{"id":87725,"date":"2021-01-11T19:18:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/procure-media.com\/?p=87725"},"modified":"2021-02-23T22:40:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:40:23","slug":"five-reasons-to-use-a-media-buying-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/?p=87725","title":{"rendered":"Five Reasons to Use a Media Buying Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section post-header\">\n<h1><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_name\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"text\">Five Reasons to Use a Media Buying Agency<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section post-body\">\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a SMB or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, you undoubtedly recognize that advertising is necessary for sustaining sales and achieving growth. And, despite what you may have heard about the value of \u201cearned media\u201d or \u201cowned media\u201d or content marketing, when it comes to getting your message in front of your intended audience, paid advertising is unbeatable.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the good news.<\/p>\n<p>The not-so-good news is that media is essentially a perishable asset and its cost is typically dictated by good ol\u2019 supply and demand, length of contract and whether or not you are buying in bulk. Understanding the nuances of paid media is challenging for most business owners and CMOs.<\/p>\n<p>But, more often than not, when we first sit down with a new prospective client, they admit that in the past they were reluctant to enlist the services of a media buying agency. When we dig a little further, we learn they either had a lack of understanding about just what it is a media buyer does and\/or how they offer any fiscal benefit to the company.<\/p>\n<p>This is when we share some of the benefits of working with a media buying agency. Curious what those benefits are? Then keep reading.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>They Handle All Sales Calls<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever been on the phone with a media sales rep, you know it can feel like you\u2019re on the phone with a used car salesman. When you work with a media buying agency, they become the point of contact for all of the media sales reps. So you never have to be stuck on the phone talking over \u201cone-day deals\u201d or other opportunities that just came across their desk.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Negotiation Clout<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>No offense, but you won\u2019t have the buying power an agency has. That\u2019s because an agency can leverage the collective budgets of all their clients to benefit each individual client. This buying power can help your campaigns have better cost and ad positioning. Buying media in bulk is one of the best ways to ensure your advertising dollars stretch as far as they can.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>They Have Years of Experience<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Would you rather go to a heart surgeon just out of school or one that has performed hundreds of surgeries? Professional media buyers understand the market, pricing, and cost per thousand impressions. They know at a glance what is a great buy and what is way overpriced. They have also established long-standing relationships with different media vendors and can work these influences on your behalf.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>A \u201cBig Picture\u201d Perspective<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A media buyer can offer a fresh and unbiased perspective of your marketing objectives. These professionals have no bias toward one medium or another, which allows them to offer advice based solely on your marketing objectives. We\u2019ve done our job when you get what you need, <em>when<\/em> you need it and at a cost you can comfortably afford.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>They Do the Grunt Work<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let\u2019s be very real \u2013 you have far more important things to do during your day than to field calls from media sales reps, deal with accounting hassles, and conduct media\/market research, among other things you\u2019re stuck doing when buying media by yourself. Working with a media buying agency will help you to free up your time so you can focus on high priority tasks. This will allow you to scale your business and increase your revenue over time.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like a lot of our clients who, at one time, didn\u2019t really understand the value that media buyers offer their bottom line, we hope you recognize that value now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A media buying agency will free up your time so you can focus on high priority tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87726,"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87725\/revisions\/87726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procure-media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}