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WomenHack: Q&A with VidMob Engineer Dorcas Ujiji
I had the opportunity to sit down with my colleague, Software Engineer Dorcas Ujiji, to talk about her experience co-hosting the WomenHack conference...
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The Power of ‘And’
As a broad generalization, people tend to be right or left brain dominant. Depending upon our makeup, we’re either drawn to analytical and methodical...
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What Archimedes Can Teach Us About Marketing Transformation
Archimedes once famously proclaimed, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” It’s safe to say...
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Tear Down the Wall…Between Creative and Media
For decades, creative and media have lived in different silos, or in terms of the time, on opposite sides of a wall. Creative does their work, and...
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Verizon Media Analytics Now Available in Creative Intelligence
If social ads are the darlings of digital advertising, native ads are the unsung heroes, attracting three times more attention and ten times better...
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It’s Time to Redefine ‘Optimization’
For years, the term ‘optimization’ has had a very specific meaning in the advertising world. Everyone knows it. Optimization means making changes to...
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Better, Faster, Cheaper. Sure, But How?
We all agree better, faster, cheaper is an attractive proposition. But this is one of those things that’s really easy to say and very hard to do.
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Milton’s Mistake and the Return to Stakeholder-Driven Business
Long before Standard Oil and long before there were trusts for Teddy Roosevelt to bust, companies were community affairs. For the most part, they...
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LinkedIn Now Connected to Creative Intelligence
On LinkedIn, there’s a great opportunity for brands to connect with professionals who are hungry for solutions and services to be more efficient at...
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Analyze Promoted Pins With Creative Analytics
More than 250 million people turn to Pinterest for inspiration, eager to turn their ideas into action. It’s in these moments when audiences most want...
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Creative Intelligence Meets Google Display and Video 360
There is an abundance of data that tells you where to place digital ads, how much to spend, and which KPI goals are being met. Data is readily...
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Cannes Lions 2019: Our Takeaways
Sitting on the plane on the way home from Cannes is always the best time to reflect on the event on a holistic basis. While you’re there, everything...
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The Big Short(form)
Looking back at big historical events, they often look painfully obvious when viewed through the lens of modern narrative. In 1913, as the web of...
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Shoppable Ads and the Decline of the Browser
When was the last time you opened a browser to do something on your smartphone? If you’re struggling to remember, you’re not alone. It seems that for...
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Flip the Script
Mandatory Credit: Photo by AWEurope/REX/Shutterstock (10157118m) Alex Collmer (Founder and CEO, VidMob) and Julien Decot (Director of Platform...
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Creative Data for Better Ads
Creative Data. Seems like an oxymoron, but here at VidMob, it’s at the core of our mission. We’re among the few who believe that a quantitative...
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Evolving Creativity for the Better
As is almost always the case with new companies, VidMob began with the kernel of a big insight. But the vision surrounding that insight was wrong in...