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Knotice Customer Gets in the Digital Driver\'s Seat
As The Lunch Pail's newest contributor, I will provide updates on some of the most cutting edge direct digital marketing programs and campaigns from some of Knotice's newest customers. Today's installment involves a really cool example of...
Behavioral Targeting’s Evolving Perception
No sooner did I report the changing consumer perception of behavioral targeting – a notable shift toward acceptance – than a new study emerged showing the exact opposite. One quick note before diving into the details: This new study, and seemingl...
Consumer Groups Unite to Expand the Data Debate
Last week I introduced a recent shift in consumer perception of behavioral targeting, as more consumers seem open to accepting relevant Web content - no matter how the data is collected - at both the network and safer onsite targeting levels....
Behavioral Targeting's New Consumer Perception
A recent article from iMedia's Rich Cherecwich highlights how the swirling rumors and seeming momentum behind the ruin of network behavioral targeting will not come to fruition. Why? Web browsers do not seem to mind. With all of the storm clo...
Direct Digital Marketing is More Than Mobile
As regular Lunch Pail readers have no doubt determined by now, we’ve ramped up our coverage of mobile marketing. We did this, and will continue to do it, because of a few basic truths about direct digital marketing. Most notable among these truths ...
Analyzing Behavioral Targeting Best Practices
On Monday I wrote about the need for the discourse around behavioral targeting technology, in Congress and elsewhere, to be careful not to use a broad brush when determining the best practices for the technology. Not all forms of behavioral targeting...
BT's Official Self-Regulation Proposal
After much speculation, the proposed standards of self-regulation for behavioral targeting have finally been announced. You may remember that I commented on this exact topic at the end of 2008, concluding that however the industry determines it s...
Happy Birthday, Lunch Pail!
Please join in wishing our humble blog, the Lunch Pail, a very happy first birthday. We could sing, but I'm sure no one wants to hear that. Instead, let's take a look at the best offerings on the Lunch Pail in the last year. Requiring our var...
Swine Flu and the Case of the Contextual Ad
We post a great deal about behavioral targeting on the Lunch Pail under a variety of different, distinguishing banners. There’s network behavioral targeting, onsite behavioral targeting, affiliate networks, relevant content serving, and contextual ...
Big Spenders Like Relevant Digital Content
As the more loyal Lunch Pail readers are well aware, we care a great deal about relevance in digital marketing. On many previous occasions we've had experts lend their smarts to the blog to introduce, analyze, and review the various aspects of a ...
What's Included in the Online Marketing Suite?
I always enjoy attending trade shows, and Forrester's 2009 Marketing Forum was no exception. From a strategic standpoint it's interesting for me to see how other competitive companies are positioning their solutions, it's nice to have the...
Relevance Plays A Big Role in Future Marketing
Of all of the speakers/panel discussion at Forrester Research's 09 Marketing Forum, the panel entitled, "The Future of Media." It was led by David Card, formerly a principal analyst with Jupiter (now with Forrester), and the r...
Is Behavioral Targeting Gaining Public Acceptance?
A recent article, published by the WebProNews, announced the results of a recent Truste survey of online consumers and their general feelings toward behavioral targeting technologies. The article’s author points out that general acceptance is incre...
101: Onsite Targeting is Not Banner Advertising
Even though marketing budgets are being slashed, marketers still need to improve website performance, sales, and conversions without breaking the bank. Looking at the options marketers are buzzing about, I found that there is some confusion in the ma...
Direct Digital Marketing - A Pragmatic Definition
Marketing language - especially in technology product marketing - can be very obtuse. At Knotice, we do our best to avoid clichés and product descriptions devoid of meaning by making authenticity the primary principle that governs our ma...
How To Classify Types of Behavioral Targeting
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a Behavioral Targeting Standards Consortium (BTSC for short) talk from Emily Riley, a senior analyst from Jupiter Research (which has now, as of January 1, been officially absorbed by Forrester R...
Is Self-Regulation Right for Behavioral Targeting?
It's nearly the end of the year and time for another check in on the world of behavioral targeting. Some of the ongoing debate, as I've outlined in the past, revolves around the idea that companies who develop behavioral targeting technology ...
Pre-Holiday Behavioral Targeting Update
While everyone and their brother is gearing up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I'd like to take a quick detour and share a recent development in the behavioral targeting world. Conversions may be at a premium this holiday season, and behaviora...
Storing Instead of Schlepping Web Analytics Data
For whatever reason, it's like there is an unwritten law that only web analytics platforms should be able to store web analytics data. Because of this, interactive marketers are faced with the challenge of schlepping the data back and forth to th...
Your Targeting Wish is Concentri's Command
Last Friday, Paul discussed how we use web services to get timely and accurate data into our platform, Concentri. This approach, combined with Concentri's tracking snippet to capture onsite behavior, lets interactive marketers automate a large p...
