“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 Zimm Zimmerman, vice president of personalization at Merkle. Yes, it is still marketing. At its core, marketing is still focused on the fundamentals, including brand reinforcement, a compelling offer, incredible […]
“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 Terry Chen, product manager, Adobe Analytics Cloud. I recently overheard a few co-workers debating the merits of online dating apps. One was particularly enthusiastic about the demographic and geographic filters […]
“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’ essential need to reach consumers with the right messages along their journeys has stayed the same, but the amount of solutions available to them […]
“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. One thing the human brain is conditioned to do is take shortcuts in making assessments and decisions. Without this, we’d be stuck in […]
“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 Rajeev Goel, co-founder and CEO at PubMatic. The lifespan of and need for specialized technology providers in the ad tech industry, from sell-side platforms (SSPs) and demand-side platforms (DSPs) 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 Rachael Hadaway, vice president of solutions strategy at 84.51°. I read news articles decrying the failures of big data all the time. They usually begin with how the massive amount […]
“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 Berry, CEO at TripleLift. The conditions created by the new regulatory posture of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Donald Trump are ripe for broadband providers to blossom […]
“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. Google set its eyes on the travel industry a while ago. Travel is one of its top ad revenue sources. […]
“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 Paul Wright, CEO at iotec. In the last few weeks I have had time to think about media before the web came into our lives. Before the first “Trainspotting” and […]
“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, senior vice president of strategic development at IPONWEB. There’s a scene in the 2002 Tom Cruise movie, “Minority Report,” that has become legendary in marketing and 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 Tasso Argyros, co-founder and CEO at ActionIQ. Technology revolutions are messy. I know. I lived through one with my last company, Aster Data. But if you survive a tech revolution, you are […]
“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 Bob Buch, SVP of sales at Rakuten Marketing. Ten years ago, I learned an important lesson about how to treat your core customers when, as Digg’s VP of business development, I […]
“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 Mitchel, senior director of programmatic solutions at MaxPoint. The New Year was sobering for many reasons, not the least of which were reports of physical retailers closing store locations. […]
“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 Martellotti, co-founder at Wholetone Media. In recent months, the data management platform (DMP) has taken center stage as both publishers and marketers look to propel their organizations forward. Part […]
“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 Andersen, partner at LUMA Partners. There have been numerous articles published about the convergence of ad tech and mar tech, and whether it’s happening or not. As I presented […]
“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 Joshua Lowcock, executive vice president and chief digital officer at UM Worldwide. Despite what you may have been led to believe, the real problem facing the digital industry is not […]
“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 Seph Zdarko, director of data, modeling, partnerships and attribution initiatives at Quantcast. Retargeting has been a very profitable tool for the online advertising industry, without question. Many companies built their entire businesses […]
“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 Joseph Lavan, vice president of data and insights at Netmining. When trying to predict human behavior, there’s a quote I always look back on: “Sooner or later, everything old is […]
“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. If you’ve been through an IPO before, you know how delicate the initial pricing is. If it’s too high, the stock doesn’t get […]
“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°. We live in a world of handmade this and small-batch that. Organic, grass-fed, cage-free candy bars, anyone? It is pretty clear […]
“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 Whitney Powell, media director at DWA Media. Viewability is a common problem all advertisers share: If an ad is never seen, it can never drive impact. Viewability should be a no-brainer […]
“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 Vejay G. Lalla, a partner in the advertising, marketing and promotions group at Davis & Gilbert. In 2017, we are seeing an explosion of online marketers engaging in cross-device targeting, […]
“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 Steven Rosenblatt, president at Foursquare. Consolidation: It’s something that no industry is immune to but that many benefit from. For marketers and advertisers still learning how to leverage location intelligence, […]
“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 Arthur Hainline, director of analytics at Bidtellect. Real-time bidding’s emergence promised a lot of efficiencies and advancements in digital advertising, one of which was to establish fair prices for 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 Martin Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. In a recent AdExchanger Talks podcast, Nate Woodman of IPONWEB surfaced the specter of what we might call the brand-gorithm: a proprietary algorithm […]
“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 Levin, CEO at Donut Media. Ask a venture capitalist how to build a great technology company and they’ll likely tell you to hire great engineers. Ask them how 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 Eric Berry, CEO at TripleLift. The steady march from desktop to mobile has been an incontrovertible truth over the past several years. While it is obvious that mobile is 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 Jay Friedman, chief operating officer at Goodway Group. One thing consistently mentioned at conferences by marketers and agencies is the need for simplicity and standardization – “Just tell us what 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 Carla Holtze, CEO and co-founder at Parrable. I spent some time over the holidays with an old friend who used to work in the music business back the 1970s and […]
“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 Davidson, US lead at DBi Consulting. Marketing orchestration is a strategy or platform that enables marketers to control consumer touch points across paid and owned channels. As I wrote […]
