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  • A Memo From The CMO

    “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 Triscari, programmatic economist at Lemonade Projects. To: ACME Media Team and AOR From: CMO, ACME Corp. Date: Today Re: Our continued reliance on cookies is less than advantageous Priority: […]

  • The Digital Advertising Sector’s Original Sin, And How We Must Atone

    If you’ve been in the digital advertising sphere for a while you know I’m bullish on the internet. As one of the founders of the IAB and early vice chair, I’ve championed the web as the best advertising medium – period. But as I look back on the past 25 years, I’m struck by a […]

  • As User-Level Tracking Falls Apart, Cohorts Offer An Exciting Measurement Alternative

    “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 Myles Younger, Senior Director of MightyHive and Ken Archer, VP Product of Upwave. In recent years, innovation in digital ad effectiveness measurement has been constrained by an addiction to person-level […]

  • The New Holiday Normal: Black Friday All Month Long (And 4 Resulting Trends)

    “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 Alison Levin, VP of global marketing solutions at Roku. Black Friday has traditionally been the kick-off of the holiday season for the retail industry, but this year, like many other […]

  • DOJ Opens Pandora’s Box And Forges A Path For The Cookie’s Return 

    “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 Jason Bier, chief privacy officer at Adstra Data. The DOJ’s antitrust suit, together with 11 state’s attorneys general, contains surprising revelations about the extent of Google’s alleged illegal search Monopoly. In […]

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    What The FLoC: Don’t Be A Sheep

    “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 Rosewell, founder and CEO at 51Degrees. Since Google announced Privacy Sandbox, it’s used the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to shepherd the industry toward an outcome that benefits very few. […]

  • How To SPO

    “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 Kevin O’Sullivan, director of business development, EMEA at Amobee. Supply-path optimization is too often considered shorthand for a wrecking ball mentality that turns off SSPs and publishers in order to consolidate […]

  • The Power And Paradox Of In-House Agencies

    “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 Ross, VP analyst at Gartner. There have been plenty of splashy headlines in recent years about big brands launching or expanding in-house agencies with the aim of reducing agency […]

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    What Does The CPRA Mean For Behavioral Advertising?

    “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 Richard Eisert, partner at Davis & Gilbert. For the ad tech community, election day felt like deja vu. Less than a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) came into […]

  • No Silver Bullet: Identity Resolution In A Cookieless World

    “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 Adam Paz, VP at Viant Technology. Despite the significant marketer demand for identity-based solutions and the ad industry’s acknowledgment that we need a new form of identity resolution, few platforms are […]

  • Will 2021 Be The Year SPO And DPO Reconcile?

    “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 Todd Wooten, founder and president at VRTCAL. A good compromise, “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David once joked, is one where both parties are dissatisfied. Between ad tech’s buy side and sell side, […]

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    Why The Narrow Scope Of The DOJ’s Antitrust Suit Could Solidify Google’s Power

    “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 Donahue, CEO and co-founder of WLxJS. The Justice Department’s antitrust suit against Google alleges that the search giant created and subsequently abused a monopolistic position in, well, search. And […]

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    Known Unknowns And Unknown Unknowns: What To Expect For Privacy In 2021

    “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, president and partner at Goodway Group. The known/unknown grid made famous by former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld might as well have been about the state of internet privacy […]

  • I Have Seen The Future Of Measurement, And It Is … Messy

    “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, senior vice president of strategy, Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Measurement is a footnote – outglamorized by targeting and the opera of browsers, pushed into the corner during debates about the future […]

  • Ad Creative And Placement Context Must Work Hand-In-Hand In The Post-IDFA Era

    “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 Si Crowhurst, VP of Vungle Creative Labs. In early 2021, Apple will make its unique identifier for advertisers (IDFA) opt-in – meaning users will need to consent to being tracked […]

  • 5 Ways To Make Your Amazon Ads Stand Out

    “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 Mike Farrell, senior director of integrated digital strategy at Sidecar. Advertising on Amazon requires you to balance both offensive and defensive tactics. The overall goal is to appear alongside competitors and […]

  • Here’s How Moves By Google And Apple Will Impact The Relevance Of Marketers’ 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 Malik Roberts, technical solution lead at Ad-Lib. As consumers, our data is becoming more private and less accessible. We’re becoming more difficult to track as we move around the internet, consume […]

  • 6 Pro Tips for Successful Mobile Games App Retargeting

    “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 Ido Zehori, data science team leader at BigaBid. One in five users forget about an app after using it for the first time. They’re originally drawn to the app from an offer […]

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    Agencies, Brands and Publishers Beware: A Service Provider Approach To CCPA Is Risky

    “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 Leigh Freund, president and CEO at the Network Advertising Initiative. Uncertainty has clouded preparations for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ever since the law passed in 2018. Even […]

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    A/B Testing: What’s Old Will Be New Again In A Post-IDFA World

    “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 Christophe Collet, CEO at S4M. When was the last time you heard A/B testing and IDFA in the same sentence? The former is traditional ad campaign testing methodology going back […]

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    B2B Marketers Must Take Personalization Further Than Their B2C Peers

    “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, global CEO, B2B Group, at Merkle. As more customer engagements move away from in-person contact to digital channels and virtual environments, the trends that were already driving the need for […]

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    Inclusive Advertising Needs To Extend To Audience Planning

    “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 JoAnne Monfradi Dunn, CEO at Alliant. Brands are attracted to audience targeting because it helps them home in on customers and prospects that represent likely buyers and the highest return […]

  • First- and Third-Party Data Lexicons Complicated The Evolution Of Data. Here’s How We Fix It.

    “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 Spiegel, EVP of marketing solutions and head of the media vertical at TransUnion. You would be hard pressed to find someone in this industry who doesn’t think marketing has […]

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    We Can’t Let The Open Web Become A ‘Tragedy Of The Commons’

    “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 Rosewell, founder and CEO at 51Degrees.  The web was built on the vision that it would be free to the world as a public good and basic right for all. While in many […]

  • How To Own Data And Measure Performance In A Cookieless World 

    “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 Tieman, head of programmatic services, and Brad Herndon, managing director of personalization and marketing analytics, both at Accenture Interactive. Despite the abundance of consumer data caused by the COVID-19 […]

  • Advertisers Must Take The Lead In The Next Privacy Sandbox

    “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 Sabella, CTO at PubMatic. As Google Chrome slowly dribbles out concepts for a cookieless future with little structure, many media buyers in the industry are getting restless to have […]

  • Allison Schiff, senior editor, AdExchanger

    Why Platform Changes Are A Bigger Deal Than GDPR

    “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 Allison Schiff, senior editor at AdExchanger. It’s part of a series of perspectives from AdExchanger’s editorial team. The ad industry is facing a pair of interrelated existential threats: government regulation and […]

  • Are Black Voices Disappearing From LinkedIn?

    “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 Belinda Smith, marketing and diversity activist. My personal experience with LinkedIn changed overnight on May 26. The murder of George Floyd was the first time I remember seeing a flood […]

  • Brands Must Devise Different Strategies For Amazon, Social Media And The Open Web

    “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 Seraj Bharwani, Chief Strategy Officer at AcuityAds. Since the advent of One-Click checkout, advertisers have realized that awareness, consideration and purchase can all happen in seconds for consumable products. Thus, the […]

  • How To Secure User Consent On Apple Devices Early Next Year? It Starts With UX

    “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 Katie Hutcherson Madding, VP of product at Adjust. With the restrictions on IDFA scheduled for release in early 2021, app developers have a new and business-critical challenge ahead: the user opt-in. […]

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