Real Identity by Acxiom: Recent Episodes
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In this episode, Erin Foxworthy of Snowflake joins the podcast to discuss the future of media and advertising, including the importance of first-party data, governance and privacy, and the role of AI in modernizing marketing infrastructure. The Erin, Kyle and Lorel also delve into democratizing data, common organizational challenges around measurement, and how to leverage cloud technology for faster, more governed, and collaborative insights.
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In this episode of Real Talk with Anant Veeravalli, the discussion revolves around the evolving data landscape and the necessity for strategic partnerships to achieve holistic measurement. The team unpacks the importance of ethical data sourcing, privacy compliance, and the utilization of clean room environments like Snowflake and Databricks to bridge data gaps. Enabling secure and scalable data connectivity and facilitating real-time data sharing is key for brands to derive meaningful intelligence, including predictive modeling and AI-driven insights. This episode is essential listening for anyone focused on governance, security, and future-proofing data systems.
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Industry visionary Graham Wilkinson joins the podcast to talk about the industry’s adoption of AI, where it’s working and where it’s not. The team examines the role of AI across generative advertising, data fragmentation, breaking down silos and the genesis of creativity.
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The industry is experiencing the ‘Wild West ‘in terms of AI implementation and associate legislation. Leading patent attorney Gene Quinn of IP Watchdog joins the podcast to discuss the complexity and swirl of issues and potential resolutions in both the US and globally, smart modularization approaches for marketers and ultimately adding value for consumers.
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The rules of the game have changed—and brands that want to win in 2025 need to play smarter, not just harder. With persistent inflation, rising tariffs, and shifting expectations, just repeating 2024 strategies won’t get the job done. In this high-impact episode of Real Talk About Real Marketing, we explore how Adobe + Acxiom turn uncertainty into opportunity. You’ll hear real-world examples and actionable strategies for driving loyalty, efficiency, and growth—even in unpredictable times.
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With a swirl of acquisition news happening in the industry, Zach Van Doren of Acxiom joins the Real Talk podcast to break it all down with hosts Kyle Hollaway and Dustin Raney. They touch on AI topics from the Salesforce acquisition of Informatica and Meta’s bid for Scale AI, to the uncertainty around the direction of legislation and what the next new device could mean for brands and consumers.
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Are you struggling to eliminate friction as data regulations heighten? Noah Levine and Adrian Bolosan join the conversation to discuss cost-efficient innovations in data modernization. Learn from Databricks experts about the zero data movement and the future of walled gardens.
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Jonathan Lucenay and Wally Burchfield join the podcast to discuss how identifying and focusing on active shoppers and their intent signals can drive better experiences for both the consumer and the brand – showing a 5:1 return and increased profits on a transactional basis.
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Buckle up for a fascinating episode of the podcast with Aaron Shaffer of GM and Janet Cinfio of Acxiom. They examine fascinating aspects of data, privacy, data governance and partnerships needed to innovate marketing strategy and evolve an iconic brand in preparation for its next 100 years.
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Cecilia Dones joins the podcast to give her views on topics ranging from testing and modeling to the ethics of AI and nuances of consent. Working at the intersection of data, marketing and technology has cemented for her the importance of listening to customers and truly understanding the consumer experience.
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From sensational headlines to practical applications, industry visionaries Chris Perry and Jason Alan Snyder join the podcast to examine the state of AI in marketing today. Huge shifts are underway as brands consider how to apply AI in response to this “year of agents,” regulatory implications and determining what is manipulation versus participation. Those who win will be the brands that make AI their most powerful partner.
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Change agent and industry veteran Ankur Jain joins the podcast to discuss all things cloud – from composable architecture, clean rooms and modern data sharing approaches to optimizing for AI. He shares smart ways for brands to take a second look at the cloud and leverage its full potential.
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Putting people at the center of experiences is what the collaborative future is all about. This podcast explores what is driving this new wave of brand collaboration and what it means for marketers to re-think their approach to seamless customer experiences and how to assemble the solutions and technology to make them happen.
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The importance of a holistic data strategy, optimizing the marketing tech stack, and being a true behaviorist are all topics we dive into with retail veteran Jesse Blount of National Vision in this podcast episode. He shares his experiences in pulling together all the moving parts of tech investments, personalization and identity capabilities to successfully deliver seamless experiences while always maintaining a lens of increasing efficiency.
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Listen in as Sonny Dalal shares insights from his two decades of experience in the life sciences/healthcare industry. He discusses the delicate balancing act of a highly regulated industry to fiercely protect patient privacy while also using data and technology to innovate reduce costs, and better serve consumers and healthcare providers.
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Heather Philpot joins the Real Talk About Real Marketing podcast to dive into how the political fundraising landscape has changed in the last decade. Data, modeling, and digital platforms have brought a sea change when it comes to voter engagement, identifying likely donors and understanding emotional drivers for constituents. From AI and pending legislation to deep fakes and lessons learned from Little House on the Prairie, there’s no stone left unturned in this episode!
