programmatic.io programmatic media buying tips by marcus pratt of mediasmith
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Presentation by Marcus Pratt from Programmatic.IO 2014 conference hosted by AdExchanger in San Francisco, CA Topic was programmatic buying tips for those getting started in managin programmatic media buyingTRANSCRIPT
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Programmatic Tipsgetting the most out of the machines
Marcus Pratt VP, Insights & Technology
Mediasmith, Inc. @mawkus
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Identify current activitieswhat programmatic is on your plan?
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Ways To Buy
Through trading desk
DIY Ship an IO
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What is your best model?
In house? Or…out house?
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Define Information Flow
Planning Programmatic
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Define Tech Stack
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Best of breed?
Separate platforms per medium
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Or one-stop shop?
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Is it bad to work with multiple DSPs?
No, But have a strategy
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Watch out for this
Pricing models
Lack of differentiation
Service orgs masquerading as platforms
Fraud, low quality, viewability