In contemporary ad ops, the repetitive and voluminous tasks we handle remain huge—whether they are performed in-house or outsourced. Just beginning to integrate automation will significantly reduce ops’ trafficking time and free them up for more valuable analysis and client care.
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Automation can be as easy as 1, 2, 3… Whether they involve campaign setup, creative management, or reporting and reconciliation, manual and mundane tasks siphon away enthusiasm from your ad operations team. Worse, they distract your best producers from initiatives like customer success that truly move the needle. Integrating more…
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Direct sales are on the rise—which is great news! It’s just that orders are somehow becoming even more complicated, crossing a seemingly endless river of channels. Publishers need as much automation as possible in their workflows, and the tools are up to the task—particularly tighter integrations with advertiser planning and…
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"Operations should always be looking to automate and no one wants to be stuck doing “manual” work," shares AdMonsters Chairman Rob Beeler. "However, we as an industry, have not reached a point where we can leave it all to the machines."
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The discussion around brand safety has risen from a murmur to a prolonged roar, and it doesn’t seem to be quieting down anytime soon. In part, that’s because more issues and more sub-threads keep getting pulled into that discussion. My colleague Gavin Dunaway wrote a bit about this recently, and…
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I recently participated in a panel at AdMonster’s OPS TV discussing the future of cross platform measurement with Nielsen, TubeMogul, and Magna Global. We covered a lot of ground during our conversation, from addressing how to get digital measurement out of the toddler years to the need for content becoming…
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