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Acxiom’s Jess Simpson joins the Real Talk about Real Marketing podcast for a fascinating conversation around digital transformation and what it takes to build an enterprise-level intelligence-based strategy. Discover what smart actions are necessary to establish continuity between adtech and martech.
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Change Agent Kumar Subramanyam of HP joins the podcast to break the role of data science in driving business outcomes, why activation doesn't matter if you can't measure it, and how to keep an eye toward future customer value. It's a conversation you won't want to miss!
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The adtech/martech landscape is focused on interoperability, composability and collaboration. David Wells of Snowflake joins the podcast to talk all things data clean room including “Franken-graphs,” hyper-scalers and the importance of a data and identity foundation.
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Ted Dixon of Acxiom joins the podcast to discuss all things adtech and partnerships. From working an event like Cannes to the details of packaging data or gaining efficiency with AI, Ted delves into how to know you’re getting it right in adtech.
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Tune in to this episode of the podcast as hosts Kyle Hollaway and Dustin Raney break down Google’s latest announcement that they will, in fact, not deprecate cookies after all. They will address all your burning questions: What will it mean for the advertising ecosystem? How should brands go forward? What are others in the industry saying? Should we all freak out?
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Bryan Donovan joins the Real Talk about Real Marketing podcast to discuss the wide variety of data available to marketers, how it can be used to power business, and what it means to have truly ethical data practices.
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The Dark Knight of Identity Jon DeGennaro joins the podcast to discuss the resurgence of email in the world of alternative interoperable identifiers, the future of IP addresses, a national privacy law and how AI is playing into LiveIntent’s current business.
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In an ecosystem facing unprecedented change and continued data fragmentation due to cookie loss, Acxiom COO John Watkins joins the podcast to give his perspective across the board – from AI-enabled productivity gains to third-party data, privacy, and personal learning agendas.
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Your brand serves as your calling card in the market. And because at any one time 95% of customers are not in market, your brand also serves as future demand. In this first episode of the newly expanded podcast of Real Talk about Real Marketing (previously Real Talk about Identity), Acxiom’s Tammy Ammon joins hosts Kyle Hollaway and Dustin Raney to dive into the value of a brand and some real-world brand successes and failures.
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Ally Hepp of Databricks joins the podcast to help marketers make sense of clean rooms, composable CDPs and how to wrangle big data for brand advantage. The team also discusses the critical coupling of data and AI and how AI comes into play for speeding up code migration, conversational interfaces and predicting the next best action.
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Zach Van Doren of ActionIQ joins the podcast for a deep dive into Composable CDPs and how to converge data, identity, consent and addressability to deliver relevancy at scale. The team dives into ways to navigate complexity, minimize hops, and prioritize governance structure to engage consumers.
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Company website: thetradedesk.com
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Gabe Richman of TheTradeDesk joins the podcast to discuss all aspects of cookie deprecation and its impact to the industry – from Google’s Privacy Sandbox and at-risk signals to the changing approaches to authentication and measurement. The team jumps into the details of UID 2.0, AI as a tool, and how a CMO should best spend their next marketing dollar.
LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/gaberichman/
Twitter: twitter.com/TheTradeDesk
Company website: thetradedesk.com
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Amazing accelerator or threat to humanity? Discussions around artificial intelligence (AI) span the full gamut. Ron Shevlin of Cornerstone Advisors joins the podcast to break down what brands can really expect as AI become part of the daily lives of knowledge workers
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Mattia Fosci from the I-COM award winning start up Anonymised in the UK joins this episode of the podcast discuss regulation, consent and the coming “wild ride” of 2024. The team dissects ideas about how brands will address engagement and measurement after true third-party cookie deprecation.
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Hosts Kyle Hollaway and Dustin Raney look back on the wild ride of a year that was 2023 in identity. From the emergence of AI and immersive technology to cloud native capabilities and consent, privacy and interoperability, there is no shortage of curves and spins when it comes to the challenges brands will face to more fully bring customers into the engagement experience in 2024.
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This month’s Real Talk about Identity podcast recaps some of the biggest buzz coming out of the 2023 Advertising Week NY for brands and agencies. Brady Gadberry joins the Real Identity team to explore the role of third-party data in a post cookie world and all the ways a cloud-enabled single identity spine opens doors for brands to leverage data for deep insights, measurement and activation.
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Jason Brown joins the Real Identity podcast to explore the benefits of cloud adoption for data-driven marketers. He shares real-world success and best practices from brands on the journey to shift their tech stacks to cloud computing – from clean rooms to interoperability and security. This enlightening conversation also breaks down the challenges and the integral role of identity to bring it all together – remembering it always comes back to customers and how to better engage them in the context of their lives.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-brown-17a61a5/
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Buckle up as the Real Identity Podcast and Max Parris take us on a journey through today’s changing landscape. Follow along from the top of the roller coaster and the actual deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome to all the twists and turns of privacy, interoperability, blockchain strategies for the future, self-sovereign identity and the metaverse.
