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CTV ads + first-party data = your new marketing power couple 🤩 Want to learn how brands like Kroger and Nielsen are making the most of CTV? LiveRamp's CTV Activation Guide for Brands is here to help you turn viewers into buyers, one ad at a time. https://lnkd.in/dkJbZUch

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CTV ads + first-party data = your new marketing power couple 🤩 Want to learn how brands like Kroger and Nielsen are making the most of CTV? LiveRamp's CTV Activation Guide for Brands is here to help you turn viewers into buyers, one ad at a time. https://lnkd.in/gJrD7qt3

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Is your media measurement all grown up? 🌱 Take LiveRamp's quick 5-minute assessment to find out where your strategy stands—and unlock tips that’ll help you boost ROAS, engage your audience, and fill in the gaps.https://https://lnkd.in/gafZavdi

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The clean room future is no longer on the horizon – it’s here. And for leading companies in every industry, clean rooms are transforming marketing strategies. 80% of advertisers spending over $1B on media are already using them. But here's the thing – most brands are only scratching the surface. While many are using clean rooms for audience insights, only a third are leveraging advanced measurement like attribution and ROAS. And broader collaboration across partners and complementary brands offers even greater potential. Modern clean rooms are now fully interoperable, breaking down silos between brands, retailers, and media partners. In talking with companies across industries, I constantly hear their desire to get started, but also recognize that this represents unexplored territory for many. To help companies navigate the complexity, LiveRamp has put together a playbook of some of the most common tactics, and I've attached a link here. Happy reading!

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Marketing today can feel like navigating a maze with hidden traps like privacy laws and cookie loss. But what if you had a guide to show you the way? LiveRamp’s eBook “Demystifying Match Rates: Getting to What Really Matters” covers what you need to know to navigate the digital landscape: - Maximize your ad spend - Understand essential metrics beyond just match rates - Ask the right questions to evaluate data collaboration partners

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Think of your marketing strategy as a treasure hunt. LiveRamp's "Measurement Primer for Brands" is your trusty map! Dig into how to maximize ROAS, unravel data silos, and navigate privacy regulations. https://lnkd.in/gBPjigx6

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What’s the key to unlocking retail media’s full potential? Alignment on measurement models. Dive into the IAB Connected Commerce Summit replay to explore game-changing insights from LiveRamp. Replay available now: https://lnkd.in/d4BnW7uX

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🚀 Exciting insights from Amy, emphasizing the role of data & AI in retail media and how it enhances shopping experiences with real-time personalization. Merging commerce and media has become crucial with AI at the forefront of creating personalized consumer interactions. More insights in the full link to the content below! 💡 #RetailMedia #DataDriven #AI #Personalization #Commerce

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✅🖥️ AdExchanger (5/31): “Programmers are trying to “slow down the pace of adoption” for auction-based bidding, said a buyer. One way they’re doing so is by limiting the supply they make biddable. Instead, pubs prefer to gatekeep their prized inventory with a high price tag attached to the “premium” label. Programmers can also maintain this level of control and pricing with PG deals, which are essentially automated insertion orders sent through programmatic pipes. But because CTV publishers are slower to make their inventory available in open auctions, agencies still consider programmatic as a nice-to-have – and not a requirement – for CTV campaigns, the buyer said. The majority of CTV ad buys are still happening via insertion orders or programmatic guaranteed deals. Agencies want to be able to bid on more CTV inventory for better scale, targeting and cost effectiveness. But for that to happen, buyers must make their sell-side counterparts reconsider the meaning of “premium.” ⬇️ #streamingtv #programmatic #avod #ctv #ott https://lnkd.in/ehnQj5Wu

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What are you doing on Wednesday 🗓️ ? How familiar are you with Retail Media Networks? They are one of the fastest growing channels in digital advertising and almost no one has a bigger reach than Walmart, offering access to hundreds of millions of weekly customers. Join us on Nov 20 at 11 AM PST to hear from Harry Clayman, Head of Ad Partnerships, Walmart Connect, and Canon Mikho, Head of Marketing Analytics, Improvado (Registration link in first comment) and learn about: • What modern retail advertising platforms can offer to run laser-focused, effective campaigns for high-intent audiences. • How to automate retail ad data workflows and use the data to ensure consistent campaign performance and guideline compliance — minimize budget waste and increase ROAS. • Get a Marketing Data Quality Audit from Improvado to see how prepared you are to take advantage of RMNs.

