With the huge success of Netflix and Disney+ comes increased competition

as fans flock to streaming services, marketers are left looking for attention About this article: Streaming services boom as people stay home Disney+ takes off Marketers turning to social targeting can open subscriber-only doors Social data provides the key to engaging TV, movie, and gaming audiences As COVID-19 sequestering continues, streaming services are benefiting from…

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New Gamers Provide Advanced Targeting Opportunities

While world events have interrupted certain industries, gamers are active as ever and now growing rapidly. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve witnessed many industries astutely switch gears or grind to a halt, pausing advertising campaigns and furloughing personnel while eagerly awaiting a return to some kind of normalcy. Some video game publishers, however, are succeeding…

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Restaurants Need to Look Outside Current Customers

For years, restaurant marketers have looked inside to current customer data as a roadmap for future sales. First party data provided a perfect seed for look-alike modeling to then build scale. “I know my customer” was the mantra. And data science could build off of that seed a perfect mold to cast a repeatable customer…

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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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Achieving Audience Success in a Sea of Streaming Providers

As the streaming video landscape continues its rapid (and often confounding) evolution, both consumers and brands find themselves surveying a wide playing field of SVoD providers. Weeknights are no longer solely devoted to Netflix binging – new streaming services such as Apple TV+, NBCUniversal Peacock, and HBO Max will join Disney+, Hulu, and a large…

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Enhanced Advertising on Advanced TV

enhanced advertising on advanced TV Television advertising: what was once a prohibitively high-dollar marketing endeavor has transformed into a much more accessible arena for brands looking to reach massive audiences regularly. Thanks to the advent of Advanced TV, advertisers are able to utilize streaming services and popular set-top boxes to reach the television sets of…

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March into Ad Madness

reaching the right crowd in all the basketball madness College basketball season is here, and 1/3 of the nation will be eagerly tuning in across a variety of screens, making this a massive opportunity for gaining the right impressions. Our College Basketball Segments and Custom Audiences can help you quickly and specifically target those most…

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Not Exactly How the Cookie Crumbles:
Breaking Down CCPA Hype

As the January 1 deadline for the California Consumer Privacy Act draws nearer, pockets within the ad industry are foretelling doom and gloom for our future state of affairs. Warnings from marketing bloggers predict ominous changes to the industry, with included roadmaps to surviving this marketing apocalypse. This panic-driven mindset is akin to Y2K hysteria,…

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