Interest-level data related to health searches and browsing helps connect consumers with the cure for what ails them Health interest data can be tricky. HIPAA, general privacy, and ethics considerations swirl anytime the topic is broached. On the other hand, when people search or browse online about specific health topics and conditions, whether as a […]
Shakespeare Would Have Been A Great Digital Marketer “What’s past is prologue.” Shakespeare wasn’t talking about purchase data but he sure was right on the money. We in marketing spend an enormous amount of energy attempting to predict what will drive consumer behavior. It’s a tale as old as time! In the digital age of […]
How to make sure you’re on the right side of CCPA to avoid expanding crosshairs It sorta came from out of nowhere. A well-known retailer was recently hit with a $1.2M fine for a CCPA data privacy violation. Media outlets reported the action as the first CCPA enforcement. Translation? There will be others. Hopefully, not […]
A cookieless solution already exists Mass market solutions and platforms built for the biggest budgets won’t cut it for brands that need to granularly target real people as cost-effectively as possible. Soon, only crumbs will be left in the ad tech cookie jar. All the bakers are shutting down. A few attempts were made to […]
Campaigns know voters are so much more complicated than party affiliation, yet they’re often flying blind in their outreach. It started after Obama’s win. Then we saw it with Trump’s too. Every political cycle, once the election day dust settles, we invariably see stories about the “data machines” powering campaigns. These articles would have you […]
Marketers are overwhelmingly wary of privacy impacts on success outcomes, but relief is coming into view Marketers just can’t seem to catch a break. Two years ago, Covid had them fretting about whether consumers were going to keep spending. Then supply chain disruptions started wreaking havoc on inventory. Just as these issues finally start to […]
What comes after cookies is more obvious than many ad tech companies would like to admit. IAB held its Tech Lab Summit earlier this month. These gatherings convene digital ad players for honest debate and discussion about big-picture tech challenges. And honest they were. IAB Tech Lab CEO Anthony Katsur has been sounding the warning […]
Rising above a new wave of data collection resulting in oceans of consumer information Back in the 80s, Rockwell and Michael Jackson had a massive hit with “Somebody’s Watching Me.” Oh, if they only knew what surveillance and data collection norms awaited us today. Maybe we could all land hit singles singing about our experiences? […]
Exploring pseudo-anonymized data performance woes and plotting a path ahead There’ve been experiments where monkeys are just as likely to make a good or bad stock pick as the experts. Could the same scenario be playing out when it comes to identifying a “targeted” audience for serving up digital ads? The answer is an emphatic […]
How good is your campaign data, really? Spotting the red flags that could be plaguing your programmatic play Data costs are higher than ever. In some ways, it feels like it happened overnight. But really, it was a continuous creep hastened by a confluence of unavoidable market developments. This has been made worse by skyrocketing […]
