Recommendation Engines Provide an Ad Targeting Edge

Recommender engines have become a pivotal force in the evolution of marketing and currently power some of the world’s biggest players, from Amazon to Netflix. By compiling usage data and engagement statistics, these engines are able to recommend more relevant choices for viewers or buyers, keeping them engaged while encouraging usage time and conversions. But…

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The Insanely Misunderstood Power of Brand-Level Data

Imagine you are speaking to a guy you just met at a party. As the conversation goes along, you slowly start to learn more about him. You learn he is 26 years old, lives in Boston, a self-proclaimed technophile, who loves movies and is currently in the market for a new bank. At first glance,…

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Affinity Answers is now an Oracle Data Cloud Premier Data Provider

Affinity Answers is proud to announce that we have been named an Oracle Data Cloud Premier Data Provider. What does that mean? Well, basically, that we are the best. Kidding. Well, sort of. Oracle started this unique and prestigious program to identify certain providers within its marketplace who have consistently demonstrated data accuracy and transparency…

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Audience Enrichment Comes in Many Flavors

The idea of Audience Enrichment has been around for decades in the list-rental business, but it means much more in the offline/online world of data today. It is no longer theory or even past tense; it is reality. Technology rolls on and affects all industries and in turn, how we do our jobs. In marketing…

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Brand Ambassadors in the Programmatic Era

In this post we address how programmatic digital marketing reduces the risk of picking the wrong brand ambassadors. Furthermore, audience data provide multiple ways for brand managers to make this important decision. Marketers can test a series of related third-party segments, or they can discover the insights and attributes right in their own data. Read…

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Can Affinities Get Resolutions Back On Track?

We’re already one month into 2017, and many of us started the year with a resolution in mind. At the beginning of the year, digital marketing agency iQuanti compiled a list of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions based on Google searches from 2016. Their list features the usual suspects: lose weight, get organized, get…

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Affinity Answers In The ODC Blog

Affinity Answers is proud to announce that we have been named an Oracle Data Cloud Premier Data Provider. What does that mean? Well, basically, that we are the best. Kidding. Well, sort of. Oracle started this unique and prestigious program to identify certain providers within its marketplace who have consistently demonstrated data accuracy and transparency…

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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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