Stephanie Dorman
BeetCast
We turned to , Chief Customer Officer at Mediaocean. Stephanie is a veteran of the ad-tech industry and has been watching the changes for women in the industry. Formerly as Chief People Officer at Mediaocean, she has lead many innovative programs to make the company’s workforce more diverse. There has been improvement for women, with more gender balance, she says, yet many challenges remain for women i the workplace including their primary role of care giver. She speaks to how that role has been amplified during the pandemic. One thing that is not talked about is the...
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Preview of the Beet Retreat San Juan
BeetCast
We talk to three industry thought-leaders who will be speaking at the Beet Retreat in San Juan.
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Retail Media Networks Are Growing as Advertising Drives Online Shopping
BeetCast
Advertising on ecommerce sites is a high-growth segment of digital media as marketers seek to reach digital shoppers closer to the point of sale. Amazon, Walmart, Target, Albertsons, Kroger, Best Buy and Macy's are among the retailers that sell online ad space on their websites. Instead of being categorized as a type of “performance media” that includes in-store promotions, retail media networks have emerged as their own category. In this episode of the Beetcast, two experts discuss the promise of retail media networks: Jess Huang, partner at consulting firm McKinsey & Co., says...
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Louqman Parampath
BeetCast
Roku this month began offering marketers a new kind of guarantee that they’re reaching target audiences through its streaming network, which has 50 million active accounts in the United States. Its OneView programmatic ad-buying platform now has Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings (DAR) audience guarantees – the first for TV streaming. “It allows them [media buyers] to see audience overlaps across every major device, channel and publisher – and effectively maximizes their return on investment,” Louqman Parampath, vice president of advertising product management at Roku, said in this...
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Andrew Ruegger
BeetCast
Retailers have made a bigger push into the digital advertising market as brands seek to reach consumers when they’re most ready to shop, or to engage target audiences based on other data signals. Amazon has led this growth, becoming the third-biggest digital ad platform after Google and Facebook, while retail chains as varied as Walmart, Target, CVS, Macy's, Albertsons, Kroger and Walgreens also have entered the market. “Because a retailer owns the point of sale and has a broad physical footprint, in theory they have superior data assets,” , global president of commerce at WPP’s...
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Sean Cunningham
BeetCast
Andy Plesser speaks to Sean Cunningham, President and CEO of VAB
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Sarah Personette with Doug Rozen
BeetCast
Livestreamed shopping videos that let viewers buy products in real time are becoming more popular as the ecommerce marketplace continues to evolve. Social media companies including Twitter are developing more tools to help merchants create a shopping livestream to convert viewers into paying customers. “Looking at the market overall, commerce on mobile is actually expected to double by the year 2025,” , chief customer officer of Twitter, said in this Beet.TV discussion with , chief executive of Dentsu Media – Americas. “The way that we think about it is that our shopping experience...
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PHd’s Catherine Sullivan, P&G’s Eric Austin and Meta’s Jason Dailey
BeetCast
In this week’s BeetCast podcast, we are publishing the sound tracks some of the most compelling conversations in recent days. During CES week, we spoke with many leaders in our industry. Here are three which we find particularly compelling. *Catherine Sullivan is CEO of PHd, a unit of Omnicom Media Group. She speaks to the imperative for marketers to weave their message into the story, into the fan’s experience. *,Senior Director, Global Brand Building & Media Innovation at Procter & Gamble speaks the proper value exchange between publisher, brand and the...
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Brian Weiser
BeetCast
Andy Plesser of Beet.TV talks to Brian Weiser, Global President, Business Intelligence at GroupM about shifting attitudes towards tech, his view on web 3.0, the big value of premium content in the streaming wars, and the emergence of super apps in asia as the "next big thing".
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Nathan Brown
BeetCast
Andy talks to Nathan Brown, Global Chief Strategy Officer at UM.
info_outlineHey, I hope you are well and enjoying the summer.
All is well here. We are going to slow down a bit for the second part of August and ramp up fast after Labor Day.
We are taking a break from the BeetCast. We are finishing up the season with this episode and will be back on September 13.
And what a way to end this series with our season final with Lou Paskalis.
Lou, as many of you know, is a visionary marketer. A longtime executive in financial services with senior media investment posts at American Express and at Bank of America, he has not only led his companies in innovation but has been a guide to the entire industry though is participation in industry groups including MMA, his speaking at industry conferences and via his popular, must follow Twitter feed @LouPas
Lou left Bank of America recently. He’s taking a much need break and I am sure he will be doing something major soon. Can’t wait to hear.
I am grateful that Lou took the time to speak with me for this no holds bar conversation on the state of digital media, the future of the media agency, what he sees as the lack of responsibility at Facebook around disinformation - and the imperative for brands to support journalism.
A great conversation and surely a high point in the BeetCast and a great way to end the season. Thanks Lou for this and for all you do to lead our industry. And thanks for being a support of my work of so many years. It means a lot.
And a huge thanks to our series sponsor Mediaocean. Really appreciate your partnership.
And thank you for listening. I hope you enjoy the episode.