Question 1

What is programmatic advertising?

Accepted Answer

Programmatic advertising is the process of automatically buying and selling digital advertising space. Previous to the availability of programmatic advertising, ordering, setting up, and reporting on ads all had to be carried out manually.

The process is streamlined through programmatic advertising, making it more effective and efficient. Any formats and channels can be accessed programmatically, thanks to programmatic platforms that have built up their ad inventory and database.

Question 2

Why Does Audience Targeting Matter in Programmatic?

Accepted Answer

Programmatic advertising might make use of automation, but it also requires precise targeting to be successful. Instead of taking the approach of much of digital advertising, which is to have a wide reach and hope that the correct audience can be found, programmatic advertising uses targeting tactics to segment the audience with real data. Audience targeting allows advertisers to serve ads to individuals who are most likely to be interested in the ad. Targeting is done based on specific demographic data, user behaviour, interests, etc.

Programmatic advertising combines the best elements of tech advancements and human knowledge and expertise to make it easier to buy, place, and optimise ads.

Publift's case studies show you some excellent examples of programmatic advertising, plus you can see our broad range of clients too. Take a look at how clients such as Envato and OzBargain have benefited from using programmatic advertising, allowing the publishers to control what appears on their site and optimise their revenue from ads.

Question 3

How Programmatic Advertising Is Useful to Advertisers?

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Programmatic advertising is useful for advertisers, as well as offering a great advantage to publishers. Thanks to programmatic advertising, publishers can access advertisers much easier, and start making money without the hassle.

Before programmatic advertising, it was difficult for advertisers to access ad inventory. This meant that 60% of publisher ad space went unsold. Automation helped to solve the problem by making it much easier to understand and buy ad inventory. The process is more streamlined, and more relevant ads are served through targeting. Access to a large pool of publishers means advertisers can get a better return on their investment, while publishers can maximise their revenue too.

For advertisers, the benefits of programmatic advertising include its ability to scale, its real-time flexibility, its targeting capabilities, and its efficiency. Programmatic advertising allows advertisers to reach a large audience by purchasing ad space from any ad inventory available, rather than being limited as they might have been before. The flexibility of programmatic means advertisers can make real-time adjustments to ads based on their impressions, and they can take advantage of a broad range of targeting criteria. With superior targeting, an advertiser's budget can be put to better use and spent more efficiently.

Question 4

How Programmatic Advertising Is Useful to Publishers?

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For publishers, programmatic advertising makes it so much simpler to sell advertising space. Publishers are able to optimise their ad sales with automation tools that reduce the time investment required to find advertisers. Using programmatic advertising, publishers can communicate and collaborate with advertisers with ease, ensuring both the publisher and the advertiser benefit.

When visitors come to a publisher's site, they will be served with ads that are relevant to them because they are part of the target audience of the advertiser. Programmatic advertising gives advertisers demand to access to a range of publishers, removing the need for back-and-forth phone calls, emails, or other slow forms of negotiation. It can lower costs and raise margins for publishers, helping them to earn more from their available ad space.

With the right tools, programmatic protects publishers and helps them create a pleasant experience for their readers in mind and host ads that are relevant to them. Publishers can also access deals and maximise revenue through different types of bidding, such as header bidding and exchange bidding.

Question 5

How Does Programmatic Advertising Work?

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Understanding how programmatic ads work is the first step to benefiting from them. Once you understand the basics, you can make use of everything that programmatic has to offer. Programmatic advertising helps to connect to two key groups:

Publishers - those who have websites with ad space (ad inventory) to sell, and
Advertisers - those who want to buy that ad space to promote their brand.
When an advertiser wants to launch a digital campaign to promote their product or service, they contact their programmatic ad agency or trading desk. The agency uses a demand-side platform (DSP) to automate the process of buying ad impressions to meet the goal of the campaign.

Question 6

What is DSP in Programmatic?

Accepted Answer

A demand-side platform (DSP) is a piece of software that combines multiple ad exchanges into a single interface. A DSP allows advertisers and their agencies to purchase ad inventory from multiple publishers. The DSP ensures the ads are aimed at the right audience through the use of a data management platform (DMP), which manages audience data. This data is used to target the right audience, taking a variety of factors into account, such as location, demographics, user behaviour, and online activity.

Question 7

What is SSP in Programmatic?

Accepted Answer

A supply-side platform (SSP) is a piece of software that automates the process of selling advertising space. In programmatic, SSPs are used by digital publishers to sell display and video ads to maximise the price their impressions sell for. When a person who falls within the target audience of the advertiser lands on a publisher's website, the website will send an ad request to the supply-side platform (SSP). 

The DSP uses the data that it receives to evaluate the ad and match it with their data and target parameters. This is used to decide a bidding price for the first impression. Held within the SSP or ad exchange in real-time, the process is often referred to as Real-time Bidding (RTB). Although this sounds like a long process, it takes just 100 milliseconds to complete the bidding. After the impression has been sold, it is sent to the publisher's website to be displayed. The process repeats whenever a user lands on the website or refreshes.

