Yes, Virginia, There Is A Black Friday Programmatic Segment

New 3rd-party Holiday segments available via ODC Here at Affinity Answers, we specialize in creating audience segments. But not just any audiences – these are audiences with a predicted high likelihood to engage with a brand, event, show, team or celebrity. We do this by collecting billions of active, social engagements, then use this data…

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TrueAffinity™ Is Your Powerful AI Marketing Tool

Social affinities help inform data-driven audience segments, when no other data exists How do you address a truly unique audience to your brand through programmatic media channels when no addressable data exists? This audience problem exists for brands across many verticals who want to capitalize on the advantages and opportunities that programmatic-digital media provides.  Because…

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Using TrueAffinity™ to Measure Sponsorships: Bud Light and Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga’s fans—affectionately known as her Little Monsters—are seeing, and hearing, a more stripped-down version of the superstar. In early September, Lady Gaga released “Perfect Illusion,” her first pop single in nearly three years. The following month, Lady Gaga and Bud Light announced that they would be teaming up to promote her new album, Joanne,…

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Affinities are All About Content, Context and Location

The Internet of Things will undoubtedly benefit from affinity-based targeting in more ways than one. But IoT is about so much more than having a refrigerator that automatically re-orders your favorite brand of yogurt. At the FutureM conference in Boston last September, speakers from Kraft and Dunkin’ Donuts indicated that they are looking to solutions…

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Top Affinities of US Swimming Stars

Though the sport does not receive broad attention in non-Olympic years, swimming is consistently one of the most viewed sports during the competition.  And this year, as in the last three Olympic Games, Michael Phelps is the big story on the men’s side.  Yesterday’s victory in the 4x100m relay increased Phelps’ record for the most…

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3 Brand Marketing Takeaways from Carpool Karaoke

James Corden has won the hearts – and views – of late night fans; The Late Late Show YouTube channel recently hit the 1-billion view mark. This is mostly due to the success of his signature bit, Carpool Karaoke, featuring the host driving artists around LA while singing their hits. These jovial and candid interactions are…

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3 Ways Social Affinities Will Impact the Internet of Things

A fridge that orders groceries for you? Some would call it luxury, but appliance manufacturers are hoping that it will soon become a reality for many consumers. Gartner, Inc. estimates that 20.8 billion connected devices will be in use by 2020. From the shows they watch to the brand of yogurt they buy, brand marketers…

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