When Apple announced this week that it would be introducing an updated version of “Intelligent Tracking Prevention” on Safari II and IOS 11, it caused quite a stir in the marketing community. What is Intelligent Tracking Prevention? Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) is a privacy feature that Apple rolled out back in 2017. It was designed […]
Adobe Summit has come and gone for another year. Having been fortunate enough to experience the evolution of this event over many years, it is apparent to us that Summit has quickly elevated beyond a product and platform showcase to become a barometer for the digital experience segment generally. But you have to pay close […]
Econometrics is an applied science that extracts quantifiable relationships (called estimators) in observable economic data. Simple enough, right? The problem is that we’ll never be able to nail these relationships down exactly, so the game is to use available data to uncover reliable estimators to be used in models that explain what we see and […]
Change is inevitable, but growth takes vision and enterprise—especially in the fast-evolving world of digital, where the right tools and expertise can make the difference between getting ahead and getting left behind. That’s why every member of our forward-thinking Marketing Science team is an officially designated Adobe Certified Expert (ACE). It’s an elusive, exclusive designation that few agencies are […]
Citing ongoing privacy and security concerns, Google announced today that it will withhold search term data from paid clicks in much the same way it has from non-paid search traffic since the end of 2011. This means that the “not provided” bucket that has haunted search marketers on the organic side will now apply to […]
It’s not news that the technology evolution has shifted the way consumers and retailers communicate. While the purchase decision pyramid remains relevant, today’s consumers’ digital hyper-connectedness is increasing the transparency of the process. As a result, we as marketers, developers, content curators and business leaders need to up our game. The art of persuasion is […]
“I think I need to see a testing plan. What can we do with the button?” he said. What? When did C-level executives start caring about the details of landing pages, I wondered. “Sure thing,” I replied. That was the interaction I recently had at a Fortune 50 client meeting. Agencies are always required to […]
Note: This is the first of two posts about Dx3 Canada 2013, which took place on March 6th and 7th in Toronto. This year’s Dx3 Canada conference featured a lot of great questions. It was a conference about where things are going, about challenging conventional thinking and looking ahead. But it was also about debating […]
We’re all doing it: working on our laptop or desktop, but navigating, shopping and socializing on our phones or tablets. The mobile web is the same Internet we’ve come to know and love, but we’re finding radically different ways to use it. Sometimes our behaviour shapes the medium, and sometimes the medium changes us. What […]
On Thursday, April 12, 2012 DAC’s Ken Dobell, President of Digital, Dan Temby, Vice-President of Digital Platforms, Nasser Sahlool, Vice-President of Client Strategy, and Jon Dyer, Vice-President of Media will lead a one-day Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) intensive seminar in Toronto titled “Lead Generation Minus the Guesswork”. The seminar will feature engaging presentations, interactive working sessions, real-world […]