VIEQUES, PR – Even hot new agencies with big name, global clients can’t avoid the complexities and limitations of data-driven marketing. Just ask Andres Claudio, who runs Omnicom’s Hearts & Science marketing agency. “It’s not that easy,” Claudio says in this interview with Beet.TV. “Not all the data that is needed is available in all markets.” Claudio was among the several dozen [...]

Some types of digital innovation are easier to prove than others, among them online travel agencies and streaming video giant Netflix. Then there is the not inconsiderable task of getting marketers to change their worldview about audience targeting. Nine years ago, Innovid chose the latter path, providing an open platform approach to personalizing video targeting and integrating it with customer data [...]

Using dynamic video ads that key off of seasons or weather conditions for Lowe’s is “table stakes” given the wealth of behavioral data available to tweak viewers’ emotions. “I think that’s kind of easy to do,” according to Bob Estrada, EVP & Director of Strategic Partnerships at BBDO New York, the agency for the home improvement retailer. The smarter approach now [...]

VIEQUES, PR -- Once upon a time, click-through rate (CTR) ruled supreme, and all marketers wanted to see was a completed click. But CTR is undergoing an assault, as brands worry that a simple click is no longer the whole story and search for an alternative. Put simply, the foundational mechanisms of digital marketing effectiveness are in flux. It's a challenge that Moat Director of Sales  Peter [...]

VIEQUES, PR -- TV companies are trying to adapt to a world in which the sale of their advertising is being up-ended by new possibilities - but doing so involves challenges as incumbent workflows are not up to the job. That is according to one ad exec turned software founder, hoping to help solve some of those problems. "We’re all looking for ways, across the [...]

VIEQUES, PR – If you think of music choices as a mirror as opposed to a filter, you can learn a lot about listeners. And you can serve them tailored ads as they “declare” key moments throughout a typical day. Streaming music provider Spotify has no shortage of insights that define its users, as the company’s Head of Video Sales, Brian [...]

VIEQUES, PR -- It is fair to say Neustar sees value in the future of television - the data and marketing services firm is currently in the process of being acquired by a private equity outfit for $2.9bn. That deal was announced on December 14, but the company expects the conclusion of its sale to Golden Gate Capital by the third quarter of 2017. So what is [...]

VIEQUES, PR -- The future of multi-channel ad buying is here, now - and BIG. Marketers, challenged by the proliferation of modern media devices, are dreaming of a day when they can distribute their ads for a multitude of screens, from just a single screen. But Sandro Catanzaro says that day is already here. "Imagine a world where a campaign can span every channel - linear [...]

When West Elm first dipped its toes into video ad retargeting a few months ago, the furniture and housewares retailer set “a pretty solid benchmark” for measuring the outcome. “For us, video retargeting has been extremely powerful,” the company’s VP of Innovation, Luke Chatelain, said in a panel discussion at Beet.TV Leadership Summit titled Outcomes. “I think the crux of [...]

VIEQUES, PR – For Cadreon’s Erica Schmidt, data in and of itself doesn’t cut it. It’s having unique datasets to bring to the table as the IPG unit guides its advertiser clients through the maze of programmatic options. “What’s really interesting today is advertisers are much more serious about programmatic than they ever have been before,” says Schmidt, who is MD [...]

VIEQUES, PR -- As the technology used for trading display ads programmatically has made in-roads in to digital video, many in the industry also expect the same thing to happen in good 'ol television. But hold your horses. Whilst many tech vendors are trying to usher a tradable marketplace economy in to television ad buying, the current system - in which [...]

With his multi-decade background at NBC, CNBC and TiVo, Tom Rogers knows a bit about television audiences. Given continued viewing declines, he believes the only way for broadcast and cable networks to maintain decent pricing is personalized ads with measurable business outcomes for advertisers. “I really don’t see any other answer given this confluence of trends,” Rogers told the audience at [...]

VIEUQES, PR -- A lot of people will give you a lot of different answers about how marketing should work. For Joanna O'Connell, it comes down to valuable conversations. In this video interview with Beet.TV, the marketing analyst turned marketing chief gives Beet.TV her prescription for advertising effectiveness. "How do you help a marketer or an agency create conversations at scale with their best [...]

VIEQUES, PR -- The latest cloud in Adobe's sky is advertising, after the software giant last week launched Adobe Advertising Cloud, combining its Media Optimizer tool with its TubeMogul acquisition. The acquisition gives Adobe chops in the fast-growing world of video advertising. But what is the watch word for the company as it helps publishers and advertisers reach consumers? "So often we get enamoured [...]

VIEQUES, PR -- Of all the ad-tech vendors promising to light up video opportunities, Alphonso is one of the lesser-known. But the three-year-old company says it is has some handy tricks up its sleeve to help marketers plan and figure out the effectiveness of ad spending across TV and video platforms. Alphonso's offering brings the ability to retarget consumers with ads on digital [...]

Matthew Weiner, the television writer best known for creating the hit series Mad Men, shares his view on an extraordinary time in TV history: now. He speaks about unprecedented creative opportunities in the TV business, the enormity of TV production along the bloated executive ranks in Hollywood. He addresses the increasing importance of international markets and the growing impact of services Netflix [...]

The travel industry vertical has joined automotive and financial services a top category for more precise consumer targeting and outcomes measurement via digital video. Nonetheless, there’s a still a lot of “heavy lifting” going on as brand marketers try to best identify their target audiences with first- and third-party data, according to Experian’s Brad Danaher. During a break at the recent [...]

As measuring the outcomes of digital video ad campaigns gets more sophisticated, what excites Placed’s David Shim is video as a direct-response channel. The same advances in measurement can only improve the performance of traditional linear television. In this interview at the recent Beet.TV Leadership Summit titled Outcomes, presented by video marketing technology provider Eyeview, Shim offers his views on video [...]

VIEQUES, PR – Disney ABC Television Group wants to expand the definition of “data” beyond the delivery of impressions or selecting shows, dayparts and units. It’s part of a holistic approach that leverages the company’s immense store of information across all of its assets. This requires looking beyond audience targets and encompassing data from set-top boxes, ad servers, social media and [...]

VIEQUES, PR - It is now more than two years since Ooyala, a video advertising services provider, acquired peer Videoplaza, with its strong client base in the European broadcasting segment. The combined entity, now also part of Australia telco Telstra's family, has spent the time since merging its respective strengths, and is now ready to go at a new product area. In this [...]