Dave Kersey
Contextual AI Redefines Brand Storytelling in a Post-Cookie World: GSD&M’s Kersey
In a time of increasing consumer angst over data privacy, brands and agencies are grappling with how to leverage data effectively while still crafting powerful brand narratives. But has the reliance on cookie data pulled focus away from defining a brand’s core message? “I think we’ve relied on this data so closely that it’s moved […]
Marketers Can Harness New Tools to Improve Audience Targeting, Ad Addressability
Advertisers face a significant challenge as technology gives consumers more control over how they access media content amid an ever-expanding universe of choices. However, the digitization of media content also gives advertisers more tools to reach audiences with greater precision and a higher likelihood of a positive business outcome. In this panel discussion, several experts […]
Marketers Seek Clearer Picture of Automated Ad Market: GSD&M’s Dave Kersey
Advertisers in the United States are wasting $22 billion a year in what’s known as the programmatic market, which automates transactions between buyers and sellers of media, according to a study by the Association of National Advertisers. Media buyers are demanding greater transparency from demand-side platforms that provide a gateway into the marketplace. “It’s becoming […]
Ad Metrics Need Consistency to Reflect New Viewing Behaviors: GSD&M’s Dave Kersey
CANNES — People are dividing their time among more media channels and connected devices, pushing advertisers to demand better measurement of consumer behavior. The rapid growth in streaming, especially during the onset of the pandemic, heightened the need for a more universal media currency to help set the value of ad transactions. “There’s a number of […]
Consumer Engagement Guides Cross-Platform Strategies: GSD&M’s Dave Kersey
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Marketers can improve the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns as they develop a more complete picture of consumer behavior, especially as people split their time among multiple media channels and viewing devices. “The convergence of datasets and technology have changed the way we view and operate in the media landscape, […]
Audience Data Support ‘Focused Scale’ for Streaming Ads: GSD&M’s Dave Kersey
Marketers that seek to reach target audiences and gauge the performance of their advertising have a variety of data tools to gain a better understanding of consumers. Audience engagement is a key indicator of their actual behaviors, though marketers also can glean insights from multiple sources of data. “It’s not one dataset across the entire […]
Nine Things We Learned From Our CTV Data Series presented by Sabio
In recent years, the prevalence of audience data has revolutionized the ability to target digital advertising. But now the set of capabilities and consequences produced by that data is changing shape. What will the future look like? That is what “Data: Powering CTV for Marketers,” our recent Beet.TV leadership series presented by Sabio, set out […]
Mobile Data Help to Avoid Ad Duplication: GSD&M’s Dave Kersey
Consumers are dividing their time spent with media among a wider variety of platforms and devices, challenging marketers to reach audiences without overexposing them to same advertising. Amid the growth in video consumption on connected devices like smart TVs and mobile phones, advertisers are working with multiple connected TV (CTV) platforms to build scale. “Duplication […]