What does AdOps actually do?
Ad operations turns a media plan into a live campaign, then checks that delivery and reporting match what was agreed.
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Ad operations,
from setup to reporting.
Guides, examples, and tools for launching campaigns, checking delivery, and understanding the numbers.
Start with the fundamentals
Put it into practice
Media CPM versus all-in CPM: put the fees on the same basis
Two CPMs are only comparable when their costs and impression counts mean the same thing. Separate media, fees, markups, and credits before judging the price.
Read the guide →Campaign links: check what survives the redirect
A correctly tagged spreadsheet can still produce the wrong landing URL. Test redirects, duplicate parameters, and final destinations before the links go live.
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AdOps Basics
Campaign roles, terminology, and the work from brief to report.
Browse guides →Campaign Operations
Launch checks, approvals, pacing, and campaign handoffs.
Browse guides →Programmatic
Buyers, sellers, auctions, and negotiated deals.
Browse guides →Measurement & Quality
Metric definitions, cost calculations, and reporting differences.
Browse guides →Formats & Channels
Ad assets, placement requirements, and the checks before launch.
Browse guides →A guide, then a tool
Check the inputs.
Understand the result.
Check creative files, build campaign links, or work through delivery and cost metrics. Each tool includes an example and explains what the result means.
Open the toolkit →Terms worth knowing
CPM
Cost per thousand impressions: spend divided by impressions, multiplied by 1,000.
Programmatic
Buying and selling advertising opportunities through software using agreed rules and settings.
Viewability
Whether an ad meets the applicable visibility and duration criteria.
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