 Oded Poncz, founder and chief technology officer at Ubimo. The families in “Game Of Thrones” (GOT) fight gory, bloody battles to sit on the Iron Throne and rule the seven […]

  • In The Digital Advertising Industry, Fraud Is A Symptom Of A Larger Problem

    “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 Roy Rosenfeld, co-founder and CEO at Stands. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced last week their intention to step up pressure on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) […]

  • The Next Frontier Of Personalization: Trade Promotions?

    “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 Harris Busdieker, director of customer communications at 84.51°. Spending more and getting less for it is the reality facing manufacturers and retailers today. Sale signs, shelf tags and other […]

  • What Can Ad Agencies Learn From The Software Industry?

    “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 Carlson, senior vice president of experience design at DigitasLBi. Advertising agencies have always been on the forefront of creativity and engagement, innovating new ways for brands and customers to […]

  • The Missing Pieces Of Mobile Web Monetization

    “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 Berry, CEO at TripleLift. The mobile web does not monetize particularly well for publishers. User data, bandwidth and screen size constraints make it inevitable. The harsh reality that mobile […]

  • Broken Trust: Can Agencies Regain Credibility?

    “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 Maciej Zawadziński, CEO at Clearcode. Agency-client trust has never been more tenuous. The Association of National Advertisers’ recent report on transparency highlights a range of problems, such as publisher kickbacks, […]

  • An Ever-Expanding Marketing Funnel Creates More Opportunities For Personalization

    “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 Craig Dempster, EVP, Agency Group Leader, Merkle. With the celebrity sightings, gourmet food and entertainment and rosé wine flowing, it’s easy to understand why many see events like Cannes Lions […]

  • Who’s To Blame For The Online Advertising Industry’s Civil War?

    “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 Christopher Reid, founder at Sortable. The digital advertising industry is at war with itself. And none of the major players – users, publishers, ad tech vendors or advertisers – are […]

  • Engagement: The New Reach

    “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. Over the past decade, one of the most important success metrics for brands and marketers has been the size of their audience […]

  • Attribution Fraud: Are You Getting Gamed?

    “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, director of data, modeling, partnerships and attribution initiatives at Quantcast. The Oxford English Dictionary and Google tell us that the word “fraud” has Latin origin. Cheating people through criminal deception […]

  • Data ‘Wildcatting’

    “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 Noah Jessop, head of data at Liquid. A “wildcatter” is oil slang for someone who drills speculative oil wells, oftentimes in areas not known to be oil fields. This term […]

  • Marketers Can’t Drive Sales Lift Without The Fundamentals And Execution

    “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 Robin Opie, vice president of data science at Oracle Data Cloud. Digital marketing offers a seemingly limitless number of different measurement metrics to evaluate campaigns. Some are confusing and worthless, […]

  • Advertisers Get Set To Compete During 2016 Summer Games

    “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 Dobson, CEO at The Exchange Lab. Next month’s 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be the most connected games to date. For context, the 2014 Sochi Olympics […]

  • A Call To Mobile Browsers

    “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 Desaulniers, co-founder and president at Go2mobi. The mobile ad space is in transition. Mobile programmatic is exploding and global spend is at an all-time high. That has created a […]

  • Still Bullish On SaaS?

    “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 Bosco, CEO at ChoiceStream. Over the past year, we’ve seen news articles document the struggles of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model in programmatic. It appears that some major industry players […]

  • Mobile: Your Personal Butler

    “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°. There is so much data that can make a person’s every touch point and experience more rewarding. It’s all about personalization. […]

  • Microsoft, LinkedIn And The Future Of B2B 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 Louis Moynihan, vice president of product innovation at Demandbase. Microsoft will pay $26.2 billion for LinkedIn, which represents a 50% premium on LinkedIn’s stock price at the time when the […]

  • To Reap Ad-Tech ROI, End-User Adoption Is The Secret Sauce

    “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 Jeff Puzenski, an executive at Infinitive. “I can’t trust the data.” “Using the new system slows me down.” “We’re different, so this system won’t work for us.” Those who work […]

  • Coming Soon: The Addressability Graph

    “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 Carla Holtze, CEO and co-founder at Parrable. People-based marketing – the ability to reach the right person, at the right time, on the right device – has been a practice […]

  • Bot Or Not? Brands Need Creative And Clear Metrics Before Playing In Messaging

    “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 Christian Brucculeri, director and CEO at Snaps. If you’ve been reading some of the tech trades lately, you would be forgiven for believing that the bots have finally taken over […]

  • Is Accurate Attribution Even Possible?

    “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 Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. A few years ago, a pair of researchers from Google and Microsoft named Randall Lewis and Justin Rao circulated a depressing paper called […]

  • Why Is Everyone Trying To Kill Rich Media?

    “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 Wong, CEO at Thunder. Rich media came onto the scene with great fanfare and promise. Moving, interactive creative would certainly be more effective and engaging than static banner ads […]

  • The Cross-Device Cover-Up

    “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 Kathy Leake, CEO at Qualia. There’s a race in our industry to be “right” about the state of cross-device data science. Instead, we should be the smartest about how we’ve not […]

  • Conversations: The New User Interface For Brands

    “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 Rik van der Kooi, corporate vice president, Microsoft Search Advertising. We are entering a new era of digital transformation, one that will profoundly change how we interact with technology. People […]

  • Unwalling The Garden: What A Free Market Approach Would Look Like

    “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 Ray Kingman, CEO at Semcasting. Maybe you rolled your eyes when you heard that some Instagram users were protesting the platform’s decision to change its algorithm so that it surfaces […]

  • Signal To Noise: Finding False Positives In Media Measurement

    “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 Riordan, director of special operations at TubeMogul. In March 2011, a major earthquake in Japan triggered a tsunami that led to a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, […]

  • What ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Can Teach Us About Mobile Fraud

    “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 Oiknine, co-founder and CEO at Apsalar. In the long-running NBC police procedural “Law & Order: SVU,” Detectives Benson and Stabler focused on three things when solving murders: means, motive […]

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