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  • Rise Of The Hybrid Advertiser

    “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. Looking back about 10 years, marketers either focused on driving brand metrics or worked to achieve immediate direct-response results. The sell side often tried to […]

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  • As Big Data Moves In-House, Agencies Evolve

    “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. Smart enterprises nurture their best assets. Not surprisingly, data has recently taken the coveted second-place position behind companies’ most valuable asset: employees. Companies […]

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  • ‘M’ Stands For More Than 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. Millennials. Multicultural. Multicultural millennials. If you are a marketer, chances are these “M” words keep you up at night. It makes sense. […]

  • In The Fight Against Mobile Ad Fraud, Science Trumps Spam

    “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 Ivan Zalamea, data scientist at PlaceIQ. In digital advertising, fraud is a reality everyone must learn to deal with and adapt to. The mobile ecosystem is no exception, and it’s […]

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  • Should Premium Inventory Be Sold In The Open RTB Market?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Brian Brownie, director of advertising operations at eBay North America. Programmatic, like many things in life, is an exercise in trial and error for most US publishers. Those with exceptional scale and a high-quality […]

  • Attribution's Fatal Flaw: What Really Caused That Conversion?

    “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 Dan Hill, senior data scientist at Integral Ad Science. How effective was the last ad campaign you worked on? What was the return on investment? Chances are you don’t know. […]

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  • Going Solo: Hiring for 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 Linda Sughrue, director of service operations at DataXu. There’s no denying that bringing programmatic media buying in-house is hot right now. The topic makes the rounds in articles, sales pitches […]

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  • Overcoming Vendor Fatigue

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ed Kozek, senior vice president of product and engineering for WeatherFX at The Weather Company. How would you say 25% of your week is spent? If your answer is vendor meetings, you aren’t alone. My […]

  • The Future of Programmatic: Programmatic Futures?

    “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 at Bionic Advertising Systems. Back in 2007, a company called TRAFFIQ started one of the first programmatic futures exchanges. The idea was simple. […]

  • As Platforms Proliferate, Which Ones Are Worth It For 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 Marc Grabowski, CEO at Iris Mobile. The landscape, language and measurement of new channels have changed to a point where traditional display inputs are no longer king. We have traversed […]

  • With Google Barring DMP Pixels on GDN, Has It Thrown Baby Out With The Bath Water?

    “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 Chavez, CEO at Krux. Google recently informed its data-management platform (DMP) partners that it would impose new restrictions on pixels fired by campaigns that run on the Google Display […]

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  • These Trends Are Disrupting The Ad Industry. Are You Looking at Them Wrong?

    “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 Dennis Buchheim, vice president of programmatic advertising products at Yahoo. It seems that almost every day, marketers are faced with a new trend or media channel where they must ask: […]

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  • Eliminate The Word “Remnant” From Your Yield Strategy

    “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. I want to get out ahead of all the year-end stories about resolutions and predictions. If you are in charge of yield for a publisher and […]

  • The Digital Advertising Industry Needs An Open 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 written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds.  Thanks to amazing new offerings from Facebook, Google, Amazon and others on deeply connected identity and tracking solutions, we are seeing two major developments. […]

  • As Debate Rages, Some Brands Go In-House To Protect 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 Jay Stocki, vice president of digital services at Experian Marketing Services. If they haven’t heard it already, every chief marketing officer will soon be asked this question: “Do you plan […]

  • Stretch The Boundaries Of The Mid-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 David Williams, chairman and CEO at Merkle. The world of addressable media continues to gain scale and momentum. Every day, new addressable audience platforms, such as Apple, Amazon and Walmart, […]

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  • Vox Media Embraces Programmatic For Its Scaled-Up Audience

    Two years is a long time for online publisher Vox Media. In that span, the owner of seven editorial sites – including The Verge, SB Nation, Eater and Polygon – went from eschewing programmatic to embracing it. Vox’s strategy changed because its sites grew, explained Joe Purzycki, Vox Media’s VP of advertising. Vox totaled 20 […]

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  • Facebook Advertising: Not For Cheapskate 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 David Serfaty, director of social advertising at Matomy Media Group. Advertising on Facebook has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last year. It’s evolved from what was primarily an engagement-based […]

  • Come Together: How The Advertising And Software Industries Are Converging

    “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 Louis Moynihan, vice president of business development at Demandbase. If you have been in ad tech a decade or two, you’re probably sensing a major sea change. Online advertising used […]

  • Retargeting By Any Other Name Is Still Retargeting

    “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. We’ve all done it. Days after browsing a product online, maybe across several different sites, we see it out […]

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  • Dynamic Price Floors Perpetuate An Ad Stack Cold War

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Will Doherty, senior director of business development at Index Exchange, a division of Casale Media Inc. The jig is up. And it’s been up for a long while. It’s time to move past dynamic […]

  • The Early Word On Snapchat’s First Push Into 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 Ed Darmanin, chief revenue officer at 140 Proof.  Ever since Snapchat crashed the social networking scene, the app has made social heavyweights fidget anxiously and spawned a long line of […]

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  • OK, You Have Their Attention. Now What?

    “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. Engaging consumers through authentic brand content is more important than ever for drawing them into the marketing funnel. And the best measure of successful brand […]

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  • The Folly Of The Click-Through Rate And Simple Math

    “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. As Advertising Week drew to a close, a colleague of mine who is relatively new to ad tech voiced disbelief that many […]

  • What Does The Future Hold For Automated Guaranteed?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Richard Jalichandra, CEO at iSocket. A recent AdExchanger column concluded that everyone is to blame for lagging automated guaranteed adoption. Buyers, sellers and vendors are not exempt. I agree. All parties bear responsibility for […]

  • Programmatic: Great For Direct Response, Bad For 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 Lawrence Herman, CEO at BlueLink Marketing. It seems over the past year we’ve heard a number of creative agencies tout programmatic ad buying as the perfect answer to a company’s […]

  • Facebook And Google Are Bringing Walled Gardens 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 Tim Mayer, chief marketing officer at Trueffect. Facebook’s ad platform, Atlas, recently relaunched with an entirely rewritten ad server platform, a newly redesigned user interface and the ability to target […]

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  • As Programmatic Video Evolves, Publishers Are Just Getting Started

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Ostermiller, founder and CEO at Altitude Digital. Programmatic video platforms are perhaps the hottest commodity in ad tech right now, with several high-profile acquisitions taking place in the past six months alone. The […]

  • Please Stop The OUA (Obnoxious Use Of Acronyms)

    “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. I recently listened to a great panel where marketers like Bank of America, Kraft and Dell discussed the big P (programmatic) and its impact on […]

  • Do You See What I See? Probably Not.

    “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 Keith Pieper, director of product management at SpotXchange. Fraud is a big issue. Quality is a bigger issue. Sadly, both are subjective. There are a growing number of solutions on […]

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