Data is the fuel for meaningful consumer dialogues. The document discusses how integrating consumer data across digital channels can provide a unified view of each consumer and their interactions over time. This allows for more personalized targeting and dynamic creative optimization. It also argues that traditional metrics like customer lifetime value are flawed because they don't account for context, velocity of interactions, or ability to predict future value. The future is integrating paid, earned, owned and offline consumer data to build new metrics that optimize interactions and drive business performance.