Let’s talk about ad tech—short for advertising technology. It’s the behind-the-scenes magic that makes digital ads work by helping businesses reach the right people in the right places. Whether you’re scrolling social media, streaming video content, or browsing your favorite website, ad tech is working in the background to deliver ads tailored just for you. […]
Programmatic advertising is everywhere. From the podcasts you listen to to the social media apps you scroll through, programmatic ads power much of the digital content you see. But what exactly is programmatic advertising, and why are so many brands relying on it? Let’s break it down step by step. By the end of this […]
Big Tech’s walled gardens have become inhospitable and overgrown – time to take your ad dollars elsewhere Big Tech’s ad spend appetite is larger than ever but the value it can offer has perhaps never been lower. We are witnessing a digital ad industry in flux. Regulation is playing a role, but as Big Tech […]
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 […]
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 […]
Don’t let Google control your cookieless destiny Suddenly, marketers need options. Here’s why you should forge your own path this time. If you build it, they will come. And spend hundreds of billions of dollars. And be beholden to you forever. (Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha….) That’s the Google business model. I guess “Don’t be evil” just had a […]
Don’t get stranded at the cookie party, put PII on speed dial When Google delayed blocking third-party cookies until 2023, the party animals took it as a sign to keep on raving. Two more years! That’s like, so long from now! Wooooohooooooo, cookies are the party that never stops! Thing is, the sun is coming […]
Why CDP + PII = The Ultimate Dynamic Duo When Gartner began evangelizing the promises of the customer data platform (CDP) in early 2018, it made an important point: “CDP is not a system of record, it’s a system of innovation.” This would help explain why for all of the value CDPs have introduced for […]
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? […]
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 […]
