Why Affinities Matter at the Box Office

This summer’s box office story has a plot twist of its own – a decline in ticket sales. According to a report from TheWrap, citing numbers from comScore, the summer blockbuster season’s earnings are down five percent from last year. While there may be help on the way from established franchises’ latest titles, such as…

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3 Ways Social Affinities Will Impact the Internet of Things

A fridge that orders groceries for you? Some would call it luxury, but appliance manufacturers are hoping that it will soon become a reality for many consumers. Gartner, Inc. estimates that 20.8 billion connected devices will be in use by 2020. From the shows they watch to the brand of yogurt they buy, brand marketers…

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The MillerCoors Deal with FX Networks: Better with Social Affinity

Last week MillerCoors signed a three-year deal with FX Networks to place its beer brands on shows on the FX, FXX, and FXM channels. In a minute, we’ll talk about how this partnership could benefit from using social affinity to find the best fits between specific MillerCoors beer brands and specific FX Networks programs. But first let’s take a look at the rationale behind the deal.

Targeting Audience Segments with Relevant Content
This is an exclusive deal for product placements, not just advertising or other sponsorships, which brings key benefits for both parties:
– Unlike advertisements, product placements will live on after the FX shows — Sons of Anarchy, The Americans, and so on — go into syndication.

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Changing Our Name: Affinity Answers

This month we’ve changed the name of both our company and our flagship service to Affinity Answers. We did this to make it as easy as possible for everyone in the marketplace to understand what we do. The name reflects our own belief that we’re not simply providing our clients with data, software, insights, consulting, or targeting. Rather, we’re committed to using consumer affinity data to bring our clients the answers for their specific marketing questions. That’s how we help our clients get results.

Our CEO, Sree Nagarajan, chose the name Colligent when he founded the company in 2005…

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