
Three ways to foster brand devotion in the Age of the Customer
Brands have long relied on loyalty programs to build customer devotion. Rewards programs designed to motivate shoppers to purchase more...

Why you should be using out-stream video ads
Digital video ad spend in the US is on the rise, with eMarketer expecting it to reach $9.84 billion and represent 19.6 percent of total...

The new performance creative: Where emotion, data and technology converge
Creative over the years has ranged from being driven by pure emotion to being driven by pure data. Both are equally important, and the...

A day of reckoning for digital display advertising?
Facebook recently announced that its efforts to build a demand-side platform (DSP) leveraging its Atlas and LiveRail technologies had not...

Fight ad fraud through innovation… just like the ancient Greeks
Most people have heard of the Trojan War. But if you haven’t, the famous story surrounding the war goes something like this… The Greeks...

How live audiences in real-time marketing are key to programmatic success
In essence, just like many of the middle class in this country are shouting their frustration with the government through the vessel of...

Beyond audience data: The critical need for better business intelligence in digital media
In the case I’m referring to, the data simply didn’t exist — or if they did, they were in so many places that it was almost impossible to...

Up close at SMX West 2016: Advanced audience targeting
With precise audience targeting, you can have better control over who sees your ads and improve your overall performance by developing...

Who Should Be Responsible For Stopping Programmatic Ad Fraud?
In the first two installments of this ad fraud series, we examined what ad fraud looks like and discussed the reasons why ad fraud...

Programmatic Display: 3 Tactics to Master in 2016
For people who live and breathe digital marketing, there’s probably not a nook or cranny where you can escape the word “programmatic.”...

Four Expert Tips For Making The Most Of An Affiliate Network
Consumer habits are evolving to adapt to new technology. Influencer marketing is on the rise, and advertisers and publishers alike are...

Understand Your Customer For Free
Marketing technology vendors everywhere are trying to deliver this message to digital marketers — why they’re better than the next option...

A Sports Fan’s Perspective On Media Metrics
The amount of data available to us as marketers in 2016 is, quite frankly, staggering. It comes as no surprise that the industry’s...

Pay Attention! 3 Steps To Digital Advertising Breakthrough
“Look at me, Judy,” I blurted out with exasperation at my 13-year-old daughter, trying to get her undivided attention. It was nearing 10...

The War On Bots: No Time For Doom & Gloom
Last week, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and White Ops, a leading digital ad fraud detection and prevention service, put...

2016: The Year Of Display
The Chinese New Year is quickly approaching, and I am always curious to learn what the next 12 months might have in store based on...

Now Is The Time For Digital Marketing To Embrace Scarcity
What is scarcity, and why does it matter, anyway? It’s how Uber gets you to pay more for a car in a rainstorm when everyone else in the...

Now That The FTC Has Spoken On Native Advertising, What’s Next?
Two weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission issued a long “enforcement policy statement” on native advertising. If you want to read all...

2016 Resolutions For Affiliate Advertisers: 5 Steps To A Successful Year Ahead
With 2015 just about in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look down the open road that is 2016. Affiliate marketing, with its roots in...
























