A quick glimpse into Snapchat's advertising options and some of the best campaigns so far.

1. Snapchat
Advertisements

2. Types of Ads
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3.  S n a p A d s a r e 1 0 s e c o n d v e r t i c a l v i d e o s v i e w e d b y c h o i c e
 S h o w n b e t w e e n u s e r s t o r i e s , i n t a n d e m w i t h l i v e c o n t e n t a n d
t h r o u g h o u t D i s c o v e r
 T h e y h a v e a 5 x s w i p e - u p ra t e v e r s u s t h e a v e ra g e c l i c k t h r o u g h
 T h e S w i p e u p f e a t u r e c a n i n c l u d e , m o b i l e a p p i n s t a l l , l o n g
f o r m v i d e o, w e b v i e w s a n d a r t i c l e v i e w s .
Snap Ads
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4.  A p p s c a n b e i n s t a l l e d w i t h o u t
l e a v i n g S n a p c h a t
 Wo r k s w i t h b o t h G o o g l e P l a y
a n d i Tu n e s A p p S t o r e
 S n a p c h a t g i v e s y o u t h e a b i l i t y
t o m e a s u r e :
 N u m b e r o f I n s t a l l s
 Po s t - I n s t a l l A c t i v i t i e s
Snap Ads
App Install
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5.  D r i v e u s e r s t o a s e l e c t e d
m o b i l e s i t e t h a t i s p r e - l o a d e d
f o r s e a m l e s s n e s s
 T h e y h a v e g e n e ra t e d a n 8 0 %
l i f t i n o n - s i t e t i m e
 S n a p c h a t g i v e s y o u t h e a b i l i t y
t o m e a s u r e t h e a v e ra g e t i m e
o n s i t e
Snap Ads
Web View
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6.  B y s w i p i n g u p u s e r s c a n
c h o o s e t o s e e m o r e t h a n t h e
a l l o t t e d 1 0 s e c o n d s
 C a n a d d u p t o 1 0 m i n u t e s o f
v i d e o
 S n a p c h a t g i v e s y o u t h e a b i l i t y
t o m e a s u r e t h e a v e ra g e t i m e
v i e w e d
Snap Ads
Long-form Video
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7.  B y s w i p i n g u p u s e r s c a n c h o o s e
t o r e a d m o r e
 S n a p c h a t a l l o w s f o r d i f f e r e n t
m e d i a t y p e s w i t h o u t h a v i n g t o
c r e a t e a w e b p a g e
 Yo u c a n u s e :
 Te x t
 I n - L i n e V i d e o
 G I F s
 I m a g e s a n d g a l l e r i e s
 S n a p c h a t g i v e s y o u t h e a b i l i t y
t o m e a s u r e t h e a v e ra g e
p e r c e n t a g e o f a r t i c l e v i e w e d
Snap Ads
Article
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8.  G e o f i l t e r s a r e l o c a t i o n b a s e d o v e r l a y s
a d d e d t o p i c t u r e s a n d v i d e o s
 T h e y c a n b e e i t h e r s p o n s o r e d o r o n -
d e m a n d
 A n y o n e c a n c r e a t e a n o n - d e m a n d f i l t e r
t h r o u g h g e o f i l t e r s . s n a p c h a t . c o m
 O n c e a g e o f i l t e r r u n s S n a p c h a t g i v e s
y o u d a t a o n h o w m a n y p e o p l e u s e d i t
a n d s a w i t o n c e a 1 , 0 0 0 s w i p e
m i n i m u m i s r e a c h e d
 S p o n s o r e d f i l t e r s r e a c h 4 0 - 6 0 % o f
d a i l y u s e r s
Geofilters
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9.  S n a p c h a t u s e s f a c e r e c o g n i t i o n t o
c r e a t e a n a u g m e n t e d r e a l i t y f i l t e r
 T h e r e a r e b o t h f a c e c h a n g i n g f i l t e r s
a n d n e w l i v e w o r l d f i l t e r s t h a t u s e
t h e f r o n t c a m e ra
 I t c a n t a k e a n y w h e r e f r o m 8 – 1 0
w e e k s t o c r e a t e a l e n s e s
 L e n s e s c a n h a v e i n t e ra c t i v e t r i g g e r s
t h a t m a k e t h e l e n s c h a n g e , l i k e
ra i n b o w s p o u r i n g o u t o f y o u r m o u t h
Lenses
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10. Popular
Advertisements
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11.  E v e r y y e a r f r o m M a y 1 - 1 0 S t a r b u c k s h a s a h a p p y
h o u r f o r h a l f p r i c e d F ra p p u c c i n o s , t h a t r u n s f o r
t w o h o u r s a d a y
 T h e f i l t e r o n l y ra n f o r t h e t w o h o u r s a d a y a n d i f
t h e u s e r w a s n e a r a S t a r b u c k s
 T h e f i l t e r r e m i n d e d S n a p c h a t u s e r s t h a t t h e y o n l y
h a d a l i m i t e d a m o u n t o f t i m e t o g e t h a l f o f f t h e i r
f a v o r i t e f r o z e n d r i n k s
Mrs. Meyers
Clean Day
Starbucks
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12.  Ta c o B e l l c r e a t e d a r e c o r d -
b r e a k i n g f i l t e r f o r C i n c o d e
M a y o
 T h e a v e ra g e u s e r e n g a g e d w i t h
t h e f i l t e r f o r 2 4 s e c o n d s
 I n 2 4 h o u r s 2 2 4 m i l l i o n p e o p l e
u s e d i t t o t u r n t h e m s e l v e s i n t o
t a c o s
 W h i l e t h e f i l t e r c o s t $ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 ,
t h e l e v e l o f e n g a g e m e n t m e a n t
t h a t i t o n l y c o s t 0 . 3 c e n t s p e r
v i e w
Taco Bell
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13.  G a t o ra d e c r e a t e d a S n a p A d
t h a t d i s p l a y e d w i t h i n E S P N ’s
c h a n n e l i n t h e D i s c o v e r
s e c t i o n , c o i n c i d i n g w i t h t h e
U . S . O p e n
 B y c l i c k i n g o n t h e a d , u s e r s
p l a y e d a s S e r e n a W i l l i a m s
 T h e a v e ra g e t i m e s p e n t o n t h e
a d w a s 3 m i n u t e s w i t h < 1 6 %
p l a y ra t e
 3 5 % o f u s e r s s h a r e d t h e g a m e
w i t h f r i e n d s
Gatorade
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14. The End
L i f e ’s m o r e f u n w h e n y o u l i v e
i n t h e m o m e n t