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How to Track Mobile OOH Advertising: An Interview with Jonathan Frangakis
Jonathan Frangakis has been a champion of out-of-home / OOH advertising for years. He and his brother Gabe founded an OOH analytics platform called Mira in 2014. Mira was acquired by Reveal Mobile, where he serves as its Chief Commercial Officer. He gave us insights into the next wave of moving OOH advertising (as in […]
Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency
Scibids, the global leader in artificial intelligence for digital marketing, announced a partnership with Tinuiti, the largest independent performance-marketing firm across streaming TV, Google, Meta, and Amazon. The objective of what’s being called Scibids AI Insights Solution is to provide a new level of transparency and control over planning, buying, and measurement of the digital […]
Tinuiti Digital Ad Spending Report Signals Optimism for 2023’s Second Half
If Q2 ad spending in paid search, retail media, and across social media is any indication, the U.S. economy just might serve up a Merry Little Christmas, according to Andy Taylor, VP, of Research at Tinuiti. In disseminating the latest findings of Tinuiti’s recently released Q2 2023 Digital Ads Benchmark Report, Taylor said, “Signs are […]
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No One Solution Will Dominate the Cambrian Explosion of Digital Identifiers
Over the past year, many solutions have emerged as a means to fill the niche left behind by the third-party cookie – and while not all solutions in this space take the form of newly minted digital identifiers, the population of upstart cookieless IDs continues to grow in size, features, and wide-ranging industry support. This raises the question of just how we’ll identify the ultimate cookieless ID.
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Retail Performance Platforms Can Boost Brands in a Cookieless Future
Brands searching for ways to connect, understand, and engage with consumers throughout the omnichannel journey can find an abundance of data through retailer performance platforms that can be impactful, actionable, and measurable in future campaign planning. These platforms can offer onsite (such as sponsored search and display) and offsite (such as digital out-of-home and social media) opportunities for brands to attract shoppers, and these advertisement opportunities can then be measured and analyzed, leading to more valuable interactions.
LBMA: OH! Media Releases Audience Intelligence Hub
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Trader Joe’s launching a special app for those with autism, OH! Media releasing its “Audience Intelligence Hub,” Ladorian & inReality partnering to personalize in-store screen messages, and Ulysses trying to monetize location data from every car on earth.
Verizon and Catalina Partner to Power Online-to-offline Attribution
Seeing a void in the marketplace, ad tech vendors are stepping in with tech solutions designed to help brands link in-store and online transactions to digital ads in real-time. Just this month, Verizon Media partnered with Catalina, a provider of consumer-driven marketing solutions, to help CPG brands more effectively connect digital campaigns with sales. The partnership matches Catalina’s sales data to Verizon Media’s identity graph, which means Verizon Media is now the first DSP to be integrated with a top CPG sales data provider.
Social Media Isn’t Just an Ad Channel
With third-party data sources such as the cookie under threat, Apple downgrading the mobile identifier for advertisers, and data collection in general growing tougher, businesses increasingly need to find reliable, consensual data wherever they can get it. Social media is one of the solutions to that problem.
Should You Change E-commerce Platforms? Pros & Cons
If you’re running a long-standing e-commerce store, you may be wondering how you can do more to take advantage of these favorable circumstances. One option is migrating your store to a new e-commerce platform. Could a new foundation be the key to reaching the next level of online retail success? Let’s weigh the pros and cons.
4 Things to Consider When Choosing a Universal ID
Preparing for a cookieless future means getting on board with Universal IDs — there are many in the space and in the spirit of the open web, you’ll likely be working with a number of them by the end of the year. The choices that you make at this point are important, as these are long-term relationships with meaningful impact on the bottom line. So, be thorough — while there are many Universal IDs to choose from, they’re far from the same. The countdown to the demise of third-party cookies is minutes away from midnight, so start your evaluation now to ensure you don’t rush into a poor decision.
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