Are managed campaigns advisable? (7)
While I was going through a bunch of traffic networks, a lot of the networks I came across were managed services vs self-serve.
Is there any benefit to going through those traffic networks vs managing campaigns on my own?
I've been experiencing more friction with my arbitrage thread, and have been looking for ways to gain exclusivity in traffic sources.
managed networks are so far worse than self serve for me. everything is a lot slower, the reps are not exactly interested in giving information, they are more interested in getting you to sign up and giving you limited information. i requested for top 50 geos with impressions and the answer i got is something u probably already know >>> we have 1-2m impressions and they are around $3-4. so far i have around a 5% mistake rate in campaign creation (wrong links or 2 campaigns created instead of 1 or other people campaign created in my account), and a execution loss rate of 50%, meaning half my instructions are usually either not processed at all.
maybe because im new and not spending enough, what kind of experience does others have? and the self serve platforms i use are performing better for now, maybe my ads are not strong enough?
I'm experimenting with one of these now. It is a pain from an optimizing standpoint I suppose. Otherwise, it's not so bad. My rep seems pretty reasonable in response times, etc. Probably just depends on the network though.
Both are good, run a lot on both self serve and non self serve... Managed sources can be a pain if the reps are slow and if you cant access stats in a dashboard. But managed sources can also be nice, if the rep knows your CPA goal and can optimize the campaigns for you 
We're running on Reporo right now and they're intentionally burning our spend on bad placements and refusing to pause the campaign. Currently down $2k with zero conversions on a proven angle/lander/offer
You might want to be a bit careful.
I wrote up an IO with exact definitions of what traffic I'm getting for how much, from what geos, and how I'm counting. The guy I'm working with also manages another traffic network that I'm a member of, so perhaps it'll be possible to move money from the managed service to the unmanaged service.
It really varies, but it takes away from the core concept of AM which is YOU doing the work so you can make the most ROI. No one can run a campaign as well as you can, their want to succeed just isn't the same.
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