That means we take typical “media agency” capabilities and put them through a filter that makes our work more purposeful, intentional, transparent, and enjoyable---for clients and consumers.
Our service principle is singular: when clients win, we win. Simple in structure, consistent in quality, and laser-focused on business outcomes, premium client service is our primary duty. Our clients benefit from our scale which represents more than $60B media billings in the global marketplace (COMvergence, 2021).
Our focus is in engaging the consumers that matter most to our clients’ businesses. We have a modern and precise understanding of our audiences and the value brands can bring to them. As populations and consumers transform around the world, we make advertising work better through cultural and data-based insights and sound media strategies.
Combined with GroupM’s global scale, our media investments – guided by brand safety, leading privacy principles and premium relationships – represent 1 out of 3 ads in the global marketplace. Through modern investment services, we put money against goals that move businesses forward.
We’re future-proofing our audience-based planning through “synthetic” data. While no silver bullet technology will meet every media challenge, our perspective on client data augmentation provides an alternative identity-based solution.
GroupM’s technology mission is two-fold: Use our scale to provide tested and effective products for clients and create a unified technology and data approach that helps brands deliver the future of media today.
GroupM viewability standards include:
* Recommended duration metrics being studied by GroupM and partners
All updates included in our GroupM viewability standard.
Currently projections estimate $22.4 billion in global ad fraud, 80% of which is in China. Having invested significant resources to tackle this industry-wide issue, we have led or participated in every initiative to combat fraud worldwide, including the establishment of the Trustworthy Accountability GroupM (TAG) in the U.S. and the China Media Assessment Council (CMAC).
We are committed to mitigating all risks to our clients by leading in standards development, supporting industry initiatives and upholding the highest standards of integrity.
The increase in harmful content and online disinformation is a threat to our global community. We manage contextual brand safety through a combination of trading, contractual protection, defined operational procedures that includes monitoring and verification of media via third parties, and industry accreditation and co-operation. GroupM is a member of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (insert link), an organization that identifies collaborative actions, processes and protocols for protecting consumers and brands.
GroupM is committed to using non-intrusive and non-interfering ad formats. We are one of the founding members of the Coalition for Better Ads, formed to improve consumers’ online advertising experience. We also support all industry-adopted best practices such as IAB’s LEAN Ads program.
In and beyond compliance with laws like GDPR and CCPA, GroupM has built a Global Data Governance program implementing privacy by design in its own technologies and promoting consumer privacy protection throughout its supply chain. This includes supporting every major industry initiative to inform and educate consumers. We have implemented global data evaluation standards and built means to operationalize the consistent application of ethical decision-making to data usage.
In markets worldwide, GroupM teams use a single global exclusion list to keep clients’ advertising off sites hosting pirated content or counterfeit goods and services. In the U.S., the largest market for digital advertising, GroupM helped establish the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and has now required media partners to comply with the group’s anti-piracy program.
We call on all digital media partners to allow additional third-party brand safety tools and measurement on their platforms. While no approach will ever be foolproof, we can deploy tools to make social media platforms safer for brands. We work consistently with clients to fully understand the risks and advocate for use of third verification technology across all devices and channels.