What makes people-based marketing people-based?


eMarketer estimates that roughly 60% of all digital ad revenue in 2017 will go to Google and Facebook. This is thanks in large part to their ability to provide marketers with people-based marketing solutions at scale.

People-based marketing is the ability to reach real people with one-to-one messaging in mass media channels, irrespective of device. But what exactly makes people-based marketing “people-based”?

This video explains what’s required for a platform to be considered “people-based,” and why Google and Facebook are the Roman Empire of the People-Based Age… Only, you know, with fewer vomitoriums.

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