Programmatic advertising is catching on like wildfire in the digital media space. With so much money at stake, CIOs and other business leaders need to understand the term. To help find common ground, we reached out to six marketing professionals for their definitions of programmatic advertising.
In conversations with marketing professionals, it’s rare for five minutes to pass without the topic turning to programmatic advertising. Ad dollars spent on direct programmatic initiatives are expected to reach $9.8 billion by the end of 2014,according to eMarketer. As the worlds of CIOs and CMOs collide, it’s critical to understand how those billions are being spent. The reality is that in the age of data overload, digital advertising poses as many challenges as opportunities. Programmatic advertising could prove to be the saving grace, but significant gaps in the understanding and nuances of the term still exist.
