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THERE ARE TWO FUNDEMENTAL PROBLEMS WITH
TARGETING CONSUMERS ON THEIR PUBLIC
BEHAVIOUR & INTERESTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
…PEOPLE-LIKE-PEOPLE & CONSUMERS PUBLIC
PERSONA’S
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WHAT WE
SHARE / LIKE
SOCIAL
The 3 Digital Moments
WHAT WE
SEARCH
SEARCH
WHAT WE
FIND INTERESTING
DISCOVERY
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WHAT WE
SEARCH
SEARCH
WHAT WE
SHARE / LIKE
SOCIAL
WHAT WE
FIND INTERESTING
DISCOVERY
The 3 Digital Moments
WE KNOW WHAT
WE’RE LOOKING FOR
WHAT WE SAY WE
LIKE & OUR FRIENDS
SHARE
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
WE’RE LOOKING FOR
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0 10 20 30 40 50
55 year old and over
45-54 year olds
35-44 year olds
25-35 year olds
18-24 year olds
% of Time Spent on Discovery
27-42%Of what we consume online
are content we didn’t set
out to find
Outbrain commissioned research 2017
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Understanding Content
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Proprietary
Taxonomy
~200 CATEGORIES
Supervised
Learning
Topic
Models
SEVERAL
THOUSAND TOPICS
Unsupervised
Learning
Concepts
Derived From
Wikipedia Tags
TENS OF
THOUSANDS
Graph (tree)
Optimization
Entities
Extracted
From Text
TENS OF
THOUSANDS
Tuned OS
Package
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Understanding Content
Proprietary Taxonomy
Business & Finance / Insurance
Topic Models
Money; costs; income;
insurance; paid; year;
cash; fees
Entities
US Senate; Obama Care;
Ted Cruz
Wiki Concepts
Healthcare reform in the US; insurance companies of the US;
patient protection and affordable care act; medicare/medicaid US,
healthcare reform legislation in the US
Other Info
Geo, Device type, OS,
Time of Day, Time on site,
Source, Destination
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Supply: content volume by theme Demand: CTR by theme
Article keywords demand vs. supply:
High demand but low volume = huge untapped opportunity for brands
Break
Service
Win
Bus
Tourist
Pilot
Watch
Airport
Stay
Passenger
…
…
…
…
…
Flight
Travel
Airline
…
Passenger
Airport
…
…
Tourist
…
Service
…
Break
Bus
Win
Travel Insights on 17M Unique
Users: APAC June 2017
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Article theme demand vs. supply:
Focus your efforts on themes that are high in demand and low in supply
Travel Insights on 17M Unique
Users: APAC June 2017
Demand: CTR by theme
Supply: content volume by theme
Tips & Ideas
Destinations
Planning
Accommodation
Travel Trends
Holidays
Transportation
Demand Supply
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People who consume parenting content
also engage with women’s health,
furniture, nutrition and relationships.
SOURCE: DEEP DIVE, PARENTING CATEGORY, MARCH 2017
Parenting Insights on 800k Unique Users: Philippines March 2017
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Supply: content volume by theme Demand: CTR by theme
Malaysia New Mums
Good
Healthy
Dangerous
Safe
Advice
Clean
Advice
Safe
Healthy
Dangerous
Clean
Good
New mums in Malaysia are being given advice they don’t want and Filipinos
want guides they don’t seem to be getting.
Supply: content volume by theme Demand: CTR by theme
Philippines New Mums
Guide
Help
Family
Quick
Easy
Good
Help
Family
Guide
Easy
Quick
Good
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Article themes demand vs. supply:
High demand but low volume = huge untapped opportunity for brands
Automotive Insights on 23M
Unique Users: APAC June 2017
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Personal Interest
Profile: Discovering the
‘Real You’
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Personal
Interest Profile
(PIP)
DIY
DOGS
PARENTING
AUSTRALIA
H O L I D A Y S H O P P I N G
F I N A N C I A L P L A N N I N G
P H O T O G R A P H Y
E M E R G I N G M A R K E T S
W E E K E N D G E T A W A Y S
GARDENING BASICS
FOOTBALL
R O A D T R I P S
RUNNING
A R T I S A N A L F U R N I T U R E
I M P A C T I N V E S T I N G
EDUCATIONAL APPS
URBAN LANDSCAPING
INTERIOR DESIGN
IKEA HACKS
T R U E C R I M E P O D C A S T S
M E D I T A T I O N W O R K S H O P S
GREEN ROOFDECKS
CRAFT COFFEE
HEALTHY COOKING
RETIREMENT PLANNING
S M A L L S P A C E S O L U T I O N S
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COLLABORATIVE FILTERING &
SOCIAL NETWORKS
• Content-based
• Understand the affinity of each user to each piece of content/topic/item,
based on that user’s historical content consumption
• Collaborative filtering
• Understand the affinity of each user to each piece of content, based on co-
consumption patterns of the entire user population
* Friendship-based features can enhance affinity based models, & be leveraged for explanations of anomalies
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LIKES:
Nikoi Island
Animal rights
City of Melbourne
The Office
INTERESTS:
Debt Consolidation
Solar Power
SUV’s
Parenting
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Source: "For your eyes only: consuming vs. sharing content", Meshulam
& Sasson (2016)
“Private Social-Dissonance”
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
Celebrities
Sports
Television
Cars
Fashion
Movies
Men’s Health
Business
Home Improvement
Insurance
Parenting
Career
Architecture
Art
Education
Natural disasters
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SEARCH SOCIAL DISCOVERY
The 3 Digital Moments
DATABASE OF
HUMAN INTENTION
WHAT WE WANT
PEOPLE TO THINK
WHAT WE REALLY CONSUME
(THE PRE-SEARCH MOMENT)
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