Jon Mandel

Search and web traffic is getting replaced by AI, so earned media placements don’t quite look the same. Plus: More scrutiny on principal media.

Set-top boxes enable television advertisers to select more narrow audience segments than traditional demographic targeting. “[Demographic targeting] is no better than statistically random when trying to hit actual consumers/potential consumers for most brands,” said PrecisionDemand CEO Jon Mandel, when asked about the limitations of demo targeting. “That is why we use first party data, target […]

“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 Mandel, CEO at PrecisionDemand. Nobody dies or suffers injury in advertising. That allows people to become entrenched in the way things are done, with false beliefs about others’ capabilities. […]

Nielsen recently expanded its partnership with consumer data specialist Experian to cover the former’s Online Campaign Ratings with additional layers of demographic data. The new data represents progress, but some publishers are concerned. Media sellers fault both Nielsen and its audience measurement rival comScore, with its validated Campaign Ratings (vCE), for not keeping up with data-management […]