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxparris/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/liveramp
Company website: https://liveramp.com/
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Considering a balanced view of consumer privacy that works for people and businesses, Sachiko Scheuing, Acxiom European Privacy Officer and four-term chairwoman of the Board of FEDMA, joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss what is being proposed as a more flexible approach to GDPR via the UK's new DPDI Bill. But that's not all! Federated IDs, AI, virtual reality, risks in a changing IT ecosystem and the “golden rule of data privacy” are all part of this don’t-miss conversation.
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Immersive experiences and the technology that will empower them are on a fast track to the future. Technology is a bridge to connect experiences, but how will that happen amidst avatars, NFTs, spatial awareness, quantum computing, algorithmic curation and so much more. And why do brands care? Jason Snyder joins the Real Identity podcast to give us a preview into the world where the volume and capacity to compute signals and tie them back to meaningful moments simply boggles the mind and opens a door to the future.
Featured GuestJason Alan Snyder
Global Chief Technology Officer|IPG SC&E |Momentum Worldwide
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonalansnyder/
Twitter handle: @evil_robot
Company website: https://www.momentumww.com/
Published LinkedIn Article: Quantum Computing Matters for Advertising, Brands and Marketers
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TV is one of the hottest channels for reaching distinct audiences with CTV expected to achieve 3X growth factor as tracked since 2019. AJ Kintner of LG Ads joins the Acxiom Real Identity podcast to discuss the current landscape, IP addresses, content strategies, FASTS and what the future holds – all culminating in how brands can use CTV to deliver relevant experiences in a noisy world.
Guest: AJ Kintner, Vice President, Sales
LG Ads Solutions
BIO:AJ Kintner had originally planned to pursue a career in engineering, but upon graduation, he decided to join the media startup Avenue A/Razorfish. Since then, he has been a part of several successful startups such as Right Media (Yahoo!), Invite Media (Google), Adaptly (Accenture), DoubleVerify (Public), AppNexus (MSFT), and Merkle (Dentsu). In his free time, AJ is a dedicated family man who spends time with his three children, two dogs, and a cat. When he's not with his family, AJ dedicates his time to advising and investing in startups.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajkintner/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkintner
Company website: https://lgads.tv/
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The Real Identity podcast kicks off 2023 with a fascinating discussion with Arun Kum of IPG about the advertising industry and identity’s role in it. From the need for a national privacy law to the true potential of identity, Trojan horses, and the weird economy , the team dissects it all to understand how to create advertising that helps connect people and brand.
Featured Guest:Arun Kumar
Chief Data & Marketing Technology Officer, IPG
Show Notes:Cannes Podcast: IPG’s Data Chief Arun Kumar Wishes a Hippocratic Oath Existed for Marketers
Article: Why Advertising Needs to Get Personalised
Video: How to Win Brand Loyalty Amidst a Torrent of Noise
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Retailers have to act now to tackle the new challenges looming for the 2022 holiday season. Michele Fitzpatrick joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss strategies to help retailers capture harder-to-read consumer signals and build deeper digital engagement. The secret is achieving contextual relevance to earn brand love for the holidays and beyond.
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Devon DeBlasio of InfoSum joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the drivers of clean rooms and data collaboration in the U.S. The disruption of a coming cookieless world has brought innovation to the process of buying and selling media as well as how data is shared. Learn how new approaches to data, technology and enabling apps are honoring consumer privacy and making data safer and more secure.
Rob Saenz of Snowflake joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss how the cloud helps to achieve the ultimate goal of connecting people. Companies can test and collaborate in the short term with no need to move data -- allowing them to solve real business problems when they harness the power of the cloud.
Whether you are buying a car or trading baseball cards, everyone wants to feel like they got a great deal. Acxiom Auto Strategist Steve Schmith joins the Real Identity Podcast to discuss the ongoing impacts to the auto industry and what it takes to achieve a customer-centric experience and deliver relationship-building value in today’s auto buying process.
Dive right into this episode of the Real Identity podcast with our featured guest Ziggy Zografakis from Roku to hear a fascinating discussion around the evolution of Connected TV and the re-emergence of this premium screen during the pandemic. You will hear how first-party data and identity work to not only protect the customer relationship but to deliver the best experience possible.
Listen in as Acxiom’s Data Guru Linda Harrison joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss how to find pure gold in your data. Third-party cookie deprecation changes how we get from point A to point B, but doesn’t stop advertisers from matching the right product to the right person for continued success.
Identity and privacy are tied together to drive value for brands and consumers. Acxiom’s Beth-Anne Bygum, Chief Security and Compliance Officer, joins the podcast to discuss the growing need for cybersecurity and how it enables brands and consumers to connect in a protected ecosystem.
Every point of engagement is an opportunity for a brand to learn and gain better customer intelligence. Joyce Turner joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss brands taking an untraditional approach to capturing more consumer engagement by breaking out of their normal channels. Acxiom’s Identity solution should be an asset for every brand to capture these data points and continuously learning the best way to curate, create and manage the ultimate customer experience.
