PinnedValue of a social media minuteIt is no secret that social media platforms pull out all the stops to capture and maintain an outside share of our attention. The platforms…Jan 4, 2023Jan 4, 2023
The Advertising Identity Crisis: Contextual Advertising as the Privacy-First SolutionThe advertising world has long been obsessed with identity — who the customer is, what they’ve done, and how they can be targeted based on…1d ago1d ago
The Identity Crisis: Winners in the Next Five YearsMedia buying has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past decade. Where agencies and advertisers once negotiated directly with…6d ago6d ago
The Identity Crisis: First-Party Data’s False Promise to AdvertisersAs the cookie crumbled and privacy walls rose, advertisers scrambled to find a new solution to replace their dependence on third-party…Dec 27, 2024Dec 27, 2024
The Identity Crisis: The Instability of Cookies and the Rise of Privacy WallsCookies were a game-changer in the 1990s, enabling a personalized web experience and revolutionizing advertising. But by the early 2000s…Dec 17, 2024Dec 17, 2024
The Identity Crisis: How Cookies and IDs Revolutionized (and Undermined) Digital AdvertisingIn June of 1994, an engineer at NetScape Communications named Lou Montulli created an innovation that would forever change the internet…Dec 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024
The Identity CrisisOver the the coming weeks, I will be publishing a series of articles called “The Identity Crisis.” This series will focus on the internet…Dec 6, 2024Dec 6, 2024
The Curatorial Edge: Navigating the Content Explosion in AdvertisingIn an era where Generation Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is revolutionizing content creation, we stand at the precipice of a new…Jan 29, 2024Jan 29, 2024
The Perils of PersonalizationThose who have read my stories know that I work with the world’s largest brands. Many of these brands and the people that are responsible…Jan 2, 2024Jan 2, 2024