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The Real Deal on personalizing creative at scale

How to leverage data and identity to personalize ad creative 

Think you're personalizing your ads? Think again. True ad personalization goes beyond targeting the right audience—it's about creating unique experiences that resonate for each individual customer.

Data is the backbone of personalization. If you don’t have meaningful insights about a customer’s unique needs, preferences and past behavior, it’s almost impossible to tailor each element of an ad to that person. Plain and simple.

Strong identity resolution makes it possible to deliver that message across multiple channels and formats to the correct individual. Without identity resolution, you risk missing your customers completely.

Why data and identity are essential for dynamic creative optimization (DCO) 

Marketers need to remember that data and identity is essential for a worthwhile dynamic creative optimization (DCO) solution.

DCO uses real-time data to tailor content within an ad to the individual. When coupled with rich customer insights and the ability to find and reach unique people across channels, marketers can:

  • Achieve true personalization at scale by eliminating manual work and increasing speed to market,
  • Optimize messages based on customers’ unique preferences,
  • Deliver messages across channels in a brand compliant and unified voice
  • Continuously explore the possibility of data-fueled creativity.

How Epsilon can help

In the short video, Stacy Ward, SVP of client creative at Epsilon, shares how data, identity resolution and AI-powered dynamic creative optimization (DCO) can transform your marketing from generic messaging to truly personalized experiences that drive real engagement.

Ready to move beyond buzzwords and create authentic, meaningful customer interactions? Watch the full video to learn more. 

In this article

  1. How to leverage data and identity to personalize ad creative
  2. Why data and identity are essential for dynamic creative optimization (DCO)
  3. How Epsilon can help
Topics:PersonalizationDigital Media

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