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I write about the need for transparency, efficiency, equity, and diversification - in contracts, in tech stack development, in content pipelines, in media placement, in investment and revenue streams, in team and channel development, in attribution methods, and more. Read all posts. >>

Five Ways to Mitigate Data Loss consumer data privacy risk diversification Mar 01, 2023

As I have more conversations with organizations who serve a constituent base located in the European Union -- and therefore already saw through the 2016 adoption of General Data Protection Regulation ...

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What the GA4 Migration Didn’t Do for Data Privacy audience trust consumer data privacy Jan 30, 2023

Google Analytics is by far the most widely-adopted analytics tool on the market. It’s free and relatively easy to implement.

However, some of its failings – particularly in the realm of privacy – mak...

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Diversifying WITHIN Your Digital Investments consumer data media buying risk diversification tech stack Jan 27, 2023

The numbers are in, highlighting how digital spending in 2023 will increase over years prior -- and pointing to what diversification WITHIN digital will look like, rather than simply shifting budgets ...

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What Media Buying Will Look Like in a Cookie-Less World first-party data media buying privacy Jan 13, 2023

 As tech giants like Google, Apple, and Firefox make changes to respond to audience demand for privacy, one of the biggest shifts will be their elimination of third-party cookies.

What Are Cookies?

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Help Your Funders Help You board relations corporate partners revenue forecasts risk diversification Jan 10, 2023

Today's economic environment is an uncertain one -- it's a phrase we're all too familiar with now.

Beyond the broader landscape, tech changes will likely add to a downturn in your efficiency margins....

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Where Are You Most Exposed to Risk? revenue forecasts risk diversification Jan 03, 2023

Where am I most exposed to risk?

This is one of the most commonly asked questions I receive from business leaders hoping to quantify the impact of new privacy legislation, third-party cookie eliminat...

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Why Your Brand Team Should Care About Your Privacy Policy privacy Dec 28, 2022

When’s the last time you read your company’s privacy policy? The answer might be never. That’s for the lawyers, right?

In an age in which privacy is increasingly important to your audience, marketers...

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RESOURCE: 3 Things to Know About Privacy's Impact on Audience Acquisition acquisition privacy Dec 26, 2022

I've prepared a comprehensive guide to preparing for a cookieless future.

In it, you'll get tips to:

  • Understand the history and stats on privacy's impact
  • Plan for revenue diversification + measur
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Two Keys to Monetizing Your Content Strategy content strategy first-party data Dec 22, 2022

There’s a mistake everyone makes with "content marketing."

Somewhere along the way we started creating content because it was on a to-do list and forgot to make it profitable.

OR, we never reached a...

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What's Your Ops Plan for State Privacy Laws? operations planning privacy state legislation Dec 14, 2022

In 2023, five states will put new privacy legislation into effect, giving residents of CA, UT, CO, VA, and CT new ownership of their data footprint. 

Most important for you to understand is: Legislat...

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By the Numbers: Brand Lift from Earning Digital Trust audience trust consumer data privacy Dec 12, 2022

The data bears out that business leaders who prioritize not just compliance, but establishing themselves as leaders in gaining digital trust are seeing business growth.

Data from McKinsey sugges

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Do These Things Instead of Worrying about Attribution attribution operations revenue forecasts Dec 08, 2022

Unpopular opinion: The best attribution model is whichever one you can stick with year-over-year. And right now, last-touch may not be the worst option.

Over the past decade-plus, we’ve understandabl...

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