Episode 56: Lauren Wetzel on the clean room trough of disillusionment
Jan 26, 2024
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Lauren Wetzel, COO of InfoSum, talks about clean room technology and the challenges they face. The podcast also discusses the recent exit of competitor Habu, the future of Sports Illustrated, and early results of UID and deterministic ID tests in advertising. They also explore alternative IDs and the frustrations with some publishers' reluctance to change.
Clean rooms are critical in rearchitecting the way data is utilized and can provide a significant boost in scale and performance, especially with market trends like cookie deprecation and the rise of connected TV and retail media.
Insights and alternative IDs are essential in data clean rooms, as they drive effective marketing strategies and enable partnerships by bringing together data from different sources, emphasizing the need for publishers to embrace both to enhance their marketing capabilities and maintain control of their own destiny.
Deep dives
Clean rooms and data collaboration infrastructure reshape the marketing landscape
Lauren Wetzel, the COO of InfoSum, discusses the importance of clean rooms and data collaboration infrastructure in modern marketing. She emphasizes that clean rooms are critical in rearchitecting the way data is utilized and can provide a significant boost in scale and performance. Wetzel highlights market trends such as cookie deprecation and the rise of connected TV and retail media, which further fuel the adoption and success of clean rooms. She also stresses the importance of being agnostic, objective, and easily integrated, as marketers build composable solutions and seek true data clean room technology.
The significance of insights and alternative IDs in data clean rooms
Wetzel emphasizes the growing importance of insights and alternative IDs in data clean rooms. She highlights the power of insights in driving effective marketing strategies and points out that they are often overlooked. Wetzel also discusses the value of alternative IDs in bringing together data from different sources to form formidable partnerships. She explains that while alternative IDs can be valuable, they should not solely be relied upon without adopting data collaboration infrastructure. Wetzel encourages publishers to embrace both insights and alternative IDs to enhance their marketing capabilities and maintain control of their own destiny.
The potential benefits and challenges of data clean rooms
Wetzel addresses the potential benefits and challenges of adopting data clean rooms. She acknowledges that some publishers may be hesitant due to past experiences with complex technologies like snowflake, but emphasizes that adopting clean rooms does not have to be difficult. Wetzel shares examples of clients who have successfully adopted clean rooms in a matter of days or weeks, proving that it can be a streamlined process. She also discusses the importance of partnerships and collaboration among publishers to unlock the full potential of clean rooms. Wetzel reiterates that adopting both clean rooms and alternative IDs is crucial for publishers to reinvent their data practices and thrive in an evolving marketing landscape.
The future of data collaboration and the potential of independent players
Wetzel discusses the future of data collaboration and highlights the role of independent players like InfoSum. She expresses confidence in the success of independent players, emphasizing their ability to offer privacy-enhancing technology and decentralized data solutions. Wetzel believes that as companies strive to reconnect data practices and navigate privacy challenges, data collaboration infrastructure will become a critical part of their stack. She predicts that the majority of Fortune 500 companies will adopt data clean room technology within the next five years, making it an integral component of their marketing strategies. Wetzel also addresses recent acquisitions in the space and emphasizes the unique advantages of independent players in the evolving data collaboration landscape.
Lauren Wetzel is the outspoken COO of InfoSum. She talks about the space, the Habu acquisition, composable data stacks, and a lot more. Plus we talk about the WWE going to Netflix, and the Sports Illustrated bloodletting.
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