EXECUTIVE MASTER IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
Founder
Pioneer of the SEM Market in Belgium (1999) 
Google AdWords Qualified Individual
Google Analytics Qualified Individual
Who am I?
An experienced multi‐lingual team
Google AdWords Certified Partner
Managing large accounts in Benelux 
and Europe.
5 individually certified 
specialists:
AdWords
Analytics 
Microsoft  AdExcellence
2 Google Forums Top Contributors
(AdWords & Analytics)
Gérald Claessens
Performance Marketing
Be Found
Generate Sales
SEA
SEO
Conversions !
Conversion Funnel
Performance main issues
• CPM  CPC
• CPC  CPL, CPA
• Post View or Post Click ?
• Cookie based, MultiTouch or Last Click ?
 DATA (marketing)!
Gérald Claessens
POE and Search
AS INTRODUCTION
Paid. Owned. Earned.
Opinions of friends and family, 
word of mouth
Opinions of surfers
(blogs, forums, community networks, 
etc ...)
Press coverage
Advertising in media (TV, 
Internet, Radio, outdoor, print) 
(e‐)mailings
Promotional gifts, trade fairs
Sponsored events
Web Site, facebook page of the 
brand
Point of sale
Catalogue or magazine
of the brand
P O E
POE impact on business
Owned
36%
Control content & 
dist.
Control message
Drive traffic & 
conversion
Paid
32%
Drive traffic & 
awareness
Broad reach & 
scalability
Track & measure ROI
Earned
32%
Credibility & 
trustworthy
Peer references
Third‐party 
influence
POE in SERP
AdWords
AdWords
Natural Result
News & Reviews
SEO
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
SEO Search Engine Optimization
Google Market Share
Google controls 46% of online ad spendingBELGIUM: 95%
Google : 46% of online ad spend
According to the 2010 
overall figures for 
Digital Ad Spend, 
courtesy of Darren 
Herman, of the circa
$64 billion Worldwide
2010 Digital Advertising
Revenues, Google is
responsible for nearly
half, i.e. $29 billion or 
circa 45.7%.
Offline vs Online
Natural Results
Google Golden Triangle
Making Google Easy is Hard
Making Google Easy is Hard
Making Google Easy is Hard
Google was Blind …
See Do not see
Text Images
Title Video
URL Flash
Alt Javascript
Java Applet
The Spider
Keywords Research (1)
Keywords Research (2)
Keywords Research (3)
SEO Factors
Social
Link Building
On page Optimization
Accessibility & Quality Content
Start with the basics
Unique Text Content Sitemaps Bot accessibility URL structure Error handling
Keyword research
Titles, Meta, URLs, H1, Copy, Internal anchor text
Manual request & creation
On site 
Engagement features
On Page Optimization
1. Page Titles, 
2. Url Parameters
3. Headers (H1)
4. Bread Crumbs
5. webcopy & anchor text links
6. Alt tags
7. Image optimization
8. Microdata (reviews)
9. Call 2 action
10. Etc…
Pictures Optimization
Links
Links are crucial
Link Building
High
Auth.
Sites
Brand Advocates
& Social Media
PR, Basic Social Media,
Partnerships
Niche Directories, Article
Sites
Blogs, Forums, Profiles
General Directories, Organizations,
Classifieds
Link Baiting
Summary
Most Important Factors 4 SEO?
1. Content
2. URLs
3. Links
4. Social Networks
SEA
SEARCH ENGINE ADVERTISING
Search Display
A Dual Network
Search Network
Up to 3 links
Up to 8 links
Sponsorized Links
A Closer Look at the Ad Auction
Ad Position is determined by...
Ad Rank… which denotes ad position=
…
Relevance
Quality Score is 
determined by a 
combination of factors, 
including:
• Click‐through‐rate on 
Google.com (clicks 
divided by impressions)
• Keyword and ad text 
relevance
• Landing page quality 
Quality Score X
Willingness to pay
Max CPC is the highest €
amount an advertiser is 
willing to pay for one 
click on their ad
Max CPC
Example: Auction & Ad Quality
More Quality Reduces Price
Regional and Local Targeting
Country, Regional, and City-level Targeting
◦ Reach customers searching for results in geographic areas you choose
Customized Targeting
◦ Reach customers searching for results in an area you define
Language Targeting
◦ Reach users searching in a specific language, wherever they are*
*Marketer is responsible for translating ads into selected languages.
Region City Radius Set borders
Endless Optimisation
Right Traffic Building
Performance 
analysis Content 
optimisation
Keyword List1
Copy2
Landing Page 3
Campaign = Website Structure
Clothing Sporting
equipment
Athletic
shoes Home gym
Tennis 
Shoes
Ad Group Ad Group Ad Group Ad Group
Ad GroupAd Group Ad Group Ad Group
Ad Group Ad Group Ad Group Ad Group
Ad Group Ad Group Ad Group Ad Group
You are in control
Campaign: Clothing
Message Audience
Keywords:  tennis 
shoes     tennis 
footwear          shoes 
for tennis tennis shoes 
on sale tennis shoe                 
adidas shoes       nike 
tennis shoes
“tennis shoes” 
Example
Ad Group:
Tennis 
Shoes
Annonce Keywords
Athletic
Shoes
Metrics That Matter
•Manage your keywords for overall profitability, not for quality score.
