This session will cover topics like creative ad formats, conversions tracking, targeting and re-targeting, rotation & optimization, reach & frequency, performance measurement, data verification and programmatic buying - via Sizmek.
This will be an ideal opportunity for Brand Managers, Digital Media/Marketing Managers, Creative Managers and Media Planners to explore opportunities to utilize their digital ad spend more effectively.
8. Digital Marketing ROI Recipe
Ingredients
▸Display
▸Rich
▸Video
▸Mobile
▸Social
▸Search
▸Email
Cross Channel
▸Campaigns
Historical
Data
▸Global,
Regional &
Local Industry
Benchmarks
History &
Bench -marks
▸Branding
▸Engagement
& Conversion
▸Customer
Retention
▸Reach
▸KPIs
Objective
▸Innovative Ad
Formats such
as BillBoard
▸Custom
Interactions
e.g. Tap to
Call/SMS
▸Videos
Instream /
Outstream
▸Dynamic Ads
▸Data Capture
Creative
▸Use Smart
Media
Planning Tool
▸Programmatic
Buying
Media
Planning &
Buying
▸Targeting
▸Re-targeting
▸Optimization
Audience
▸Aggregate
view of Cross
Channel Data
& Instant KPI
▸One Click
PPT
▸36 pre-
defined
reports
Analytics
9. 11 Tips to Boost Digital Advertising ROI
1. Use Third Party Ad Serving
2. Integrate Multiple Channels
3. Engage your Users
4. Make Targeted Creative
5. Rotate Multiple Ads
6. Optimize Best Performing Ads
7. Make Multiple Versions
8. Track Conversions
9. Measure Beyond Clicks
10. Verify your Data
11. Buy Audience not Impressions
11. 3rd-Party Ad Serving – The Basics
Third-Party Ad Serving is the technology that
pushes ads out onto a website allowing the
agency to track the performance of these ads.
Why do agencies rely on third party ad
serving?
Accountability
Control
Simplifying the process and bring all parties together
Access to Rich Media
22. First impressions count
An interactive ad unit with compelling content engages
your audience and increases brand favorability.
Users are more likely to engage while on the page they’re
viewing.
Rich media and Video outperforms standard across all
brand metrics; drives better engagement, performance,
and campaign results.
34. Weather Targeting
Dynamically customize your creative
based on the weather
Ability to display current local weather
conditions as well as future forecasts
Weather demo
36. Keyword Targeting
Serve ads based on information about the
end-user that is passed by the publisher
Verify with the publisher that they can send
us information and what keywords will be
used
39. Contextual Targeting
Semantic
Analyzes every page’s
content holistically to
understand meaning
Site/Section Level
Categorizes pages based on
classification of whole site
Categorizes pages based on the
presence of individual words
COMPETITION VS Peer39
Keyword-based
41. The worst mistake businesses
can make in modern marketing is
allowing customers to
slip off the radar
42. Retargeting
Allows advertisers to target visitors of their site with specific ads to match their interest
Sizmek retargeting tag is placed on advertisers site. When users visit, their computer receives
a Sizmek cookie, allowing us to identify them when they are exposed to Sizmek ads
44. Use Multiple Targeting Strategies
A bank may have a targeted ad of online PTCL bill payments for users who
are bank’s online banking customers (Retargeting)
are based in Karachi (Geo Targeting)
use PTCL internet (ISP Targeting)
53. Auto Optimization
• Set to auto optimize by any metric
•CTR
•Dwell Rate
•Interaction Rate
•Conversions Rate
•Post Click Conversions Rate
•Post Impressions Conversions Rate
•Specific Conversions
•Specific Interactions
57. What is a conversion?
A user who does some meaningful activity on the advertiser site is
considered “converted”
Which actions are considered meaningful is defined by the advertiser
Can be a purchase, signing up for a newsletter, download PDF, fill a form ...
An additional way to judge the campaign’s success – and to check what
contributed to this success most…
Tracking requires dedicated tags for each action or behavior
58. 59
Count the number of times users have visited a certain page or taken a certain
action, after seeing an ad for a campaign
Counter Conversion Tags
59. 60
Sales Conversion Tags
Count the value and number of items purchased by users who have seen/clicked an ad
(Sales tags are typically placed on the “Thank You” page after a transaction is completed)
62. A cookie is written to the user’s browser
The cookie contains information about;
The time the ad was displayed
If it was clicked
Site name
Campaign name
Ad name
63. At a later stage the user visits
the advertiser X’s website and
lands on a page with a
conversion tag set up.
The conversion tag is called - the
conversion tag info and the
user’s cookie information are
sent to Sizmek
64. The match between the tag and the cookie
information is checked
(i.e. – if the user previously saw an ad for
the same advertiser the conversion tag
belongs to)
If there is a match – the conversion
information is recorded by Sizmek
65. TAG TYPE INFORMATION
All o Conversion tag ID
o All ads seen for advertiser
o When the ads were seen
o If the ads had a click through
Counter o Frequency capping information
o Optional: SessionID
o Custom Variable(s)
Sales o Quantity of items purchased
o Revenue
o Optional: Order ID, Product ID, Product Information
o Custom Variable(s)
The following information is kept:
67. Key Takeaways
Target & Re-target your customers with engaging ads
Video boosts ROI dramatically
Mobile is the key to personalized marketing
The future is Programmatic Buying