by Joe Mandese on Apr 18, 9:32 AM
That's what my colleague Steve Smith just asked me as we begin finalizing an agenda for our first-ever Planning & Buying Insider Summit. Full disclosure: I'm not an industry insider, I'm just a journalist who writes about them. So I'm asking you.
by J. Walker Smith on Apr 17, 3:35 PM
The biggest challenge brands face is standing out from the crowd. Difference is rare because difference is hard. This challenge will become even harder in the future.
by Joe Mandese on Apr 12, 11:30 AM
There I was covering the trial for Ad Age when I received a call from Mark Weiner asking if I wanted to know how much it was worth to brands.
by Joe Mandese on Apr 4, 12:02 PM
When CIMM was founded in 2009, advertisers and agencies dominated its membership. Fifteen years later, the demand-side represents only 9% of its members -- all agencies, and not one advertiser.
by J. Walker Smith on Apr 3, 12:00 PM
Just for fun, I posed this fairly generic question (see graphic) to ChatGPT. What follows is my answer and ChatGPT's, as well as my two cents worth.
by Joe Mandese on Apr 2, 8:36 AM
Of all the partnerships the consumer credit ratings bureau has struck since commercializing audience targeting the one it just announced with MRI-Simmons will have the most profound impact on the way planners and buyers think about identifying, targeting and reaching consumers.
by Joe Mandese on Mar 26, 8:34 AM
While the game advertising market still has some blurry lines, ad execs say it has become as easy to plan and buy as other digital platforms such as CTV, online video, and social media. Increasingly, it has dedicated ad budgets, too.
by Joe Mandese on Mar 25, 7:39 AM
Wieser cites the continuing improvement of the U.S. economy, including an upward revision for expansion of GDP by nearly a percentage point, approaching +5%.
by J. Walker Smith on Mar 20, 12:00 PM
The better our products get, the more they are alike. Quality is contagious. It multiplies itself. Quality follows quality, which is why quality also converges.
by Joe Mandese on Mar 18, 9:29 AM
In a first, Reset Digital has agreed to provide its proprietary neuro-programmatic data to another ad tech partner: relatively new, but well-capitalized audience aggregator Collective Audience.