“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 Karima Zmerli, VP of digital audience management and data management platform (DMP) solution lead at Merkle. With the evolution of digital targeting comes the rise of addressable targeting platforms, which […]
“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 Davenport, senior director of analytics at The Trade Desk. Ad tech can be an echo chamber. Only a small number of media outlets cover our industry, largely because 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 Nancy Marzouk, founder and CEO at MediaWallah. I’ve noticed a recurring sentiment in recent conversations with several large advertisers: “I don’t want to leverage a walled garden but there doesn’t […]
“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 by Adam Edelman, founder and CEO at IMM. The fast pace of change in the digital advertising industry is alternately exciting and enervating. Agencies today must be tech-savvy innovators to stay ahead […]
“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 strategic accounts at Krux. Marketers are frustrated with spending as much as 60% of their working media dollars to fund intermediaries between themselves and 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 by Dave Hanley, principal at Deloitte Digital. Marketers are likely underinvesting in social media because the way they measure their ROI is based on a traditional marketing model, and social media’s returns […]
“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 Rajiv Maheshwari, mobile technology leader at Neustar. Regardless of the many innovations in the ad tech industry, the perspective continues to be heavily skewed by display advertising and its foundation […]
“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 Kathleen Grigg, senior vice president of client solutions at 84.51°. Marketers largely understand the importance of leveraging data to understand customers and how their actions impact consumer behavior. Companies across […]
“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 Andy Smith, head of programmatic at Vibrant Media. Some of the predictions that programmatic direct channels will experience a sizeable growth surge in 2016 may be too ambitious. As yet, […]
“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 Derek Huyser, head of business development at AdYapper. What is it about money that makes people lose all connection to reality? We’ve all heard the stories of lottery winners going […]
“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 by Bart Mroz, CEO at SUMO Heavy. Information changes everything. For shoppers, the age of information comes with perks, including greater access to product knowledge, more relevant offers and personalized shopping experiences. […]
“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 by George Gallate, CMO and EVP of global development for Merkle. When I first went to China in 1991, I was in awe. When I lived in China for three years 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 Reid Tatoris, co-founder of Are You A Human. Lately, all anyone in ad tech is talking about is ad blocking, and for good reason. Ad blocking is costing publishers millions […]
“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 Ephraim (Jeff) Bander, president and chief revenue officer at Sticky. American motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar famously said, “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” […]
“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 Oded Poncz, founder and chief technology officer at Ubimo. With mobile ad spending set to top $30 billion, can anything get in the way of this channel? I see one […]
“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 Jed Nahum, an independent consultant and former head of Microsoft’s global programmatic sales team. Every year in digital advertising, we seem to have a new issue or two bubbling up […]
“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. If technology is driving the union between marketing and advertising, who will end up steering the car? The answer to that question will play 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 Nico Neumann, senior research analyst for programmatic marketing strategy and analytics, at the Institute for Choice, UniSA Business School. Many experts have warned since 2014 that the programmatic ecosystem will face […]
“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 Justin Petty, vice president of client solutions, media and partnerships at 84.51°. A new year for many of us means a new start, a new way of doing things 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 Ephraim (Jeff) Bander, president and chief revenue officer at Sticky. Digital media has a persistent language problem. In particular, a huge gap exists between brand advertisers’ stated RFP goals 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 Yannick Koger, principal consultant at Infinitive. Right about now, many digital marketing pros wish their campaigns and programs were guaranteed to produce as much magic and happiness as that big […]
“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 Morse, vice president of mobile products at Criteo. Consumers spend an enormous amount of time on mobile, particularly with chat and messenger apps, such as Line, WhatsApp and Facebook […]
“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 Patrick Tripp, senior product marketing manager at Adobe. It’s easy to see why marketers would be enthusiastic about the ways data can be used to enrich the customer experience 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 Mike Peralta, CEO at AudienceScience. While many like to believe that advertising is a mystical combination of art and science mastered by a few qualified geniuses, the truth is 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 Chris O’Hara, vice president of strategic accounts at Krux. 2015 was a fantastic year for many data-driven marketers, with data management platforms (DMPs), consultancies and marketers getting something nice under […]
“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, COO at Goodway Group. Long ago there were only small specialty stores. Now we have Walmart, where we can buy tires, a pair of shorts, fertilizer and steaks 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 Tom Riordan, director of special operations at TubeMogul. For decades, there’s a question that has punctuated marketers’ nightmares: “Did our advertising work?” The advent of digital advertising was supposed 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 David Dowhan, president at TruSignal. For more than a decade, the cookie was a more or less universal way to track users across the Internet. Faced with today’s multidevice world, […]
“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 Lior Eldan, co-founder and chief operating officer at Moburst. Everyone in marketing, especially mobile marketing, knows attention is scarce. With attention spans getting shorter, the challenge of boosting retention 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 Casey Saran, senior vice president of publisher products at Yieldmo. Since its inception in 2009, real-time bidding (RTB) has been a total game changer, accounting for approximately 50% of digital […]
