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Both advertisers and publishers are making efforts to harness first-party data and develop new solutions as well as leverage alternative user targeting methods to help restore trust among sceptical digital consumers. While this intent is commendable, the ecosystem has a long way to go to develop a credible solution for the loss of third-party cookies and MAIDs.

The entire industry, including publishers, must continue to take positive steps forward on this journey to privacy, compliance, and respect.

The right Identity Graph plays a critical role in ingesting that data and creating those linkages to determine what consumer behaviors the campaign influenced.

The time has come for publishers to hold themselves accountable and play their part in bringing transparency to the industry. It starts by understanding that ads.txt is a great tool that should be utilized to its fullest extent.

Ultimately, as AVOD’s value and affordability inspire European households to switch to ad-supported content, brands are presented with a golden opportunity to reach addressable audiences at scale.

Those who participate in a balanced collaborative ecosystem will be able to grow addressability across video and TV environments, create new and high-value first-party audiences, and overcome historic silos between linear, digital video, and CTV to measure and value holistically and at pace with modern viewing habits for the first time.

5 recommendations as to how marketing and communication teams could adapt their approaches to connect and influence at a ‘mindset’ level, rather than pinning ads or strategies on a generation or an outdated demographic.

CMOs are analyzing an array of datasets to answer questions about their brand – and they want those answers today.

While it’s tempting to look at sales as the final story, customer engagement means playing the long game—investing in LTV, the lifetime purchasing value of a relationship.

The changes taking place in the digital marketing industry cannot be overstated – we are entering an entirely new era of advertising that will demand unique approaches from brands and marketers.

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