The Real Me The algorithm wars started in Search. One of the key takeaways from that time was made by … More
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Differential Privacy: The Future of Advertising & Marketing
The pressure of responsible data privacy in marketing and advertising is certainly the most important sea change in media since … More
Google Cookie Apocalypse Now Redux
It’s not often I get three people reaching out to me the same day to get my POV on a … More
Where are the Chief Marketing Technology Officers?
Scott Brinker posted last week about the rise and diversity of ‘marketing technologists’ over the past decade. I remember when he … More
How Google Tag Manager Destroyed a SaaS Vertical and Maybe the Future of Martech
Tag management may be the single most important piece of marketing technology. However, very little is widely known about tag … More
Do You Have a Customer Data Moat or Lake?
There may be no more important business challenge in the future than data commoditization. Brands must begin setting data strategies … More
Actionable Data on CDPs
For the last 1.5 years I’ve spent my time working with enterprise consumer brands on their customer data strategy and … More
CDPs: thank you, next?
It has been six months since sharing 2019 CDP Thoughts and Projections so I thought it might be time for … More
Web Analytics Are Not Modern
Same As It Ever Was As you read this essay, keep in mind the importance of web analytics. Most business … More
2019 CDP Market: Thoughts and Predictions
2018 was my first full-year involved in the CDP space but having spent a veritable lifetime in first-party data, analytics, … More