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  • In Defense Of The GRP

    “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 Benjamin Masse, vice president and general manager, a2x, at Triton Digital. The advertising industry has changed dramatically in recent years. The digital age and vast array of audience-tracking data has […]

  • The Not-So-Secret Agent’s Dilemma

    “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 Ted McConnell, a consultant at AudienceScience. Lately, trade pundits are predicting the disintermediation of agencies at the hands of digital. Indeed, like Jurassic Park, the ecosystem will produce outcomes no […]

  • How Device Recognition Can Make Marketing Campaigns Better

    “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 Manvydas, vice president of advertising strategy and solutions at Experian Marketing Services. The proliferation of connected electronics has spurred new interest in device-recognition technologies even though they have been […]

  • Zoom Out: Go Beyond Hyper-Local

    “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. We’ve all heard the hype about hyperlocal marketing. This kind of mobile targeting allows brands to reach consumers on mobile devices and […]

  • Let’s Be Clear About Transparency

    “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. If you search Google for “transparency + ad tech,” you’ll get more than 20 million search results. Nearly every network, DSP and publisher claims […]

  • Workflow Automation Is About To Get 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 Chris O’Hara, co-founder and chief revenue officer at Bionic Advertising Systems. Programmatic RTB has seen the lion’s share of venture capital funding and an enormous amount of innovation, yet RTB […]

  • Native Ads That Make You Go Postal

    “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 Sacha Xavier Reich, partner, media and innovation director for Neo@Ogilvy. It’s funny that they call it native advertising because it is anything but indigenous. Native advertising can be described as ads […]

  • The Business Case for Cost-Per-Thousand

    “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 Bosco, CEO at ChoiceStream. In a recent column, Criteo CEO Jean-Baptiste Rudelle opined about the virtues of cost-per-click (CPC). I think he was right about the challenges and how […]

  • Dark Horses In The Cross-Device Targeting 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 Evan Schwartz, CEO at ActionX. Brands are paying closer attention to the benefits of broadening their mobile-only campaigns to include multiple consumer devices. This shift in strategy reflects a growing […]

  • Agencies Need To Get Into The Boardroom (Or Die Trying)

    “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 Skinner, CEO at MakeBuzz. I’ve said before that IBM and other consultancies control the future of digital media because they can get better access to both client and media […]

  • If You Want To Measure Incrementality, Do It Right

     “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 Sebastien Blanc, general manager, US, at Struq. Considering the number of channels where marketers can spend their budgets, understanding and proving a return on ad spend (ROAS) is vital. If […]

  • The Business Case For Cost-Per-Click

    “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 Jean-Baptiste Rudelle, CEO and co-founder at Criteo. Digital advertising moves quickly — sometimes too quickly. The market and technology has evolved significantly over the past five years to drive the […]

  • The Innovation Paradox

    “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 Eli Portnoy, general manager at Thinknear. Job listings always include requirements, such as a minimum level of experience, a degree in a related field, fluency in certain languages or residence […]

  • ETL: The Most Important Acronym You've Never Heard 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 Mike Driscoll, CEO and founder of Metamarkets. Data is the fuel and the exhaust of programmatic advertising. It informs every transaction, and every transaction generates more of it. As impression […]

  • Scale: A Third-Party Data Killer

    “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 Pearlstein, CEO and co-founder of Cross Pixel Inc. A fundamental difference between offline and online data usage is associated marketing cost. Digital ads (banners) delivered to specific audiences across […]

  • Always Be Selling: TV, Social And Measurable ROI

    “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 Gough, vice president of media solutions at dunnhumby. Ah, February — the season for major television events that aren’t dominated by the trucks-and-beer crowd of the regular football season. […]

  • Find The Signal Within Big Data’s Cacophony

    “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 Juan M. Huerta, senior data scientist at PlaceIQ. It has been said that we are in an era of big data. Not a day goes by without hearing about a […]

  • Measure The Speed Of Your 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 Marcus Tewksbury, global vice president for product strategy at Experian Marketing Services. How fast is fast? Racing to a friend’s wedding on a farmland highway west of Chicago, I found out […]

  • The Dirty Secret Behind Your Media’s Price Tag

    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 Kence Anderson, CEO and founder at Apptimyze. There’s a dirty little secret in ad tech: All sorts of fees and charges are hidden in the cost of your media. Various […]

  • A New Attribution Metric To Rule Them 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 Roger Barnette, president at IgnitionOne. Brand marketers have long judged success of their digital advertising by using the “soft goals” of brand engagement. Soft goals, such as reach, views and […]

  • Hello, Enterprise. Goodbye, CPM.

    “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 Alex Kelleher, founder and CEO at Cognitive Match. Advertising technology is mostly paid for on a usage basis: serve more ads, make more money. This has been true of media […]

  • CMOs: What’s Your Marketing Tech Blueprint?

    “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 Scott Vaughan, chief marketing officer at Integrate. You’ve heard the Gartner hype: “CMOs will spend more on tech than CIOs by 2017.” Buy into it or not. With the increased […]

  • Evidence-Based Media Buying: We Can Handle The Truth

    “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. In the climactic courtroom scene that closes the military thriller “A Few Good Men,” Jack Nicholson’s character delivers one of the most memorable lines […]

  • Mobile DMP: Dead At Design Time

    “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 Chavez, CEO at Krux. In June 1999, a venture called Wingspan Bank launched with a breakthrough idea: Consumers should do their banking online. By September 2000, it was defunct. […]

  • Measuring Viewability: What Do Advertisers Need To Know?

    “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 Evans, corporate development director at Crimtan. I promised myself I would never use the quote, “Fifty percent of my advertising is wasted — but which half?” But here I go […]

  • Harness the Noise: How Brands Disrupt Through 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 Lauren Moores, vice president of analytics at Dstillery. The explosion in digital data, along with the evolution of the consumer voice, gives brands the opportunity to disrupt traditional relationships with […]

  • Google’s Nest Egg: Attainable Data From The Internet Of Things

    “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 Fullman, director of digital strategy at Arnold Worldwide. It’s official: Google revealed yesterday that its purchase of smart home equipment company Nest closed last week. When we first learned […]

  • How Apple Burned The Ad Industry Again

    “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, CEO at Apsalar. The mobile app industry is again abuzz with news that apps are being rejected from Apple’s app store for accessing the Identifier For Advertising (IDFA) […]

  • First To The Party: A Guide To Activating Your Best 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 Pete Kim, CEO of MightyHive. The first- party data/big data revolution is in full swing. Virtually everyone now agrees that activating first-party data is strategically important. The simple truth is […]

  • Integral Ad Science Buys Simplytics, Adding Mobile Ad Fraud Verification

    Advertising intelligence provider Integral Ad Science has acquired Simplytics, a UK-based mobile ad server and analytics platform. The deal brings mobile verification capabilities for in-app and mobile Web campaigns to Integral’s existing verification services for video and display ads. “We’re very excited because Simplytics is complementary to what we do and once we add our fraud […]

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