5. Company
Milestones
Founded Taboola to
recommend videos
Became leader in
video discovery
Launched “Sponsored
Content” and moved
into articles, galleries
Became the largest global
discovery platform
2007
2012
2011
2015
11. Discovery Can Be Utilized at Every Stage in
The Funnel
Awareness
Decision
Loyalty
Consideration
12. Cook and Enjoy. It Really Is
That Simple - Watch
BlueApron
You May like
You May like
Cook and Enjoy. Start today.
BlueApron
7 Reasons Why Glasses
You May like
Drive Performance at Every
Stage of the Funnel
19. Tips and Tricks
Test Multiple Creatives
Test multiple title variations and
images per URL, to see what works
best for your content. Start with at
least two images and five titles,
though you can always test more.
20. Tips and Tricks
Whenever possible, split your
campaigns by platform. User
behavior on mobile and desktop
is very different. This will help
maximize your potential.
Split By Platform
22. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: Which of the images here should perform best
according to our best practice?
23. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: Which of the images here should perform best
according to our best practice?
24. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: Which of the images here should perform
best according to our best practice?
25. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: Which of the images
here should perform
best according to our
best practice?
26. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: You are a retailer selling headphones, which of
the images would convert best for your site?
BONUS: Which would be worth AB testing?
27. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: You are a bank wanting people to sign up to
your new pension scheme, which image would you
use?
BONUS: Which would be worth AB testing?
28. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: You are a travel agent and have
written a blog about the best beaches for
couples to visit, which of the images
would you use?
BONUS: Which would be worth AB
29. QUESTION TIME - IMAGE
Q: You are a delivery company selling
“take away” food for people to cook at
home, which image would you use?
30. Using people and faces works best
Show how users can interact with the product or service you are offering
Use bright colours
Avoid overlaying text and avoid clutter
31. QUESTION TIME - TITLE
People all over
the world love this
service
Students are
loving this food
delivery service
People can’t stop
talking about this
new service
32. QUESTION TIME - TITLE
A recent university
study has shown that
apologising to your
partner can save your
relationship
Why apologising to
your partner can save
your relationship
Research has shown
that apologising to your
partner can save your
relationship
33. QUESTION TIME - TITLE
Weight loss can
be achieved
through the help
of these recipes
5 recipes that will
help you lose
weight
Here are a list of
recipes that will
help you lose
weight
34. QUESTION TIME - TITLE
Latest report
shows why more
sleep is good for
you
Discover How
More Sleep Will
Make You More
Successful In Life
Study shows how
more sleep can
improve your well-
being
35. QUESTION TIME - TITLE
5 best sounding
headphones of
2017
These
headphones
sound great – you
should buy them
Best headphones
for under $50
36. QUESTION TIME - TITLE
Top 5 romantic
beaches
These 5 beaches
are amazing for
couples
Look at this
gallery for some
romantic beaches
37. QUESTION TIME - TITLE
Watch this
amazing video of
dolphins jumping
Watch This
Amazing Video Of
Dolphins Jumping
Look at this
incredible video of
dolphins jumping
41. Write Your Content
INFORM FIRST, SELL SECOND.
How These Simple Muffins
Will Transform the Way You
Eat
Users arriving on your page are
discovering you for the first time.
Start on the right foot by engaging
and informing them.
BE PRECISE.
Speak directly about your product
and value proposition. Users
won’t buy into your brand if they
don’t know what it is and why they
should.
42. Design Your Page
Keep it short.
400-600 words will be just enough
to get your point across without it
feeling like hard work for the user.
B2B content can be longer.
43. Top it off with an image.
Adding a picture at the beginning
or midway through the article will
help make your page inviting.
Make sure the image doesn’t take
up the entire width of the page so
the user knows to continue to
scroll down.
44. Keep it clean, keep it simple.
Simple black font on a white
background is best to keep the
user engaged.
45. Make it readable.
Bolded sub-headers, relatively big
fonts, and short paragraphs will
also ensure the user stays on the
page.
46. Link carefully.
If you need to link outside of your site,
make sure that link opens in a new tab or
window.
47. Pop smart.
Users will instinctively close pop-up
windows without reading them. If you
need to rely on a pop-up, then make sure
it’s triggered only once a user has truly
engaged with your page.
48. LOCATION
Add a less aggressive CTA
about 1/3 of the way down
your page. Hyperlinked
text in a separate row can
work well for this.
Place the CTA immediately
below the article body.
Don’t place your primary
CTA in the right rail on
desktop. Users will be
engaging with the article,
and will most likely miss it.