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✅🖥️ AdExchanger (11/8): “Well, without breaking out new revenue metrics, The Trade Desk divulged some interesting tidbits about their business. For instance, while the company doesn’t disclose CTV revenue, CEO Jeff Green said CTV is now the largest media channel for TTD. CTV has flipped the equation on web display and mobile. Similarly, a year ago, Criteo finally reported retargeting revenue as less than half of its total. The Trade Desk is touting its long-held ambition to have more CTV than banner ads. Currently, video ads, which encompass CTV, are close to 50% of TTD’s overall business. Soon, TTD will be primarily a video ad buyer. “It’s hard not to be bullish about CTV when it’s both our largest channel and our fastest growing,” Green said. And while CTV and retail media have been staples of every Trade Desk quarterly report for years on end, Green also put the focus on a few new opportunities, now that CTV has matured into the business, not just a rhetorical goal. The other premium media channel for programmatic to unlock is live sports, Green said. “I expect over the coming years to see programmatic spot markets and sports become best friends,” Green said. Live sports are counterintuitive for programmatic advertising. Those spots tend to have a very high premium and go to sponsors, rather than an open auction. But, Green said, “because (live sports inventory) is often scarce and often highly sought out by brands, and it changes very quickly, it really is built for programmatic advertising.” ⬇️ #streaming #ctv #ott #livesports #avod #fast #tvos

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How many email addresses do you have? Using them for different accounts and logins presents a challenge for marketers who want to accurately target consumers with relevant ads and offers. In the latest episode of Here’s the deal… LiveRamp's Daniella Harkins talks “identity,” and how connecting those emails (and other identifying information) is the best way to create the personalized experiences your customers crave.

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✅🖥️ The Verge (podcast; 6/17): “…the company just announced that it has 80MM MAUs monthly and according to Nielsen, it had an average of a million viewers watching every minute in May 2024, beating out Disney Plus, Max, Peacock, and basically everything else save Netflix and YouTube. All of those streaming service price hikes are driving people to free options, and Tubi is right there to catch them. Tubi’s model is different: it licenses content that’s already made, lets people watch it for free, and supports itself with advertising. But that means it’s competing for ad dollars across the attention economy online: not just Netflix, but TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and everything else. I wanted to know how (their CEO) was thinking about that, especially since the social platforms don’t spend any money on content at all. CEO Anjali Sud’s plan is to make Tubi feel like a more premium home for better work from all of those creators. It just launched something called “Stubios,” which allows fans to vote on creator projects that Tubi will fund — basically setting up a YouTube- or TikTok-to-Tubi pipeline. But all of that costs money, too: CEO Anjali Sud recently said that Tubi isn’t yet profitable, “but it could be,” and we really took a deep dive into that.” ⬇️ #podcast #fast #streamingtv #ctvadvertising #upfronts #canneslions https://lnkd.in/eRDJXkCX

