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  • ROI Vs. ROAS: Which Is The Better Metric For Digital Advertisers?

    “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 Mayer, chief marketing officer at Trueffect. At a conference years ago, I heard Paul Ryan, Overture’s former chief technology officer, debate the benefits of optimizing to the return on […]

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  • Publishers Must Set Private Marketplace Rules, Pursue Two-Way Transparency

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Brian Mikalis, senior vice president of monetization at Pandora. Publishers that want to retain their premium stature are executing programmatic deals through private exchanges or directly with advertisers as they jump in to figure […]

  • Brands Use Emerging Media (And Beer) To Forge New Customer Connections

    “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. Since the emergence of digital media, the relationship between brands and consumers has shifted from one-sided messages pushed from brands to consumers […]

  • Mobile-First Companies Driving Growth of Cross-Device Solutions

    “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 Steve Glanz, co-founder and CEO at Crosswise. The ability to recognize users across devices is a hot topic in the data-driven advertising ecosystem. Some expected that web-focused marketers, agencies and ad […]

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  • Beacon Marketing: It’s Not Just For Retailers

    “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 Hilmi Ozguc, founder and CEO at Swirl. Beacons, those small wireless devices used to trigger delivery of location-specific mobile content, have moved out of the lab and into the mainstream. […]

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  • Coming Soon: A Programmatic Native Standard That Will Change The Industry

    “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 Curt Larson, vice president of product at Sharethrough. In late 2013 Facebook kicked off the merger of native advertising and real-time bidding with the introduction of FBX and its exchange […]

  • Publishers Vs. Technology: Where Should The Burden Of Standardization Fall?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Nikhil Sethi, co-founder and CEO at Adaptly. The multitude and impossible size of the Internet has led the ad tech industry to focus on scale and efficiency by pushing standardization upon publishers. By enforcing […]

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  • The New Premium: How Programmatic Changes The Way Advertisers Value Inventory

    “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, vice president of strategic partnerships at MediaMath. Five years ago, if I told anyone in our industry that I wanted to buy or sell “premium” inventory, we’d all […]

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  • Direct Sales And Programmatic: A Happy Medium?

    “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. There’s a lot of talk that programmatic advertising brings more money and less overhead cost to an organization, leading to publishers rapidly expanding their programmatic channels. By 2016, eMarketer […]

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  • The Viewability Mess We’ve Created

    “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, COO at Goodway Group. Measuring the viewability of ads is now a reality that’s not going away. The intent behind this is good and the reason why we should […]

  • What Role Should Agencies Play In Data Management?

    “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. Twenty years after the first banner ad, the programmatic media era has firmly taken hold. The holy grail for marketers is […]

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  • The Barbell Strategy, Revisited

    “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. Two years ago, Tim Armstrong co-opted the expression “barbell strategy” to describe AOL’s approach to balancing programmatic with direct sales. On one side of the barbell […]

  • The Rise Of The Quants On Madison Avenue

    “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 Izenman, chief digital officer at Active International. The programmatic revolution has created a new class of advertiser. They develop strategies based on analyses of large amounts of customer data, […]

  • We Need New Standards In TV Ad 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 written by Mikael Mathison, commercial product manager at Videoplaza, an Ooyala company.  The video and TV landscape is in flux. With a plethora of video streaming devices and emerging streaming services, TV […]

  • A Sneak Peek At A New Age In Digital 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 Peter Vandre, senior vice president and digital analytics practice leader at Merkle. I have a confession. As a marketing analytics professional, I’ve bashed the likes of Facebook and Google for […]

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  • Illiquid Media Markets Leave Industry Flying Blind

    “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 Amihai Ulman, founder and chief operating officer at Mass Exchange. Markets and exchanges are now an everyday part of life in the media industry. Like all businesses, they seek to […]

  • Enchanted Objects: A Boon For Consumers and Marketers Alike?

    “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 Hansen, president at Netmining. Last summer, Ditto Labs CEO David Rose appeared on “The Daily Show” to discuss his book “Enchanted Objects,” a term he uses to describe products that […]

  • The Programmatic Waterfall Mystery

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ari Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. It may sound like the latest in young adult fiction, but this mystery is not dramatic or amusing, nor will it make your teenager ask you for money for […]

  • In Defense Of The Cookie

    “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 Lou Montulli, co-founder and chief scientist at Zetta.net. Once in a while, someone asks me whether I’d have still created the cookie if I knew then what I know now. […]

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  • We're Really Screwing Up The Banner Conversation

    “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. Over the past several months, the debate on banners has heated up – and gone in the wrong direction. While I have read some interesting […]

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  • A Programmatic Super Bowl: Coming Sooner Than You Think

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeff Green, founder and CEO of The Trade Desk. Up until recently, it was unheard of for advertisers to put their Super Bowl ads online ahead of the big game. Today, it’s a smart […]

  • Should The Ad Industry Ditch Open Exchanges?

    “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 Berry, co-founder and CEO at TripleLift.  Back in the early days of the web, it was fairly intuitive that every publisher couldn’t work with every advertiser. As a result, […]

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  • How Datalogix Made Oracle’s BlueKai Acquisition Even Smarter

    “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. As a Christmas gift to myself, I bought a wireless printer. On the way home, I imagined the convenience of it, how it […]

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  • Is Engagement The Red Herring Of Digital Branding?

    “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 innovation director at Essence. Awesome. We have the tools to optimize in real time. Unfortunately, brand marketers can’t measure success in real time. Not […]

  • When Will Mobile Reach Its Full Potential?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Daren Trousdell, CEO at OneUp Sports. The mobile media market is quickly maturing and finally getting the dollars and respect some have expected all along. Recently, eMarketer predicted that mobile ad revenue would soar […]

  • Contrary To Popular Belief, There Are Restrictions On First-Party 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 Gary Kibel, a partner in the digital media, technology and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. Companies often proclaim that they “own” certain data because they are the first party […]

  • Ad Tech Vendors Need to Market To The 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 Denise Colella, CEO at Maxifier. Know your customer. It’s rule No. 1 in marketing, yet the ad tech industry has fallen down in understanding its most important customer: marketers. In […]

  • Confusing Terminology Holds Back Programmatic Video

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Greg Smith, vice president of programmatic at Tremor Video. People say there’s not much premium video inventory available programmatically. That will change when buyers and sellers better understand their options. There are two common […]

  • Programmatic TV: Not Ready For Primetime

    “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 Cindy Stockwell, executive vice president and chief media officer at Hill Holliday. Programmatic TV. It’s one of the latest industry buzz phrases. Agencies are touting it, businesses are being built […]

  • Marketers: Prepare Now For 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 Lauren Moores, vice president of analytics at Dstillery. The beginning of the year brings new budgets, goals and throngs of marketers and solution providers traveling to the Consumer Electronics Show […]

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