Agency of the Future

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Client logo goes here 1 Agency of the Future Digitally ‘De-Averaging’ Lorne Brown, Founder Operative [email protected] Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer The Media Kitchen [email protected] Operative Agency Breakfast Seminar | 9.21.11

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Operative and The Media Kitchen’s Darren Herman illustrate new ways to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and improve client satisfaction to launch a digital advertising agency into the future. Mr. Herman shares how ad technology has allowed The Media Kitchen to improve margins and become more strategic and client focused.

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Agency of the FutureDigitally ‘De-Averaging’

Lorne Brown, [email protected]

Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media OfficerThe Media [email protected]

Operative Agency Breakfast Seminar| 9.21.11

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Where We’ve Been

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The Old Way Top down

approach Blanket

message No audience

distinction

AVERAGE

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Traditional Media Buying Channels

① Site Direct

② Ad Networks

③ Rep Firms

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Where We’re Going Bottom up approach Leverage new digital

technologies Provide cutting edge

digital solutions

DE-AVERAGE

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How Are We Doing It?

TRADING DESKAPI

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API-Driven Buying• Audience profiles• Billions of media opportunities• Algorithmic optimization• Advanced analytics

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Delivering a “Bottom Up” Plan• Audience insights• Billions of websites• Data warehouse• API-driven & custom integrations

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The Challenge

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Digital ad technologies add complexity to agencies’ operational processes.

• Manually intensive

• Distracting from core jobs

• Requires ongoing technical expertise

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We Needed Help

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The SolutionWhy

More than 10 years of Ad Operations experience

Easily scalable team

Technology-enabled services provide critical transparency

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Partnering with• Established best-practice trafficking processes• Managed staff training • Flexibly scaled team to meet fluctuating volumes

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Scaling Cost-Effectively

04/12/2023 Proprietary and Confidential.

The Problem

Maintaining Expertise

Managing Peaks & Valleys

Providing Proactive Service

Average Work Volume

BELOW AVERAGE EMPLOYEE LOAD

- Poor utilization (as low as 20%)- High opportunity cost- Unchallenged employees

ABOVE AVERAGE EMPLOYEE LOAD

- Burn-out- Poor service- High errors rates- Gap-fill resource expense

- Employee attrition- Unhappy Clients

Typical StaffLevel

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Results• Increased operational efficiency• Minimized campaign errors• Freed up 20% of our staff’s time, enabling us to focus on:

• New revenue opportunities• Strategic planning• Clients

• Lower employee attrition rates• Higher client satisfaction

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Ad Operations Services for Agencies• Ad Serving Support• Ad Trafficking

• Campaign Management

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QUESTIONS?