​​CDP, DMP, or Both? It All Depends on Your Marketing Goals

CDP vs DMP

TL;DR CDPs and DMPs solve different problems. CDPs unify known customer data to power personalization and lifecycle marketing, while DMPs organize anonymous audience data to improve prospecting and advertising reach. Most brands need both — plus the right strategy and support — to connect data, break down silos, and drive smarter, more effective marketing. You … Read more

Digital Marketing During a Recession: How the Industry Can Adapt

Digital Marketing During a Recession

In the most recent IPA Bellwether survey, the IPA reduced its forecast for 2022 ad spend overall by 1.6%, while predicting another four years of slashed marketing budgets. The numbers paint a bleak future ahead, with nearly half of those surveyed admitting to a pessimistic outlook on the remainder of the year, as inflation soars … Read more

WINNER: Technical Innovation of the Year for Lotame Panorama ID, Gold Stevie® Award in International Business Awards® Program

Lotame Wins 2022 Stevie Award

Lotame Panorama IDTM, the first global, people-based, privacy-first and interoperable identity solution for the cookieless open web, won a Gold Stevie® Award in the Technical Innovation of the Year awards category in The 19th Annual International Business Awards®. The International Business Awards are the world’s premier business awards program. All individuals and organizations worldwide – … Read more

Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) Can Be Valuable When Used Correctly

Customer Data Platforms Can Be Valuable When Used Correctly

Introducing Spherical, the next-generation data platform to accelerate your customer data.It’s no surprise that customer data platforms (CDPs) are making a big splash in the global advertising industry. As marketing professionals focus on building up their first-party data, the CDP has become a valuable and essential data tool. But it’s important to remember, a CDP … Read more

Lotame’s Richard Gibbs Discusses the Legal Basics of AdTech Agreements

Richard Gibbs and The Future of Ad Tech Law

In today’s world of increasingly strict data privacy legislation, the legal basics of AdTech agreements are becoming more and more complex. When paired with complex regulatory and compliance issues surrounding brand management, and the allocation of risk and responsibility when negotiating agreements, these issues raise real concerns that can affect advertising campaigns, their performance, and … Read more

The Future of Customer Data: The Known and Unknown

cdp vs dmp

First-party data is gold for engaging and retaining existing customers. It’s even more powerful when layered with other high-quality data and modeled for scale. DMPs and CDPs can unite to make this a reality, without the need to rely on third-party cookies.  What does this look like? Lotame’s Chris Hogg, Global Head of Platform Sales, … Read more

IDFA and Big Tech Impact – One Year Later

IDFA Effects One Year Later

Last fall, Lotame analyzed the possible financial impact of Apple’s initiative to clock advertising IDs on its phone on the top-line revenue for three of the large media / social media players. At the time, we estimated a $9.85 B impact to four companies (Facebook, Twitter, Snap and YouTube), but with over 80% of that … Read more