Gurbaksh Chahal | Top Five Predictions for 2014 in Advertising

Gurbaksh Chahal | Top Five Predictions for 2014 in Advertising

In 2014, we’ll see brands and agencies harness digital advertising in a way that integrates seamlessly with people’s busy lives, whether through location retargeting on their mobile devices, predictive analytics or the intelligent automation of the ad buying process. Consumers send buying signals every day to advertisers and the brands that figure out how to…

Gurbaksh Chahal | Election 2016: How Big Data + Social Data Will Determine the Next President

Gurbaksh Chahal | Election 2016: How Big Data + Social Data Will Determine the Next President

The presidential election means big business for the ad industry, with a whopping $6 billion spent on 2012 election ads last year across all media according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Last year’s election broke records, both at the poll and in the boardroom, with recent figures confirming the 2012 election as the most expensive…

Gurbaksh Chahal | ‘Now’ Moments – The Golden Ticket of Social

Gurbaksh Chahal | ‘Now’ Moments – The Golden Ticket of Social

With the proliferation of real-time social technologies, marketing has quickly moved away from traditional display ad channels towards how brands can better harness “now” moments. The highly-anticipated release of Twitter’s ad API will accelerate this trend as brands learn to automate their Twitter campaigns and compare the results with what they are currently doing in…