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  • The Truth About Cross-Device Data Quality

    “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 Dempsey, senior director of mobile, Oracle Data Cloud, at Oracle. “Deterministic” isn’t the same as “true.” The industry has reduced cross-device accuracy to a single question: “How many of […]

  • Decades Later, Frequency Still A Challenge For Marketers

    “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 Lisa Barnes, brand media solutions engineer manager at 84.51°. The Rule of Seven states that a consumer needs to be exposed to a marketing message seven times before taking action […]

  • Marketing Clouds And Ad Tech Financial Forces Poised To Collide

    “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. Data management platforms (DMPs) are outgrowing the siloed advertising channel and evolving into multichannel management within the larger marketing clouds. This […]

  • In-App, In-View And On-Point

    “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 Fischer, co-founder and CEO at Choozle. In-app mobile advertising can be more efficient than the mobile web because it enables marketers to target audiences with laser-like accuracy while capturing […]

  • When Will Big Ad Tech Innovation Yield To Incremental Improvements?

    “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. We’re addicted to what’s new and shiny. A breaking news alert may flash across the screen and, despite knowing the alert is likely […]

  • Ad IDs And DSPs: Behind The In-App Programmatic Opportunity

    “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 Janis Zech, co-founder and chief operating officer at Fyber. The growth in mobile programmatic is well documented, with global spending forecasts on the rise, especially in video. These billion-dollar budgets […]

  • Programmatic in the ‘Second Machine Age’


    “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 Frost Prioleau, CEO and co-founder of Simpli.fi. Programmatic advertising continues to grow faster than analysts’ expectations, leaving industry pundits to continually raise growth predictions made just months before. While this acceleration […]

  • Successfully Rolling Out A DMP Starts At The Top – And The Bottom

    “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 Kiki Burton, senior manager of product strategy at Adobe. Individual departmental buy-in and adoption often pose the greatest challenges to the process of integrating a data-management platform (DMP). These central […]

  • ‘Prove It Or Lose It’ Budgeting Is Good For 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 Matt Nitzberg, chief growth officer at ThinkVine. I started my career in brand management at a major CPG company, where marketers lived in a use-it-or-lose-it budget environment. Failing to spend […]

  • Game Developers Join The Programmatic Arms Race

    “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 Mark Robinson, CEO at deltaDNA.   The mobile game sector has really been through the wringer. Can you imagine describing the gaming economy to potential investors? You tell them about […]

  • Gamified Ads Can Boost Consumer Engagement, Generate Valuable Player Data

    “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 Paul Polizzotto, founder and president at CBS EcoMedia. For the advertising industry, the rules of the game are changing fast. Advances in technology are constantly transforming how and when consumers […]

  • Ad Fraud Wreaks Havoc On 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 Augustine Fou, digital strategist and independent ad fraud researcher. Most clients and partners, trade associations and agencies are aware of digital ad fraud by now. And some have deployed fraud […]

  • Header Bidding: Not Just For Publishers’ Benefit

    “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 Natrian Maxwell, ‎director of demand services at OpenX. It’s no secret that header bidding is hugely popular with publishers. The monetization tool exposes each impression to programmatic demand before calling […]

  • As Data Worlds Collide, Marketing Opportunities – And Challenges – Set To Explode

    “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. We are currently in a state of “data hyperinflation,” where the rate of data being generated and used is exploding year over year. […]

  • Publisher And Advertiser Needs: The Great Digital Balancing Act

    “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 Loren Wilson, CEO and co-founder at Answer Media. After years of working with both advertisers and publishers, I’ve witnessed the often inharmonious relationships of the two sides. Advertisers want guaranteed […]

  • DMPs Go Way Beyond Segmentation

    “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, vice president of global data strategy and agency lead at Krux. Any AdExchanger reader probably knows more about data management technology than the average Joe, but many probably […]

  • The Catch-22 Of Ad Fraud And Verification

    “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 Monian, senior director of product management at Amobee. Gone are the days when an advertiser’s primary brand-safety concern was to guarantee that its campaign would be delivered in a […]

  • The Expanding Definition Of PII

    “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 of Parrable. What does personally identifiable really mean? For as long as I can remember, personally identifiable information (PII) basically meant email address, telephone number […]

  • Artificial Intelligence Helps Advertisers Be More Compassionate

    “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 Alastair Boyle, global client partner and head of strategy at Essence. You might be surprised to hear these words in the same sentence, but compassion has been a core concept […]

  • Personalization Fuels The Convergence Of Marketing And Commerce

    “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 Barbara Connors, director of brand media, 84.51°. There is no denying the profound impact that personalization is having on the media landscape. There is, however, another pivotal impact of the […]

  • As Adobe Embarks On Co-Op Data Project, It Must Create Value For All

    “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 Gerard Keating, executive vice president of products at DataXu. Adobe has announced a new cross-device co-op data initiative that serves as an ambitious counter to Google and Facebook’s now infamous […]

  • Screen Sizes Don’t Matter. People Do.

    “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 Raju Malhotra, senior vice president of of products at Conversant. Apple’s big news a few weeks ago was its small news. That is, the smaller screen size of its upcoming […]

  • A Focus On Reach And Frequency Could Bring TV Dollars Online

    “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 chasm between effective media buying strategies for TV and digital are often so large that one might be excused for forgetting both are simply […]

  • Header Bidding: Dangerous For The Evolution Of Programmatic

    “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 at AppLift. There’s been a lot of prattle about the potential of header bidding. Some have even called it waterfalling by a different name, and that […]

  • Journey Mapping Fail

    “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 Leah van Zelm, vice president at Merkle. Those in the people-based marketing business know that customer journey mapping “quick guides” abound. But beware: Their overly simplistic nature can lead marketers […]

  • Are The Walls Getting Higher Or Just Better Lit?

    “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. More than a century ago, two titans emerged from the wreckage of the railroad wars. The prickly Jay Gould ran the Union Pacific, […]

  • Attribution Needs To Walk Before It Runs

    “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 David Dowhan, president at TruSignal. Today, most trackable human behavior occurs online in a digital context. Much of this data may be the raw material used in an attribution model. […]

  • Cross-Device Identity Can Create Blind Spots In The Customer Journey

    “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 Brian Foster, senior vice president of information services at Neustar. The notion of an “always-on” consumer has triggered a lot of interest and attention in cross-device identity. If you’re a […]

  • In Praise Of Complexity

    “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 Ari Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. I went to the doctor’s office the other day and she complained to me, “You know, the problem with human anatomy is all the complexity. […]

  • When Supply-Side Platforms Lose Their Way

    “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. When someone says Hershey, you probably think of chocolate. Or when you hear Louis Vuitton, you may envision brown-and-gold monogrammed handbags. But when […]

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