5. “I find current trading practices questionable; and
holding companies self-serving. That combination is
behind the breakdown of trust in media agencies”
- Creative agency“The buy drives the plan, that’s the major
concern, and it’s hard to spot.”
- Advertisement consultancy / advisers
“There’s no glory anymore in planning. It
basically gets in the way of ‘business’”
- Advertisement consultancy / advisers
“It feels wrong to make money from deals; it
commoditises media and leads to poor
recommendations”
- Creative agency
“Media agencies these days are far more
interested in incomes than outcomes”
- TV broadcaster
“Many of the new services offered by
agencies are a tactic, productising an
obvious idea (like native, or integration) in
the hunt for margin”
- Advertisement consultancy / advisers
6. Digital transparency you say…?
Agency
Culture
Digital
Trading
Digital
activation
Digital
Planning
Humanism
9. The value of transparency
Speciali
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buyers
Publisher Exchang
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DSPSSP
Ad-
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Agenc
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Advertiser
SEPARATE OPCO P&L
INFLATED MEDIA AND
TECH
AGENCY GROUP WIDE TECH AND MEDIA REBATE DEALS
OPERATIONAL TRANSPARENCY ISSUES
UNIVERSAL, BLACK BOX SOLUTIONS
CLIENT SPECIFIC DEALS
TECH ACCESS / OPTIMISATION LOGS / OPERATIONAL TRANSPARENCY
NO INCENTIVISATION
CUSTOM CLIENT SOLUTIONS
100% BUYING
TRANSPARENCY
DMP
Viewability
Yield management
Non-disclosed fee
Auction manipulation
Tech fee
DMP fee
Data / targeting costs
Mark ups
Verification fee
Dynamic creative fee
Mark ups
Specialist fee
Biz tech cost
Management fee
Biz tech cost
10. • Transparency runs through everything
• Plan the buy. Buy the plan
• The future is programmatic, let’s not screw it up
Editor's Notes
Agency culture – how are we transparency with each other?
Client briefing
Knowledge sharing
Team collaboration
All company meetings
Evangelism
Culture call outs
Digital trading – how are we transparent about our trading
No team P&Ls
Supply deals
Quality / buying KPIs
Health standards
Where we make our money
Digital activation- how are we transparent in our digital buying
Programmatic
Suppy chain
Tech access
Mark ups / hidden costs
Data management
Selling products
Digital planning – how are we transparent in our planning
Attribution
Fluid media plans
Walled gardens
Video reshoot
Mobile
KO meetings
Planning tools
Humanism – how are we honest in our opinions
Consultancy
Budget allocations
P&L
Creative / labs
TV / OOH more important than everThe change in programmatic transparency
Future / GDPR / mediaIQ / Quantcast
Multiple sides to transparency
People ask for transparency – 30% only on media?
Full breakdowns – tech/people/verification/ad-serving
Trading industry – supply and demand, marketing up of costs. Why is media being scrutinised so much?
P&G Mark Pritchard – not about the cost you pay?
Verification – brand safety / viewability / location / fraud
Best practices (frequency / budget allocation)
Cost / contracts
What just isn’t possible? The future of the indusrry and combating these issues
TV / OOH more important than everThe change in programmatic transparency
Future / GDPR / mediaIQ / Quantcast
Multiple sides to transparency
Clients come first
Nimble
Creativity and innovation
Honest
More of a market thing, not the7stars focus?
What clients like, what they don’t like
What are clients after
People ask for transparency – 30% only on media?
Full breakdowns – tech/people/verification/ad-serving
Trading industry – supply and demand, marketing up of costs. Why is media being scrutinised so much?
P&G Mark Pritchard – not about the cost you pay?
Verification – brand safety / viewability / location / fraud
Best practices (frequency / budget allocation)
Cost / contracts
What just isn’t possible? The future of the indusrry and combating these issues