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 […]
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 […]
81 million. That’s the number of people consuming streaming media. Connected TVs and streaming sticks, laptops, phones, and tablets – if it’s got an internet connection, more people are watching more video on it than ever before. So says Nielsen, which reported last month that for the first time, streaming viewership exceeded cable usage. That […]
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 […]
Social media ad campaigns are struggling to deliver on reach and affordability. A more balanced approach could save the day. “It’s part of a complete breakfast!” Growing up watching Saturday cartoons, that familiar tag seemed to play at the end of every cereal commercial. Lately, it’s exactly how I’ve been thinking about social media advertising […]
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 […]
Go ahead, slide into that inbox Oh, the things we would do as consumers to protect our email inboxes. We deftly formatted our email addresses when sharing online to avoid internet scrapers. We created second, third, and fourth accounts to keep our beloved primary inbox from getting filled with junk. We hit the unsubscribe button […]
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 […]
