Third-party data and programmatic: The essential combination for growing brands

Over the past several years—in particular in reaction to the frenzy over Google’s pending cookie deprecation—there has arisen the notion that third-party data is going away. All talk is of alternatives, like first-, second- and even “zero”-party data, gleaned from reputable, personalized, addressable and indisputably “better” prospect sources. Supposedly, these allow a brand to round up even more avid brand champions—but not necessarily new customers.