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Category Archives: Media
How Many Tracking Pixels to Screw in a Light Bulb?
I turned on WordPress’s WordAds on this blog a couple of days ago. It takes a couple of days for the ad tech ecosystem to smell the fresh blood, but as of this morning, there are 66 tracking pixels firing … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, digital marketing, Marketing, Media, Privacy
Tagged adtech, digital marketing, digital media, martech, pixels, technology, tracking
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Videri Quam Esse: P&G and Digital Advertising
P&G cut between $100 and $140 million in digital advertising last quarter and sales went up. I don’t mean they were flat or that margins went up through a short-sided strategy of cutting marketing investment. This wasn’t just advertising that sort … Continue reading
Posted in digital marketing, fraud, Marketing, Media, Strategy, Tactics
Tagged digital marketing, duopoly, Facebook, fraud, Google, marketing strategy, P&G, waste
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Print out a page with your ad on it. Put it on the whiteboard and give your buying team a marker and ask them to draw out exactly how that particular ad showed up on that particular website and why. By that, I mean all the names of the ad tech and martech players involved. No looking anything up. Continue reading
Wednesday, 19 July 2017 12:41 pm
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Before You Worry About Match Rates…
But before you get bogged down in match rate discussions, the more important strategic work needs to have been done up front. Never delve into tactics without understanding the mission and the strategy to accomplish the mission. Continue reading
Posted in digital marketing, Direct Response, Marketing, Media, Strategy, Tactics
Tagged digital marketing, DMP, DSP, match rates, onboarding, strategy, tactics
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Digital Media: As Memorable as Kenny G?
The smooth jazz radio format wasn’t as popular as thought. When Arbitron changed from paper diaries to portable people meters (PPM) about ten years ago, broadcasters learned that people didn’t do what the paper diaries said they did. With good … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Data, Media
Tagged Bob Lefsetz, data, digital media, Lumen Research, measurement, music, viewability
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Nobody’s Talking About This ads.txt Problem
As a media buyer, I find myself scratching my head about the IAB’s ads.txt initiative. It’s a good thing, of course. Knowing that somebody selling advertising inventory to you is actually authorized to sell that impression to you is important. … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Media, planning
Tagged digital media, IAB, programmatic
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We all think we know what an auction is. We conjure up the sound of the gavel falling to the high bidder and the horses being led away into the winner’s transporters. In theory, programmatic auctions for digital advertising should … Continue reading
Friday, 30 June 2017 3:05 pm
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Decent Direct Mail
Every once in a while you get direct response that’s properly targeted. It restores my faith in humanity, even if the direct mail piece isn’t technically the best I’ve ever seen. Continue reading
Posted in Data, Direct Response, Marketing, Media
Tagged data, direct mail, Square, targeting
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I was reading “Mythbusting Digital Ad Fraud” by Dr. Augustine Fou this morning and this quote struck me: “Do you think humans really spend 30 mins a day ON AVERAGE watching videos on mobile? They may, but there is an … Continue reading
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 7:18 am
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