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  • 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 […]

  • Data Possession – Not Just Ownership – Is Key To Improving Advertisers’ Results

    “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 Jeremy Fain, co-founder and CEO at Cognitiv. In a time where big holding companies are expecting all buying to go programmatic – Dentsu is the latest – it is more […]

  • The Coming Ad Tech Renaissance Will Be Fueled By Chinese Money

    “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. We are going to see a bunch of classic ad tech firms get funded by Chinese money in the next two years. This will result […]

  • What E-Commerce CMOs Say Behind Closed Doors After Two Negronis

    “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 social at Rakuten Marketing.  I recently hosted a roundtable dinner series with more than 30 marketing leaders at some of the world’s most prominent retail and […]

  • Will WhatsApp Spark A ‘Pull Advertising’ Revolution?

    “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 Rothman, general manager, mobile and social, at SteelHouse. WhatsApp last month announced its plan to share data with Facebook, opening its doors to the marketing and advertising worlds. The […]

  • Do Consumers Have A Right To Opt Out Of 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 Alan Chapell, president at Chapell & Associates. The arms race between consumers and advertisers goes back as far as I can remember. The battle rages on with the myriad of […]

  • Ad Tech And Building Trust: Lessons From Fin 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 Nicole Ferry, partner and executive director of strategy at Sullivan. Earlier this summer, the SEC approved Investors Exchange (IEX) to become a public stock exchange, putting the pro-transparency startup squarely […]

  • Bridging The Data Gap Will Help Marketers Master Immersive Storytelling

    “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 Julian Baring, general manager, North America, at Adform If you’re looking for growth in digital media, look no further than video and native, where advertisers and tech companies alike are […]

  • 'Real-Time’ Marketing: Still Not Quite A Reality

    “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 O’Hara, vice president of global data strategy and agency lead at Krux. The term “real time” is bandied about in the ad technology space almost as heavily as the […]

  • As Digital Ad Spend Grows, CPG Marketers Still Struggle With Data Scarcity

    “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 Damian Garbaccio, executive vice president at Nielsen Marketing Cloud. We all know that consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies spend a lot on advertising. In the US alone, CPG and consumer […]

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