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<title><![CDATA[New Marketing Machine Has Powerful Engine But Bad Drivers, Few Mechanics]]></title>
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Illustration by  Athletics






The plume of  exhaust left by  consumers as they socialize, surf and transact is  becoming the fuel for insights and efficiencies for marketers. 




Data is  the new black. Everybody&#039;s doing marketing analytics, and the sector providing the software to do this is  growing consistently at a 20% clip. Pressure to]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00 EST</pubDate>
<author>Ted McConnell</author>
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<title><![CDATA[How Blank Display Ads Managed to Tot Up Some Impressive Numbers]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/digital/incredible-click-rate/236233/</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is   the story of   a blank display ad that   notched twice the click-through rate of   the average branding one. 




It all started over lunch with my friend Charlie.  




"When I want to make quick money on clicks," he said, "I just buy late-night impressions on women&#039;s gaming sites. I guess the users are tired. They click like crazy. I ma]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Ted McConnell</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Content Conundrum: How Owned Media Changes the Game]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ted McConnell

Point your lens toward Madison Avenue. What you see is        the media industry burning its index finger on the digital-content trend. Agencies squirming when clients ask them for a content strategy. Content farms burning, measurements churning and advertisers yearning for content.   








Why the fuss? After all, great content h]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00 EST</pubDate>
<author>Ted McConnell</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Helping the Invisible Hand: Simple Measures to Make Online Ad Exchanges Work]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00 EST</pubDate>
<author>Ted McConnell</author>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Squeeze the Data Out of Your Online Media]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/digital/squeeze-data-online-media/230127/</link>
<description><![CDATA[







Ted McConnell



All amplifiers work the same way: They take a tiny little wave, and use it to make a bigger, similarly shaped wave, sculpted from a larger amount of                            electricity. The small signal shapes the big current. Imagine the tiny signal is                            the inexpensive insight we derive from in]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Ted McConnell</author>
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<title><![CDATA[In Online Advertising, Brands Shouldn't Equate Frequency and Blind Repetition]]></title>
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Ted McConnell




Back in Rust Belt HQ, there&#039;s a simple, tested paradigm about how frequency functions in the media equation for brands: Repetition reinforces learning, ergo memory.   


You never know when a consumer might go to the store, so in your window to talk to them, you need a shot of                                 persuasion that ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Ted McConnell</author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dark Matter of the Online Ad Universe]]></title>
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Everyone is                                                              familiar with the ways that                                                              interactive ads annoy us. When challenged about this, creative people tend to respond by                                                              saying that                         ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:25 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Ted McConnell</author>
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