Don’t place your CTA
below share buttons and/or
comments. The user will
miss it.
49. COPY
Tell the user why they
should take action in a
simple way.
Give the user an incentive
to take action. A discount,
demo, price quote, or
some other added value
will help increase
conversions.
Don’t emphasize multiple
actions. Your CTA should
focus only on your primary
goal.
Tell the user what to expect
post-click. Use precise
action-oriented language
like “buy” or “sign up,”
rather than more generic
language like “click here.”
50. FORMAT
Find creative ways to
gamify your action if
possible, like using a quiz
format. It will make the
user more likely to follow
through with the action.
Don’t make the CTA look
like a banner. Users have
banner blindness and will
ignore it. Even separating
your CTA from the article
with a block of background
color will have this effect.
Don’t rely on a floating CTA
in the footer. Users will
most likely miss that as
well.
51. Innovate.
Videos, photo galleries, quizzes, and
other unique content types have the
potential to unlock whole new audiences
for your product. Experiment with new
formats whenever possible - but make
sure to keep the above rules in mind!
52. Always Be Testing.
Technology and browsing habits change
and evolve. A/B test major elements of
your page on a regular basis to make sure
you’re reaching maximum conversion
potential.
53. Are Products Sold Through
Taboola Found
on the Original Content
Page?
of users purchase
products directly
featured on the
promoted page.
26%
of users purchase
products not
featured on the
promoted page
74%
54. Make sure to link directly to
purchase pages. Give users
plenty of opportunities to explore
beyond the products featured on
the page.
BEST PRACTICE
55. Clear call to action
Don’t use the right rail for you CTA
Multiple CTAs through the page
Provide an incentive
Think back to when you first realized you could find pretty much anything across the web using a search box. We started Taboola 8 years ago with a vision to do that, only in reverse. We began with video because we thought that was the most challenging format (and btw our founder couldn’t find anything to watch on TV after spending 7 years in the army and thought there has to be a better way).
This has allowed us to create moments of discovery for all types of content in every country around the world by connecting people with information they may like, yet never knew existed.. just waiting to be discovered.
[TRANSITION] and everyone has something they want to be seen
Hi I’m BBBB from Taboola and you’ve probably interacted with our recommendations dozens of times a day. Taboola surfaces personalized recommendations that find relevant users, billions of times a day. With the biggest reach, across the best websites, we are where attention is on the web.
We started 8 years ago as a video recommendations company; building a core technology (algorithm) for video is extremely challenging since there is less meta data available
In 2012 we added support for text and image content, and launched our sponsored content marketplace
By 2015 we became the world’s largest discovery platform in the world
ASK THE QUESTION
Let me give you two examples that really highlight how brands can take advantage of Taboola’s platform.
First, Take a brand like Blue Apron, a cook-for-yourself meal delivery company. This is a new category in for meals, healthier than take away, less effort than planning and meal prep on your own. But as with any new category, consumers may not know it exists or understand how this will be an amazing addition to their lives. This is a sweet spot for content marketing, whether that’s text or video, Blue Apron needs to take potential consumers on a discovery journey with them, to explain the value proposition.
Taboola is a ideal avenue for this format, e.g. content, and in the distribution, finding the right potential customers for this product. Blue Apron runs a sophisticated campaign, starting with top of the funnel awareness, and ending with call to action content to get people to test the service. This is all run against tight CPA goals which Taboola has been able to achieve or beat quarter after quarter, helping Blue Apron to become one of the fastest growing players in this space.
ASK THE QUESTION
WHAT DO THEY DO?
Another example is Intel, certainly an established household name, but for a relatively dry concept, computer chips. Did you know Intel does so much more? Like power technology in health sciences, medicine, entertainment, sport. No one goes out to search for that information but with discovery, this information can find users who might be interested. Using discovery to tell their story to a new generation of decision makers who now see Intel in a new light.
There’s something both Intel and Blue Apron have in common, people didn’t know to look for what they were offering. The most common digital advertising levers, search and display, don’t achieve this.
Search – incredibly powerful, but ONLY IF someone is looking for you
Display– focused on impact and reach, but doesn’t drive action, when was the last time you clicked on a banner?
Discovery – allows you to find the right users, and not wait for them to find you. Discovery takes place in content consumption mode, either in Facebook’s walled garden, or with Taboola, on the open web. Consumers find your natively served content in a familiar format and have the choice to click on whatever they find interesting.