Acxiom is constantly sourcing quality data to develop new products and innovations for our clients. Partner Marketplace is the newest release, offering transaction based data from 5 premier data providers across several verticals. Bridge the gap with your customers and understand their motivations, purchase habits and preferences to develop a holistic, personalized customer experience. Plan strategically and connect the dots with your customers to put the right offer in front of the right person across all channels.
Gio Gardelli, Senior Director, Ads Targeting, Identity, & Trust at Yahoo, joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the balance between the complexity of the advertising space and the current disruption happening in the identity and consent world. Identity is at the center to enable better advertising reach, but it also requires trust. Yahoo takes a consumer-first approach to identity that enables advertisers to reach their audience in a privacy-safe way, and utilizes Acxiom’s infrastructure to create a seamless customer experience. Acxiom’s partnership with Yahoo helps advertisers improve activation and measurement to create a unified view of campaigns and performance across all channels.
Acxiom CEO Chad Engelgau joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss not only the interconnected identities of Spiderman across the multiverse but also how identity is the key to building value exchanges between people and businesses. Because identity is the backbone of CX, it has gained visibility with C-suite executives from CPG to quick-serve restaurants and revealed the need for first-party data collection and a strategy to use those insights to fuel relevant marketing and build brand engagement. The conversation also touches on bias in data, the need for a national privacy law in the US, and the importance of diversity equity and inclusion for businesses and people.
Third party cookie apocalypse is upon us and developing an air-tight customer experience strategy is how Acxiom can help. Find the sweet spot of not over-saturating your audience, but tend to your garden so people enjoy interacting with your brand. Learn the 5 W’s on why measurement and analytics are so important for successful campaigns and how to remain visible in all parts of the customer journey: prospecting, acquisition and retention.
We maintain a healthy lifestyle, but what about our data? Everyone is sharing their resolutions yet what resolutions could be made to positively impact your first party data? Acxiom’s Data Guru team are the personal trainers ready to listen to your goals and create a plan to maximize your solution. Tune in to our top trainers Bryan Radzicki and Linda Harrison review our offerings to help you crush your campaign goals in 2022.
Cameron D'Ambrosi joins the Real Identity podcast to take a forward look at the identity landscape in 2022. People like good experiences and want to find more of them. The team considers the current state of the “consumer privacy seesaw” from a third-party cookieless world and cross-app tracking to digital identity and improved customer experiences based on behaviors and preferences.Liminal 2021 Digital Identity Landscape v.2.0https://liminal.co/digital-landscape/
Scot Richardson joins the Real Identity Podcast to share how the cloud has delivered on the promise of measurement with in-flight evaluation and adjustment of campaigns now possible. He discusses the hybrid approaches to campaign optimization from people-based identifiers to anonymized and aggregated views and how nimble analytics help clients become more effective marketers.
Email marketing expert Carolyn Nye joins the podcast to discuss the tried and true communication channel - email. Acxiom clients have seen significant ROI, with an average of 20% lift using email in combination with another channel in their marketing campaigns. Learn how to successfully reach people who aren’t your customers yet build relationships with eProspecting
Eugene Becker joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the evolving roles of identity and transactional data in the changing marketing ecosystem. Third party cookies are being phased out, but brands want to continue building strong connections with their customers. Tune in to hear how identity graphs, clean rooms, increasing match rates and granular data all have a role to play as marketers look toward the future.
Christiane de Carvalho, VP of Business Development and Strategy joins the Real Identity podcast to break down the large trends and shifts the advertising ecosystem has seen over the last 2 years. As brands prepare for a cookieless future, Data Driven Contextual is a blast from the past and a glimpse into how communication with consumers will look in 2023.
Ben Peck, VP of LATAM joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the Identity landscape in LATAM. Peck offers valuable insight into the current market trends and challenges, privacy laws in LATAM and future growth utilizing an identity strategy to connect with consumers.
Taki Tsaklanos joins The Real Identity Podcast to discuss how Bose uses business-driven thinking to apply technology and identity strategies to provide premier customer experiences – no matter where people interact with the Bose brand.
Lawrence Hsu joins the Real Identity podcast to talk about how the flexibility and timeliness of data in the cloud is the best way to prepare to win. Brands are rethinking the fluid customer journey and seizing opportunities to deliver the best experiences today and in the future.
Brand identity graphs must connect to their enterprise and the broader madtech ecosystem. Paarth Sharma joins the Real Identity podcast to break down how to deliver the right offer to audiences at just right moment – long after third-party cookies have disappeared from the scene.
David Skinner, Acxiom’s GVP of Channels and Alliances joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the collision of the anonymous advertising ecosystem with high precision, direct marketing and its ripples across not only Acxiom’s partner network but also the industry as a whole. There have never been more identifiers or more complexity when it comes to getting the data right and recognizing people as they engage.
