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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 […]

  • News Outlets Need Native Ads, Not Paywalls

    “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 Ted Dhanik, CEO at engage:BDR.  The news media industry is caught between the traditions of the print world and the experimentations of the digital age. Their struggle is to make […]

  • Beware Of Advertising’s ‘Innovation Tax’

    “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 Ryan McConville, senior vice president of business development and partnerships at Kargo. Programmatic advertising has slowly but steadily taken hold of nearly the entire digital marketing universe. And while by […]

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  • When Was The Last Time You Delighted Your Customers?

    “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 Baiju Shah, managing director for strategy and innovation for Accenture Interactive. The digital revolution is changing the business world as we know it, bringing with it a head-spinning number of […]

  • Sell The Media, Share The Intelligence

    “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 Anush Prabhu, partner and chief channel planning and investment officer at Deutsch NY. Almost every brand-related decision a consumer makes today is based on a complex string of devices and […]

  • Don’t Forget the Art Behind 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 Marc Rossen, executive director of digital insights solutions at MarketShare. When most of us think about digital analytics, we tend to think about the science. Get the science, the math […]

  • Thorns In Our Side: False Promises And Embellishments

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO at Spanfeller Media Group. Without exception, every industry has its fair share of embellishments and untruths. In many ways, we as human beings cannot help ourselves. We simply want everything to […]

  • Has AppNexus Spotted A Chink In Google’s Armor? Facebook Did.

    “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. When AppNexus paid nearly 15% of its total value for Open AdStream (OAS), speculation ran rampant about the motivation. As an entrepreneur and […]

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  • Programmatic Can Make Integrated Marketing A Reality

    “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 Kirk McDonald, president at PubMatic. When it was first introduced to the American Association of Advertising Agencies in 1989, the term “integrated marketing” sounded like the quintessential buzzword, just vague […]

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  • Advertising Week 2014: Technology Takes Center Stage

    “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. The annual whirlwind of Advertising Week events, when nearly 100,000 advertisers, agencies, media and marketing companies converge in New York, always presents a fantastic […]

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  • Will RTB’s Promise Ever Be Fulfilled?

    “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 Ari Lewine, co-founder and chief strategy officer at TripleLift. RTB has revolutionized digital marketing. That said, it still has a number of well-known hurdles to overcome, most notably quality, fraud […]

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  • Choose The Right Kind Of Programmatic Direct For Each Deal

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Tom Shields, chief strategy officer at Yieldex. Programmatic direct is the fastest-growing area of digital advertising, with both publishers and advertisers flocking to set up programmatic direct relationships. It works for publishers because it […]

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  • It’s Time To Move Beyond Viewability: Better Metrics Await

    “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 Stark, senior vice president of product marketing at Grapeshot. There’s a fair amount of debate regarding display and video viewability standards now being transacted in the marketplace and it’s […]

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  • Let Your Robots Be Robotic And Your People Be Creative

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Hlavacek, vice president of programmatic at The Weather Company. Quick question: What’s the fastest way to kill the enthusiasm and energy of a media sales team? Lost business? Re-orgs? Missed goals? I don’t […]

  • Programmatic: A Rising Tide

    “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. While we’ve been sitting in the progressively warmer water of the “programmatic kettle” without noticing the heat, the world has changed. The incremental changes have […]

  • Yahoo Profited Handsomely From Alibaba. 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 Ben Kartzman, CEO at Spongecell. Yahoo’s share of Alibaba has been something of a life preserver for the company. With Alibaba’s recent IPO, Yahoo now has a giant piggy bank […]

  • Is It Time To Kill The Banner Ad?

    “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 Marcus Pratt, vice president of insights and technology at Mediasmith. Measured in digital years, the banner ad may be approaching old age. Is it time for retirement? Wired placed the […]

  • In Defense of The Open Exchange

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Sam Cox, vice president of OPEN global media management at MediaMath. Programmatic is changing, and for the most part, it is changing for the better. Inventory that started as remnant now inches towards premium, […]

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  • Today’s Predictive Algorithms Are Still Better Than Humans

    “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 Jeremy Stanley, chief data scientist at Sailthru. Predicting the future is not easy. Yet predictive algorithms are commonly criticized because they fail to perfectly foresee very rare events. That is […]

  • DMPs Could Become The Fall Guy For A Flawed Ad Tech Marketplace

    “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 Lee, executive vice president at Merkle. Challenged by an already short digital marketer attention span, the data-management platform (DMP) is already running the risk of going from today’s front-page […]

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  • Focus On Relevancy, Not Reach

    “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 Nicole Monteleone, director of analytics, modeling and business intelligence at Eyeview. All brands with the basics of a modern marketing plan know an audience that “works” for them. It’s usually […]

  • Should Publishers Choose Mobile Apps Or Mobile Web?

    “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 Michael Katz, CEO and co-founder at mParticle. Although media consumption has shifted to mobile and mobile apps, publisher dollars haven’t followed at the same pace, according to a recent comScore […]

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  • Programmatic Native: What Happens When Two Buzzwords Collide?

    “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. Many publishers see their programmatic and native advertising as two very different ends in their yield spectrum. Whether called the barbell or the see-saw strategy, the […]

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