Australia's independent digital media resource

The programmatic
media guide
built by a buyer.

20 years of agency-side experience distilled into plain-English guides, free tools and real Australian market insight — with no vendor agenda, ever.

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20+ years agency-side
Australian market focus
No vendor agenda
CAMPAIGN CPM
$8.40
↑ vs $11.20 direct
VIEWABILITY RATE
72%
↑ above benchmark
UNIQUE REACH
2.4M
↑ 18% vs last flight
DSP · SSP · RTB · DMP
🇦🇺 AU market data
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CPM CALCULATOR
What's your effective CPM?
Enter your total spend and impressions delivered.
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BUDGET PLANNER
How far does your budget go?
Budget + target CPM = projected impressions.
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What's your cost per click?
Convert CPM to CPC using your click-through rate.
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Plain-English guides for marketers and buyers — not vendors. Start with the fundamentals or go straight to what you need.
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Fundamentals
Media metrics explained
CPM, CPC, CPA, reach, frequency, viewability — every metric a media buyer needs, explained simply.
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The programmatic ecosystem
DSPs, SSPs, DMPs, ad exchanges and the auction — how the supply chain connects, in plain English.
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Australian market
The AU media landscape
Local publishers, IAB Australia, OZTAM, Nielsen — who matters and why in the Australian digital market.
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Privacy & regulation
Privacy, cookies & compliance
Privacy Act reforms, ACCC, cookie deprecation — what's changing and what it means for your campaigns.
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300+ terms from ad server to yield optimisation — the most comprehensive plain-English glossary written for the Australian market. Bookmark it.
Blog & news
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★ Media myth
No, a high CTR does not mean your campaign is working.
Click-through rate is one of the most misused metrics in digital media. A 0.5% CTR feels exciting — until you realise it says almost nothing about whether your campaign actually drove outcomes. Here's what to look at instead, and why the industry keeps getting this wrong.
Luan Nguyen
5 min read
Apr 2025
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Opinion
The AU programmatic market is more concentrated than you think.
Who really controls open exchange supply in Australia — and what it means for buyers seeking scale.
6 min read
Mar 2025
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News
Privacy Act reforms: what changes for programmatic targeting in Australia?
Breaking down practical implications for media buyers and data-driven campaign strategies.
3 min read
Mar 2025
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Guide
What is a DSP — and do you actually need one?
Plain-English breakdown of demand-side platforms: what they do, who they're for, and questions to ask before you commit.
4 min read
Feb 2025
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Built by someone
who buys media
for a living.

I'm Luan Nguyen — programmatic director at Australia's largest independent media buying agency. This site exists because most programmatic content online is written by vendors. Everything here comes from 20+ years of actually running campaigns in the Australian market — no affiliate deals, no DSP partnerships, no agenda.

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Luan Nguyen
Programmatic Director · Melbourne, AU
Australia's largest independent media agency
IAB Australia ADMA DV360 The Trade Desk
20+
years in AU digital media
$100M+
in media managed
AU #1
independent agency
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