ACA\u2019s recent executive forum<\/a> in Toronto, with two advertising experts \u2014 one specializing in blockchain and the other in AI \u2014 there to make sense of both technologies and separate the fact from the fiction. <\/p>\nThe morning began with a presentation from Will Luttrell, founder and CEO of Amino Payments, which is using blockchain to bring some much-needed transparency to online advertising. <\/p>\n
Luttrell agreed there is a great deal of hype about blockchain, but pointed out that much of that exuberance is about cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is massive speculation,\u201d he said. \u201cJust pure greed.\u201d <\/p>\n
Blockchain is not just about Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency. It has enormous potential as a platform to address some of the biggest problems in advertising today: waste and outright fraud in programmatic ad buying. <\/p>\n
The digital ad market has become infected by bad actors creating fake sites and domain spoofing. \u201cThat is outright theft,\u201d he said. \u201cBut then there exists another challenge, the attrition of value.\u201d <\/p>\n
That attrition arises in a system with too many intermediaries leading to confusion and uncertainty about where and how advertiser dollars are being divided. <\/p>\n
Many estimates now have as little as 30 cents from each advertiser dollar actually making it to publishers with much of the rest skimmed off by ad technologies. <\/p>\n
A lack of transparency is the fundamental problem behind both fraud and attrition \u2014 and this is where blockchain comes in. <\/p>\n
Transparency is the defining attribute of blockchain. A private blockchain, accessible and open to anyone in an advertiser\u2019s supply chain, would mean every single transaction recorded for everyone else to see. When the advertiser knows exactly what is going in and can see where every penny goes, more informed decisions can be made, said Luttrell. If a DSP is taking 20% of your dollar, if an exchange is taking 20% of your dollar, are they bringing the value that justifies that 20%? <\/p>\n
In a Q&A at the end of the session, one attendee bluntly asked why the industry continues to work with a system so riddled by waste and fraud.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really do believe that programmatic advertising is the most efficient way to reach your consumers at scale. Hands down. Period,\u201d Luttrell said. \u201cYou just have to clean it up.\u201d Solutions to clean it up are starting to emerge, and the application of blockchain could be one of them. <\/p>\n
Luttrell was followed by Konrad Feldman, founder and CEO of AI-driven consumer insights and measurement firm Quantcast. <\/p>\n
Feldman also began by addressing the hype around his speciality. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is possible for something to be overhyped and utterly transformative,\u201d he said. The hype may seem extreme at the moment, but \u201cwe are probably underestimating the impact it will have.\u201d <\/p>\n
Brands today are struggling to grow while spending more than ever on marketing and technology. Feldman outlined a few of the reasons underlying that growth crisis. <\/p>\n
\u201cOne is technology being applied for technology\u2019s sake,\u201d he said. Too often marketers hear about a new technology \u2014like AI \u2014race to bring it into the organization and then look for a way to use it. \u201cThat is entirely the wrong way around,\u201d he said. Establish clear goals and actions first and then figure out how, or if, technology can help. <\/p>\n
Feldman called on marketers to put more first-party data into its AI initiatives \u2014 \u201ca lot of third party data is garbage,\u201d he said \u2014 and to strive for better performance metrics. \u201cWe value what we can measure rather than measure what we value.\u201d <\/p>\n
And he wants the industry to be more ambitious with how it uses AI. \u201cWhat we have done is use technology to speed up the application of conventional wisdom,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The real opportunity comes from using technology to do new things or things it can handle better than humans, freeing people up to focus on work humans do best. When machines handle all the data crunching, marketing staff can spend more time and focus on strategy and creativity, he said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to allow marketers to be marketers again,\u201d he said. \u201cIt will empower humans to be more creative and more strategic.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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