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  • Mobile Is Eating Display

    “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 Paul Steketee, head of paid social and emerging media capabilities at Merkle. The growth rate of mobile is kind of like China’s economy: impossible to really track. The rapid takeover of […]

  • 5 Ad Tech Memes To Know For 2014

    “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 of Bionic Advertising Systems. Well, at least it’s not “The Year of Mobile” again. Or, maybe it is. After several days of media […]

  • Native And Automated Advertising: Complementary Or Competing?

    “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 Stevens, general manager for international at Rubicon Project. It’s fair to say that native advertising may have generated more column inches in the industry press than most any other […]

  • 3 Keys To Optimize Your Programmatic Ad Buys

    “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. Many marketers believe that programmatic media-buying platforms will optimize their ad campaigns but, in reality, nothing could […]

  • Is 2014 The Year – Or Death – Of Mobile?

    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. More than ever, consumers connect with brands through mobile communications and perform transactions on mobile devices. According to comScore, 2013 was the […]

  • Why Wasting Impressions Is Good For 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 Joel Nierman, marketing and media director at Critical Mass Chicago. Improving the targeting of advertising has been a focus for the ad industry ever since John Wanamaker implied that it […]

  • Should We Still Call It Social?

    “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 Nikhil Sethi, CEO at Adaptly. What is social and what isn’t? Ultimately, when we say “social,” we refer to platforms with an associated network of people that allows for ideas […]

  • Ad Tech: Shifting From 'Why' To 'How'

    “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 Richard Sobel, senior director of account management and platform solutions at PubMatic. There are very few industry conversations I’ve had over the past year that perplex me more than the […]

  • How Storytelling Evolves In A World With More Screens And 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 Joe Fullman, director of digital strategy at Arnold Worldwide. A strategic approach to mobile is about more than mobile apps, adaptive design principles and display campaigns with teeny tiny banners. […]

  • The Real Promise Of Programmatic: Always On, Multichannel 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 Russell Glass, CEO at Bizo. Real-time bidding (RTB) emerged in the last few years as a new approach to buying and selling online display advertising in real time. The promise of RTB was, […]

  • Big Data 2.0: Valuing, Connecting, Protecting And Embracing 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 Niladri Batabyal, vice president of innovation at PlaceIQ. It seems like only yesterday that the big data movement revolutionized the way brands and marketers connected with their consumers. The first […]

  • Taking The Long View On 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 Frost Prioleau, CEO and co-founder of Simpli.fi. It’s that time of the year when industry analysts and self-appointed pundits (including yours truly) gaze into their crystal balls and predict the future […]

  • How Big Retail Can Use Big Data To Act Small

    “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 global media and partnerships at dunnhumby. If you frequent a small business, the owner may get to know you and ask you questions about your […]

  • Ad IDs Kill The Cookie. What Then?

    “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 Cameron Hulett, executive director at EMEA Undertone. When Google revealed plans for its own Internet tracking technology – called AdID – to replace the cookie, it signalled the death knell […]

  • Why The Transactional RFP Business Is Dying

    “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 of Bionic Advertising Systems. Direct mail is an amazing thing. It costs roughly $750 CPM to put a glossy catalogue in the mail, […]

  • Are Marketers Prepared For Data-Driven Advertising?

    Skills in data-driven disciplines are in high demand, and many marketers are picking up the quantitative skills they need on the job. The problem, said John Deighton, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, is that while many marketers obtain quantitative skills as they work, business students, including marketers, are at a disadvantage […]

  • A Call For Sharper Bidding

    “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 Casale, vice president of strategy at Casale Media Inc. It goes without saying that increased familiarity with programmatic buying has brought forth a lot of great executions among marketers. […]

  • How Audience Extension Hurts Data's Integrity

    “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 Jeff Sporn, SVP and GM for digital solutions at IXI, an Equifax division. Data is important for every online advertiser, but the rise in demand has led many to take shortcuts. […]

  • Physical And Digital Worlds Collide

    “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. Location metadata is revealing fresh insights about consumer behavior and giving marketers the ability to target a consumer by location context across channels. Using […]

  • Big Data’s Next Frontier: 2014 Will Be The Year Of Speed

    “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. American Civil War experts recently posited that neither the tactical genius of Grant nor the moral superiority of Lincoln […]

  • On Language - Premium

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Ramsey McGrory was CEO of AddThis and previously ran Right Media for Yahoo!  I read a lot: business plans and other fiction, nonfiction and — more recently — William Safire’s “On Language” columns. I’ve always been […]

  • A New Perspective On Attribution

    “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 Seph Zdarko, head of attribution initiatives and partner strategy at Quantcast. Attribution is one of the most critical issues in digital advertising today. Proper attribution provides insights, incentives and controls over ad […]

  • Charting A Path To In-House Programmatic

    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 Grabowski, chief operating officer at Nanigans. As the slow death of media-buying agencies continues*, a growing number of marketers want to own their data and bring all buying in house. […]

  • Is The Mobile App Advertising Economy A Bubble?

    “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 Milinovich, CEO at URX. Mobile advertising accounted for $3 billion of advertising spend in the first half of 2013, according to the IAB, representing a 145% growth rate since last […]

  • First- Or Third-Party Cookie? Wrong Question

    “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 Groman, CEO of Network Advertising Initiative. Context – how consumers engage with business – has emerged as a central theme in today’s policy debates about consumer privacy. The Federal Trade […]

  • Who’s Winning What: The Real Privacy Story In Online 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 Jeff Green, CEO at The Trade Desk. Mozilla is no longer out alone calling for the end of third-party cookies; others such as Google and Microsoft have joined the fray in […]

  • Ad Tech, Take Flight

    “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 Mihai Fanache, CEO at ChargeAds.com. Not long ago I searched for a flight from San Francisco to Singapore. Expedia presented me with no fewer than 4,500 options, many delightfully affordable. […]

  • 'Programmatic': Old Word, New Meaning

    “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 Neeraj Kochhar, managing director for programmatic at MAGNA GLOBAL. Earlier this month, the IAB, in partnership with the Winterbury Group, released a white paper titled “Programmatic Everywhere? Data, Technology and the […]

  • For Programmatic Direct, It's Top Of The Second Inning

    “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 of Bionic Advertising Systems. Lately, I have been working on a white paper about the “programmatic direct” phenomenon. Part of the research involved surveying […]

  • Even The Smartest Machines Need A Human Touch

    “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 Paul Goad, CEO at Crimtan. When you think of man vs. machine, the first thing that pops into your head might be IBM supercomputer Deep Blue’s 1997 victory over world chess […]

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