© intelliAd Media GmbH
Aligning with the Customer (Decision) Journey
Wolfhart Fröhlich, CEO intelliAd
© intelliAd Media GmbH
About intelliAd
2
Bid-Management & Multichannel-Tracking
» A Neutral Technology Provider since 2007
» intelliAd is a company of Deutsche Post DHL
since July 2012
» About 90 employees
» More than 38,000 managed Google AdWords
accounts worldwide, tracking of more than
250 million clicks and conversions per month
» Research co-operation with the Technische
Universität München (TUM) and Yale
University, Connecticut
» Information security – ISO-Certificate
according to DIN ISO/IEC 27001
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Our interfaces
3
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We have clients from all verticals
4
Agencies
Direct Clients & E-Shops
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General Perception of Online Marketing
5
Google organic
(SEO)
Direct Traffic
News-
letter
Affiliate
Marketing
Price
comparison
Google
AdWords
(SEA)
Facebook
Ads
Display
Common Praxis
» Isolated tracking of
ad channels
» Isolated efficiency
analysis
» Isolated budget
decisions
Does an isolated approach make sense?
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In reality channels are interconnected
66
Google
organic
(SEO)
Direct Traffic
Google
AdWords
(SEA)
Display
Reality
» Complex interactions
between online & offline
channels
» Over 30 %* of Conversions
are influenced by several
channels
Focus on all participating channels and evaluate them based
on their performance
Preissuch-
maschinen
* intelliAd study from the tourism industry with customer data base:> 1 million clicks
7 %* of all conversions
were initiated in PPC and
ended in SEO
(5 % from SEO to PPC)
6 %* of conversions were
initiated in Facebook and
ended in SEO
(2 % from SEO to Facebook)
Affiliate
Marketing
Facebook
Ads
News-
letter
Telefon
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Complexity increases by additional factors like time
7
Consideration of the Dimension
„Time“
» Conversions often occur with
a delay after the initial click
» Chain length is often between
20 – 40 days
7
Measure the Cross-Channel effects precisely and factor them into your budget
decisions
Google
organic
(SEO)
Direct Traffic
Display
Preissuch-
maschinen
Affiliate
Marketing
Facebook
Ads
News-
letter
Telefon
t 1
t n
Google
AdWords
(SEA)
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Definition of Multichannel Tracking
8
Multichannel Tracking measures clicks and views of all channels
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An example of a customer journey
9
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Stefan is a passionate diver
10
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He starts his search on Google
11
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The hunt for the snorkel
12
» SEO
» Display
» Price Search Engine
» Type-In
KettenendeKettenstart / -mitte
SEO
Display
Price
Search
Engine
Type-In
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35
33
6
18
60
55
17
35
16
22
42
16
11
17 18
14
57
15
37
52
39
21
13
3
22
30
47
58
64
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Percentage of online shoppers of the
total population of the country
Source: Eurostat
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Hard Facts about Comvel plc:
14
Hard Facts about Comvel plc:
» Comvel plc comprises weg.de, weg.at, ferien.de, payback-reisen.de
» Comvel plc is one of Germany´s biggest travel portal
» Founded in March 2005 in Munich
» Core business: online sales of last minute and vacation packages
» Use of the follow intelliAd products: bid management, multi-channel
tracking, pixel carrier, impression tracking, TV tracking, basic brand
monitoring
» More than 300 000 € media spend /month and 1 250 000 clicks
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Objectives
15
» Challenge: Reach the potential customers in the right channel at the
right time with the most relevant advertising material.
» Comparing different evaluation models (Attribution Models) to attribute the real
added value contribution to the channels.
» Distribute the marketing budget efficiently.
SEM TV Commercials
SEO
Newsletter
Price Comparison Tools
Affiliate Marketing
Display
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Comparing different attribution models
16
Chain start Chain endCenter
Chain start Chain endCenter
Model: First-Click-Wins
Model: Last-Click-Wins
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Further attribution models
17
Model: „Equal Distribution“
Model: „Bathtub“
Chain start Chain endCenter
Chain start Chain endCenter
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Implementation
Decision for intelliAd due to recommendations of other tourism manager
and due to the following reasons:
» Cross-channel tracking
» Choice of several attribution models
» Pixel Carrier with individual rules
For the channels implemented, weg.de was able to measure for every
individual user, when an interaction (click or impression) took place and
which shopping basket value was generated.
As a result of the analysis of „big data“ the attribution model „bathtub“ was
implemented.
18
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Cycle for implementing an attribution model
19
1
Creating campaigns
and advertising
material.
4
… and distributing
budgets on advertising
material anew with the help
of an attribution model.
2
Capturing each user‘s
touchpoint with the
advertising material.
Scoring the influence of each
advertising material on the buying
decicision of the user…
Attribution
model
Budget allocation
Campaign-Management
3
SEA
1 2 3 4
User analysis
42 34 1
35
33
6
18
4
3
2
1
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By comparison: Last-Click versus „Bath tub“
20
Depending on the attribution model,
different contributions of the channels
Google
AdWords
Type In Price
comparison
Last-Click-Wins
Bath Tub Model
Display Facebook
Ads
Results
» Due to Multichannel Tracking,
Attribution Models and Bid
Management increase in ROI by 144%
» Conversion rate boost of 28%
» Additional affiliate commissions could be
saved due to the pixel carrier
21
© intelliAd Media GmbH
Questions & Answers
22
Thank you for your
interest !
