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To All the Mom’s

  Last year, Moms everywhere got the short end of the stick. They got Gypped! Bamboozled! Flimflammed! On Mother’s Day 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, tributes to momma were relegated to Zoom calls if they were lucky. So this year you better dig...

Supply, and Demand an answer

  A funny thing is happening (and not happening). As TV ratings erode, Rates on TV are going up. The recent NFL broadcast rights deal perhaps most notably exemplifies this as evidenced by the price tag which essentially doubled for the various packages in the...

If I were an algorithm

  If I were an algorithm, I would recognize that with great power comes great responsibility. I would avoid feeding people radicalized notions of their own predispositions while connecting them closer to those who share them. Instead, I would foster peace,...

A plea to Big Tech on Earth Day

  Today, April 22, 2021, is Earth Day; the world’s largest secular observance, with a billion people in 192 countries taking time to recognize the importance of protecting the earth’s natural resources and pledge support for environmental protection. The theme of...

Fraud, OTT and Waterfalls

  Back by popular demand is my 3 Category Title! Fraud Avoidance Recommendations A recent study by MBD Cybersecurity recommended that marketers take the following steps to help reduce ad fraud: Know that fraud detection doesn’t actually detect fraud If asking to...

Snacks, Playgrounds and Birds

  So, we all know what Cookies are; little packets of code that hitch a ride on our browsers and tell the world how shady we are. They allow marketers to target “messaging” based on browser specific information. For analogy purposes – Imagine...

The Biggest Loser

  Do a search for “Facebook Watch” and one of the first results is “What is the Point of FB Watch?”, I kid you not. On July 25, 2018, Facebook gave a presentation at the annual Television Critics Association’s summer press tour. Imagine that,...

Assumptions and Atomic Clocks

  Back in 2015, one of the more infamous of its sizable set of, er…um, erroneous metrics debacles, Facebook knowingly concealed that the calculation for Video consumption on its platform was misleading. In typical fancy-Facebook-naming fashion, Video consumption...

Decoding Pseudoscience

Terminology followed its translation: If you’re a ‘Creative’, leverage culture to affect culture. (Come up with a cool ad!). Be sure to reach out to prospects using pathways that have sticky interfaces. (Find the engaged eyeballs). Strategists should consider...

The Algorithm of Life

  Being a highly sought after blogger and Social Media celebrity, I know a thing or two about algorithms. One is that they are a complete enigma. The other is that they are entirely ephemeral; dynamic and changing every day. For all we know, they change on their...