Our best offer:

Lock in a year of Digiday+ for 35% less. Ends May 29.

SUBSCRIBE

Travel agency? Target dentists

RTB is here to stay: 20 percent of all display impression purchases were made in real time. Quantcast, which got its start as a tool to provide publishers with rich audience data, discussed how to make RTB more efficient at the Digiday Agency Summit. The key is to follow three simple rules:

  • You need a lot of data to be able to differentiate the signal of real viewer intent from the noise of online activity.
  • You can only sift through these piles of data with smart models, algorithms that know what to look for and how to look for it.
  • You must be able to activate the resulting insights at auctions in real time.

Quantcast, while working for a travel industry client, noticed that its models were targeting dentists. This unorthodox connection became clear once Quantcast dug a little deeper and realized that not only are dentists “planners” by nature, but they were preparing for a large dental convention by making travel arrangements. With enough data and good modeling, Quantcast was able to detect this trend and take advantage of it when making real-time bids.

See the full video below:

More from Digiday

Pitch deck: X leans on AI and performance in a bid to win ad dollars

For the past few years, X emphasized brand safety capabilities to reassure advertisers. This latest deck is all about the new AI era of X.

Spirits brands look to sports, sponsorship and celebrity playbook to convert younger consumers

For advertisers like Chivas Regal, Maker’s Mark and Jameson sports is now the keystone of efforts to recruit younger drinkers and renew brand profiles.

Can retail media networks survive the shift to agentic commerce?

AI-powered shopping agents threaten retail media. The question is: can retail media networks survive the shift to agentic commerce?