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Lauri Baker isn’t just stepping into her role at KERV Interactive—she’s coming in hot. With 25 years in the adtech world, she’s built a reputation for flipping the script on traditional advertising. As KERV’s new Senior VP of Partnerships, her mission is clear: make every pixel in your favorite videos work harder than a Kardashian endorsement. KERV, with its AI-driven video tech, analyzes and monetizes video content down to the last pixel, meaning every moment you’re streaming could potentially turn into a shopping spree. If anyone can turbocharge these shoppable, interactive CTV experiences, it’s Baker. At Infillion, Baker was the mastermind behind some serious innovation. Her team created ads where users could literally talk to their TV and interact with products, making the viewer feel more like they were in an episode of "Black Mirror" than watching a commercial break. One of her standout projects involved using voice control in ads for Amazon Echo, a first in the industry. She’s all about leaning into consumer engagement, which explains why her work helped brands rake in over $250 million. But her expertise goes deeper than fancy tech. Before Infillion, Baker led similar transformative efforts at Gimbal , where she focused on value-exchange ads—letting viewers decide how they wanted to engage with the content rather than being bombarded with irrelevant messages. Her success at companies like Discovery, Verizon Media, and HuffPost cemented her reputation as a force to be reckoned with in adtech. Now, at KERV, her focus is expanding their shoppable CTV capabilities. KERV’s platform is already making waves by transforming every video into an interactive experience, from ads to regular content, working with powerhouses like NBCU, Vevo, and Disney. Baker’s role is to take these partnerships to the next level, using KERV’s AI-powered video technology to ensure brands can engage consumers in more meaningful and measurable ways. So, what does the future hold for KERV with Baker at the helm? Expect to see shoppable content not just interrupt your streaming—but enhance it. Ads that don’t just sit there like wallpaper, but invite you in, making you want to grab your phone and hit “buy now.” With Baker’s proven track record and KERV’s cutting-edge tech, the future of advertising just got a lot more interactive, personal, and let’s face it, dangerous for your credit card. Jay Wolff Gary Mittman

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✅🖥️ DIGIDAY (Podcast; 7/16): “Tubi is having a good run. As of May, the free, ad-supported streaming service was taking 1.8% of monthly television viewing across streaming platforms, tying with Disney+ and beating Max, Paramount+ and Peacock, according to Nielsen Gauge. It could be considered a win in the streaming wars. Tubi, though, doesn’t consider itself to be part of said wars, according to ​​Tubi CMO Nicole Parlapiano. “We are in a category of our own in that way. A lot of people like to put us in the same grouping with the other free streamers. But our product experience is so different because the Roku and Pluto [platforms], all the linear, FAST channels, it’s not really VOD viewing.” the CMO said. “Then the other comparisons are being drawn to the other ad-supported tiers. At Amazon and Netflix, people are still paying to watch ads, but it is also very different. I’ve seen the streaming war. Some people are winning and some people, it’s been a rough go. It’s been hard on the industry as a whole. We have a lot of empathy for everybody. There’s certain things, like people getting into the ad-supported game that are actually good for the whole business because dollars need to shift out of certain channels and into streaming.” ⬇️ #streamingtv #ctv #ott #cordcutting #avod #smartTV https://lnkd.in/g_HBXkQx

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As the allure of RMNs grows, marketers will need to exercise caution given the numerous challenges ranging from the lack of transparency to regulatory risks, and the growing acceptance of conquest marketing and the leverage that provides retailers.

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How many email addresses do you have? Using them for different accounts and logins presents a challenge for marketers who want to accurately target consumers with relevant ads and offers. In the latest episode of Here’s the deal… LiveRamp's Daniella Harkins talks “identity,” and how connecting those emails (and other identifying information) is the best way to create the personalized experiences your customers crave.

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With cookies disappearing, advertisers are exploring new approaches. In fact, programmatic growth is expected to outpace nonprogrammatic, as advertisers focus strategies on first-party data and invest more in closed ecosystems like walled gardens. Download the Programmatic Ad Spending Forecast H1 2024 from eMarketer to: ✅ Understand the impact of cookie deprecation on transaction methods and devices ✅ Discover why advertisers are turning to walled gardens and how this will affect advertising across the open web ✅ Learn what’s next for Google’s Privacy Sandbox, smaller advertisers, and 2024 TV upfronts trends Grab your copy now: https://lnkd.in/dX6D8FSz

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