“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 Amber Naslund, senior director of industry leadership at Hootsuite. Many businesses struggle to measure their social media efforts. For most, the trouble starts right at the beginning: What, exactly, should we […]
“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 Sanjay Agarwal, vice president of engineering at Drawbridge. In the ad tech ecosystem before OpenRTB, proprietary protocols caused long integration cycles, more code complexity and maintenance and custom logic for […]
“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 Voda, CEO at OptiMine. In the last six months, both Facebook and Google have launched formal, public marketing-mix modeling (MMM) partnership programs. Participating vendors are allowed special access to […]
“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 Julia Amorim, CEO at MediaNet. In the famous scene from the 1992 movie “A Few Good Men,” Jack Nicholson’s character asks Tom Cruise if he wants answers, to which Cruise’s […]
“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 Sarah Denman, vice president of insights at 84.51°. Every business faces disruptors of some kind. They often come in the form of technology, services or products. We all know their […]
“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 Max Mead, CEO at Acceleration Labs. You were probably expecting to read about why you should boycott politically oriented media properties or remove controversial political intonations from your brand’s messaging. […]
“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 Keith Petri, chief strategy officer at Screen6. A recent report from comScore showed that consumers are spending more time on their smartphones, tablets and connected TVs than ever before, and it’s not necessarily […]
“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 Attila Jakab, managing director at Infectious Media. The digital ad market has a massive elephant in the room. It’s been there for years and everyone knows it’s there, but curiously […]
“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 Crook, chief product and technology officer at Verve. The location-powered mobile marketing industry might see Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 blue bar for location as a privacy-first development. But 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 Ken Rona, chief data scientist at IgnitionOne. There is a lot of excitement and some confusion across the ad industry around machine learning, and for good reason. The availability of […]
“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 Webster, co-founder and chief strategy officer at The Exchange Lab. Technology advancements over the past 10 years have without question transformed the digital advertising landscape. What was once a […]
“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 Kym Frank, president at Geopath. Marketers have eagerly embraced big data. When I worked at a media agency, I so often hunted for new data, insights, optimization tools and differentiation that […]
“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 Maggie Mesa, vice president of mobile at OpenX. By now, it should go without saying that in-app advertising and desktop advertising are two completely different animals – and publishers need to […]
“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 Curt Larson, vice president of product at Sharethrough. At Apple’s developer conference in early June, the company unveiled its new “Intelligent Tracking Prevention” initiative. The move will launch on Safari […]
“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 retail media at 84.51°. Digital advertising spending outpaced TV in 2016 for the first time. And yet, we still use the term “traditional advertising” in reference […]
“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. Acxiom (NASDAQ: ACXM) formally acquired LiveRamp three years ago, on July 1, 2014, for $310 million, which was 22% of Acxiom’s market cap at the […]
“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 Jim Spanfeller, founder and general manager of The Daily Meal Ventures Group, a tronc company. Let me start by saying, no, I don’t think agency media-buying groups will become extinct. […]
“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 Kane, founder at Jounce Media. For years, Apple’s Safari browser has endeavored to prevent advertising technology companies from tracking user web browsing behavior via cookies. And for years, 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 Kerry Bianchi, CEO at Collective. After an open season on shady ad industry practices, resolving transparency problems has moved to the top of the agenda for many concerned brand clients […]
“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 Marc Guldimann, CEO at Parsec Media. A few months ago, I was asked to share a surprising or counterintuitive perspective I held on the digital ad landscape. So, I uncorked […]
“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 Dennis Buchheim, senior vice president of data and ad effectiveness at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and general manager of the IAB Data Center of Excellence. Soon, truckers may be 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 Jay Friedman, chief operating officer at Goodway Group. The fun is over. For everyone. That includes the publishers jamming in 10 header tags and 50-plus tracking cookies into their site […]
“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 Dan Frank, head of StreamRail Platform at ironSource. The digital advertising world has come a long way in the last couple of years in its mission to fight 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 Victor Wong, CEO at Thunder. Many years ago, customer relationship management (CRM) platforms solidified their position as the systems of record for customer interactions and introduced the concept of data-driven […]
“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 Ric Elert, president at Conversant. If the last month is any indication, the future of demand-side platforms (DSPs) is less than inspiring. Reports show that header bidding may be testing the […]
“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 Jarno Vanto, chief privacy officer at Unacast. After some false starts, location-based marketing is finally hitting its stride. Researcher BIA/Kelsey projects the segment will grow from $12.4 billion in 2016 […]
“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 Arrix, chief revenue officer at Verve. While the online brand-safety problem is the new normal – at least for now – it is up to brands to take the lead […]
“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. People say “data is the new oil.” But unlike oil, the quality of data is extremely difficult to measure. In my experience, most marketing 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 Ian Hewetson, vice president of client services at Eyereturn Marketing. Fraud and viewability get all the attention when marketers question their display ad effectiveness. But there’s a more common issue […]
“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 Kristian Schwartz, founder and partner at The Montgomery Group. It’s no secret that demand for programmatic talent exceeds supply. Adding to the complexity is the varying and opaque level of […]
