“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. Big data is one of those wonderful concepts meant to make life easier and business more efficient. But in practice, before we […]
“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 Adrian Tompsett, vice president of business development at DataXu. Folks continue to lament the lack of brand dollars in digital, especially in the auction-based exchange environment. One of the primary […]
“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 Sharp, UK managing director of ValueClick Media. Nearly 20 years ago, Procter and Gamble CEO Ed Artzt foresaw decades of turbulence within the advertising industry as technology changed 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 Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. There has been a quiet shift in the digital ad ecosystem over the past few years, although it isn’t clear to many people working […]
“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 Walczak, general manager of mobile and video at PubMatic. For those of us in the digital advertising community, there has arguably been no development that has inspired so much […]
“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 Khoa Pham, product and data analyst at PlaceIQ. Location, location, location. It’s a very complex creature. From the Mercator projection to the development of the first GPS, the representation 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 Jay Friedman, chief operating officer at Goodway Group. I thought the days when companies promised awesome algorithms without offering any details were over. Companies like AppNexus or DataXu are transparent […]
“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 Pratt, director of insights and technology at Mediasmith. The third-party ad server provides an enormous benefit to the digital media industry, while creating significant value in the ad-tech space […]
“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 Lung Huang, vice president of digital advertising, global partnerships, at dunnhumby. As the hit TV show “Breaking Bad” winds down, “Breaking Bad Media” is just beginning. On screen, high school […]
“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 Dina Zelikson, senior marketing manager at Intuit. Music often permeates conversation at work, and while remarking on the recent proliferation of niche genres with a colleague, we joked about the merits 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 Paul Turner, head of international at Adaptly. For a long time it’s felt as though the traditional digital agency and ad-tech vendor model has been strained. The major driving force […]
“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 Ari Paparo, SVP, product management at Bazaarvoice. From 2004-2010, Paparo was an executive with Google’s DoubleClick unit. There is a lot of news coverage and blog analysis responding to a USA […]
“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 Ran Cohen, co-founder and president of Upfront Digital Media. Unlike many traditional media channels, digital advertising’s claim to fame was once its unique ability to provide full measurability and accountability […]
“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 Linde, vice president of monetization at The Weather Company and board member of the San Francisco Bay Area Innovation Group. In the race from TV dollars to so-called digital […]
“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, chief revenue officer of NextMark. I have been thinking about, and trying to solve, agency digital workflow problems since 2008. Given the complexity of digital media, the variety […]
“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, an independent consultant in the digital marketing space. Six years ago, a brand manager approached me with a request for her new online campaign. “We need more reach,” […]
“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 Kristine Welker, vice president, publisher and chief revenue officer of Dr. Oz Magazine at The Hearst Corp. I just embarked on my third startup, and it is as thrilling as […]
“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 EveryScreen Media, a Media6Degrees company. Celebrities know they’ve hit the big time when the paparazzi camp out on their lawns and the tabloids […]
“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 probably isn’t immediately obvious to point to cocoa beans when we think about making the RTB environment more conducive […]
“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 chief strategist at Essence. I love digital media. I particularly enjoy the geekery, the data, the possibilities. The only trouble is that when faced […]
“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, CEO at Rare Crowds. Local advertising is the largest pool of dollars in the US advertising industry, but is also by far the most fragmented and complex marketplace. […]
“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 Khoa Pham, product and data analyst at PlaceIQ. How many golf balls can you fit in a 747? This simple, albeit somewhat ridiculous, question digs right into the heart 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 Tony Effik, managing director of media and connections at R/GA. I believe that smart machines will ultimately perform the vast majority of media’s routine tasks. We’ll spend most of our […]
“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. When I approached the register last weekend at a local Best Buy to purchase an iPhone charger, I was asked if anyone had helped […]
“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 Pratt, director of insights and technology at Mediasmith. The question of how to define programmatic buying is nothing new. It’s a term frequently discussed and written about within 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 Nishat Mehta, executive vice president of global partnerships at dunnhumby. In all the talk about big data, we have largely ignored the most valuable source of that data: the consumer. […]
“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, global marketing and media director at Critical Mass. Advertising has always carried a survivorship bias — the logical trap of concentrating on people or things that “survived” some […]
“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 Khurrum Malik, chief marketing officer at eXelate. Despite all the attention paid to the consumer data available to Facebook and Google, they’re not the only players in the space […]
“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 Seideman, US director of the targeting and exchange team at Microsoft. At the end of every year, publishers enjoy many wild debates about budgeting, forecasting and sales compensation. […]
“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 Dina Zelikson, senior marketing manager at Intuit. The ad industry is abuzz with all things programmatic, yet despite the diversity of channels and the interconnectivity they present, the focus […]
