How can publishers help advertising partners reach real people who are in-market for their products?
Learn the latest research on the state of the digital advertising ecosystem for publishers. Our presenters, Stefan Tornquist, VP of Research at Econsultancy and Kathy Menis, SVP Marketing at Signal, share crucial insights from our recent survey revealing how publishers can help advertisers target the in-market consumers they want to reach and work with partners to expand their scale.
Digital Publishers: Turn on Custom Audiences, Ramp Up CPMs
1. Digital Publishing:
Adding Value Through Data
New Research Findings
Stefan Tornquist, VP Research, Econsultancy
Kathy Menis, SVP of Marketing, Signal
3. Today
The study and some context
A look at the digital publisher study behind this talk
Findings
A look at top findings from the study
Case Studies and Questions
Data-driven publishing in the real world and your questions
4. The study
• September 2015
• Highly screened (127 in final cut)
• 60% have offline publishing operations
• Revenues $50M+ ($200M-$500M 31% / $500-$1B 29%)
• Director+ (EVP/C-suite/Board 40%)
6. The state of publishing
Current trends in display advertising revenue
7%
15%
18%
34%
26%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Shrinking
quickly
Shrinking slowly Staying about
the same
Growing slowly Growing quickly
7. Challenges
18%
24%
29%
29%
30%
32%
33%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
None of the above
Slow and disconnected marketing
technology
Unable to target in real time with
advertisers' or partners' first-party data
Unable to target in real time with 3rd-party
data
Unable to use live intent data to target 'in-
market' consumers
Inability to recognize consumers across
devices
Insufficient scale to recognize individuals
online and across channels
Top display advertising challenges – 2 choices allowed
8. 45%
38%
32% 30%
35%
41% 52%
37%
13% 17% 11%
27%
6% 5% 5% 6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
We can’t compete with large
publishers like Google and
Facebook unless we can
target known subscribers at
scale.
We allow users to register
using universal logins from
Google, Facebook, Twitter,
etc., and lose data as a result.
We see growth in combining
our data with partners to be
able to target in-market
consumers on a large scale.
The key advantage for large
publishers like Facebook and
Google is that they offer
people-based targeting.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree
Running with the alpha dogs
10. Current capabilities
4%
41%
41%
47%
49%
51%
57%
61%
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 75%
We cannot target based on any of these
We can target by live visitor intent (behavior triggers ads
or actions)
We can target with shared advertiser data
We can track visitor identity across devices/platforms
We can target by content category
We can target with applied third-party data
We can target by audience type/persona
We can target registered subscribers
11. The desktop display challenge
52%
38%
31%
28%
26%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Response
speed/slow
technology
Limited ability to
add advertiser
data
Limited data to
work with
Low rate of
consumer
authentication
Limited
integration with
demand-side
platforms (DSPs)
12. The mobile display challenge
40%
38%
31% 30%
28% 28%
0%
15%
30%
45%
Limited ability to
add advertiser
data
Response
speed/slow
technology
Low rate of
consumer
authentication
Limited data to
work with
Limited
integration with
demand-side
platforms (DSPs)
Limited cross-
device tracking
13. PUBLISHER O&O
ADVERTISER DATA
W E B S I T E & M O B I L E A P P
C U S T O M E R F I L E , W E B S I T E & M O B I L E A P P
MEDIA
PLATFORMS
S U P P L Y S I D E
D E M A N D S I D E
NEUTRAL ID
PLATFORM
S E G M E N T A T I O N U IHASHED IDs
HASHED IDs, ATTRIBUTES
& BEHAVIORS
CUSTOM
AUDIENCE
SEGMENT(S)
SYNC PUBLISHER IDs
COLLECT ADVERTISER DATA
SET-UP AUDIENCE SEGMENTS
• HANDLES OPT-
OUT
• SET-UP ALIGNS
WITH
PUBLISHER
PRIVACY POLICY
Neutral onboarding + activation platform
21. Moving forward
38% 34% 31% 31%
26%
34% 47% 49% 44%
48%
22%
16% 16%
18% 25%
6% 3% 4% 7% 2%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Adding more video
inventory
Adding new mobile data
capabilities (cross-
device identity, mobile
behavior, etc.)
Adding new data
capabilities (live intent
targeting, use of
advertiser data, etc.)
Adding development
staff for new site
features
Adding content
development staff for
native/custom content
Highest priority Significant priority On the horizon Not a priority
22. Lessons of high-growth publishers
• High growth publishers (HGPs) aren’t waiting to be where their audience is.
• Targeting by live intent data is seen as fundamental.
• HGPs are better able to take advantage of advertiser data as a targeting
variable.
• To meet the alpha-publisher challenge, HGPs are emphasizing partnership
and technology.
• The ability to target known subscribers at scale is their highest priority.
24. YAHOO! Japan is not a Walled Garden
“Our data strategy is open,
that’s the key word here. Our
policy is about being
completely open about our
data.”
--Toru Takata
SVP & Chief Product Officer
For Marketing Solutions
at Yahoo! Japan
25. GOALS
A leading financial services company wanted to
improve their digital reach for an upsell
advertising campaign.