Question 8

What Are The Different Types of Bidding in Programmatic?

Accepted Answer

Real-time bidding we mentioned above is just one method of bidding for ad inventory in programmatic advertising. There is also programmatic direct and non-guaranteed PMP to be aware of and consider.

Programmatic direct is, as the name implies, a more direct method of automatic bidding. It involves the advertiser or advertising agency negotiating directly with the publisher. There is no bidding involved in this type of programmatic advertising, and it helps to prevent fraudulent ad spaces.

Non-guaranteed PMP is an invite-only model. It works in the same way as real-time bidding, but publishers have more control over who they want to advertise on their website. Publishers get to decide which advertisers they invite to advertise on their websites.

Publift makes programmatic advertising easy for publishers with the Fuse programmatic advertising platform and related tools. Whether you have a single site or a major publishing network, we can help to lift your revenue using programmatic advertising. With an average 55% growth in net revenue in six months of using Fuse, we help our clients to get results. Fuse is an all-in-one solution that can help publishers to do it all, and you also benefit from our knowledge and expertise. Publishers get the benefit of established partnerships and networks to maximise results, while also offering flexibility and keeping control of what appears on your site.

Question 9

What Are Programmatic Platforms?

Accepted Answer

Programmatic platforms are platforms like Publift that help with programmatic advertising. There are various platforms available for publishers to find the right services and get access to the right advertisers that match their needs. Programmatic advertising platforms form part of the complete system that is required for the programmatic advertising process. Each part of the system works together to serve both publishers and advertisers and ensure they both benefit. Some of the types of platforms are named above, including Demand Side Platform (DSP) and Supply Side Platform (SSP), Data Management Platform (DMP), and Ad Exchange.

Question 10

What Is the Role of Supply Side Platform (SSP)?

Accepted Answer

An SSP holds the publisher's inventory. The publisher submits a webpage as a source for an advertisement, and after all, is agreed on the Ad Exchange, they will put a pixel code on their page to track visitor behaviour. The code delivers anonymous data about visitors and the actions that they take. The SSP is programmed to maximise the value that publishers receive from an impression of an ad (an impression being an instance of the ad being shown to someone).

An SSP allows publishers to filter ads by the advertiser and other criteria, as well as set different rates for ad spaces to define the cost.

Question 11

What Is the Role of Demand Side Platform (DSP)?

Accepted Answer

A DSP is a type of programmatic platform for the advertiser side of the process. Advertisers make their bids to a DSP, and the platform makes the decisions for them. A DSP stores user-profiles and third party data and combines with information with bids from advertisers. The DSP makes the decision about which ad to serve where when visitors land on webpages. It must consider the bid made, with the highest bidder winning, the content of the ad, and the cost to the advertiser.

The pixel that publishers include on their website provides data so that audience segments can be created, sending the information to the DSP. The DSP has advertisers ready to make their bids automatically so that the best ad can be shown to the correct audience. Advertisers benefit from the accurate placement of the ad, while publishers benefit from the highest bidder winning.

When the DSP and Ad Exchange have made a decision about which ad to match to which webpage, this is communicated to the SSP.

Question 12

What Is the Role of Data Management Platform (DMP)?

Accepted Answer

Having the right data is vital in programmatic marketing. A DMP is an independent platform that collects. Manages, analyses, and activates data. The platform provides comprehensive user profiles to advertisers so that the data can be used in a programmatic algorithm to match the most visitor most likely to convert to the best ad.

Question 13

What Is the Role of An Ad Exchange?

Accepted Answer

The ad exchange is where the DSP and SSP come together for ads to be bought and sold. Some ad exchange systems combine DSP, SSP, and DMP in one so that everything is provided for both publishers and advertisers. However, it is worth noting that some combination platforms might not offer the functionality that singular platforms offer. They may offer a range of basic functions but won't necessarily allow advanced settings and control.

Question 14

What Are Auction and Buy/Sell Types in Programmatic?

Accepted Answer

The different types of auction available for programmatic advertising offer various advantages to publishers. In addition to auction methods, direct methods of sale and purchase are also available, which can allow for even more control over the process.

Question 15

What Is the Future of Programmatic?

Accepted Answer

Now that you finally found the answer to ‘what is programmatic advertising’, you can assess whether or not you want to participate in the online advertising ecosystem. One thing’s for sure: the future looks bright.

We can expect programmatic advertising to continue to grow, which makes it important to keep up with. In November 2019, Zenith reported that 55% of all digital media was traded programmatically during the year. They predict that 69% of digital media will be programmatic in 2020. In the US, programmatic advertising accounts for 75% of advertising spend, while worldwide spending rose from 57.5 billion US dollars in 2017 to 84.9 billion in 2019.

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16 Jul, 2020

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