“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. Maybe you rolled your eyes when you heard that some Instagram users were protesting the platform’s decision to change its algorithm so that it surfaces […]
“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 Riordan, director of special operations at TubeMogul. In March 2011, a major earthquake in Japan triggered a tsunami that led to a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, […]
“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 Oiknine, co-founder and CEO at Apsalar. In the long-running NBC police procedural “Law & Order: SVU,” Detectives Benson and Stabler focused on three things when solving murders: means, motive […]
“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. In light of the ANA’s Media Transparency Initiative Report, marketing leaders are considering how to cut through all the industry-level information and understand […]
“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 Ezra Pierce, CEO at Avocet. The ultimate value of viewability is in understanding causation, not targeting. That’s not hair-splitting. It’s a distinction with consequences that we’re already experiencing. When viewability […]
“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. Until very recently, most ad tech companies based their entire privacy programs on the notion that they don’t collect personal data. As noted […]
“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 Alastair Boyle, global client partner and head of strategy at Essence. Although artificial intelligence (AI) can help advertisers be more compassionate, it isn’t without potential pitfalls. I have previously argued […]
“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 Yoav Naveh, co-founder and CEO at ConvertMedia. Publishers shouldn’t just be innovating their editorial content, but reimagining the entire user experience of their pages. Both the content and ads should […]
“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. In any case throughout human history where capitalism and markets were suppressed, black markets sprouted and thrived to take their place. North Korea, […]
“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 Albrecht, managing partner and co-founder at Crossmedia. Media agencies undoubtedly will come under scrutiny after an Association of National Advertisers (ANA) report on rebate practices comes out on Tuesday. […]
“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 Bridget Bidlack, vice president of global product management at Experian Marketing Services. First-party data is one of an organization’s most important marketing assets yet many struggle to activate it effectively. […]
“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 Phil Schraeder, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at GumGum. You’re more likely to win the lottery than click on a banner ad. That may be funny, but it’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 Jamie Hill, CEO at adMarketplace. Over the past few years, there has been a recurring narrative in the ad tech trades: Ad tech is having a midlife crisis. An ad […]
“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, CEO at Manifest Commerce, a division of Rakuten Marketing. If Sun Tzu were to update “The Art of War” to include modern-day digital advertising, he would say, “When […]
“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 Goldberg, chief revenue officer at Trust Metrics. Bad actors in digital media know that media buyers rely so much on numbers that they are often blind to obvious problems. […]
“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 Tod Sacerdoti, vice president of display and video ad products at Yahoo. Ad fraud in video and display is nothing new – it’s an issue that has plagued the industry […]
“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, CEO of Labmatik. Growth in ad blocking has been the topic du jour in the advertising trade press and it is rightly fueling fears across marketers and publishers alike. […]
“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 Gil Resh, co-founder and chief product officer at Stands. Advertisers throw away a lot of money every year. Fraud is responsible for the largest share of the waste in 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 Maciej Zawadziński, CEO at Clearcode. Control and security over customer data, especially personally identifiable information (PII), is a hot-button issue among advertising tech and marketing tech companies due to 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 Chris O’Hara, vice president of global data strategy and agency lead at Krux. Although it’s starting to become a well-worn aphorism, “data is the new oil” resonates more than ever. […]
“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 Dempsey, senior director of mobile, Oracle Data Cloud, at Oracle. “Deterministic” isn’t the same as “true.” The industry has reduced cross-device accuracy to a single question: “How many 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 Lisa Barnes, brand media solutions engineer manager at 84.51°. The Rule of Seven states that a consumer needs to be exposed to a marketing message seven times before taking action […]
“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 Louis Moynihan, vice president of product innovation at Demandbase. Data management platforms (DMPs) are outgrowing the siloed advertising channel and evolving into multichannel management within the larger marketing clouds. This […]
“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 Andrew Fischer, co-founder and CEO at Choozle. In-app mobile advertising can be more efficient than the mobile web because it enables marketers to target audiences with laser-like accuracy while capturing […]
“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. We’re addicted to what’s new and shiny. A breaking news alert may flash across the screen and, despite knowing the alert is likely […]
“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 Janis Zech, co-founder and chief operating officer at Fyber. The growth in mobile programmatic is well documented, with global spending forecasts on the rise, especially in video. These billion-dollar budgets […]
“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 Frost Prioleau, CEO and co-founder of Simpli.fi. Programmatic advertising continues to grow faster than analysts’ expectations, leaving industry pundits to continually raise growth predictions made just months before. While this acceleration […]
“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 Kiki Burton, senior manager of product strategy at Adobe. Individual departmental buy-in and adoption often pose the greatest challenges to the process of integrating a data-management platform (DMP). These central […]
“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 Nitzberg, chief growth officer at ThinkVine. I started my career in brand management at a major CPG company, where marketers lived in a use-it-or-lose-it budget environment. Failing to spend […]
“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 Robinson, CEO at deltaDNA. The mobile game sector has really been through the wringer. Can you imagine describing the gaming economy to potential investors? You tell them about […]
