
The Programmatic Digest
The Programmatic Digest, hosted by Helene Parker, is a 25-45 minutes weekly podcast rounding up fresh, top programmatic and digital headlines from our preferred digital media sources. It is also going to feature educational interviews with experts in the industry, like yourself.
Latest episodes

Aug 25, 2021 • 24min
48. Continuous Training In The AdTech Industry With Shiv Gupta
We had a LinkedIn Live Series a couple of weeks ago where we live-streamed the podcast interview on the Host’s LinkedIn profile. Who better to end our LinkedIn Live Series than with our good friend Shiv Gupta from U of Digital. We continued the conversation of how and why continuous education in the Ad-tech industry is so important. Shiv goes in-depth on the ways self-development and educating your team on an ongoing and continuous level is more impactful to longevity. He also touches on some ways U of Digital pushes through training decline and gives ways on how they move forward past those setbacks. Feel free to check the visual on YouTube as it is available now! Connect with: Shiv Gupta: LinkedIn | Website | Company LinkedIn Programmatic Digest Podcast: Website | YouTube | LinkedIn | Instagram Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

Aug 18, 2021 • 36min
47. Streaming Videos and ConnectedTV audience fragmentation with Gabriel Cohen
We had a LinkedIn Live Series a couple of weeks ago where we live-streamed the podcast interview on the Host’s LinkedIn profile. In the Sensei’s Corner this week, we had Gabriel Cohen from Magnite where we discussed ways Data-driven TV impacts audience strategy. We also touched on some of the reasoning as to why certain brands are being very hesitant on moving from Linear TV to TV streaming. Lastly, we took a deep dive into all things CTV; including how to measure its incrementality, fragmentation, and dealing with CTV Fraud. Feel free to check the visual on YouTube as it is available now! Connect with: Gabriel Cohen: LinkedIn | Website Programmatic Digest Podcast: Website | YouTube | LinkedIn | Instagram Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

Aug 11, 2021 • 32min
46. Who Do We Call When Understaffed? ft. digitalXmedia
We had a LinkedIn Live Series a couple weeks ago where we live streamed the podcast interview on the Host’s LinkedIn profile. In the Sensei’s Corner this week we had Sanarr McLaughlin Co-Founder of digitalXmedia, who continued our talks on the importance of continuous education. She gave great insights on how outsourcing implementation is one of the biggest struggles in our industry. She goes in depth on the reasons why outsourcing is so important as well as giving us resources that we can start using right now to help. Feel free to check the visual on YouTube as it is available now! Connect with: Sanarr McLaughlin: LinkedIn | Website Programmatic Digest Podcast: Website | YouTube | LinkedIn | Instagram Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

