“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 Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, founder and CEO at Drawbridge For the past five or six years, we’ve been told that it will be the “Year of Mobile.” Not this year. With companies […]
“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 John Snyder, CEO at Grapeshot. At the risk of sounding arch or flippant, I declare that the programmatic media community should start copying Tinder. Yes, that Tinder. The online dating […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Andrew Casale, vice president of strategy at Index Exchange, by Casale Media. Commonly and with little difficulty, bad actors are defrauding the digital marketplace. They’re playing tricks to make exchanges think they’re selling 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 Ran Cohen, vice president of programmatic strategy at Undertone. As more ad spending follows consumers to digital channels, those channels are being monitored and reviewed more closely than ever. 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 Eric Berry, co-founder and CEO at TripleLift. Risk–reward analysis is studied heavily in modern portfolio theory. There are two important questions that pervade this discipline: How can an individual’s portfolio […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Eva Smith, vice president of sales strategy at The Weather Company. A mild panic has come over our industry. Leaders are increasingly concerned that the complexity of sales is increasing at a faster clip than […]
“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. For years, the display advertising space has targeted users based on inferred data, which is derived from the types of media people consume, […]
“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. In this increasingly cross-device world, marketers have been steadily losing the ability to connect with consumers in meaningful ways. Being a […]
“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. With holiday shopping following close on the heels of the fall release of the iPhone 6 with Apple Pay, I expect shopping […]
“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. Some of the most innovative publishers can be found in premium digital media verticals, especially within the sports and entertainment categories. These verticals have historically given brands a platform […]
“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 Megan Pagliuca, vice president and general manager for digital media at Merkle Inc. The marketers that are truly taking digital media in-house are few and far between. Those that are successful […]
“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 John Donahue, CEO at White Lightning + The Judge’s Son The promise that marketers have been making for the last 15 years – that data will transform advertising by increasing […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Heather Menery, vice president of emerging solutions at PubMatic. There are many debates today surrounding mobile and display: Are they now one and the same? Should we still have dedicated, separate budgets or simply […]
“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 Lord, CEO at AOL Platforms. While the term “disruption” has become a bit of a cliché, there’s no denying that technology is radically reshaping the ad industry. Investments in […]
“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 Mahi de Silva, CEO at Opera Mediaworks. For the better part of the last 50 years, brands’ ad spending focused on the living room, which included TV, radio, newspapers and […]
“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 Rachel DiCola, senior director for consumer insights at Gamut. Despite easy access to information these days, data often lacks a place in the tactical negotiations of media buying and selling. […]
“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 Davies, chief revenue officer at ROKT. I’ve noticed an alarming trend: While most brands have great bottom-of-the-funnel strategies, they struggle to unlock new consumers and shift consideration. Some marketers spend […]
“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 Robert Webster, chief product officer at Crimtan. Tablets are everywhere. They will soon be the screen of choice for the majority of US web users, whose ranks will rise from […]
“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. For years, there has been a series of bad memes spreading throughout our industry. Some of the big ones have caused […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Neil Vogel, CEO at About.com. 2014 is proving to be the year of the digital redesign. From Fortune to Cosmo, The New Yorker and Quartz, premium publishers are making bets on the best way […]
“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 Christophe Camborde, CEO at Ezakus. In the wake of Publicis Groupe’s $3.7 billion acquisition of Sapient Corp., I have to give Publicis CEO Maurice Levy much credit. He dusted himself […]
“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. Marketers are increasingly taking advantage of the richness of CRM, purchase transactions and other offline data sources for […]
“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 Cree Lawson, founder and CEO at Arrivalist. After 18 years in online marketing, I’m noticing that attribution has bubbled up into ongoing debates about digital marketing strategy. All too often, […]
“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 Ephraim Bander, president and chief revenue officer at Sticky. The simple days of advertising to consumers via television, radio, and print are gone for good. These mediums still exist and remain […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Kerel Cooper, vice president of platform development at LiveIntent. He previously spent 15 years working for digital publishers running ad operations and platform-strategy teams. We’re living through a period of unprecedented focus on optimization, reporting […]
“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 Yariv Drori, CEO at AY Digital. The view of digital marketing service industry from 1,000 feet reveals a patchwork of technology vendors. Some offer service layers that are highly tailored […]
“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. The fast-twitch distinctions between agencies and marketing software, low-margin analysts and high-margin code, are rapidly disappearing. Inspired by their investors, software startups trip over […]
“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 Josef Mandelbaum, CEO at Perion Network. In 1930, Kroger Grocery & Bakery Co. store manager Michael Cullen came up with the idea for the model that would become the modern […]
“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 and global partnerships at dunnhumby. Here it is: Holiday Season 2014. Already. Before you could pry your sugary fingers away from the last […]
Editor’s note: The below column has been significantly updated from the version published Monday morning. “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 Ben Legg, CEO at Adknowledge. Video is digital advertising’s biggest opportunity. I talk with a […]
To close the gap between digital audio ad spend and audience engagement, audio platforms want to get more deeply embedded in omnichannel campaign planning tools.
How can companies put ads in new places without hurting the user experience? Smart TV makers, like Samsung, are adding programmatic ads to the home screen, and Roblox will now show ads to users under 13. We examine the trade-offs as platforms expand their ad footprint.
Innovid’s latest offering serves as the “brain” behind a company’s orchestration layer. Optimum says it reduces manual work and cuts down on execution time.
Advertisers can target high- and medium-attention ad inventory in Amazon DSP while filtering out low-attention placements and made-for-advertising sites.
Marketers and media buyers are gradually getting more comfortable talking about ad campaigns they’re testing on large-language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
In Connected TV Ad Land, proving performance is the priority for video advertisers. To drive more demonstrable reach and results, publishers are trying to expand their reach while wringing more data and AI features into their offerings.
