CONVERTING
CONTENT MARKETING
WITH TECHNOLOGY
Andrew Milk, Head of
Sponsored Content
TABOOLA
(You have seen us before…)
HOW OUR ALGORITHM WORKSTaboola Widget
HOW OUR ALGORITHM WORKSTaboola Publishers….
Link to a content item
(text/video/photo)
Taboola analyzes the item to
predict where it will perform
best
Taboola starts recommending item
across the network on sites where
likelihood of meeting the performance
objective is highest
Taboola measures performance
and continuously optimizes
placement of content
HOW THE ENGINE WORKS
Taboola founded with
the goal of
revolutionizing video
discovery
ABOUT TABOOLA
Becomes the leading
online video
recommendation
platform
Adapts the technology
to recommend articles
and photos;
launches a content
marketplace
Becomes the leading
Content Discovery
platform with 3.5B daily
recommendations
2007
2012
2011
2014
Content Marketing is
anything but new...
In 1900, Michelin Tires releases a 400-
page guide with restaurant reviews,
maps, car maintenance tips and petrol
station locations.
Red Bull creates the most-watched live YouTube
stream ever, showing Felix Baumgartner’s free
fall jump. 53MM concurrent Viewers
Continuous Evolution
Ancestry
publishes
and
promotes a
blog
covering
genealogy
topics.
Measurement is
Everything
NOT ON THE HIGH STREET HALVES CPA GOAL
LasikPlus BUILDS TRAFFIC AND CONVERSIONS
THROUGH CONTENT MARKETING
“CPA for booked appointments is 55% lower
with Taboola than other marketing channels.
THE LINE DOUBLES TRAFFIC AND
GROWS EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION
The Line doubles traffic in one month
and grows email subscriber list by 12%
with Taboola and grew traffic by 100%.
TAKE AWAYS
MARKETABLE CONTENT
ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS
MEASUREMENT OF SUCCESS
Technology and Tools
CAMPAIGN OPTIMIZATION
Track and optimize for CPA
CREATIVE OPTIMISATION
KPI’S & MEASUREMENT
Creative A
Creative B
SEQUENTIAL/INTERNAL RETARGETING
Track Conversions Too!
EXTERNAL RETARGETING
Pixel Brand Site Retarget Consumers With
Branded Content Within
Taboola Network
DISPLAY RETARGETING
Pixel Display
Retarget Exposed Group Within
Taboola Network
THANK YOU!

Converting content marketing with technology

Editor's Notes

  • #3 If you use the Web, you have most likely seen Taboola before…
  • #6 Here’s how it works: You provide a link to a content item The Taboola algorithmic engine analyzes the content item and predicts where it will perform best The item will be recommended across the network Taboola will measure performance, based on whatever KPI you define, and optimize placement of the content item
  • #7 The company was founded in 2007 with the goal of revolutionizing the discovery of online video. By 2011, Taboola has become the leader in online video recommendation technology. In 2012 Taboola enhanced its algorithmic engine to also recommend text and photos, and opened a content marketplace. Taboola is the content discovery leader with over 130B daily recommendations.
  • #9 In 1900, Michelin Tires released a 400-page guide geared at helping drivers maintain their cars. It coved basic maintenance, accommodations, and other travel tips. After 35,000 copies were distributed for free, the company began selling the books for a profit.
  • #10 In the most-watched live YouTube stream ever, Red Bull’s “Stratos: Mission to the Edge of Space” sponsored adrenaline junkie Felix Baumgartner’s free fall jump from 24 miles above ground. The only hint of the Red Bull brand was the Red Bull branded flight suit and Red Bull logo on the helium balloon Felix jumped from. BRANDING NOT CONVERIONS
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  • #16 Brand, engage, convert
  • #19 If your goal with a content campaign is to drive action – e.g. drive product sales, newsletter subscriptions, trial sign-ups – you can optimize your campaign for that action and easily track CPA.
  • #21 We help optimize campaigns through rigorous A/B testing of creative.
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