Pepsi and Wolt Campaign Highlights Evolving Agency Roles in Media Buying
· 19h ago · Originally reported by The Drum
A recent campaign collaboration between Pepsi and Wolt is being used as an example to illustrate how agencies are shifting from traditional media buying to more strategic matchmaking roles. The campaign demonstrates agencies' increasing involvement in creating partnerships and integrated marketing solutions.
Why it matters
This shift matters because it shows how agencies are adapting to a more complex advertising landscape, where simply buying ad space is no longer enough to deliver value to brands.
Explain it like I’m new here
Agencies are acting less like people who just buy ads and more like matchmakers who help brands team up for creative campaigns.
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Advertiser
An advertiser is the company, organisation or person that pays to place ads in order to sell products, build a brand, recruit, or spread a message.
Campaign
A campaign is an organised set of ads with a shared goal, budget, audience and time period, run across one or more channels and measured against defined KPIs.
Agency
An agency is a company that plans, buys, creates or manages advertising on behalf of advertisers, in exchange for fees, commissions or a margin on the media it buys.
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