In this episode, Will McGivern-Smith, Chief Product and Strategy Officer of TrueData joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the future of advertising—specifically, the role of AI and how it can protect consumer privacy, enhance browsing data, and serve as an effective alternative in the third-party cookieless world. Cohorts and their traction in the industry, balancing people’s desire for privacy protections, convenience and relevance, and moving towards a safe and consented framework on the open Internet are all topics examined as part of this exchange.
The past year has seen a series of tech giant announcements affecting the adtech and martech industries. On the July Data Guru podcast, Sr Product Manager Vicky Becart and Data Guru Linda Harrison break down the potential impacts of the recent privacy-focused changes announced by Google and Apple on Acxiom’s data product offerings. From minimal adjustments to major shifts, they talk through InfoBase, Semantic and Contextual audiences, Acxiom Mobile and more. The key takeaway: Don’t wait. Start building your go-forward strategy now.
John Nardone, CEO of Flashtalking and the “Yoda of adtech” joins the Real Identity podcast to talk about the evolution of adtech and how the basics of marketing – getting the right message to the right person – is still the Holy Grail. In today’s environment, every conversation with an advertisers starts with identity and continues with the trilogy of anonymity, transparency and consumer control. With a healthy dose of Star Wars references, this conversation will help you understand the varying roles of adtech players and how they align to ensure performance for clients and the all important balance between media and creative.
Tom Kershaw, adtech expert and former CTO of Magnite, Inc., joins the Real Identity podcast to share insights and opinions on the whirlwind of change hitting the digital ecosystem. From alternative identity options to third-party cookies, cohorts and IP addresses to CTV, the impact on small and emerging sites and effective attribution and measurement, no topic is left untouched. You don’t want to miss this fast-paced and fascinating discussion. Note: At the time of this recording, Tom was CTO of Magnite. He is now Chief Product and Technology Officer at Travelport.
Christiane De Carvalho, Vice President of Business Development and Strategy joins Data Guru’s Linda Harrison for this month’s Data Guru podcast to discuss contextual targeting, how to implement this strategy and learning how to get ahead of the third-party cookie demise with people-based marketing solutions. De Carvalho dives deep into contextual targeting – defining the importance of knowing the customer, utilizing a cookieless solution partnered with first-party data, and reverse engineering to build audiences. Listen now to discover how contextual targeting will be a key player in 2022 campaign strategies.
What is one of the biggest challenges companies face in bringing adtech and martech together? Their own organizational silos. Identity consulting expert Gloria Ward joins the Real Identity podcast to share client challenges and successes from her 20 years on the front-line of building identity solutions for some of Acxiom’s biggest clients. Though first instincts say throw more technology at it, the most important thing to do when evaluating identity is to hit the pause button. Look at identity holistically at the enterprise level and create a plan to ensure that your identity solution feeds analytics, marketing, customer experience and enterprise-wide efficiencies rather than creating even more silos. Listen in as she shares how the risk of getting identity wrong is actually greater than the benefit of getting it right.
Industry veteran David Danziger, VP of Data Partnerships at The Trade Desk, joins the the Real Identity podcast to discuss the development of Unified ID 2.0, its open source and interoperability design intended for the betterment of all in the industry, and how it can build scale in the ecosystem. He also weighs in on the changes in the adtech world and why he sees brighter days ahead.
Ben Peck, Vice President of LATAM, joins this month’s podcast to talk about the current state of the LATAM market and its growing digital and mobile footprint. Listen in to the discussion about privacy compliance in the region and how to spark your next marketing campaign. Learn how LATAM – specifically Mexico, Brazil and Argentina have skipped right over offline marketing and moved head first into the digital space. Tune in to hear Ben’s point of view of LATAM trends and future potential as well as real-world examples of client campaigns being deployed.
The world is getting smaller and the ripple effects of a global pandemic has made it even more so. David Keens, Acxiom’s Senior Director of Product for EMEA, joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the complexities and challenges of identity in Europe and how it differs -- or not -- from other areas in the world. He explores the concept of behavioral change measurement and the positive learnings for the industry, practitioners and service providers from the accelerated shifts in customer behavior.
Acxiom’s travel strategist Michele Fitzpatrick joins the Data Guru podcast to talk about the trends and challenges for companies as more Americans begin to travel again. Listen in for strategies to find people who are ready right now to plan personal travel and multi-generational vacations. Others will look to boating and camping as a way to satisfy the urge to get away.
Dustin and Kyle teamed up with Acxiom expert Allyson Frammolino to talk about the role of data analytics during the pandemic and how marketers can leverage these tools to better understand consumer behavior. Allyson shares insights on which industries were harmed or helped by the COVID-19 outbreak and raised the conundrum for brands: What is more important -- user privacy or personalized experiences?
Tracy YoungLincoln, Chief Client Officer at Kinesso, joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the human factor of marketing – on all sides of the equation. Building a first-party asset is the first step for brands, but figuring out the right way to gain value from it is the most important step. Brands must think beyond the point of data capture to the points of delivering value from the data - from bringing media and creative back together to building trust with customers.
