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  • To Compete With Amazon, Don’t Ruin A Targeted Campaign With Generic Creative

    “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. There are two times each year when brands’ advertising strategies are scrutinized by the general public: the Super Bowl and the kickoff of […]

  • Is Marketing Personal Or Business? Can It Be Both?

    “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 Ben Goldman, vice president of digital data solutions and partnerships at Infogroup Targeting Solutions. There has long been a divide in the school of thought between consumer and business marketing. […]

  • The Quest For Scale Is Ruining The Digital Ad 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 Yael Avidan, vice president of product at Adelphic. The first question marketers or agencies ask ad tech vendors or media companies is probably this: “That audience is perfect, but can […]

  • Don’t Become ‘That Brand’

    “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 Nancy Hall, senior vice president at Conversant. Whether it’s a phone, laptop or tablet, cross-device matching accuracy is essential to overall marketing success. The largest obstacle of optimal accuracy is […]

  • For Today’s CMOs, Nuance Is Dead; Long Live Nuance

    “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. We live in a world of extremes and exaggerations. The internet can be broken (impossible) by a single tweet or celebrity […]

  • Pay To Play: The Future Of The Marketing Cloud

    “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. During the really early days of digital media, AOL and CompuServe were basically the only two consumer portals and total digital ad spend […]

  • The IAB's Dynamic Ad Standard Will Bridge The Divide Between Data And Creativity

    “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 Diaz Nesamoney, CEO at Jivox and co-chair of the IAB Tech Lab Dynamic Content Ad Standard Working Group. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) this week introduced the industry’s first standard for […]

  • The Story About AI In Ad Tech Is Mostly Fiction

    “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 Santanu Kolay, senior vice president of engineering at Turn. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most-hyped topics in advertising right now. At Cannes, Saatchi & Saatchi featured an AI-created […]

  • What Data Doesn’t Tell Us

    “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 Lowenstern, vice president of digital advertising at R/GA. Everywhere we go, we leave data in our exhaust. Our connected devices leave our footprints behind, like so much digital detritus, […]

  • With Accurate Measurement Facing So Many Challenges, Marketers Must Challenge Everything

    “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. There are many limits to measurement that may lead to entirely different answers depending on when, where and how the measurements […]

  • Hard Or Soft, Brexit Will Be Tough On Ad Tech

    “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. Two weeks ago, UK Prime Minister Theresa May expressed support for a “hard Brexit,” the process for the country’s planned […]

  • Consumers’ Missions, Mindsets And Moods Offer Clues To Boosting Ad Relevancy

    “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 Wilhite, senior vice president of data strategy at 84.51°. To drive the most relevant content to the most relevant audience, digital media targeting has become more advanced than ever. […]

  • What Is The ‘Holy Grail’ Of 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 Martin Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. “You would think that the digital advertising industry has found religion given all the talk about the legendary ‘holy grail’ these days.” So […]

  • Missing In Action: Digital Media Training Plans

    “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 Jaclyn Stewart, senior director of publisher services at The 614 Group. Whenever you ask people who manage digital operations teams about training programs for their staff, they almost unanimously roll […]

  • Restoring Trust In Media Buying: Insights From Other Industries

    “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. Last month, Dentsu admitted that 111 clients had been overcharged in more than 600 “suspicious […]

  • Efficiency Vs. 100% Viewability: Which Is The More Important Metric?

    “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 Brad Nunn, director of trading operations at Varick Media Management. In 2012, the IAB first defined a “viewable” impression as one that’s at least 50% visible for at least one […]

  • Is Customer Strategy The Unicorn Of 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 David Williams, president and CEO at Merkle. Across industries, today’s marketing conversation is all about the personalized experience. Everything you hear and read seems to be focused on the importance of […]

  • Advertisers Need To Reach Car Shoppers On Sofas, Long Before They Hit The Showroom

    “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 Tim Jenkins, CEO at 4INFO. Before taking a single step onto a showroom floor, 95% of car shoppers have already decided which car they plan to test-drive. Reports show most […]

  • Lessons In Measurement And Attribution From World War II

    “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 Nathan Woodman, general manager of demand solutions at IPONWEB. During World War II, Allied bomber planes faced a critical design problem. They were slow, lumbering and constantly shot down. The […]

  • Ad Tech: Stop Calling It An Apocalypse

    “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 Franchi, co-founder at Undertone. It seems that every single year for the past 10, someone has been playing the funeral march for the ad tech industry. Venture capitalists have […]

  • Leave No Stone Unturned When Searching For The Right Audience 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 Jennifer Pelino, vice president of omnichannel media at 84.51°. As marketing and technology converge, marketers must practice due diligence and push for greater quality control in the audience data they […]

  • The Artificial Intelligence Marketing 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 Smith, president at Kitewheel. Marketers, being marketers, are always looking to invent new names for their products to make those products seem better than previous iterations. This is most […]

  • Let The Data Speak For Itself

    “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 Danziger, vice president of enterprise partnerships at The Trade Desk. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet famously asked, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by […]

  • Mobile Industry Fragmentation Jeopardizes Campaign Performance 

    “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 and chief revenue officer at AppLift. Within the next few years, the crowded LUMAscape will have 70% fewer logos on it, which is a good thing […]

  • Is The NFL Using Twitter As A Digital Guinea Pig?

    “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 Ken Zi Wang, founder and CEO at Traction Labs. Twitter deserves props for closing a live-streaming partnership deal with the NFL. It beat out Facebook, Amazon and Verizon for the […]

  • Standards Won’t Bust Ad 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 Asaf Greiner, founder and CEO at Protected Media. Online fraud is nothing new, but now there are more players. More cyber criminals are profiting, and more people are rallying behind […]

  • Is Mar Tech Or Ad Tech The Future? For Clues, Look To The East

    “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 only way to get data to flow from marketing to advertising and back again is through an identity graph. The Japanese were […]

  • Ad Blocking, Ad Reinsertion And Fixing CX: We’ve Only Just Begun

    “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 Montgomery, executive vice president of brand safety at GroupM Worldwide. On Sept. 16, Sourcepoint CEO and co-founder Ben Barokas penned the column, “Where Will Facebook’s Ad Reinsertion Move Leave […]

  • Welcome To The Server Side

    “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 Avery, CEO at Adzerk. Online advertising owes its rapid growth to JavaScript tags. Finally, without serious code changes, publishers could copy and paste JavaScript and make money from ads […]

  • Where Will Facebook’s Ad Reinsertion Move Leave GroupM?

    “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 Ben Barokas, co-founder and CEO at Sourcepoint. Following Facebook’s announcement last month, ad-blocking software may be rendered ineffective on the social network. With its decision to bypass blocking technology on […]

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