Aug 4, 2021 • 19min
45. Importance of Continuous Agency Education
We had a LinkedIn Live Series a couple weeks ago where we live streamed the podcast interview on the Host’s LinkedIn profile. In this week’s LinkedIn Live Series we went over the importance of continuous education in our industry. Very often in our industry, we don't prioritize training as much as we should.So we took the time to give different options of how agencies can combat this lack of education. We dive deep into programs we offer here at Helene Parker Consulting LLC, such as our Agency VIP days. Agency VIP days are where we will spend the entire day covering Fundamentals to Best Practices that align with agency business goals. Feel free to check the visual on YouTube as it is available now! Connect with: Shoshana Wodinsky: LinkedIn Sanarr McLaughlin: LinkedIn | Website OUR VIP DAY TEAM: Javonne Steward: LinkedIn | Website Ebony Smith: LinkedIn Mike Hauptman: LinkedIn | Website Programmatic Digest Podcast: Shownote | Website | YouTube | LinkedIn Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Jul 28, 2021 • 34min
44. Solimar and More With Tyler Bryant
We had a LinkedIn series a couple of weeks ago where we live-streamed the podcast interview on the Host’s LinkedIn profile, the podcast's YouTube, and Facebook Live. Feel free to check the visual on YouTube as it is available now! We welcomed Tyler Bryant, Programmatic Manager at GroupeConnect – a Publicis Groupe Solution. We discuss the latest announcement from the Trade Desk, Solimar. Their new platform completely reimagines the media buying experience, putting your business objectives front and center, unleashing the full power of your first-party data, and giving you access to a powerful marketplace of measurement partners, quoting directly from their release announcement conference. This week, we are referencing: https://www.adexchanger.com/online-advertising/the-trade-desk-launches-solimar-its-pitch-for-the-open-internet-vs-the-walled-gardens/ https://solimar.thetradedesk.com/ https://youtu.be/H1ROPdmsjrE Connect with: Tyler Bryant: LinkedIN Programmatic Digest Podcast: Shownote | Website | YouTube | LinkedIn Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Jul 21, 2021 • 29min
43. MiQ’s Amanda Abrarpour and Joseph Krafty Discuss U.S. Hispanic Consumers, DOOH, and More
We welcome Amanda Abrarpour and Joseph Krafty of MiQ to the Sensei’s Corner. MiQ is a programmatic media partner for marketers and agencies. Their better-connected approach to programmatic advertising means they can connect data, discover insights and activate them in high-performance campaigns to deliver real business outcomes for their clients in an increasingly divided world. In this episode, we are discussing DOOH, deterministic vs. probabilistic data, and how to be culturally relevant to Hispanic consumers. This week, we are referencing: Hispanic Consumers Are Recovery Optimists; Black Consumers Are Cautious Optimists Culturati's POV on Hispanic Media Usage Connect with: Amanda Abrarpour: Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram Joseph Krafty: LinkedIn MiQ: Company Website Programmatic Digest Podcast: Contact | Shownote | Website Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Jul 14, 2021 • 32min
42. Identity Link Solution Case Study With Reny Morel from Digitas North America
We are republishing this episode because it was just so good! Reny and I are discussing the latest tests and upcoming updates. I am calling it a live case study, as Reny shares her findings and future goals from testing strategies with and without third-party data. This week, we are highlighting: The difference between cookies and identities How new tests are looking to implement better options for users to consent Using healthy CRM data for easier tracking Connect with: Reny Morel Programmatic Digest Podcast: Contact | Shownote | Website Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Jul 7, 2021 • 34min
41. John Lee Shares The Latest About Microsoft Advertising
We welcome John Lee, Head of Evangelism at Microsoft Advertising to the Sensei’s Corner. He is a digital advertising professional with extensive experience in search engine marketing, display advertising, and social media advertising. In addition, he is a writer, speaker, trainer, content creator, and genuine fanatic for all things digital (marketing and tech). In this episode, we are discussing Microsoft Audience Network, holistic measurement, cookie deprecation, and the CDJ (Customer Decision Journey). Connect with: John: Twitter| LinkedIn | Company Website | Professional Blog Programmatic Digest Podcast: Contact | Shownote | Website Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Jun 30, 2021 • 38min
40. Manuela Cortes Discusses CTV, the Latin American Market, and More
We welcome Manuela Cortes, Programmatic Media Strategy Guru. Manuela oversees media buying strategy and execution across different channels for performance campaigns (CPA,CPL and CPI). Additionally, she has experience in media buying on programmatic, social media, search, and native platforms, generating revenue for clients on specific KPIs, and has worked with sales team to execute pitch proposals on digital strategy for direct clients. In the sensei's corner this week, we are discussing the status and trends of the Latin American market, Latam streaming consumers, CTV, and more. This week, we are referencing: Why Latin America Is So Big on the Ad-Supported Streaming Market's Radar CTV in LATAM: Widespread CTV Adoption and High Ad Receptivity Shows Opportunities for Marketers Connect with: Manuela Cortes: LinkedIn Programmatic Digest Podcast: Contact | Shownote | Website Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Jun 23, 2021 • 31min
39. PubMatic’s Sean Burke Discusses Supply Path Optimization and How To Partner With SSPs
We welcome Sean Burke, Senior Director of Advertiser Solutions at PubMatic into the Sensei’s Corner. The PubMatic platform empowers independent app developers and publishers to control and maximize their digital advertising businesses and enables advertisers to drive ROI by reaching and engaging their target audiences in brand-safe, premium environments across ad formats and devices. Since 2006, PubMatic has created an efficient, global infrastructure and remains at the forefront of programmatic innovation. In this episode we are discussing supply path optimization, industry updates, the importance of bid shading, log level data, and more. In this episode we are discussing supply path optimization, industry updates, the importance of bid shading, log level data, and more. This week we are referencing: As agencies go directly to SSPs, they are trimming the number they use Goodway Group Delivers Strategic Optimization with Log Level Data from PubMatic Learn How PubMatic is Selected by GroupM as a Global Preferred SSP Partner BT and Essence Increase Transparency of Programmatic Media by Adopting PubMatic's Buyer-Controlled Fee Structure GroupM Strikes Preferred SSP Deal With PubMatic When Goodway Group Added Log-Level Data To Its DSP Algo, Performance Soared Connect with: Sean Burke: LinkedIn Programmatic Digest Podcast: Contact | Shownote | Website Helene Parker: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram