I’ve been managing ads for a while, but RTB always felt like a black box until recently. I started looking deeper into RTB meaning because our ROI wasn’t where it should be, and this article helped connect a lot of dots for me: meaning of RTB -
https://en.trafficcardinal.com/post/real-time-bidding-rtb-in-marketing-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters. The way they explain contextual and behavioral targeting made me rethink how we define audiences — it’s not demographics, it’s moments and intent. I also liked the honest explanation of costs and what actually influences bidding prices, because that’s something many guides skip. The comparison between RTB, PMPs, and programmatic direct was useful when discussing strategy internally. After reading it, I realized we were overpaying for certainty instead of letting the system find value dynamically.