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  • The End Of The Cookie Opens A Jar Of Opportunity

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alex Magnin, founder of The Unwinder.  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward.- Lao Tzu A […]

  • W Hotels Wakes Up To The Power Of The GIF

    W Hotels turned to a new kind of cultural language to publicize its Wake Up Call music festival last month: the GIF. The Marriott-owned brand teamed up with Giphy for both the pre-campaign awareness push and an on-site activation for the festival, which W launched in 2016 and plans to roll out globally this year. […]

  • As Competition Grows, Publishers Must Find A Way To Offer Data That Matters

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alex Magnin, chief revenue officer and partner at The Thought & Expression Co. Data has become table stakes for publishers wooing large advertisers. That’s how it should be. Data is the fuel that powers […]

  • For Publishers, Ad Blocking Is Painful But Don’t Call It An Apocalypse

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alex Magnin, chief revenue officer and partner at The Thought & Expression Co. Ad blocking has all the ingredients for a hot story. There are clear good guys (us publishers, of course) and villains. […]

  • How Much Is Your Direct Sales Team Really Worth?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alex Magnin, chief revenue officer and partner at The Thought & Expression Co. For publishers, it’s obvious that direct sales generate the highest cost per thousand impressions (CPMs). It’s so obvious that we don’t […]