What will spring of 2021 bring in terms of new movers in the U.S.? The pandemic spiked home sales in many areas, and as always moving means opportunities for advertisers. Tune in to hear how Acxiom audiences can help connect you to those considering moving, those already on the move and those looking for lawn services, pharmacies and more as they settle in to their new digs.
Acxiom’s guru of industry strategy and digital enablement Dana Goff joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the foundational role of identity in the financial services industry and what that means at this pivotal moment of pervasive change brought about by Covid-19, privacy regulation and Google’s most recent announcements. From customer acquisition and mortgage to risk management, there has been a huge boom in digital touches. What impact does this have, and how can it all ultimately lead us to better marketing measurement?
Explore the alphabet soup of Advanced TV with guest Conor Burgess, SVP of Acxiom Advanced TV, and Data Guru Linda Harrison. In addition to the many acronyms like OTT and MPVD, they will help you understand shifts in consumption, the dramatic swings in streaming services over the last 12 months and even the all important factor of live sports. You’ll even get a little advice for making TV campaigns more effective in 2021.
Listen in as Brandy Walsh, privacy counsel at LiveRamp, breaks down the nuances of CCPA vs. CCPPR, mathematical approaches to privacy, and how it all impacts brands and their identity efforts. In addition, she explains the common language of controllers and processors in the privacy landscape – and confesses to true math nerd status.
Acxiom SVP John Baudino and Dani Benowitz, president of U.S. for MAGNA Global, take a quick look back at 2020 before they discuss what we can expect for linear and non-linear TV trends in 2021. In a year of unexpected twists and turns, the average consumer spent five more hours a day engaged with media. From streaming services to Tik Tok influencers, content is king and FOMO is real!
Data has many opportunities to support government agencies’ missions, though ethical considerations should not be forgotten.
Taking successes from the private industry to support government tech efforts is a widespread trend. With data, that’s no different. Acxiom wants to take its experience in data practices in the commercial world to support government agencies in being able to make smart and actionable decisions for the public good. Vice President of Government and Public Sector Asya Smith and Chief Data Ethics Officer Jordan Abbott join GCIO GovCast host Amy Kluber to discuss the opportunities and ethical considerations for strategic data use.
Featured Guest: John Baudino, SVP Global Agency Growth, Acxiom
Bio: https://www.acxiom.com/people/john-baudino/
Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/263561/5490982
The amount of data in the digital ecosystem and the maze to follow it through the process can be overwhelming. John Baudino joins the Real Identity podcast to clear up the questions on how to build a plan to collect, manage and connect data in the right way. What makes it high fidelity data is how brands put it together with third-party sources and identity to find the best, potential customers. What you are marketing, the channel being used, geography and associated regulations, and overall campaign objectives come together to determine the best way to reach those audiences of interest.
Featured Guest: Bobby Heller, Director of Technical Operations at Kinesso
Transparency, cookie deprecation, clean rooms, multiple pipes, privacy sandboxes. Bobby Heller joins the Real Identity podcast to help us understand the current issues, complications and consequences of adtech evolution as well as the possible ways forward in response to the question he is hearing most these days: “What does it all mean?” Ultimately, brands with a strong view of their customers will adapt the best.
In 30 minutes, Data Guru Linda Harrison and Sales/Product Strategist Jeff Wingfield wrap up a year that’s given marketers challenges and laser focus at levels never seen before. Basic demographics like age took on new levels of importance in serving customers, and it was key for brands to keep a voice in the marketplace despite all the changes. As budgets tightened, it was critical to make sure every dollar was invested in the right way. Hear the advice Jeff and Linda delivered to help clients move forward successfully in a trying year.
This month’s podcast focuses on the easy access to Acxiom’s geo-level offerings in the AWS marketplace and how marketers can use them to solve common business problems. Guest host Lorel Wilhelm Volpi leads the discussion with Amanda Terry, VP of Global Strategic Accounts and our favorite Data Guru Linda Harrison -- you can even find out how to get her secret pumpkin pie recipe in addition to key data strategies.
Featured Guest: Ted Hart, Director of Solutions Sales Support
Ted Hart joins the Real Identity podcast to discuss the critical role of data strategy in paving the path for success when optimizing an existing CDP or building an enterprise identity solution from scratch. Listen in to understand how to gain insight into three key principals: Don’t cut corners in search of an easy button, stay flexible and ready to adapt to market changes, and view data strategy and identity as a continuum where strategy evolves and gets smarter over time.
Featured Guest: Steve Letourneau, Director of Sales for N. America West at Arm Treasure Data
The biggest challenge to implementing a CDP or a single technology is understanding that it isn’t a singular answer – it’s an important part of an overall strategy. A brand must understand what they are solving for, where data is stored, how they will solve for identity and how to get key internal stakeholders to buy into the vision. Steve Letourneau joins the podcast to examine the role of CDPs, the biggest implementation obstacles, and the secret to CDP success.
If you missed part one of our CDP discussion, be sure to go back now and listen to Help! My CDP Won’t Work.
