The Changing Social and Digital Media Experience: Highlights from Digital BrainFest

Expanding on some his views of changing social-media roles, Kevin Conroy of Univision explains the new digital media experience and the rapidly developing intersection of social and mobile. Layers of the Digital Media Experience A challenge in the industry today … Continue reading

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Burning Issues or One Big Burning Platform?

comScore recently published a list of the top ten burning issues in digital. There were some interesting data nuggets about media consumption (and how having more screens leads to more time spent on all of them). But, overall, the list … Continue reading

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13 Trends Shaping Digital Analytics in 2013

This past year was a big one for digital analytics, as they all seem to be recently. As data has become essential to all types of businesses, analytics is increasingly ingrained into the fabric of companies across a wide range … Continue reading

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Google vs. Newspapers

The chart nearby quantifies just how few digital dimes have replaced traditional advertising dollars for newspaper publishers – and how many of those dimes have ended up in Google’s sofa cushions. Moving forward, it’s worth asking what else major and … Continue reading

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Big Data: Then and Now

Watch this video to hear Infinitive Analytics CEO Ken Harrop’s thoughts on the old days of big data – and how many of the same lessons and best practices still apply today.   For more insight on how to get … Continue reading

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Advertisers vs. Publishers: Game-Changing Media-Buying Techniques

New algortithms and new digital media ad-buying approaches are changing some of the core principles and structural relationships that have driven the advertising industry for years. In the past, advertisers chased big audience groupings (males interested in sports, say) who … Continue reading

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Data Governance: Why It Matters in Digital Analytics

In our big data ebook, we assert that data governance has a huge impact on the effectiveness of your digital analytics strategy. Why? Because data governance means the difference between having data and trusting that data in order to make … Continue reading

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Facebook & the Mobile Advertising Shift

When Facebook recently announced earnings, it was interesting – though not surprising to us – how often analytics issues and performance metrics came up. This story highlights how Mark Zuckerberg himself “expects the company will ultimately make more money from … Continue reading

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If Content is King ….

Content is king. We’ve all heard that particular bit of wisdom a million times, and in many ways it’s true. Content really is king when it comes to mastering the digital world. However, in our view, effective digital marketing requires … Continue reading

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Beyond the Like: Getting to Social Engagement

Yogurt maker Yoplait believes there more to social media than just being liked, according to this report. The company has reached the one-million-fan mark largely by focusing on engagement measures and: moving away from an impersonal, push-marketing approach to a … Continue reading

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