Sunday, June 09, 2013

Digital advertising’s competition is increasing faster than ever


Effective digital marketing- "target the right person in the right place at the right time" is a powerful capability. However between advertiser and publisher, there are countless number of choices and flexibility relate to timing, placement and format of digital ads which translate into inefficient digital-marketing operation. Consequently agencies are wasting time and resource on tasks that don’t add value to the advertiser.

With innovation in advertising, I believe that the complexity in the ad value chain can be streamlined. The problem lies in advertising solutions are fragmented with heterogeneous processes; it is hard to have an end to end solution. However according to BCG study using the lean method methodology on 24 digital campaigns across 15 European advertising campaigns, after a comprehensive assessment involving integrated tool process, the campaign has realized time saving of up to 33% in the campaign operation. The study identified inefficient processes and time intensive operation such as manual data entry/re-entry. Luckily these inefficiencies can be quickly rectified through unified data source, which, eliminated to reconcile, consolidate and transfer data from multiple sources. Time saved can be used towards value add tasks. In addition, a unified platform replaces many temporary workarounds which address specific issues which are not sustainable as technology evolves.

In short, as digital advertising continue to evolve, advertisers will demand a quicker ROI.  An effective branding campaign meeting quantifiable goals will be given. Furthermore, eliminate inefficiencies are insufficient, sustained advantage will come from ongoing efforts to improve processes and structure that leverage latest innovation such as resource freed up from enhance efficiency to focus on campaign performance and deeper insight. This will not be an overnight transformation but an incremental and iterative process.

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