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  • Easy Pickings? The Trouble With Low-Hanging Fruit

    “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 Andrew Shebbeare, Founding Partner & Chief Strategist at Essence Digital. Digital marketing is at risk of becoming a demand-harvesting machine. We’re getting so good at finding audiences that will obligingly convert that […]

  • The End Of Single Channel Measurement

    “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 Kim Reed Perell, the CEO of Adconion Direct.   Consumers are now everywhere when it comes to digital. They are networking on social media sites, watching videos, checking email, reading news […]

  • Let's Not Expand 'Programmatic' To Include Everything

    “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 Shields, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Yieldex, an analytics tools provider for sell-side, yield optimization. Over the last three months, the word “programmatic” has been featured in the […]

  • Programmatic Premium Isn’t Just About Efficiency

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. The industry is rife with conversations about programmatic premium media buying and selling right now, and I could write a column about each of […]

  • Google Is Pushing An Omni-Channel Mindset. Are You Ready?

    “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 Heather Pidgeon, VP of Services at iProspect. Imagine seamlessly delivering relevant content to customers and prospects based on their location, historical behavior, and current actions. Content that removes the boundaries […]

  • Transparency Where It Matters

    “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 Jaysen Gillespie, Director of Analytics and Business Intelligence at Criteo. It is a response to an earlier AdExchanger column by Tal Keinan, CEO of AdExtent (Read it: “DSPs Vs. Personalized Retargeters. […]

  • The Data Providers: One Quadrant Chart 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 by Ramsey McGrory, President & CEO of AddThis. In the world of magic quadrant charts, I like this as a starting point for a discussion about data: Starting with the Conclusion  Access […]

  • Programmatic Reserve: Let’s Solve The Right Problem

    “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 Andy Atherton SVP at AppNexus. It’s the first in a series on the emergence of programmatic reserve. There has been no shortage of attention paid to programmatic reserve of late. The […]

  • FBX Done Easy, FBX Done 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 by Gurman Hundal, cofounder of Media iQ Digital, a performance trading specialists. I have always thought when something becomes too easy or too difficult, it will soon change and evolve in one […]

  • Time Can Be An Expensive Programmatic Price Regulator

    “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 Andrew Casale, VP Strategy, Casale Media. In broadcast, there’s a direct correlation between the time an ad airs and that ad’s relative worth. If we’re talking prime time, prices are high, […]

  • Viewability Is Not A Tax On The Ecosystem

    “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 Andrew Shebbeare, Founding Partner & Chief Strategist at Essence Digital. Ad viewability is technically and logistically bewildering. If you need proof, read Jeremy Stanley’s excellent two-part overview of the space on […]

  • Monetizing Live Streams For The Super Bowl And Other Big Events: Three Approaches

    “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 Mark Trefgarne, CEO of LiveRail, a publisher monetization platform for video. A large number of Americans will watch this weekend’s big game live via our PC’s, tablets and other Internet-enabled devices […]

  • Real Time Bidding Ain't Real Time Targeting

    “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 Dave Zinman, CEO of Infolinks. When you buy display ads in an RTB environment, you’re targeting audience based on intent. Your assumption is that you’re reaching an audience while that […]

  • Price Elasticity: Why Your CPA Is As Broke As A Joke

    “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 of Nanigans. Not all customers are created equal. And if you are acquiring customers on a CPA basis, you are making three major mistakes: You […]

  • Super Bowl Ads Call For Big Game Analytics

    “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 George Musi, Head of Cross-Platform Analytics at DG MediaMind. The Super Bowl, which will air Feb 3rd, draws the year’s largest TV audience. Last year’s game set a new […]

  • Ad Blocking: Theft Or Fair Use?

    “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 Josh Dreller, Director Client & Industry Solutions at Visual IQ.  Most people aren’t fans of advertising — online or offline. They’re clutter. They’re distracting. And I’m not even talking […]

  • Can That Startup Stand Alone, Or Is It Just A Feature?

    “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. One of the most common conversations I have on a regular basis about startups, especially in the ad technology space is whether a company […]

  • Resolving Beyond The Acronyms

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Joanna O’Connell is Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. I stink at New Year’s resolutions. My track record is so bad I’ve all but given up making them in my non-work life. But as […]

  • Mobile, Get Back In Line

    “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, VP Mobile at PubMatic. Do we split print media into magazine and newspaper? No, and in the same way, there is no reason to split digital into […]

  • Introducing 'vCPM': The Right Way To Think About 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 Adrian Tompsett, VP of Business Development at DataXu. Viewability is on the top of every digital marketer’s wish list for 2013. The emerging metric seeks to measure how frequently an ad […]

  • This Year, Social M&A Will Venture Into The Enterprise

    “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 Jessica Luterman Naeve, Managing Director at DeSilva & Phillips Media Investment Bankers. 2012 was a big year for social media – big multiples and headline deals – a testament […]

  • DSPs Vs. Personalized Retargeters. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

    “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 Tal Keinan, CEO of AdExtent. Personalized retargeting has become its own frothy category, with many pure-play personalized retargeting vendors seeking to solve the technology and media problem of doing […]

  • Shiny New Toys (Or: Data Comes From The Darndest 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 Kyle Barber, SVP Global Performance Lead at McCann Worldgroup. The holidays are a wonderful time to catch up with family, unwind, eat a little too much.  Yet all I’ve been hearing […]

  • Why Viewable Impressions Won’t Matter

    “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 Calic, Chief Revenue Officer at The Media Trust. Based on the velocity of articles written on the topic last year, “viewable impressions” has displaced “ad verification” as the […]

  • How Newspapers Can Save Themselves

    “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 Monfried, CEO of Lotame.  Old-school newspaper people are generally hard working, gritty, risk taking, roll-up-your-sleeve folks who aren’t afraid to go the extra mile. They will do anything to […]

  • Is Ad Avoidance Inevitable?

    “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 Rob Leathern, CEO of social advertising platform Optim.al.  Like many in our industry, I have a love/hate relationship with advertising. Even though I’m an ad technology entrepreneur, I actively […]

  • Evolution, Not Revolution At CES

    “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 Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer of The Media Kitchen and President of kbs+p Ventures, both of which are part of MDC Partners. AdExchanger asked Herman to give us […]

  • The Emergence of Engagement

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Dan Grigorovici is CEO at AdMobius. If brands and agencies are ever expected to invest significant dollars in mobile then it’s time for the industry to get serious about measurement. While it’s true that progress […]

  • Resolving For The Future

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Terence Kawaja is Founder and CEO at LUMA Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on the digital media sectors. In lieu of making the ubiquitous end of year Top 10 lists or predictions, […]

  • 2013 Will Bring A Talent Correction in Digital Media Sales

    “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 Chandler, CRO in Residence at Lerer Ventures. This fall, a number of companies, most notably Federated Media, announced sales force downsizings. In the process, these companies began what I expect […]

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