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Contextual Targeting Essentials

  • Free
  • Beginner
  • Basis Technologies

A free course on contextual targeting concepts, partner types, use cases and the cookieless future—highly transferable to DOOH context and trigger strategies.

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Time to complete
60 min
Level
Beginner
Certificate
Yes

Overview

Contextual Targeting Essentials is a one-hour Basis Technologies course on how contextual targeting works, the types of contextual partners available, common use cases and the direction of contextual advertising. While it spans digital advertising broadly, contextual logic is especially relevant to DOOH because physical location, venue, weather, time, events and other real-world conditions can all shape which message should appear.

What You'll Learn

  • Define contextual targeting
  • Understand different contextual data and partner types
  • Develop simple contextual campaign use cases
  • Separate contextual targeting from person-based targeting
  • Understand why context matters in privacy-conscious advertising
  • Apply contextual thinking to DOOH venues and real-world triggers

Highlights

  • Free one-hour certification
  • Highly transferable to DOOH
  • Useful for weather, venue and moment-based planning
  • Good privacy-conscious targeting foundation

Who It's For

Best for

  • Programmatic DOOH buyers
  • Creative strategists building dynamic campaigns
  • Brand marketers
  • Media planners

Before you start

  • Basic advertising knowledge

Access

Cost
Free
Format
Certification Course
Time to complete
60 min
Certificate
Yes
Hands-on
Yes — structured lessons/exercises

Free to access

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Topics Covered

  • Contextual Targeting
  • Programmatic
  • Data
  • Planning

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What is Contextual Targeting Essentials?

Contextual Targeting Essentials is a certification course from Basis Technologies focused on contextual targeting, programmatic, data. A free course on contextual targeting concepts, partner types, use cases and the cookieless future—highly transferable to DOOH context and trigger strategies.

Is Contextual Targeting Essentials free?

Yes. It is listed here as free.

What level is Contextual Targeting Essentials for?

It is best treated as a beginner resource. The prerequisites above describe the background that will make it easiest to use.

How long does Contextual Targeting Essentials take?

Plan for 60 min. For reference resources, use it as needed rather than reading everything in one sitting.

What will I learn from Contextual Targeting Essentials?

The main outcomes are the practical skills and concepts listed in the What You’ll Learn section above.

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