WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.001 --> 00:00:04.629 Three-quarters of all ad spend on our platform flows through deals. 2 00:00:04.629 --> 00:00:07.841 But most of them just aren't spending. 3 00:00:07.841 --> 00:00:11.720 managing deals can mean allocating a lot of time to troubleshooting. 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:14.973 And yet they still commonly underperform. 5 00:00:14.973 --> 00:00:15.932 Until now. 6 00:00:15.932 --> 00:00:20.979 Today, on the Resource Desk, we're introducing Deal Desk, a platform solution 7 00:00:20.979 --> 00:00:23.982 that can make you rethink the Art of the deal. 8 00:00:32.574 --> 00:00:37.245 In a perfect world, all advertising would be more efficient and more relevant. 9 00:00:37.245 --> 00:00:38.788 And as more premium content 10 00:00:38.788 --> 00:00:42.625 is becoming available programmatically, ad buyers need better tools to help them 11 00:00:42.625 --> 00:00:45.879 manage their biggest and most important investments. 12 00:00:45.879 --> 00:00:49.507 But just because you have preferred strategic media partners doesn't mean 13 00:00:49.507 --> 00:00:52.510 you should have to give up all the best parts of programmatic 14 00:00:53.094 --> 00:00:54.596 That's why we built Deal Desk. 15 00:00:54.596 --> 00:00:58.266 It transforms how all deals work on our platform 16 00:00:58.266 --> 00:01:02.395 by putting transparency, efficiency and performance at the center. 17 00:01:02.604 --> 00:01:03.688 How you ask? 18 00:01:03.688 --> 00:01:04.814 Great question. 19 00:01:04.814 --> 00:01:07.400 For starters, there's Deal Quality Score. 20 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.320 It helps you better understand the deals you're making. 21 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:11.738 Here's how it works. 22 00:01:11.738 --> 00:01:15.283 Your Deal Quality Score factors and things like address, ability, 23 00:01:15.325 --> 00:01:18.119 price, competitiveness, and inventory exclusivity. 24 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:20.789 But it boils down to this 25 00:01:20.789 --> 00:01:24.667 if your Deal Quality Score is 50, the deal is roughly equivalent 26 00:01:24.834 --> 00:01:28.505 to the value you'd get buying the same inventory on the open marketplace. 27 00:01:29.047 --> 00:01:33.551 If it's above 50, the deal will create more value compared to the marketplace, 28 00:01:33.968 --> 00:01:35.678 and if it's lower than 50, 29 00:01:35.678 --> 00:01:39.432 you'd be better off buying the inventory on the open marketplace. 30 00:01:39.933 --> 00:01:43.394 Next, Deal Desk makes setting up and activating deals seamless. 31 00:01:43.394 --> 00:01:46.856 Seller's propose deals directly in platform with shared deal 32 00:01:46.856 --> 00:01:51.569 records, prioritization tools and features that helps simplify activation. 33 00:01:51.569 --> 00:01:53.738 For example, you can allow some deals 34 00:01:53.738 --> 00:01:58.076 to be automatically targeted by new campaigns by default, or put extra 35 00:01:58.076 --> 00:02:01.538 emphasis on important deals by assigning them a spend goal. 36 00:02:01.955 --> 00:02:03.873 It's all up to you. 37 00:02:03.873 --> 00:02:06.876 As for your most strategic deals, your commitments, 38 00:02:06.918 --> 00:02:10.088 you can use Deal Desk to help ensure they get top priority. 39 00:02:10.130 --> 00:02:15.885 And it even lets you decide in advance how to expand or cancel the deal 40 00:02:15.885 --> 00:02:17.345 if there isn't enough scale. 41 00:02:17.345 --> 00:02:20.890 That way you can seamlessly adjust to supply fluctuations 42 00:02:20.890 --> 00:02:24.060 and keep your campaign driving impact for your brand. 43 00:02:24.561 --> 00:02:29.065 And finally ,we're introducing a new type of deal: Decisioned Commitments. 44 00:02:29.649 --> 00:02:33.111 These go way beyond PG and even PMP deals 45 00:02:33.111 --> 00:02:37.490 to give you the data, AI and the strategic optimizations 46 00:02:37.490 --> 00:02:41.161 you need to drive campaign performance and business impact. 47 00:02:41.661 --> 00:02:45.039 With Deal Desk, you can bring data, transparency 48 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:49.377 and AI driven decisioning to your most valuable media relationships 49 00:02:49.586 --> 00:02:53.715 so you can spend less time troubleshooting and more time strategizing. 50 00:02:54.048 --> 00:02:54.966 And the best part? 51 00:02:54.966 --> 00:02:56.843 It's available right now in the platform. 52 00:02:56.843 --> 00:03:00.263 So if you want to learn more about how Deal Desk can transform your deal 53 00:03:00.263 --> 00:03:03.516 strategy, reach out to your representative at the Trade Desk today. 54 00:03:04.017 --> 00:03:06.769 See you next time on the resource desk.