Landing Pages
• First Impressions are Everything
Site Quality Guidelines
Search Display
Everything is (will be) Display
Fragmentation is an opportunity
The vision of Display by Google
Planning, targeting & reporting
BRANDING !
For the advertiser:
Reach the user at the right time
For the user:
For the publisher: 
Applies the“search” science to display “art”
Monetization
Serving and 
formats
Display
Search
Awareness Interest Desire Action
Buying Cycle
Display covers the whole buying cycle
Google Display Network
YouTube & the Google websites  Google Partners
Targeting
Contextual 
Placement
Remarketing
Where they are Where they have been
Activity
Ad are linked to content
Google use 
keywords and 
themes to 
find the most 
appropriate 
content.
Remarketing
OR RETARGETING
Remarketing
97% of new visitors do not convert after their first visits
It’s possible to target those surfers through Google display
Remarketing ?
2
Page is tagged with the 
remarketing Code 
5
… and visit a website of 
the nbetwork
A new ad is displayed
User surfs on 
the website
1 3 Server collects the ids of all 
the users
User List
• Cookie 1357
• Cookie 2468
• Cookie 9753
• …
4 Users keep on 
surfing
6
Users clicks and 
come back on the 
website
2
Cookie
1357
Cookie
1357
Campaign delivery
When the concerned users go on 
our network, the customized ads 
are shown to the relevant users. 
Products data collect
(thanks to a cookie)
We memorize the products of the 
users browsing / surfing on the the 
partners sites
Choice of the relevant strategy
1 Products consulted
2 Similar products to the products 
consulted or placed in the basket  
page of the site
3 Complementary products to the 
product purchased
Data collect Strategy Diffusion
Dynamic retargeting : concept
5
9
Dynamic retargeting : scenarios
Hitech.comHitech.com
500€
The user has seen a 46cm  TV on the 
Hitech.com  site
Product recall Recommendations Cross selling
The user has placed the TV in the 
basket page but has not bought the 
product. 
The user has bought a 46cm TV
Hitech.comHitech.com
300€
Hitech.comHitech.com
100€
We personalized the banners by  
showing the products previously 
consulted by the user.
We personalize the banners with the 
highlight  in the banners of  the  
products from the same category 
(TV size, price, brand, etc…)
We personalize the banners by 
highlighting additional products 
In this case, it could be a DVD player 
or surround sound system.
VIDEO ADVERTISING
The phenomenon
YouTube in Belgium
YouTube vs TV
YouTube vs TV
•TrueView video ads are a family of formats that give viewers choice and control
over which advertisers’ messages they want to see and when.
•Viewers can choose to view your video ad or skip it if they're not interested. You
pay only when they choose to watch your message.
Engage by giving viewers the choice
SKIP
THIS AD?
VIEW
THIS AD?
Target who you want - and who wants you
The opt-in nature of TrueView video ads provides natural targeting eliminating viewers
who have already seen your ad or who are not in the market for what you have to offer.
Only pay for views
You pay only when viewers choose to watch your ad - not by the page impression - and
our auction-based system helps you control your budget based on performance.
Increase your video view count
All views on TrueView formats are user initiated and are happening in the YouTube player.
Meaning that every single view is increasing the YouTube view count of your video.
Gain essential insights
Track your performance with “AdWords for Video” and you'll know exactly which of your
ads perform best, then adjust your campaigns for even greater success.
Reach people who are primed to hear your message
Overview of TrueView ad formats
TrueView 
IN STREAM 
TrueView 
IN SEARCH
TrueView 
IN DISPLAY
TrueView 
IN SLATE
User can choose to view or 
skip your Pre Roll ad
User can choose to click through 
to view your video
User can choose to view your 
video while on relevant 
websites
User can choose to view your ad out 
of three ads shown
TrueView In Stream (TrueView Pre Roll)
HOW IT WORKS
• Viewer experience: Ad plays for 5 seconds, then 
viewers can choose to skip or watch the ad to the 
end.
• Advertiser experience: You are only charged if the ad 
has been watched in full or for at least 30 seconds. 
Ads play on YouTube videos of all lengths. 
CREATIVE ASSETS
• Video, no max length
• Optional companion banner (300x60) 
PLACEMENT
• YouTube Watch Page
• Partner videos only
TARGETING
• Keyword, Category, Placement, Demographic
PRICE 
• Auction, CPV (Cost per View)
• You only pay for views, not impressions
TrueView 
In Stream (Pre Roll)
Copy length – Max 30sec
Companion Banner – Optional, 300x60
Buying – Reservation or Auction
Currency – CPM or CPC
Remarketing – Not available
Copy length – No max
Companion Banner – Optional, 300x60
Buying – Auction
Currency – CPV (Cost per View) 
Remarketing – Available
TrueView vs. Standard Pre Roll
Standard
In Stream (Pre Roll)
TrueView In Search (Promoted Videos)
HOW IT WORKS
• User experience: Viewers see your ad as they are 
searching for or watching relevant videos. They can 
click on your ad and will be directed to your Watch 
Page to view it.