The goals were to increase conversions and
reduce CPA’s
SOLUTION
Signal’s platform enabled the advertiser to
combine their data with YJ’s “online” data for
cross-channel and cross-device matching. The
advertiser was then able to target an audience
based on specific purchase or intent behaviors to
increase upsell conversion.
YAHOO! Japan case study
30. Stop diminishing CPMs and grow premium ad inventory
Premium Direct
Remnant/
Open Exchange
Content-based
• C A T E G O R Y / C O N T E N T
• S E G M E N T S ( D F P )
Programmatic
Premium
Premium Direct
Programmatic
Premium
Remnant/
Open Exchange
• C A T E G O R Y / C O N T E N T
• S E G M E N T S ( D F P )
• C A T E G O R Y S E G M E N T S ( D F P )
• D M P C A T E G O R Y
I N T E R E S T S E G M E N T S
• C A T E G O R Y / C O N T E N T S E G M E N T S
• R O S / R E M N A N T ( O P E N E X H A N G E )
• C A T E G O R Y / C O N T E N T S E G M E N T S
• R O S / R E M N A N T ( O P E N E X H A N G E )
• C A T E G O R Y S E G M E N T S ( D F P )
• C U S T O M
A U D I E N C E S
• D M P C A T E G O R Y
I N T E R E S T
S E G M E N T S
People-based
Welcome to today’s webinar The Global Conversation…from Econsultancy and Lionbridge,
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Thanks very much Kathy…and a reminder to those watching the recorded version of this talk…we’re still happy to answer your questions. We’ll share our twitter handles again at the end of the presentation
I’m hoping to keep my comments about the study and our findings to under half an hour…before we hear about real world examples from Kathy and take your questions.
Respondents were disqualified if they did not have direct knowledge of their company’s ad operations, audience development or audience monetization strategy.
We’ve divided our findings into a few sections…this one is the longest because it addresses one of the trickiest issues in any marketing organization, especially if it deals with multiple regions – how do you balance local relevance with global priorities and brand.
When you can combine premium (controlled, quality) content with the addressability of first-party data, you can offer advertisers the best of both worlds (maximum relevancy) - works to make you an effective full-funnel solution for clients with brand and DR budgets
Potential discussion of publisher site placements vs. a Google/Facebook placement (Google's bread & butter isn't content creation + Facebook has fewer control over that content since it's UGC)
So, as a true journalistic, content creator publisher, the ability to scale custom audiences enables a strong value prop against the Googles, Facebooks, etc.
The strategic play that publishers can make -- and that's an open neutral identity network. It's an alternative to FB's scale, but it's also different from the stand up that no one gives up their data or control. The benefits are shared and secure.
When you can combine premium (controlled, quality) content with the addressability of first-party data, you can offer advertisers the best of both worlds (maximum relevancy) - works to make you an effective full-funnel solution for clients with brand and DR budgets
Potential discussion of publisher site placements vs. a Google/Facebook placement (Google's bread & butter isn't content creation + Facebook has fewer control over that content since it's UGC)
So, as a true journalistic, content creator publisher, the ability to scale custom audiences enables a strong value prop against the Googles, Facebooks, etc.
The strategic play that publishers can make -- and that's an open neutral identity network. It's an alternative to FB's scale, but it's also different from the stand up that no one gives up their data or control. The benefits are shared and secure.
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But in order to get to this holy grail/best of both worlds, you need scale (identity at scale; quality of scale) (Figure 3)
Deterministic vs. probabilistic matching (I think we should spend a minute to describe/explain the difference)
Why we need deterministic: The cross-device piece is important in providing scale (maybe mention an open network is what's best here)
But in order to get to this holy grail/best of both worlds, you need scale (identity at scale; quality of scale) (Figure 3)
Deterministic vs. probabilistic matching (I think we should spend a minute to describe/explain the difference)
Why we need deterministic: The cross-device piece is important in providing scale (maybe mention an open network is what's best here)
You need a new class of inventory that clears at a higher price than behavioral segments
You need to put advertisers first and give them the chance to easily buy against their own first party data
You need it to work quickly and not be reliant on long chains of platforms to bring your data, as well as your advertisers to market
You need it to conform to how customers engage with your site and to mix with your data
Signal Custom Audiences let’s you offer a new class of inventory that your Advertisers are demanding. It gives you the ability to enable advertisers to leverage their data with your buys for targeting and personalization.
It’s being used by many Advertisers across Facebook and twitter to more accurately target and buy their audiences, with the publishers gaining a higher yield
It’s driven by advertiser 1st party data (2nd party to Kohl’s) so it will be highly targeted
Highly targeted media leads to performance – meaning you drive a higher yield for advertisers and can get a higher CPM
It grows the amount of remnant you can sell at a higher CPM as well
Signal can also build category interest segments for you and your advertisers if implemented, giving you the power to own your data.
Signal doesn’t sell it’s data as a third party provider, so people can’t take advantage of your data outside of your site.