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Holistic Planning & Execution
• Research & planning
• What you need to know, about:
– Search
– Display
• Ad networks, exchanges, and DSPs
• Messaging
– Mobile
– Video
• Great landing pages
• Additional considerations
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• Web Desktop and Mobile represent 36% of “eyeball” time
• “Mobile” continues to grow dramatically – more on that later!
Why Digital
Source: Mary Meeker D10 Presentation, Morgan Stanley, 2012
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Focusing On Objective
Setting a
good
objective
Define the “action” you want a user to take
Decide what you’re willing to pay for that “action”
Place & use conversion code (pixel)
Divide media cost by
total conversions/actions
Result is eCPA (effective
cost per action)
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Planning Search
Everything starts here
➫ Google’s QS system impacts
where/when your ad shows
up and how much you pay
per click
➫ A Quality Score is calculated
every time your keyword
matches a search query
➫ Bid is often cited as the least
influencing factor
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Objective pages:
– Complete “find a clinic”
– Complete “request an
appointment”
– Complete “email signup”
Client provides “services categorization” & geography words to
use to drive actions
– Massage, facial, spa, etc.
– Dallas, Plano, Arlington, Richardson, etc.
Example: Massage Envy
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You + Google Do The Rest
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Entering the geographical terms along with the service category
terms generates a keyword list of all permutations and
combinations
Remove obvious unfit keyword terms
Launch campaign and optimize to your goal!
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Why Are Landing Pages So Important In Search?
Google will actively lower your search ranking if the landing page
copy doesn’t match search intent/copy, or raise it if it does!
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Offer matches = happy
consumer and happy Google!
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And Remember, Display Drives Search!
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Spikes in OLA are concurrent with spikes in
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between online advertising and searches.
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Random Pieces of Search Trivia
GOOGLE
• Most expensive search term? Cost is $100/click
Mesothelioma
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Users And Context Targeting
There are two main parts to planning:
How do we find these people?
User Data
(user behind the page)
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Context
(inventory/placements)
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One Example Is Our Mayo Clinic Client
Mayoclinic.com
• Influence users to perform “actions” on their site which demonstrate
they will likely visit the clinic
Objective:
We’ll use www.quantcast.com/planner since it’s free and
accessible to all
First, let’s understand the site and its audience
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How Do We Buy All These Sites?
• Networks, exchanges, and DSPs (Demand Side Platforms)
• You can take your desired site list to any one of these and only run on
these sites
• Best coverage will likely occur with a major exchange (or DSP being the
technology to access the exchanges)
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Page Vs. User
Now you’ve bought the page, but how do you make sure
you’re in front of the right user, too?
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Buying User Data
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• We started by “guessing” for Mayo Clinic at some segments that
would work
• But in working with a data segment analysis tool we learned these
unexpected target groups were performing the best
– DLX Frequent Buyers --> Pet Supply Buyers --> Pet Supply Buyers
– DLX Lifestyles --> Leisure Travelers --> Leisure Travelers
– And others…
• We adjusted the buy to use these other segments, along with our
original targets, and lowered the eCPA immediately!
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Why Using Demographics Doesn’t Work
Compared to the general internet population, how do you think
Facebook’s audience income skews?
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But Compared To Louis Vuitton?
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About the same!
Audience affinity is much more accurate, using
comScore, Google media planner, or Quantcast
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Ad Serving
Knowing how, when, and where ad calls occur is the crux of all
online advertising
• Behavioral targeting
• Geo-targeting
• DSPs, SSPs, DMPs, and all other acronyms
• Exchanges
• Bidding
Enables the understanding of
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Messaging
• “Click Here” or “Roll Over” if using rich media
Strong call to actions
• Users have a short attention span
Keep the message simple
• No “teases”!
Keep the animation under five seconds and always display the
“main point” first
Remember, what do you want the user to do when they get to
your site?
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But Most Browsing (88%) Is Still Done Via Desktop
Desktop
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So Mobile Will Be Huge, Right? Eventually…
Source: Mary Meeker (KPCB), eMarketer, IAB
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2011 U.S. Ad Spending vs. Consumer Time Spent By Media
Ad Spend Per Media Time Spent Per Media
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A few reasons
1. The screen is really small
2. The traded CPMs are 5x less, but sell-side CPMs
are double!
3. Tracking, technology, and reporting are still awful
• Specifically in-app placements
4. Lack of standards (HTML5? MRAID?)
Why The Gap?
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• Keep it simple
• Have an objective
• Keep your expectations in “test” mode
• Don’t be lured to shiny objects
What You Can Do In Mobile Now
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Running Video?
Here’s your checklist:
• :15 only for best results
• Know your goal
– Tracking to eCPA, or going
for video-viewing
completions?
• Are you OK with UGC or non-
branded content, or do you
only want first-run
programming (like Hulu, CNN,
or others?)
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Why Are Landing Pages So Important In Display & Video?
• First off, you’re advertising to encourage an action, and 99% of the time
that action will occur post-impression, not post-click
• Second, at a minimum, upon click, it should be what was promised or
you’ll lose the user
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Wait, so it’s not instant? I’m
outta here!
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Using Social Media As A Landing Page
• Should I drive my traffic to a facebook landing page?
• I have no idea – depends whether or not the user can complete the
action that is your goal on that social media page
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Let’s Summarize The Process
BOTTM
Ensure pyramid will be
covered “bottom up”
Establish what you’re
willing to pay per
action
For search, focus on
four quality score
factors
Spend to “point of
diminishing return”
against desired eCPA
Ensure landing pages
are built to do what
the ads want to the
user to do
Understand real
context of where to
find your users
Plan data segments to
associate with
inventory
Launch, measure and
OPTIMIZE (search,
display context, display
users, and creative!)
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