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  • The Case For Personification

    “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 Frank, research vice president at Gartner. Of all the challenges facing data-driven marketers today, finding the right balance between relevance and privacy ranks near the top. Personalize too aggressively […]

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  • Facebook Moves From Social Network To Data Platform Dominance

    “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 Don Mathis, CEO at Kinetic Social. Although some predict that Facebook’s salad days will soon end, brands shouldn’t believe it. The company remains on the forefront of the digital revolution, […]

  • Modern Pricing Strategies Require More Than Historical Price 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 Scott Siegler, vice president of engineering and West Coast operations at Gamut. Publishers face an uphill battle in today’s evolving media landscape. The emergence of new channels for media consumption, […]

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  • Forget Facebook: Publishers Should Try To Become Their Own Platforms

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Daren Trousdell, CEO at OneUp Sports. Publishers that rely on an advertising model to survive and thrive have a big decision to make: Should they take control of their own ad tech stack and […]

  • Cross-Device And The Bottom 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 Gareth Davies, CEO at Adbrain. The market is flush with new devices and categories, resulting in our lives – and our bodies – becoming increasingly tethered to the Internet. Whether […]

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  • Everything, Privacy Included, Has A Price

    “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 Matthew Hauck, vice president at Datalicious. Privacy is dead. Technology killed it. For marketers, you could argue that this has created a utopia that was once only dreamed of. But […]

  • To Move Measurement Forward, Publishers Must Focus On Consumers, Data

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Kuist, vice president of insights and innovation at The Weather Company. As consumers’ interactions with media and media brands evolve at an unprecedented speed, questions arise over how to measure and ultimately monetize those […]

  • Ad Tech’s Real Talent Gap: Storytellers

    “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. There is an acute and growing skills gap that threatens the success of many otherwise admirable ad tech companies. Worse than the well-known shortage […]

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  • Use Retention Data To Maintain Long-Term Business Solvency

    “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 Cassie Lancellotti-Young, executive vice president of customer success at Sailthru. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Smart marketers use retention data to optimize their acquisition mixes. And […]

  • Inside Publishers' Early Experiments With Snapchat Discover

    The most-cited reason Cosmopolitan, CNN, People, Yahoo News, Food Network and National Geographic jumped to participate in Snapchat Discover: access to millennials in a mobile platform with high engagement. Discover also has an environment pleasing to advertisers, enabling messaging via text, images or video in a section of a popular app curated by premium publishers. […]

  • Programmatic TV’s Pulse Grows Louder By The Day

    “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 Sloan Gaon, CEO at PulsePoint. As we get closer to the thick of the Upfront season, the buzz around programmatic TV that started last fall at Advertising Week will grow […]

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  • Marketers Should Trash Their Tech Stacks

    “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 David Rewalt, digital marketing director at SalientMG. No matter what set of tools marketers use today, chances are they will not be using the same mix a few years from […]

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  • Marketing: A Primary Breeding Ground For Big Data Innovation

    “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 integrated marketing services at Experian Marketing Services. Whether by intent or not, big data is improving the quality of life on an unprecedented global scale. […]

  • Programmatic TV: Parallel Paths To The End Game

    “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 Tim Castree, managing director, North America, at Videology. It seems like nearly every week I’m asked about the future of programmatic television. Understandably, brands that are seeing success with their digital […]

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  • First-Party Data Will Transform 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 Finn Faldi, CEO at Trueffect.  The Internet of Things (IoT) exploded onto the tech scene last year and scored major attention at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. The IoT market is huge, […]

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  • March Madness: Making Omnichannel Experiential Marketing Come Alive

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Grant Brown, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Rant. March Madness has officially begun. For brand marketers, the NCAA men’s Division I basketball championship tournament is a billion-dollar lollapalooza. Behind the NFL playoffs, March […]

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  • Marketing Tech Helping To Boost CMO Tenure

    “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 Tom Triscari, CEO at Labmatik. The chief marketing officer (CMO) is thriving. Pronounced dead by Forbes back in 2012, CMO tenure has doubled over the last 10 years from a revolving […]

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  • A Net Neutrality Boon For Marketers: Faster Data 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 Corey Preston, senior product specialist from Adcade. Net neutrality rules will give rise to a number of changes in the digital advertising landscape, including new, exciting opportunities for marketers to enrich […]

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  • Data: The Key To Seamless Marketing In A Multichannel World

    “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. Customer expectations have fundamentally changed. Today’s consumers expect to be understood and spoken to as individuals. They want relevant content […]

  • Dogged By Changing Viewability Standards, Publishers Must Shift To Quality

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, CEO at Operative. New viewability measurement capabilities and the discovery of rampant fraud in ad exchanges has led advertisers to question whether any online advertising is actually seen by viewers. As a […]

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  • Facebook’s Milk And Honey Days Are Numbered As People-Based Marketing Leaves Walled Gardens

    “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. There is little doubt that Facebook is the leader in this new era of people-based marketing. It was the first mainstream product on […]

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  • Cross-Device Identity: Data Management’s New Battleground

    “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. A recent analyst report made an astute observation that all marketers should consider: It’s not about “digital marketing” anymore – it’s […]

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  • Algorithms Are For Humans: Where We Still Need People In The Marketing Equation

    “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 Jonathan Nelson, CEO at Omnicom Digital. Have machines become better than humans at making decisions in marketing? As the amount of technology and data goes up, does the importance of […]

  • Mobile Video Poised To Change How Marketers Interact With Audiences

    “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. After spending three days wandering the halls of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, I left with a few major takeaways. First, although […]

  • Publishers: Are You Ready For Millenials?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Peter Spande, chief revenue officer at Business Insider. Read any trade publication and you’ll see an onslaught of coverage about how millennials engage with brands. According to the steady drumbeat of coverage, this generation […]

  • Mobile Obsession Creates Big Opportunities For Data-Driven Marketers

    “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 Oisin Lunny, senior market development manager at OpenMarket. Our love affair with mobile devices shows no signs of diminishing. There are already more mobile devices on the planet than human […]

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  • Major League Gaming Ditches Direct Sales For Programmatic

    Major League Gaming is changing up its strategy, focusing on programmatic sales over direct. “We have consciously made the decision to focus 90% of our energies on programmatic for the year of 2015,” explained Don Reilley, EVP of MLG. “We can focus heavily on the programmatic side of things, and then layer two, three, four […]

  • Salesforce, HubSpot Should Worry About Scaling The Funnel

    “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 Bedford, CEO at MultiView. Are you more likely to die of thirst in the middle of the ocean or a desert? It’s a trick question, because while the ocean […]

  • A Pressing Problem: Offline 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 Rahul Bafna, vice president of product management at Drawbridge. The biggest opportunities for brands and advertisers still live offline. People may be using the Internet more than ever before, but […]

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  • For Programmatic Native, RTB Can Be Problematic For Publishers

    “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. The Interactive Advertising Bureau’s recent update to the OpenRTB guidelines (PDF), which incorporate dynamic in-feed ad units, is generating lots of noise around programmatic, real-time […]

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