“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. In late 2013 Facebook kicked off the merger of native advertising and real-time bidding with the introduction of FBX and its exchange […]
“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 Picard, vice president of strategic partnerships at MediaMath. Five years ago, if I told anyone in our industry that I wanted to buy or sell “premium” inventory, we’d all […]
“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. Measuring the viewability of ads is now a reality that’s not going away. The intent behind this is good and the reason why we 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 Chris O’Hara, vice president of strategic accounts at Krux. Twenty years after the first banner ad, the programmatic media era has firmly taken hold. The holy grail for marketers 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 Alan Izenman, chief digital officer at Active International. The programmatic revolution has created a new class of advertiser. They develop strategies based on analyses of large amounts of customer 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 Mikael Mathison, commercial product manager at Videoplaza, an Ooyala company. The video and TV landscape is in flux. With a plethora of video streaming devices and emerging streaming services, TV […]
“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 Peter Vandre, senior vice president and digital analytics practice leader at Merkle. I have a confession. As a marketing analytics professional, I’ve bashed the likes of Facebook and Google 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 Amihai Ulman, founder and chief operating officer at Mass Exchange. Markets and exchanges are now an everyday part of life in the media industry. Like all businesses, they seek 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 Christopher Hansen, president at Netmining. Last summer, Ditto Labs CEO David Rose appeared on “The Daily Show” to discuss his book “Enchanted Objects,” a term he uses to describe products 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 Lou Montulli, co-founder and chief scientist at Zetta.net. Once in a while, someone asks me whether I’d have still created the cookie if I knew then what I know now. […]
“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 Choi, CEO at Nativo. Over the past several months, the debate on banners has heated up – and gone in the wrong direction. While I have read some interesting […]
“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, co-founder and CEO at TripleLift. Back in the early days of the web, it was fairly intuitive that every publisher couldn’t work with every advertiser. As a result, […]
“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. As a Christmas gift to myself, I bought a wireless printer. On the way home, I imagined the convenience of it, how it […]
“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 Shebbeare, founding partner and global innovation director at Essence. Awesome. We have the tools to optimize in real time. Unfortunately, brand marketers can’t measure success in real time. 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 Gary Kibel, a partner in the digital media, technology and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. Companies often proclaim that they “own” certain data because they are the first party […]
“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 Denise Colella, CEO at Maxifier. Know your customer. It’s rule No. 1 in marketing, yet the ad tech industry has fallen down in understanding its most important customer: marketers. 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 Cindy Stockwell, executive vice president and chief media officer at Hill Holliday. Programmatic TV. It’s one of the latest industry buzz phrases. Agencies are touting it, businesses are being built […]
“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 Lauren Moores, vice president of analytics at Dstillery. The beginning of the year brings new budgets, goals and throngs of marketers and solution providers traveling to the Consumer Electronics Show […]
“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 Nishat Mehta, executive vice president of global partnerships at dunnhumby. Thousands of years ago, economies were built on bartering. It was an inefficient system that required both parties to offer […]
“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 Scharf, manager of display media operations and analytics at Adobe. Contrary to popular belief, out-of-view impressions aren’t worthless. As controversial as that sounds, impressions that are never seen can […]
“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 Aitken, chief executive officer at The Exchange Lab. With 75% of chief marketing officers [PDF] using customer analytics to mine data, the practice of data-driven marketing is the rule […]
“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 director at Gartner. It should be obvious by now that the emerging class of providers known as digital marketing hubs or clouds rely on a smart combination […]
“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. With companies like Kraft and Kellogg’s starting to leverage the programmatic pipes for equity advertising, we are starting to hear 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 Justin Choi, CEO at Nativo. When I was discussing native advertising with a venture capitalist in 2012, he flat-out proclaimed, “The New York Times would never do this.” He never […]
“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 JB Brokaw, president, North America, at Sociomantic Labs from dunnhumby. The advertising industry has seen the “years” of mobile, big data and programmatic come and go. There’s no doubt we’ve […]
“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 Seiman, CEO at CPXi. Wired Magazine served the first banner ad on the web on Oct. 27, 1994. It prophesied a new revolution with the words: “Have you 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 Joe Prusz, head of mobile at Rubicon Project. In 2013, many observers marveled at the growth in mobile users. If 2013 was the year of mobile adoption, mobile advertising moved […]
“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 Krishna Boppana, chief data scientist at Digilant. With Facebook’s recent Atlas launch, Apple’s iAd refocus and Google’s restrictions on DMPs’ pixel firing, we’re seeing the rapid emergence of the “walled-garden” […]
The Trade Desk made headlines this week when it raked in $45 million in debt financing and brought on Microsoft, RGM Group and Delivery Agent alum Gabe Greenberg to manage its Advanced TV division. The company positions itself as both a DSP and a DMP, and its leaders have longstanding roots in automation, according 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 Tony Casson, senior director of ad tech products at sovrn. When I stopped at a local store the other day, there was a sign on the door that read, “Back […]