Taboola reaches users all over the world. We are exclusively partnered with the largest and most premium sites in the world. We work with about 5,000 premium sites, and reach over 1 billion users Globally.
We get this reach by partnering with the best most premium sites. We have in depth partnerships with these sites, with code on site, and true first look inventory, allowing advertisers wide-ranging access to the right users. Many of these partners, such as AOL and NBC, are also investors in the platform.
Our reach is global and comprehensive
Regardless of goals or KPIs, Discovery can be used at every stage in the funnel. The only differentiator is the type of content the brand will push out at each stage
Brands such as intel use content to change consumer perception of the company, and Chobani uses content to stay top of mind
Expedia has an amazing blog called viewfinder which inspires people to travel
Capital One and Salesforce use discovery to educate consumers about their different types of products they offer and retarget and back into specific CPA target. Macy’s, on the other hand, uses ROAS as their primary KPI.
And for a brand like Verizon, we can reach existing customers with 1st party CRM data
Full funnel. As I mentioned with blue apron, many advertisers take advantage of our unique placements and re-targeting capabilities to drive users down the funnel. You could serve top of funnel video to create brand awareness, use a carousel unit to tell people more about your brand and drive them to your blog or other informational page, and lastly, when they have been primed to understand your offiering, drive them to a CTA to sell your product or service.
10M 100M
Giving them a reach equivalent to that of facebook and youtube, the difference being that this reach and especially with Taboola exists outside the walle garden ecosystem and presents advertiser content where people are ready to engage with it – on publisher pages
The underlying message I want you to take through the next bit is that you can use a content discovery channel to do 2 business objectives at the heart of every advertising model – (1) amplify content you already have, whether that be owned or earned media and (2) drive performance to sell more units of whatever prodcuts you may have – be it advertising impressions or cars
And what aviva will be showing you next, is how to run effective campaigns to help achieve these goals
Hi, my name is Aviva and I’m going to go through image, headline and landing page best practices for your native campaigns.
BIG DECISIONS is a finance website that help people manage their personal finances
How to educate audiences about their products and services…use Taboola…promoted educational landing pages
8k subscriptions for emails newsletter! + 4 pages per visit
BABBEL language learning service
How to get language learners into paying customers. …taboola…promoted engaging blog content
100k new leads/month + translated website into 10 languages and expanded into 10 new countries
PLATED, meal delivery service
Reach new customers…promote sponsored article from Food & Wine Magazine to drive people to a free meal signup
SECRET ESCAPES members only travel company selling discounted luxury stays
Drive users to an informative landing page about their service
2 images + 5 titles at minimum
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People, shoulders up
Avoid Clutter, single focus
Color!
Avoid text
People interacting with products
CTR is 6.4% higher for pictures with people than the product alone
Call out your audience…Parents!
Front load the main point
Numbers!
Add Mystery!
We want to make sur that users take the actions we want them to take
Add Watch/Video….shop/buy
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The pages themselves.creatives are one part but the page must then drive in the intended action
Inform the audience about the value proposition first.
Only once they feel that they have received something will they take next step whether that’s an email signup or something else
Keep it short. 400-600 words
Add a picture…makes the page inviting. But make suer that the image doesn’t take up the entire width of the page so the user knows to continue
Clean. Black font on white page
Short paragraphs, bold subhearders, etc
Make sure links open in new tabs or windows
Users close pop ups instinctively. Only use them when a user is really engaged
Calls to action.
Less aggressive 1/3 way down page with a hyperlink. CTA immediately at the end of the article.
NOT in right rail. Banner blindness. Don’t put CTA below share buttons
Explain why the user should take action.
Give incentive – discount, demo, etc.
Give post-click expectations – Buy now or sign up. NOT click here.
DON’T add multiple actions. Focus on the primary goal
Gamify! Use a quiz. Higher engagement
Don’t make the CTA look like a banner. Don’t use a floating footer,
Innovate with new formats.
Always test!
Internet wormhole. THEY ARE CLICKING ON AN ARTICLE!
readers and skimmers
This problem we talked about – we have a solution for it!
When in doubt – give it to your cranky uncle
This is taboo la’s blog. check out the bottom of the article
We want people to download a content discovery guide
we want people to experience our widget
Assume an engaged audience, who will look for something to do next
If you didn’t have them in the first place – you won’t have them for the KPI
when you track, you learn about your audience, and you can improve everything, a to z
you can start seeing patterns in your user’s behavior across channels
don’t make assumptions! Ask the audience - who got more clicks, george clooney or abe lincoln?