FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE! Live sports are back and better than ever. In the 2020 season, the pandemic limited the number of spectators admitted to sporting events which led to financial losses for teams, sports facilities, advertisers, etc. There’s now increasing demand for smart solutions to bring fans and revenue back for advertisers and teams […]
Down with the middle man! Too many tolls on the path to publisher ad profits Why today’s $200B programmatic paradigm just doesn’t hold water There was a game we played as kids. A few lines would form and each person at the front would start with a full bucket of water. They’d dump it behind […]
Back to School Season is Here Sharpen those pencils folks, it’s that time of year again! As schools reopen and students welcome back in-classroom education, the 2021 back-to-school season is expected to make up for the shopping slack we saw in the previous year. Back to school spending is set to hit an all-time high […]
Will the real identity resolution providers please stand up? For years, companies calling themselves identity resolution providers have frolicked about like pigs in slop. They’ve built billion-dollar businesses on the back of a promise to match real humans to anonymous, cookie-based profiles. A noble feat to be sure. That is, if they were actually delivering […]
Why finally kicking the cookie will feel so good How many times was Lucy going to pull that football away before Charlie Brown ultimately had his day? I think of Lucy often. Specifically, every time one of the big tech companies that control massive foundations of the digital ad industry pulls that football away from […]
Walking the PII Talk AdExchanger was out recently with a great primer on how to evaluate an identity solution. The tl;dr is to respect privacy, focus on value, enhance data for targeting, and create a single view of the customer. Yes! Yes, yes, yes! It’s obvious, right? So…why aren’t more companies doing all these things? […]
Reach Post-Pandemic Travelers In Three Easy Steps Lockdowns, countries shuttering their borders, and flight cancellations had a severe impact on the travel industry and the global economy. However, there is a bright side on the horizon. 72% of Americans plan on traveling in 2021, setting this year up to be a banner year for tourism. […]
Live sports are back and better than ever! Across the United States, there has been an increase in sports betting for live events held at casinos, sports arenas, and through consumers’ mobile devices. In fact, U.S. commercial gaming revenue in April grew more than 26 percent from April 2019, fueled by rising vaccination rates, an […]
Our Consumer Audience Database That is Accurate, Timely, & Complete The digital advertising industry has a major problem. Only one-quarter of all digital ad spend ever reaches actual people. At BRIDGE, we have the solution. Meet BRIDGE CONNECT℠, our consumer audience database that is accurate, timely, and complete. We’ve always been known for the power […]
It’s time to throw out the political advertising playbook from previous election cycles. Television has long been the mainstay for political advertising strategies. The Dwight Eisenhower campaign in 1952 elevated TV as the primary channel for politicians to connect with registered voters across the country. However, there’s been a change in consumer viewing habits. As […]