Few marketers doubt that personalization works but it’s still nice to see some proof. This study by personalization vendor Aki offers proper test vs control comparisons, although they only created a handful of segments and showed the same “personalized” ad to everyone in each segment. It does show the segment-specific messages beat generic messages and offers some details which groups are most responsive.
Many companies don’t have enough data of their own to build an effective identity graph or complete profiles. Stirista fills the gaps with third party data, both by enhancing existing customer records and adding new contacts. Stirista just launched Access B2B, a new division focused on B2B clients. In addition to data, Stirista provides email and advertising campaigns.
This IAS study relied on consumer surveys rather than behaviors, so it’s not as reliable as a real test. But you’ll still probably like the answers: 77% of Twitter users said they’re comfortable sharing data with Twitter for a better ad experience; 59% said they’re remember an in-feed ad if it was relevant to surrounding content; and 54% said they’re comfortable engaging with ads that appear next to “personal content”, whatever that means.
The U.S. Department of Justice has formally requested the sale of the Chrome browser among other measures following last August’s guilty verdict in its search advertising antitrust suit (not to be confused with last week’s guilty verdict in the adtech antitrust lawsuit). Google is asking for a much narrower focus on deals to be the default search engine for Apple, Mozilla and others. There will be a three-week hearing on the government’s proposals.