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 […]
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? […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Follow these 4 Tips to Make the Most Out of Your Digital Ad Spend Digital ad spending in the US is expected to increase by more than 100% between 2019 and 2024. That’s $278.53 billion dollars being spent by marketers and brands around the country who are trying to deliver their crafted message to their […]
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 […]
PII scary? Not when it’s done right. Somewhere along the way, the perception of personally identifiable information (PII) morphed into a huge scary monster lurking under the bed. “It has nine eyes!” “Sharp claws!” “It eats children!” For what it’s worth, the naysayers, privacy hawks, and even your average consumer could be forgiven for having […]