Wolfhart Fröhlich
Sendlinger Str. 7
80331 Munchen
+49 89 / 15 90 490 -20
info@intelliad.de

Webrazzi Dijital'14 - Aligning with the Customer (Decision) Journey - Wolfhart Fröhlich, IntelliAd

  • 1.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Aligning with the Customer (Decision) Journey Wolfhart Fröhlich, CEO intelliAd
  • 2.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH About intelliAd 2 Bid-Management & Multichannel-Tracking » A Neutral Technology Provider since 2007 » intelliAd is a company of Deutsche Post DHL since July 2012 » About 90 employees » More than 38,000 managed Google AdWords accounts worldwide, tracking of more than 250 million clicks and conversions per month » Research co-operation with the Technische Universität München (TUM) and Yale University, Connecticut » Information security – ISO-Certificate according to DIN ISO/IEC 27001
  • 3.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Our interfaces 3
  • 4.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH We have clients from all verticals 4 Agencies Direct Clients & E-Shops
  • 5.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH General Perception of Online Marketing 5 Google organic (SEO) Direct Traffic News- letter Affiliate Marketing Price comparison Google AdWords (SEA) Facebook Ads Display Common Praxis » Isolated tracking of ad channels » Isolated efficiency analysis » Isolated budget decisions Does an isolated approach make sense?
  • 6.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH In reality channels are interconnected 66 Google organic (SEO) Direct Traffic Google AdWords (SEA) Display Reality » Complex interactions between online & offline channels » Over 30 %* of Conversions are influenced by several channels Focus on all participating channels and evaluate them based on their performance Preissuch- maschinen * intelliAd study from the tourism industry with customer data base:> 1 million clicks 7 %* of all conversions were initiated in PPC and ended in SEO (5 % from SEO to PPC) 6 %* of conversions were initiated in Facebook and ended in SEO (2 % from SEO to Facebook) Affiliate Marketing Facebook Ads News- letter Telefon
  • 7.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Complexity increases by additional factors like time 7 Consideration of the Dimension „Time“ » Conversions often occur with a delay after the initial click » Chain length is often between 20 – 40 days 7 Measure the Cross-Channel effects precisely and factor them into your budget decisions Google organic (SEO) Direct Traffic Display Preissuch- maschinen Affiliate Marketing Facebook Ads News- letter Telefon t 1 t n Google AdWords (SEA)
  • 8.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Definition of Multichannel Tracking 8 Multichannel Tracking measures clicks and views of all channels
  • 9.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH An example of a customer journey 9
  • 10.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Stefan is a passionate diver 10
  • 11.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH He starts his search on Google 11
  • 12.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH The hunt for the snorkel 12 » SEO » Display » Price Search Engine » Type-In KettenendeKettenstart / -mitte SEO Display Price Search Engine Type-In
  • 13.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH 13 35 33 6 18 60 55 17 35 16 22 42 16 11 17 18 14 57 15 37 52 39 21 13 3 22 30 47 58 64 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Percentage of online shoppers of the total population of the country Source: Eurostat
  • 14.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Hard Facts about Comvel plc: 14 Hard Facts about Comvel plc: » Comvel plc comprises weg.de, weg.at, ferien.de, payback-reisen.de » Comvel plc is one of Germany´s biggest travel portal » Founded in March 2005 in Munich » Core business: online sales of last minute and vacation packages » Use of the follow intelliAd products: bid management, multi-channel tracking, pixel carrier, impression tracking, TV tracking, basic brand monitoring » More than 300 000 € media spend /month and 1 250 000 clicks
  • 15.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Objectives 15 » Challenge: Reach the potential customers in the right channel at the right time with the most relevant advertising material. » Comparing different evaluation models (Attribution Models) to attribute the real added value contribution to the channels. » Distribute the marketing budget efficiently. SEM TV Commercials SEO Newsletter Price Comparison Tools Affiliate Marketing Display
  • 16.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Comparing different attribution models 16 Chain start Chain endCenter Chain start Chain endCenter Model: First-Click-Wins Model: Last-Click-Wins
  • 17.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Further attribution models 17 Model: „Equal Distribution“ Model: „Bathtub“ Chain start Chain endCenter Chain start Chain endCenter
  • 18.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Implementation Decision for intelliAd due to recommendations of other tourism manager and due to the following reasons: » Cross-channel tracking » Choice of several attribution models » Pixel Carrier with individual rules For the channels implemented, weg.de was able to measure for every individual user, when an interaction (click or impression) took place and which shopping basket value was generated. As a result of the analysis of „big data“ the attribution model „bathtub“ was implemented. 18
  • 19.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Cycle for implementing an attribution model 19 1 Creating campaigns and advertising material. 4 … and distributing budgets on advertising material anew with the help of an attribution model. 2 Capturing each user‘s touchpoint with the advertising material. Scoring the influence of each advertising material on the buying decicision of the user… Attribution model Budget allocation Campaign-Management 3 SEA 1 2 3 4 User analysis 42 34 1 35 33 6 18 4 3 2 1
  • 20.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH By comparison: Last-Click versus „Bath tub“ 20 Depending on the attribution model, different contributions of the channels Google AdWords Type In Price comparison Last-Click-Wins Bath Tub Model Display Facebook Ads
  • 21.
    Results » Due toMultichannel Tracking, Attribution Models and Bid Management increase in ROI by 144% » Conversion rate boost of 28% » Additional affiliate commissions could be saved due to the pixel carrier 21
  • 22.
    © intelliAd MediaGmbH Questions & Answers 22 Thank you for your interest ! Wolfhart Fröhlich Sendlinger Str. 7 80331 Munchen +49 89 / 15 90 490 -20 info@intelliad.de