Opinion

“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 Mark Trefgarne, CEO of LiveRail, a publisher monetization platform for video. A large number of Americans will watch this weekend’s big game live via our PC’s, tablets and other Internet-enabled devices […]

“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Esco Strong, Director, Marketplace Strategy at Microsoft. If you’re a publisher managing a sizable direct-sold, guaranteed-delivery display ads business, you’ve almost certainly been tempted by the prospect of squeezing a few more dollars out of your […]

“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 Dave Zinman, CEO of Infolinks. When you buy display ads in an RTB environment, you’re targeting audience based on intent. Your assumption is that you’re reaching an audience while that […]

“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, Chief Operating Officer of Nanigans. Not all customers are created equal. And if you are acquiring customers on a CPA basis, you are making three major mistakes: You […]

“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 George Musi, Head of Cross-Platform Analytics at DG MediaMind. The Super Bowl, which will air Feb 3rd, draws the year’s largest TV audience. Last year’s game set a new […]

“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 Josh Dreller, Director Client & Industry Solutions at Visual IQ.  Most people aren’t fans of advertising — online or offline. They’re clutter. They’re distracting. And I’m not even talking […]

“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. One of the most common conversations I have on a regular basis about startups, especially in the ad technology space is whether a company […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Joanna O’Connell is Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. I stink at New Year’s resolutions. My track record is so bad I’ve all but given up making them in my non-work life. But as […]

“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 Walczak, VP Mobile at PubMatic. Do we split print media into magazine and newspaper? No, and in the same way, there is no reason to split digital into […]

“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 Adrian Tompsett, VP of Business Development at DataXu. Viewability is on the top of every digital marketer’s wish list for 2013. The emerging metric seeks to measure how frequently an ad […]

“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, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. It was a long-held belief in media buying circles that environment mattered greatly in the final efficacy of a media plan.  That getting in front of […]

“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 Jessica Luterman Naeve, Managing Director at DeSilva & Phillips Media Investment Bankers. 2012 was a big year for social media – big multiples and headline deals – a testament […]

“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 Tal Keinan, CEO of AdExtent. Personalized retargeting has become its own frothy category, with many pure-play personalized retargeting vendors seeking to solve the technology and media problem of doing […]

“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 Kyle Barber, SVP Global Performance Lead at McCann Worldgroup. The holidays are a wonderful time to catch up with family, unwind, eat a little too much.  Yet all I’ve been hearing […]

“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 Alex Calic, Chief Revenue Officer at The Media Trust. Based on the velocity of articles written on the topic last year, “viewable impressions” has displaced “ad verification” as the […]

“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 Andy Monfried, CEO of Lotame.  Old-school newspaper people are generally hard working, gritty, risk taking, roll-up-your-sleeve folks who aren’t afraid to go the extra mile. They will do anything to […]

“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 Rob Leathern, CEO of social advertising platform Optim.al.  Like many in our industry, I have a love/hate relationship with advertising. Even though I’m an ad technology entrepreneur, I actively […]

“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 Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer of The Media Kitchen and President of kbs+p Ventures, both of which are part of MDC Partners. AdExchanger asked Herman to give us […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Dan Grigorovici is CEO at AdMobius. If brands and agencies are ever expected to invest significant dollars in mobile then it’s time for the industry to get serious about measurement. While it’s true that progress […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Terence Kawaja is Founder and CEO at LUMA Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on the digital media sectors. In lieu of making the ubiquitous end of year Top 10 lists or predictions, […]

“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 Adam Chandler, CRO in Residence at Lerer Ventures. This fall, a number of companies, most notably Federated Media, announced sales force downsizings. In the process, these companies began what I expect […]

“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 Gordon McLeod, president of Krux Digital. I recently hosted an event for media industry friends where famed photographer Rick Smolan, co-creator of the just-released The Human Face of Big […]

“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 Mark Trefgarne, CEO of LiveRail, a provider of a supply-side platform for video. The need for online GRPs has come clearly into focus this year. Solutions like ComScore VCE, DoubleVerify […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Pete Sheinbaum, CEO of LinkSmart, which provides text-linking optimization solutions for web publishers. It’s been a long time coming. Those of us in the industry, both as creators and the […]

“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 Keylock, SVP, Media Partnerships at dunnhumby.  Within an industry rapidly becoming obsessed with unstructured data, are we losing our focus? Unstructured data, data from customer emails, social media, video, 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 Greg Lieber, VP of Business Development at GraphEffect. Advertisers, welcome to the “professional graph.” LinkedIn recently announced the launch of its Ads API, which will allow developers to build […]

“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 Kyle Barber, SVP Global Performance Lead at McCann Worldgroup. While on vacation in Turkey this past week, I vacillated between aimlessly wandering the streets one day to carefully researching the possibilities […]

“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  Jay Seideman, Director of Sales, Exchange and Targeting, Microsoft Advertising  The holidays are upon us, and it is that time of year when we can reflect on the past 12 […]

“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 Sid Shah, Director of Business Analytics for Advertising Solutions, Adobe.  A combination of established trends and new technology innovations will cause 2013 to be an eventful year for digital marketing. Here […]

“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 the second installment in a two-part overview of the technology issues associated with ad viewability (Part I is here). It is by Jeremy Stanley, Chief Technology Officer, Collective & Co-Chair, IAB 3MS/Viewable Impressions […]