Archive for December, 2015

It’s been 8 years since DOmedia began to solve out-of-home’s most difficult problems. However, we still get questions from vendors about how to get the most out of DOmedia. With that in mind, we are proud to announce DO It Right – a blog series highlighting our vendor’s most popular questions.

Today we will be tackling the task of inventory uploads. Many vendors have a large number of assets in their inventory. Listing them all within DOmedia may seem time consuming but it can pay big dividends. Our research has shown full and up-to-date asset listings are a great indicator of a vendor’s potential to generate RFPs through their DOmedia profile. Why are our best vendors listing their entire inventory on DOmedia?

Inventory listed in bulk will only appear in searches done on a basic metro level. If your billboards are grouped together in a single asset listing for a metro area, your inventory will only be shown in a fraction of search results. However, a large percentage of searches are done at a higher level of granularity. This means that companies are searching based on a specific zip code or proximity within a certain location. If inventory is not separately listed or showing exact locations, vendors are missing opportunities to win business.

Buyers want to be effective with their searches. They know what geographical areas to buy in, and they use DOmedia to find the best vendors in those areas. One global retailer utilizes our proximity tool to search for media space within a set radius of specific addresses. If they’re searching for a billboard within a 3-mile radius of a new store, inventory that has been listed with exact location will be shown in search results. In order to maximize inventory visibility to buyers, vendors need to list each asset with locations. Inventory separately listed is the only way to show locations.

Visibility is maximized once inventory is listed entirely and exactly. This creates more opportunity to win business.

The DOmedia team has helped hundreds of vendors maximize their inventory’s effectiveness. If you would like a consultation, contact our client services team today.

In the course of administering the world’s largest marketplace for out-of-home media, the DOmedia team gets to work with many of the industries top media professionals. We consider ourselves privileged to have the opportunity to learn from them, and we want to extend that opportunity to all of our users. Today, we are announcing a new program, which we are calling DOplan, to make the vast expertise within the DOmedia community available to everyone.

DOplan will begin as a content series featuring media planning tips from top industry professionals. Here is a small sampling of the topics you can expect us to cover in the coming months.

• Best practices for unique and emerging alternative media
• The application of real-time data to digital out-of-home advertising
• How to use data to improve campaign planning
• Best practices for billboard creative

But that is just the beginning. DOplan is a natural extension of our mission to “change the way media is bought and sold.” Media professionals everywhere should have access to the best information available, and we are proud to use the scale of our network to make that vision a reality. We have big plans for this program. Watch this space.