The document discusses best practices for digital media planning, outlining key considerations for selecting media channels, targeting audiences, measuring outcomes, and optimizing campaigns. It provides examples of using different digital advertising platforms like display, search, social media, and various targeting and measurement tools. The presentation emphasizes testing strategies, managing expectations, and continually improving campaigns based on post-buy analysis.
2. Bruce Carlisle
Pre-historic: Madison Ave. and PR Hack
Founder: SF Interactive, 1996 -2004
Consultant: 4As, Agencies, Digital Axle
Current Founder: Conference Hound
http://conferencehound.com
bruce@conferencehound.com
Twitter: @rbcarlisle
Twitter: @conferencehound
3. Making Media Choices:
TV:
Broad scale, Sight, Sound & Motion, Passive, Older
Radio:
Demographic segmentation, on the move
Print:
demographic / interest segmentation
Online/Mobile:
Highly targeted, action engagement oriented,
measurable, at work far less impactful, Interruptive
4. Making Media Choices
Broadcast:
High CPMs
Print:
High CPMs
Digital:
Unlimited inventory,
highly variable quality range
Context
Retargeting
Device distributiom
5. Building blocks of a plan
Desired action or objective
Targeting
Media Selection
Web
Mobile
App
Date range
Budget
Flexibility
Creative message
6. Targeting & measurement
Digital offers multiple targeting methods:
Geography
Demographic
Psychographic
Behavior
Social Network & Registrations
A Wealth of Data
But how much do you need
7. Pricing CP What?
Cost per Thousand CPM
Cost per Lead CPL
Cost per Action CPA
8. Awareness vs Engagement vs. Lead Gen
What is the metric?:
Raw Impressions Delivered
Quality Impressions Delivered
User Interaction
Click Throughs
Ultimate DownStream Performance
9. Web Publisher sites
Advantages Disadvantages
Interest targeted Frequently expensive
Generally higher quality (high CPM)
Great editorial CPA not always available
environments Creative restrictions or
Personal service mandates
10. Ad Networks
Advantages Disadvantages
Easy Quality
Frequently less Transparency issues
expensive Control
Behavioral opportunities
11. Digital targeting discussion
Example Retargeting
Auto
Banner
User visits Auto Site User visits News Site
Auto
Banner
User visits Clicks on
Ad User visits Sports
12. Emergence of Demand Side Platforms
Enables Real Time bidding across multiple
networks
Best for high pressure ROI buys
Costly (must be managed in real time)
16. Things to think about
Expectations Management
Cancelation policies
Rich Media
Production costs
Messaging flexibility
Control of edit environment
Intrusive or Interruptive
17. Where does free social media fit in?
FWIW:
Social media has significant costs although not
classically media costs
Near constant appetite for activity
Social media is highly risky
Nothing is projectible
Without supporting digital or offline campaigns, be
wary
But, difficult to ignore
20. Importance of Landing Environments
Often the difference between success and
failure
Website
Landing Page / Lead Form
Download
Third party site
Mobile
Facebook Pages, etc.
21. Honda: Lead Form Layout Test
A B C
VERTICAL FORM (default) VERTICAL FORM (test) HORIZONTAL FORM
22. Lead Form Optimization Layout Test: Results
FORM LAYOUT IMPRESSIONS CLICKS LEADS CONV RATE
A (default vertical layout) 117,060 1,311 13 0.99%
B (vertical layout - test) 116,543 1,352 22 1.63%
C (horizontal layout) 117,704 1,315 30 2.28%
Option C created a 128% improvement in lead capture
Cut lead acquisition costs by more than half
Notes:
1) The default vertical layout (A) has the lowest average conversion rate
1) C > A: 99% confidence
2) B > A: 90% confidence
2) The horizontal layout (C) is top performer
1) C > B: 85% confidence
23. The growing Digital media mix
Display
Content Text
Mobile Search
Rich
Video
media
24. Post Buy
Did the publisher deliver what they said they
would
Discrepancies: a near certainty
What needs to change
Targeting
Costs
Landing Pages
Creative