Several forces have culminated in the end of the third-party cookie. If DMPs and attribution as we know them go away, what will replace them?
ARF CRO Paul Donato, drawing on a number of original ARF research initiatives, issues this report covering privacy’s impact and many other factors driving the end of third-party cookies.
In 2019, the ARF Analytics Council undertook its first benchmark survey on the operations of research and analytics departments to develop a baseline understanding of the state of the insights and data analytics discipline within the industry today. The survey explored the way in which technology and the advent of new sources of data have transformed the way we work. This Insights Studio presented survey findings and shed light on where the field stands.
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Many studies have compared advertising effectiveness online and in print. Where that research has fallen short is in comparing the ways people divide their visual attention, specifically when using different devices and media. Here’s how a team of academics and practitioners took a neuroscientific approach to measured that response using biometrics.
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There are a lot of questions surrounding how media is evolving, how viewers select content out of seemingly innumerable choices and how streaming services decide what to adopt. While several ARF events have tackled such questions, experts weighed in with their most recent insights at February’s Leadership Lab at ARF headquarters in New York City. Dubbed Future State: Navigating the New Media Landscape, the ARF’s CRO Paul Donato and EVP of Research and Innovation, Dr. Horst Stipp, co-chaired an event that dished out oodles of interesting insights. Editor’s Note: The full report is available to members only.
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The Organizational Benchmark Survey investigates the changes in advertising and marketing research over the past two years. This is the first of an annual series. The advertiser report covers a variety of subjects, including the name of advertisers’ research departments and their structures, spending and KPIs, what skills researchers need and what tools they employ, and even how satisfied they are with their department. Editor’s Note: The full report is available to members only.
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This Town Hall presented work by W2O related to privacy and COVID-19 contact tracing apps, as well as findings from an April 2020 privacy survey conducted by the ARF that included several questions about COVID-19 and its impact on how people feel about privacy, geo-location and trust.
This session featured presentations by Dan Linton, Global Data Privacy Officer of W2O, and Paul Donato, Chief Research Officer of the ARF.
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How can advertisers, media companies and market researchers acquire highly accurate consumer survey data, in order to make informed business decisions, without depleting their budget? Sure, everyone would like to utilize probability sampling, but the cost is out of reach for most. However, non-probability, opt-in, online samples are nowhere near as accurate.
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All three of the companies represented in the session conduct continuous market research and monitor how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected recent respondent behavior, introduced biases or required wholesale changes in data collection methods. For the most part, they reported sufficient continuity providing reassurance that market research has remained resilient and continues to provide insights for marketer decision making. Editor’s Note: The full report is available to members only.
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