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Amazon's Advertising Secret Sauce: Tech, Video, And The 'Holy Grail' Of Data

Amazon built a world class digital ad business almost in secret, with the most valuable data an advertiser could want.

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Mike Shields
Sep 26, 2025
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Here’s part two of our mini-series on how Amazon built the world’s fastest growing ad business. This week, journalist Mike Shields explores the technology behind the ramp up. - Alex Kantrowitz

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As Amazon ramped up its ad business, its internal technology was a mess.

Part of the company’s culture was to start new businesses with smaller, “two pizza tea…

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Founder of Shields Strategic Consulting. Host of Next in Marketing podcast https://t.co/JXgrW9qmZ0 Former @BusinessInsider, @WSJ, @Digiday, @Adweek
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