This presentation looks at how the emergence of Programmatic advertising has enabled new revenue streams, but also complicated the landscape for digital publishers and advertisers by impacting user experience.
2. Programmatic video will account for some 39%
of the total amount spent on US video advertising
this year
Today
$21.55 billion
Estimated display programmatic spend in 2016, up 40% from
2015
Majority of programmatic ad spend in 2017:
Mobile
24% of high-level marketers said they planned to buy TV
programmatically in 2016, a growth of 11 percentage points over 2015.
5/4/2016 Jory Des Jardins 2eMarketer 2016 Programmatic Study, Exec Summary, 2015;
http://www.emarketer.com/public_media/docs/Programmatic_Advertising_2015-Executive_Summary-
3. Programmatic is how we are
thinking about media at scale
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5. The Bad
• Creepiness Factor
• Ad fraud
• Commoditization
• Bad UX
• Audience over
Engagement
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6. Unintended Effects
• Nothing but Native
• Publishers as Agencies
• Ad Blocking
• Further mistrust of brands
and publishers with ad-
supported models.
Image credit: AMC.com
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7. What Next?
• BTYB Experiences –
Enabling vs targeting
• Ad-free business models
• CPEs— Cost Per
Engagement
• Programmatic …
– Influence
– Content Distribution
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8. More on Programmatic
Is the Digital Ad Industry in Free Fall?
• Getting Real About the Effects of Ad Blockers
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-ad-industry-free-fall-getting-real-
effects-jory-des-jardins?trk=pulse-det-nav_art
• The Short and Long-Term Fallout for Publishers
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-ad-industry-free-fall-part-2-short-
long-term-jory-des-jardins?trk=pulse_spock-articles
• Addressing Mashable’s “Pivot” and the Digital
Industry’s F-Word
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-ad-industry-free-fall-part-3-
addressing-f-word-des-jardins?trk=pulse_spock-articles
Jory Des Jardins
http://jorydesjardins.strikingly.com/
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Editor's Notes
eMarketer and RBC Capital Markets both show year over year increases in advertiser spending on programmatic channels. A study by eMarketer projected advertisers will spend $21.55 billion on programmatic display ads in 2016, a 40% jump from last year.
Emarketer 2015 Programmatic Exec Summary: MOBILE PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING:
GRABBING THE VAST MAJORITY OF US
DISPLAY AD DOLLARS BY 2017
As consumers continue to move to their digital and
media-consumption activities to mobile devices,
programmatic advertising is following them there—
its automation and data-driven capabilities make it a
perfect fit.
Spending on programmatically purchased mobile ads
will overtake that of desktop this year by more than
$3.23 billion—which represents more than 60% of all US
programmatic ad spending.
Programmatic also accounts for the majority of all the
spending on mobile. One major reason for this is the
massive amount of ads placed on Google, Facebook and
Twitter, particularly through API-driven, programmatic
direct means. As a result, US mobile programmatic direct
spending will total $5.88 billion in 2015, accounting for
nearly 65% of total US mobile programmatic display dollars.
However, it is important to recognize that apart from the
significant contributions from these three heavyweights,
the vast remainder of mobile programmatic ad dollars—and
activity—is occurring in the open markets, thanks to the
relative immaturity of programmatic direct beyond these
properties and private marketplaces.
Programmatic is the mobile of our day—it’s here. It’s how we do business. No more “wait for it” warnings.
Some of the largest advertisers are running exclusively via programmatic (P&G, Target brought in-house, Unilever active)
No longer necessarily seen as low-yield, remnant inventory
Disclosure: I don’t come at this with an agenda. I don’t work for ad tech, or even advocate for it. I consider myself a “Media Ecologist”
Background of how I came into contact with Programmatic—2014.
A premium ad business starting 2007
We sold based on overall content quality, placement of ads
Basic targeting
Integrated “remnant” in 2008/2009
Grumblings of needing to optimize ad stack 2011; built beginnings of one 2012
Idea of turning over significant amount of inventory to programmatic (seen as remnant) was terrifying. Idea of “smart” or “data-driven” impressions terrifying
Inherited programmatic business in 2014; grew it 5X to 20% of our revenue, without significantly growing our traffic, but not exactly a convert.
Too much truth?
Impacted by such things as viewability and buying on performance
Opened up a whole new competency: Yield management./finding money under the mattress
Regardless of where the degree of programmatic vs premium ads will shake out, the “programmatic mindset is here”
We will make decisions based on RT audience data, not just content
Data-driven, less qualitative
How will this play out in the industry?
Transparency
Built-in regulating mechanism. Bad impressions will not yield premium rates over time.
Extracting more value for advertisers
Providing more outcome data for advertisers
Focus on Audience overTraffic
Creepiness Factor
Likelihood of ad fraud
Commoditization of ads/no distinction across sites
Bad user experience
Focus on Audience over Engagement
Unintended consequences for pubs:
Ad blocking
Several dynamics that are testing programmatic
--Less capital investment in the category—fewer players and consolidation—maybe a good thing in terms of less ad fraud
--Growth of new startups that are not display reliant. High-touch approaches here—branded content, custom native
--Engagement metrics will prevail