From the hot Latin America market to developing audiences based on app usage and streaming patterns, Data Senior Product Manager Vicky Becart walks us through Acxiom’s global offerings and how advertisers are using them around the world. Whether it’s finding outdoor enthusiasts or speed dating with potential new pets, Vicky and Data Guru Linda Harrison share real-life examples of how innovation and new data sets are helping connect advertisers to receptive audiences.
Featured Guest: Bruce Biegel, Senior Managing Partner at the Winterberry Group
Industry identity expert Bruce Biegel of the Winterberry Group joins the The Real Identity podcast to answer all your burning questions: Why is defining identity so hard? Why are things changing faster than ever before? Will hashed email be the new identity standard? How will brands get to the measurement and attribution they need? Will we ultimately pay more for content due to privacy regulations? Will AI take over the world? What is the future of addressable TV? And why, oh why, do we see the same ads over and over on our streaming services?
Featured Guest: Mike Danley, Director of Products at Acxiom
CDPs won’t solve a brand’s problems straight out of the box. It all starts with the ultimate goal of improving the customer journey with personalization and relevant customer experiences. Then the questions: What is your data strategy? How will you solve for identity? Where does the CDP fit into your ecosystem? Listen to The Real Identity podcast as three professed tech nerds help you understand what a CDP is, what it can and can’t do and ways to avoid struggles with implementation.
Christiane de Carvalho, Vice President of Global Digital Strategy and Innovation, joins the podcast to discuss two new types of data for connecting with audiences and the exciting ways advertisers are using them to drive successful campaigns. In-app behaviors from mobile devices and online consumption patterns based on keywords form the basis for these offerings from Acxiom. Get the lowdown here.
Featured Guest: Melissa Metheny, Acxiom VP - Retail Sales and Client Management
Melissa Metheny joins the podcast to share the importance of identity for retailers who are doubling down to serve customers in the wake of the pandemic. The discussion covers effective strategies to battle the “Amazon effect” adjusting to changing customer behaviors and the future of customer engagement.
Leah Quinn, product manager for Acxiom Audiences, joins Data Guru Linda Harrison for this month’s podcast to talk about newly available digital audiences that offer “hot” insights to advertisers -- new homeowners, new movers, new borrowers, and extended family connections. She’ll also discuss COVID-19 segments available to help serve working moms as they survive the pandemic as teacher, family entertainment coordinator and full-time employee.
Introducing the Real Talk with Real Identity podcast that focuses on relevant topics about Identity and how it is foundational to marketing, advertising and even operations with co-hosts Kyle Hollaway and Dustin Raney from Acxiom’s global identity practice. Patrick Duggan, Senior Director of Partnerships at Acxiom, joins this first podcast to focus on the intersection of marketing and advertising, and the role that Identity is playing as the two disciplines converge.
Listen in as Kyle Hollaway and Patrick Duggan, two Acxiom leaders, deliver the lowdown about the departure of third-party cookies and common concerns in the marketplace. They also discuss some of the different initiatives underway to replace cookies and what marketers need to prioritize for identity going forward.
Consumers and businesses are in an unprecedented state of disruption due to C19, stay at home orders, and the constant barrage of news about the pandemic. While everyone craves getting back to normal, the reality is that as we turn the corner toward recovery, we will have a “new” normal. Our behaviors have changed out of necessity in terms of work from home, online ordering and curbside pickup, scarcity and hoarding of home goods and essentials, etc.
For Brands, never has there been a better time to get digital and addressable when it comes to connecting with consumers. Brands need to reach consumers where they are, whether it be online, streaming services, and yes direct mail. To do this well, you’ve got to be addressable and data-driven in all channels.
So what do I mean when I say addressable? There are two ways to think about it really. First you have addressable Media, and the ability for a brand to create high value audiences to target and connect with specific people across different mediums or channels. Then you have Addressable Activation, which is the process of activating those audiences to target those known users you have across those mediums and measure the results at the person level. And in these trying times, this kind of precision in targeting and measuring media and advertising is essential to gaining effectiveness and efficiency in reaching and engaging with those consumers who are more likely to re-join the economy now in a way that limits media waste.
I recently sat down with David James Stewart, a digital marketing channel expert for to discuss the ways a brand can create and activate audiences to onboard and relevantly message consumers in and addressable channel to make your advertising and media investments – large or small – more impactful in today’s disrupted environment.
As the enforcement date for CCPA draws near, listen in to this month’s podcast as privacy-by-design expert Leslie Price recaps the particulars of the legislation and offers a look at the current status as clients finalize preparations. She’ll cover both challenges and best practices for marketers to consider.
Acxiom experts Vanessa Lara and Linda Harrison discuss the important considerations from Spanglish to Influencers that marketers need to understand when advertising to Hispanic audiences. One size definitely doesn’t fit all for Spanish-speaking audiences so it’s important to look at multiple factors from assimilation to mobile usage when planning campaigns.