• Advertiser experience: You only pay when people 
choose to view your videos. All impressions are free. 
CREATIVE ASSETS
• Video, no max length
• Just write a few sentences to describe your video 
and you’re ready to go
PLACEMENT
• YouTube Search Page
TARGETING
• Keyword, Category, Placement, Demographic
PRICE
• Auction, CPV (Cost per View)
• You only pay for views, not impressions
Affiliate Marketing
YOUR RESELLER NETWORK
Affiliate Marketing?
Visitor
The advertiser pays the 
platform
The platform pays the 
affiliate publisher
The sale is recorded 
by the affiliation 
platform
The publisher receives 
a commission
Affiliate Publisher Advertiser
Affiliation : How does it work?
Affiliation Platform
The visitor clicks on 
the ad published on 
the website of the 
publisher and buys on 
the advertiser's site.
Visitor
Affiliate Network
Publisher website
Advertiser website
4. visitor makes a 
transaction
3. Network stores 
click information 
and forwards visitor 
to advertiser’s 
website
5. Advertiser reports 
the transaction
1. Visitor visits 
publisher website
2. Visitor clicks on 
advertising which 
links to affiliate 
network
6. Network matches 
transaction to click 
and credits 
transaction to the 
publisher
Standard affiliate tracking
Global Methodology
Monitor Conversions Results and ROI
Networks Animation
On‐going Control of the Affiliates
Cookie and Script Set‐up
Campaigns Tagging and/or Tagging Control
The last ad vs Reality
The “Last Ad” Standard
–Last Ad Clicked
–Last Ad Viewed
The Reality
Campaigns reach consumers multiple times, across
multiple channels, over extended periods of time
$
$
$
$
$
Search
Google
Banner
Yahoo
Rich Media &
Sponsorship MSN
Banner
CNet
Banner
Sky Sports
$
Solution
Only report transaction to network which referred last click
Overview:
1) Tag all destination urls with the name of the affiliate network
Example: http://www.3suisses.be/fr/?source=tradedoubler
 Google Analytics campaign tagging can also be used
2) Get the traffic source of the current visit from the url and store this information in a cookie on the
visitors computer
 cookie contains affiliate network of last click
3) On sales confirmation page report the transaction only to the network stored in the visitor’s cookie
 affiliate which referred last click gets the commission
Result
Visitor
Affiliate Network A Affiliate Network B
Advertiser website
5. makes transaction
Publisher from
network A
Publisher from
network B
1. clicks
3. clicks
6. reads cookie from visitor and reports 
transaction only to network B
7. credits transaction
2. Visits website 4. Visits website
2a. sets cookie 
‘network A’
4a. sets cookie 
‘network B’,
overriding 
previous cookie
Advantages
 Lower the costs of the Affiliates Campaigns (up to 50% savings)
 Keep the same volume of sales
 Easy to implement
 Only minor changes to existing affiliate tracking code necessary
 No additional third party software necessary
 Can also involve other traffic sources, e.g. emailing campaigns
 Easy to customize to business requirements
Examples:
 Do not override old traffic source if second visit of user came via Google Adwords using a 
brand search keyword or via an emailing campaign
 Remove the cookie after the first sale to attribute only first sale to traffic source
Attribution
HOW TO BE LESS WRONG?
Last click rules
Last click drives decisions today
Flawed, but simple
Why last click is often too late
People search and buy on different devices
People research online then purchase offline
35%of Belgian consumers have
researched online before buying
offline, in the past 12 months
Google Conversion Tracking Solutions
Google Attribution Solutions
Understand the customer journey
How many days from the first 
touchpoint do conversions take?
Understand the customer journey
How many digital media touchpoints
Do visitors have before converting?
Understand the media mix
How many
conversion
paths does a 
channel touch?
Attribution Modeling
Last Click First Click Linear
Based on the Position Time Decay Personalised
My business is unique !
Attribution Models
Display
View
Display
Click
Affiliation 
Click
E‐mailing 
Click
SEA Click Conversion
100%
Display
View
Display
Click
Affiliation 
Click
E‐mailing 
Click
SEA Click Conversion
100%
Last Click
First Click
Display
View
Display
Click
Affiliation 
Click
E‐mailing 
Click
SEA Click Conversion
100%
First Contact
Attribution Models
Display
View
Display
Click
Affiliation 
Click
E‐mailing 
Click
SEA Click Conversion
20%
Linear
20%20%20%20%
Display
View
Display
Click
Affiliation 
Click
E‐mailing 
Click
SEA Click Conversion
35%
Time Decay
30%20%10%5%
Attribution philosophy
Attribution modeling
Almost there…
You just need to TEST
•Option 1 : pre and post-test
•Option 2 : geo test
Performance Marketing is an endless process
Be Found
Generate Sales
SEA
SEO
Conversions !
TEST ‐ ANALYZE
OPTIMIZE
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