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Where digital marketing professionals find advice on how to collect and analyze data in a privacy-friendly way.

  • Key Considerations to Help Choose the Right DMP

    There are a lot of marketing tools out there to play with. Most of them you don’t really need – or if you are using one, you probably don’t have a clear idea about how to utilize all its functionalities. But what about the Data Management Platform (often referred to by the mysterious acronym DMP)?…

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  • Infographic: JavaScript Tracking vs. Web Log Analytics

    Few people realize that there are alternative tracking methods to JavaScript tagging. Most analytics solutions today like Google Analytics, Webtrends, and Piwik PRO use it to collect data. JS Tracking has earned recognition as the most comprehensive tracking method and is valued for delivering high-quality insights to users, but also for its extensive customization capabilities.However,…

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  • How to Use a DMP for Content Personalization

    The web is a wild and woolly jungle of information, channels, and devices. Nobody knows this more than advertisers and marketers desperate to find ways to personally connect with customers online, which is why they are becoming keener on leveraging technology for content personalization to cut through the digital maze. The beauty of content personalization…

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  • How Does Audience Segmentation in a DMP Work?

    To some people a data management platform (DMP) can seem a bit boring. Maybe it’s because the term “management” is so general that it ends up sounding a bit bland, a bit too open-ended. The same could be said of “managing” a fast food restaurant or “managing” a baseball team – the word “manage” just…

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  • The 3 Smart Ways to Use a DMP

    Each technology platform in the online display advertising industry has it’s own role to play. Demand-side platforms (DSPs) allow advertisers to reach their target audience on an impression level, ad exchanges mitigate the real-time bidding process, and supply-side platforms (SSPs) enable publishers to increase and optimize their ad revenue. There is, however, one platform that…

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  • When Can You Use PII for Online Advertising and Marketing?

    The way companies conduct their advertising and marketing activities has changed a lot since the popularization of the Internet. Previously, companies would collect consumer information such as name, address, age, etc. The Internet created new pieces of user data and information and companies now collect items (in addition to basic user data) like cookies, device…

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  • 3 Simple Use Cases To Do More With a DMP

    The power of a Data Management Platform (DMP) is based on creating specific audience segments and activating data about those audiences in the right way. All this sounds ideal in theory, but what about real-life examples? In the following post we have decided to show you a couple of simple examples which hopefully will give…

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  • SaaS or Self-Hosted: Which Model is Better for a DMP?

    As with any decision, the process of adopting a new software application can be long and arduous, filled with tough choices. The same goes for a choosing a data-management platform (DMP). Today we explore one of the most fundamental choices between using a self-hosted or SaaS-based model. Both options offer pluses and minuses — vendor…

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  • How to Stay Privacy Compliant With Your Data Management Platform (DMP)

    Data management platforms (DMPs) and data privacy — a tricky combination. Both are pretty hot topics these days, though perhaps in different ways. Research indicates there is strong continued interest in DMP adoption among advertising and marketing professionals looking to leverage data for more effective campaigns. Data-privacy regulations, including the European Union’s recently enacted General…

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  • Infographics: 4 Actionable Web Analytics Checklists

    Being a web analyst is a real challenge. It combines so many different fields, skills, and responsibilities that it’s easy to get lost. We’ve put all the heads in our team together and brainstormed about the toughest issues every web analyst has to tackle. You’re probably a master when it comes to analyzing and managing…

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