One of the biggest impacts of the necessary social distancing is no live sports on TV. Are they watching HGTV or Cartoon Network? Data Guru Linda Harrison shares where and how to capture sports fans as they shift their viewing to other channels
Karen Caulfield, Acxiom’s SVP of Global Data, joins the podcast to give her unique perspective on a wide variety of topics on the data landscape including the biggest changes in the industry, navigating global regulations, the advantages of being part of the IPG family and how to cut through the noise about match rates.
Listen in as Data Guru Linda Harrison shares how Acxiom audiences can be tailored specifically to your business objectives for holiday or seasonal event campaigns – from tax refunds to St. Patrick’s Day revelry or an Easter family feast.
Our favorite Data Guru Linda Harrison is joined by John Baudino to discuss the ins and outs of digital marketing. They cover the full gamut from the biggest marketing challenges to the ongoing balancing act between precision and reach. Discover how Acxiom stays a step ahead of the market to help advertisers achieve peak campaign performance.
From gaming to car sharing to a myriad of location-based market signals, Acxiom has a treasure chest full of new offerings for 2020 to help advertisers – banks, gyms, restaurants and more –better segment audiences and power elevated campaign performance.
If you want to know how to create an audience that “has a good beat and is easy to dance to,” listen to this gift from Data Guru Linda Harrison. She shares best practices around testing, custom model creation and more to build optimal audiences.
This month’s podcast covers two ways to better understand your audiences: 1) Gaining insight into work-life convergence that presents new opportunities for advertisers 2) Tapping into location-based device data that shines a light on consumer intent and in-market status. Get the details as Data Guru Linda Harrison tells all.
From vehicle telemetrics to grocery purchase patterns to location data, partner audiences deliver unique and privacy compliant nuggets of information to help advertisers reach finely-tuned market segments. Listen as Linda Harrison discusses the ins and outs of partner audiences.
This episode of Retail Shift is all about digital transformation and how this radical shift in the ways consumers interact with brands creates great opportunity for data-driven retail, consumer brand and travel marketers. Companies are opening a conversation with consumers – and engagement and interaction are essential strategies to understand consumers’ wants and needs. Today’s host, Michele Fitzpatrick, has more than 25 years’ experience in data-driven consumer marketing and has watched closely as the way people shop, buy from and engage with brands has changed. Michele’s guest is Eric Bruce, who leads Digital Strategy and Services for Acxiom after serving in key digital strategy and operations roles at institutions such as USA Today and Oracle.
Consumers are estimated to spend $75 billion in 2019 to care for their pets. From pet costumes to doggie daycare to niche equestrian enthusiasts, Data Guru Linda Harrison shares insights on marketing to pet owners of all types.
This episode of Retail Shift is all about CCPA readiness, data privacy and ethics. The California Consumer Privacy Act, referred to as “CCPA” becomes effective January 1, 2020. This new regulation will have profound implications on the advertising industry. Taking pieces from Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, or “GDPR”, CCPA is the United States’ first step in the direction of regulating consumer access and control of personal data. Today’s guest, Jordan Abbott, Acxiom’s Chief Data Ethics Officer is on the forefront of data privacy and ethics legislation, helping legislators understand the value the advertising and marketing industry brings to our society and how the marketing eco system works, so that resulting legislations will strike the right balance between protecting our privacy and promoting a healthy, competitive ad-driven market place.
Linda Harrison shares the 3 secrets to building the very best audiences for a successful campaign. Advertisers can’t discount the importance of building a solid foundation of underlying data to fuel marketing campaigns, testing for optimal performance and using offline data to reinforce insights from online behavior.
Internet dating and digital advertising actually have the same end goal: finding the right person. For advertising, it’s the right person who is interested in and has the capacity to buy an advertiser’s product or service. Today’s challenge is that many audiences are anonymous. Jeff Wingfield explains how data can bring anonymous audiences to life by building a snapshot of behaviors and interest that lets advertisers deliver a relevant experience.
Jeff Wingfield and Linda Harrison discuss the changes in 2018 that included the move to integrate digital and traditional marketing channels more than ever before. They also look ahead to things currently happening in 2019 and the role of AI and machine learning, the continued dominance of Facebook, more sophisticated testing options, and bringing techniques for marketing to known audiences to the anonymous world.
Discovering the capacity and propensity of audiences for an advertiser’s product is the bedrock of successful campaigns. Data fuels understanding of attributes from shopping preferences to green living. In this episode of the Data Guru podcast, Linda Harrison explains how the nuances of data can inform successful targeting with real-life examples of high-dollar weight loss to solar panels.
From the hottest buzz words to how Gouda cheese and roof shingles can make a successful campaign, Jeff Wingfield and Linda Harrison leave no stone unturned in this episode of the Data Guru podcast.
The marketing basics of “Right Product, Right Person, Right Place” will never change regardless of evolving technology. Data enables marketers to find the right person. Listen in as Jeff Wingfield explains the basics of understanding current customers, keeping data clean and current, analyzing differentiators, and determining how to best reach targets. For successful marketing, you can’t skip the basics.