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  • Beyond Publisher Relationships: Agencies Need To Lead With 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 Barry Lowenthal, president at The Media Kitchen. Media agencies are used to talking to clients about the strength of their publisher relationships. In fact, I think agencies used to brag about […]

  • What Is This Thing We Call A CDP?

    “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 new technology appears, seemingly from the ether, and promises to change our lives. Customer data integration, labeling and storage problems will disappear. […]

  • You've Gone In-House. Now What?

    “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, co-founder and managing partner at Labmatik. Taking programmatic in-house can make sense for any big-budget marketer that wants to innovate and take control of its programmatic future. However, while […]

  • A History Of Programmatic And The Era Of Control

    “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 Ming Wu, chief revenue officer at MightyHive. Programmatic has come a long way. The constant refrain heard at industry events over the last year is that all media will be […]

  • Get Prepared For The New Era Of Audio Accountability

    “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 Jonathan Eccles, director of product management at Pandora. On Jan. 18, the Media Rating Council released a new standard for Digital Audio Measurement, and if your business is even remotely […]

  • Key To Better In-Store Experiences: Functional, Rational And Emotional Mobile Apps

    “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°. Sometimes we need to say we got it wrong and we’ll do better. That time has come for the retail industry’s […]

  • Old Data Is Holding Back Mobile 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 Taylor West, general manager, North America, at Zeotap. As the Eagles and Patriots compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy this weekend, a slew of advertisers will be fighting for customers’ […]

  • Will The Ad Industry Move To A Sales Guarantee?

    “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 O’Grady, CEO at Nielsen Catalina Solutions. Attention. Human-viewable. Audience. Fraud-free. Sales. Over the past year, media companies and data providers have worked together to offer secondary media guarantees based […]

  • Getting Attribution Right Means Adopting A Digital Mailbox

    “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. Old models die hard. For more than a decade, attribution meant crediting the last click. But in an increasingly personalized and multichannel world, last-click has […]

  • The Strategic Impact Of GDPR (With Emoji)

    “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. Let’s start with a disclaimer: I’m no expert in GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). If I were, I’d be billing by the hour for my […]

  • An Evolution, Not A Revolution: Underscoring The Nuances Of 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 Guillaume Marcerou, global privacy director at Criteo. When General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, it will unify the various data privacy laws that exist across […]

  • As 2018 Gets Under Way, Digital Ad Execs Are Worried About These Five Issues

    “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 Schenkel, vice president of programmatic at GumGum. Correction: This column has been updated to more accurately characterize Chrome’s ad-blocking enforcement. Per Google, a single noncompliant ad format or creative […]

  • Programmatic Efficiency Should Focus On Audience, Inventory and Working 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 Will Luttrell, founder and CEO at Amino Payments. For years, programmatic was considered the efficient channel for media buying. And it is, depending on how you define “efficient.” I would […]

  • We Have The Data, But We Need Better Ways To Activate 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 Ed Camargo, vice president of paid media at PMX Agency. As marketers, we are constantly prompted to consider the question, “How do people intuitively engage with media?” We are, after […]

  • Point-Counterpoint: Why The Open Markets Will Continue To Thrive

    “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 Heimlich, senior vice president and managing director of HX at Horizon Media. This point-counterpoint between Adam and Emily Del Greco was written in response to the question: What is the […]

  • Point-Counterpoint: Why The Open Markets Are Closing

    “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 Emily Del Greco, founder at Del Greco Solutions. This point-counterpoint between Emily and Adam Heimlich was written in response to the question: What is the future of the open exchange? […]

  • To Advance Data Quality, The First Step Is Best Taken Together

    “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 Jane Clarke, managing director and CEO at the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM). As 2018 gets underway, there is one issue that should be at the top of everyone’s […]

  • The Hidden Dangers Of Supply-Path Optimization

    “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. The latest ad tech buzzword is supply-path optimization, and conveniently it comes with a tidy acronym – SPO – to save us all typing time. […]

  • Facebook News Feed Changes Will Challenge Publishers To Stay Relevant

    “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 McGowan, president at Adestra. The publishing industry has long been in a state of flux, most recently with the transition from print to digital. Now, with Facebook changing its […]

  • Media Planning Without Fear In 2018

    “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 Bryan Noguchi, media director at Caffelli. Media people, what are we going to get out of 2018? What are the battles we’ll choose to engage in, and why? I really […]

  • Random Control, Random Results: Standards For Sales-Lift Measurement Needed

    “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 Vijoy Gopalakrishnan, principal at the IRI Media Center of Excellence. This scenario happens all too often in the digital advertising industry: An agency has just conceived and executed a brilliant […]

  • Three Unlikely (But Useful) Predictions For 2018

    “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 Auren Hoffman, CEO at SafeGraph. There are three things the broader advertising technology industry needs to face in the next decade, and it is my late Hanukkah wish that we […]

  • Checks And Balances Are Key To Clean, High-Quality 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 Rob Finora, senior vice president of data at ShareThis. Marketers now use data-driven initiatives as the backbone of their campaigns more than ever. But with this boom comes the exponential concern about data transparency and […]

  • Why Google's And Facebook's Dominance Is Normal Market Evolution

    “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, assistant professor and fellow, Centre for Business Analytics at Melbourne Business School. One key theme in 2017 was the domination of Google and Facebook, which grabbed large shares […]

  • Programmatic Faces A Turning Point In 2018

    “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. Already, 2018 is shaping up to be a very interesting year. Our industry is getting close to making real progress on some of […]

  • Brands That Bet Big On Customer Data In 2017

    “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 Toby McKenna, senior vice president of global advertising at Bazaarvoice. Thanks to today’s connected world, companies are sitting on vast amounts of consumer data. Whenever consumers make a purchase, use […]

  • Bidders Must Value Brand For Publisher Alliances To Succeed

    “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 Manny Puentes, founder and CEO at Rebel AI. Every time we shop, we make the decision to purchase either a brand item or its generic equivalent. We assume generic laundry […]

  • Inaccurate Segments May Be Costing Advertisers Billions

    “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 Kelly, founder and CEO at Survata. We’ve all read the doom-and-gloom news about programmatic problems, from YouTube’s brand safety issues to brand advertisers culling their spending and companies like […]

  • Aside From GDPR, Many Changes On The Horizon For User 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 Tim Sleath, vice president of product management at Exponential. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be upon us in less than six months is one of a wave […]

  • Will Brands Be Ready For Monetization In 2018?

    “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 Trey Stephens, director of audience monetization at Acxiom. As 2017 comes to a close, it’s a great time for brands to assess ways to improve marketing strategy and better capitalize […]

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