Insights & Thought Leadership.

Driving Sustainability in Media in Asia

There’s a growing spotlight on the environmental footprint of digital media, and increasing numbers of consumers now consider a brand’s clean energy and climate action before making purchase decisions. Decarbonising your media activity is becoming a priority to reduce data usage and carbon emissions. Here’s how to navigate sustainability in media campaigns while treading lightly on the Earth.

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Chasing Unicorns: Are Data Clean Rooms Elusive To Most Marketers?

Data Clean Rooms (DCRs) unleash the mystical trio of data management: protection, privacy and preparation. Yet for many they remain elusive unicorns. Alyce Erikson from LinkedIn led a very engaging industry discussion with our Data, Measurement, Impact Regional Council, defining and demystifying DCRs so they are less of a sorcerous trial for marketing crusaders to educate colleagues and decision makers in their organisations.

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The Next Frontier of Retail Media

Authors: Samantha Pearlson and Fai-keung Ng, The Trade Desk
IAB SEA+India Retail Media Regional Council

With retail data solutions, using an off-site media platform advertisers not only get access to valuable audience segments for effective targeting, but they can also enjoy transparent reporting and closed-loop measurement through partnerships with leading retailers.

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How Brands Can Power-up With Mobile Game Advertising

Half of the world’s 2 billion mobile gamers are in Asia, waiting to view your high attention in-game ads, according to a report by InMobi, with 60% likely to buy. With in-game ads achieving 98% viewability and ad recall of up to 97%, they’re driving more attention than social media in-feed ads.

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Leveraging data partnerships to augment first-party data strategy

Marketers today struggle to find a concise guide or practical solution on how to create and implement a first-party data strategy. Manaswita Sarkar from SPH Media suggests using data partnerships in marketing use-cases, sourcing and sharing data, and discusses how to choose the right partner as well as technological and legal considerations.

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Using AI to Increase Revenue and Reduce Costs

Author: Shabana Badami, Google | IAB SEA+India AdTech & Innovation Regional Council
AI is the most profound technology human-kind is working on today. It is seen as the third major shift in technology — after the arrival of the internet, and the move to mobile. Both of these shifts created new growth and opportunities, as will AI; and optimising AI will become a discipline in its own right.

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The rise of Retail Media in Asia

Author: JJ Eastwood, Chair IAB SEA+India Regional Board.
Retail media is a game-changer in the advertising industry, offering brands unparalleled opportunities to connect with consumers in a targeted and personalised manner, and projections estimate it to be a market worth over $160 billion by 2027.

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New Research reveals lack of Representation in Advertising in Asia

Letter From Miranda Dimopoulos, Regional CEO, IAB SEA+India

I am proud to present here, our latest regional research report, Representation in Advertising in Asia. Our extensive survey has found that consumers feel there remains a significant underrepresentation of ethnicities, ages, genders, disabilities, religions, sexual orientations, and body types in advertising in Asia. And they believe overwhelmingly that it is the responsibility of brands to ensure that there is inclusion when advertising their products.

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Post-Pandemic changes for Digital Marketers

Authors: Authors: Vikram Bansal, Meta, Chandrahas Shetty, Oracle Advertising, Gitali Halder, EssenceMediacom, Ben Poole, fifty-five & Camila Martins, TikTok | IAB SEA+India Data & Attribution Regional Council

What is the new normal for marketing measurement? In this White paper, the authors discuss why marketers must constantly evolve to navigate signal changes, have a robust measurement strategy and a flexible, agile, decision-making framework.

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