In the old days, marketers sought to identify a target consumer and would then spend millions to catch her at the right time, in the right place, with the right message. Success was like winning the lottery, you were never quite sure what you had until the results were in.

In the digital age, we identify a target market; bombard them with banner ads, online videos and tweets.  If we get a good response, we bombard them some more.  Has anything really changed?

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