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  • Digital Publishers: Facebook’s Mobile Problem Is Your Problem, Too

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Michael Greene is Senior Analyst at Forrester Research. Many in the industry have watched with interest (and perhaps a bit of schadenfreude) as Facebook shares have plunged to under $27. Obviously, multiple factors […]

  • Facebook Age Calls for New Metrics

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Nikhil Sethi, who is co-founder/CEO Adaptly. In the world of social media and social networks, native advertising models are taking over. Anything I can do as a consumer – […]

  • The Attribution Error

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Jeremy Stanley is SVP Product and Data Sciences for Collective. As an industry we have largely concluded that existing measurement solutions (CTR, view-through and click-through conversion) have glaring flaws. And so we have […]

  • 'Viewable Impression' Boosters Ignore Simple Math

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Joshua Koran is VP Digital Product Management, Research and Data for AT&T AdWorks.  Much has been written about the “viewable impression” metric, which banishes impressions that go unnoticed by consumers. It relies on […]

  • Second-Guessing the Second-Price Auction Model

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Esco Strong, Director, Display Marketplace Strategy at Microsoft Advertising. Opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily represent those of his employer. Amidst some of the more popular discussion topics of today, I’m often surprised […]

  • Looking Forward To A World Ruled By The Viewable Impression

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Joanna O’Connell is Senior Analyst at Forrester Research. Ad impressions will drop by 50% or more. CPM’s will increase commensurately. ComScore 500 publishers will finally get the respect they deserve and recapture market […]

  • A New Model for Ad Buying Products

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Mario Diez is CEO of quadrantONE, a joint venture of Tribune Company, Gannett, Hearst and The New York Times Company, which offers exclusive ad inventory on news and information sites across U.S. local […]

  • The Digital Ad Industry Needs To Innovate For Consumers

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. David Levy is co-founder of SocialVibe, a digital advertising technology company. Jerry Neumann posed a question on AdExchanger the other day that should strike a chord with anyone who works in media and […]

  • Advertising Impact - Not 'Attribution'

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Elizabeth Zalman is co-Founder at Media Armor, a mobile advertising technology company. “The more complex societies get and the more complex the networks of interdependence within and beyond community and national borders get, […]

  • Regarding The Marketing Of Intent

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rob Schmults, SVP Strategic Partnerships, Intent Media, an online ad platform for ecommerce publishers. “Intent Marketing” – matching offers (and a little later in history, ads) to the […]

  • Four Ways Viewable Impressions Will Change The Industry

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Mark Hughes, CEO of C3 Metrics. Economic changes usually begin with whispers. You meet a client for coffee, and he tells you Q2 doesn’t look so good. Or […]

  • Big Data Meets Ad Tech

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tim Chang, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund, a venture investment firm, and Tim Hanlon, CEO, Vertere Group, a consulting group. The brand ad market is massive (multi-multi $B), with […]

  • What Data Buying Isn't

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Michael Katz, CEO of interclick, a Yahoo! company. With all the great data that data providers are making accessible today, it’s possible to interact with consumers in ways […]

  • Taking Issue With Viewable Impressions

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Mark Hughes, CEO of C3 Metrics. At the worst possible time, the digital marketing measurement business is again showing inconsistencies. The issue this time is the matter of […]

  • Direct Dialing Intent

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jonathan Mendez, founder of Yieldbot. One of the most exciting and disruptive things going on right now in digital media is the rise of new businesses harvesting intent […]

  • Social Does Not Equal Search

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Nikhil Sethi, who is co-founder/CEO Adaptly. As we look at the emergence of social as a serious contender within a typical media buy, the marketplace is noticing an evolution […]

  • Proof: Framing The Viewable Impression

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Steve Sullivan, VP, Digital Supply Chain Solutions, IAB. In the 1991 Australian film Proof, Hugo Weaving plays a blind photographer named Martin, who must rely on his other senses […]

  • The Faulty Comparison of Analog Dollars to Digital Dimes

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Matt Shanahan, SVP of Strategy for Scout Analytics. The comparison of “analog dollars” to “digital dimes” is often an attempt to explain that paltry digital revenue is coming from […]

  • Does Having A Privacy Policy Matter?

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. David Danziger is Director of Data and Targeting Products at Acxiom Corporation. The Future of Privacy Forum recently analyzed the top 30 paid mobile apps (across multiple mobile platforms including Blackberry, Android, and iOS) […]

  • Digital Media: The Odd Man Out

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Matt Shanahan, SVP of Strategy for Scout Analytics. The sciencification of advertising is on a clear, steady march toward greater and greater efficiencies, whether that be optimized cost for […]

  • All Hail the V.A.D.A.R.

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by David Soloff, CEO, Metamarkets, a publisher analytics company. Around the time he was busy founding a retail bank, my good friend Josh Reich offered the insight that […]

  • Why All Advertising Will Be Social – Navigating the Social Brand Map

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rob Leathern, CEO of XA.net. XA.net’s optim.al is a Social Media Ad Platform. Names and signs were very much what early advertising was about: in the Middle […]

  • The Battle For Consumer Data

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tom Chavez, CEO, Krux Digital. The battle for consumer data just reached a new, much more feverish pitch. The day before yesterday, Apple announced what a lot […]

  • Why DSPs Are Not Enough

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Eric Bamberger, SVP, Performance Marketing Group, SearchIgnite, a unit of Dentsu’s Innovation Interactive. 2010 was a banner year for the Display industry – no pun intended.  Truthfully, Display has made a remarkable […]

  • Dude... Would You Please Quit It With The Financial Markets Jargon Already?

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by David Soloff, CEO, Metamarkets, a publisher analytics company. During the summer of 2008, I was having one of those NY business breakfasts – the kind of meal […]

  • The Drive-Time Web

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Niel Robertson, CEO of Trada, an online marketplace technology company. Driving between Boulder and Denver the other day, I did something completely old school – I turned […]

  • Why 2011 is the Year of the Ad Network; Or, Why Nobody is an Ad Exchange

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rob Leathern, CEO of XA.net, an online advertising company. What’s an ad network anyway? Some would say: an entity that manages yield for both publishers and advertisers, […]

  • The Evolution of Our Data-Driven Ecosystem

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Darren Herman is Founder, Varick Media Management and Chief Digital Media Officer of The Media Kitchen, kbs+p. Click To Enlarge  It’s that time of year again when business and trend forecasting articles start […]

  • Display Will Overtake Search

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Amiad Solomon, Founder & President at Peer39. Over the past ten years, the search advertising industry has grown tremendously. In no small part due to companies like Google […]

  • From The Data Gardener - Today’s Tip: Check Your Soil

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Marc Kiven, Founder and CRO BrightTag. Fall is upon us. It’s that time of year when experienced gardeners are preparing their plants for winter. It’s what you do […]

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