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  • How Three Targeting Tools Can Drive Mobile RTB Adoption

    “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 Jim Caruso, vice president of product strategy at Varick Media Management. Advertisers are very excited about the rapid growth of mobile usage among consumers. By keeping Internet-connected devices close at […]

  • A Deeper Dive Into Pinterest’s Aggressive Ad Strategy

    “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 Joy Baer, president at Strata. Recent reports that Pinterest is seeking $1 million to $2 million commitments from advertisers mark a bold strategy for the company, especially considering that it […]

  • How Brands Can Solve Their Privacy Problem

    “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 Shaina Boone, senior vice president of marketing science at Critical Mass. Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Since then, the Internet has enabled unprecedented access […]

  • Viewability Gets Approval For Display, But Is It Ready For TV?

    “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 Jon Heller, co-CEO and co-founder at FreeWheel. When the MRC recently announced it had lifted its advisory on viewable impressions for display advertising, it noted that enhancements to standards on […]

  • Digital Marketing Consolidation Is Not Inevitable

    “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. You can’t swing a cat video in the marketing and ad tech space these days without hitting someone who says they have a hub, […]

  • Programmatic Is Not A Strategy

    “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 Seideman, US director of the targeting and exchange team at Microsoft. Programmatic has been never simple. But back in 2010, programmatic only meant one thing: the auctioning off […]

  • What Goodhart’s Law Can Teach You About Performance 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 Roman Shraga, data scientist at PlaceIQ. Is there a metric you use to evaluate the effectiveness of something critical to your company’s success? What about a metric used by your […]

  • Debunking the Mobile Exchange Myth

    “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 Eli Portnoy, general manager at Thinknear. Mobile exchange inventory has gotten a bad rap. The age of programmatic and RTB had brought tremendous improvements and advantages to exchanges. Publishers can […]

  • What’s Behind The Rise in Self-Serve 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 Andrew Casale, vice president of strategy at Casale Media Inc. One of programmatic’s key promises has always been that it would disrupt the ad networks’ lock on inventory supply in […]

  • The Difference Between Programmatic RTB And Direct

    “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. I had the great fortune to moderate a panel called “Programmatic Guaranteed” at AdExchanger’s recent Programmatic.io conference in San Francisco. The prep conversations for […]

  • Match Rates Are A Red Herring

    “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 Phillips, CEO at Dstillery. We hear a lot about device match rates these days. Maybe too much. It started a few years ago, when the advertising industry decided it […]

  • A Sound Check For Digital Attribution

    “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, senior director of digital attribution at MarketShare. I am an audiophile. I enjoy music, especially the quality of music. As an audiophile, I have come to appreciate the […]

  • Mobile: Still A Pain Point For The Buy Side

    “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 Christopher Hansen, president at Netmining. The industry initially treated mobile like a silo in the rush to get ads onto devices. Marketers, eager to leverage these new devices, pushed agencies to […]

  • Native Programmatic Will Scale When Everyone Loosens Up

    “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 Giles Goodwin, co-founder and president of product and technology at Flite. Display advertising had almost been written off when native advertising made its mark against a backdrop of controversy. While […]

  • Who Should Own Customer 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 Brooks Bell, founder and CEO of Brooks Bell Inc. Businesses capture mountains of data and increasingly use it to make smarter decisions. Customer data has become a valuable asset for […]

  • My Customer, My Friend

    “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 Nishat Mehta, executive vice president of global partnerships at dunnhumby. Consumers further consolidated the number of retailers they invested in last year, shopping at fewer stores than in the past, […]

  • Facebook And Twitter Will Dominate Display Ads in Two Years (Or Less)

    “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 Buch, CEO at SocialWire. Off-network ads from Twitter and Facebook are poised to transform the display ad industry and disrupt many exchanges that have dominated the display market for […]

  • The Forgotten Side Of Viewability

    “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 Scharf, manager of display media operations and analytics at Adobe. The topic of viewability has infiltrated our lives. Viewability vendors flood the marketplace as marketers take steps to measure […]

  • Why Mobile And Cross-Screen Strategies Clash (And How To Fix Them)

    “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 Ernie Cormier, CEO at Nexage. At first blush, there are two strategic imperatives in digital advertising that appear to conflict. First, marketers are catching up to the massive consumer shift […]

  • In Defense Of The GRP

    “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 Benjamin Masse, vice president and general manager, a2x, at Triton Digital. The advertising industry has changed dramatically in recent years. The digital age and vast array of audience-tracking data has […]

  • The Not-So-Secret Agent’s Dilemma

    “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 McConnell, a consultant at AudienceScience. Lately, trade pundits are predicting the disintermediation of agencies at the hands of digital. Indeed, like Jurassic Park, the ecosystem will produce outcomes no […]

  • How Device Recognition Can Make Marketing Campaigns Better

    “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 advertising strategy and solutions at Experian Marketing Services. The proliferation of connected electronics has spurred new interest in device-recognition technologies even though they have been […]

  • Let’s Be Clear About Transparency

    “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 Frost Prioleau, CEO and co-founder of Simpli.fi. If you search Google for “transparency + ad tech,” you’ll get more than 20 million search results. Nearly every network, DSP and publisher claims […]

  • Native Ads That Make You Go Postal

    “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 Sacha Xavier Reich, partner, media and innovation director for Neo@Ogilvy. It’s funny that they call it native advertising because it is anything but indigenous. Native advertising can be described as ads […]

  • Dark Horses In The Cross-Device Targeting Race

    “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 Evan Schwartz, CEO at ActionX. Brands are paying closer attention to the benefits of broadening their mobile-only campaigns to include multiple consumer devices. This shift in strategy reflects a growing […]

  • Scale: A Third-Party Data Killer

    “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 Alan Pearlstein, CEO and co-founder of Cross Pixel Inc. A fundamental difference between offline and online data usage is associated marketing cost. Digital ads (banners) delivered to specific audiences across […]

  • Find The Signal Within Big Data’s Cacophony

    “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 Juan M. Huerta, senior data scientist at PlaceIQ. It has been said that we are in an era of big data. Not a day goes by without hearing about a […]

  • The Dirty Secret Behind Your Media’s Price Tag

    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 Kence Anderson, CEO and founder at Apptimyze. There’s a dirty little secret in ad tech: All sorts of fees and charges are hidden in the cost of your media. Various […]

  • A New Attribution Metric To Rule Them All

    “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 Roger Barnette, president at IgnitionOne. Brand marketers have long judged success of their digital advertising by using the “soft goals” of brand engagement. Soft goals, such as reach, views and […]

  • Hello, Enterprise. Goodbye, CPM.

    “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 Kelleher, founder and CEO at Cognitive Match. Advertising technology is mostly paid for on a usage basis: serve more ads, make more money. This has been true of media […]

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