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Online Advertising

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Show and Sell

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Online advertising?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

“The Internet will transform advertising because of its track ability, not its beauty.”

-Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

conundrum

Advertisersmust attract attention withoutBeing

Annoying

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Some say advertising is dead

A few million people think so…

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesIntegrated Marketing Defined:

“A management concept that is designed to make all aspects of marketing communication such as advertising, sales promotion, public relations, and direct marketing work together as a unified force, rather than permitting each to work in isolation.”

about.com

Or“Weaving together digital and physical channels to

engage consumers’ emotions, deliver brand experiences, and form ongoing relationships.”

Forrester Research “Essentials of Integrated Marketing”

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Marketing Online In The Real WorldThe product itselfPackagingPoint of SaleOut-of-homeDirect MarketingPrintRadioTV

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Marketing The Real World OnlineCorporate SiteMicro-sitesOnline AdvertisingE-mail MarketingBlogsSearch

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Integrated Marketing Strategies

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Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplines

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personas

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personasDrive planning by behaviour

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personasDrive planning by behaviourShape execution with ideas, not by media channels

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personasDrive planning by behaviourShape execution with ideas, not by media channelsPoint to the next step in all communications

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personasDrive planning by behaviourShape execution with ideas, not by media channelsPoint to the next step in all communicationsMeasure progress along the path

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personasDrive planning by behaviourShape execution with ideas, not by media channelsPoint to the next step in all communicationsMeasure progress along the path

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personasDrive planning by behaviourShape execution with ideas, not by media channelsPoint to the next step in all communicationsMeasure progress along the path

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Integrated Marketing StrategiesSix Essentials of Integrated Marketing

Demand early collaboration of disciplinesDefine audiences with personasDrive planning by behaviourShape execution with ideas, not by media channelsPoint to the next step in all communicationsMeasure progress along the path

Forrester Research “Essentials of Integrated Marketing”

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The Online Marketing Toolkit

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Internet Strategy

Web Site Strategy

The Online Marketing Toolkit

Permission

Conversation

SearchVisibility

PaidSearch

Measurement

Reinvention

E-mailMarketing

Corporate Site Micro Sites

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Internet Strategy

Web Site Strategy

The Online Marketing Toolkit

Permission

Conversation

ViralMarketing

Cross ChannelPromotion

SearchVisibility

PaidSearch

Measurement

Reinvention

E-mailMarketing

Corporate Site Micro Sites

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Internet Strategy

Web Site Strategy

The Online Marketing Toolkit

Permission

Conversation

ViralMarketing

Cross ChannelPromotion

OnlineAds

SearchVisibility

PaidSearch

Measurement

Reinvention

E-mailMarketing Feeds

Corporate Site Micro Sites

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Search38%

Display31%

Classified12%

Lead Gen11%

Email9%

Search DisplayClassified Lead GenEmail

$60 Billion

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Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

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Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

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Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

• Simplifiers (convenience)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

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Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

• Simplifiers (convenience)• Surfers (find information, explore new ideas, shop)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

• Simplifiers (convenience)• Surfers (find information, explore new ideas, shop)• Bargainers (search for good deal)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

• Simplifiers (convenience)• Surfers (find information, explore new ideas, shop)• Bargainers (search for good deal)• Connectors (stay in touch with other people)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

• Simplifiers (convenience)• Surfers (find information, explore new ideas, shop)• Bargainers (search for good deal)• Connectors (stay in touch with other people)• Returners (return to same sites over and over)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

• Simplifiers (convenience)• Surfers (find information, explore new ideas, shop)• Bargainers (search for good deal)• Connectors (stay in touch with other people)• Returners (return to same sites over and over)• Sportsters (spend time on sports, entertainment sites)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Segmentation Using Customer Behaviour

• Simplifiers (convenience)• Surfers (find information, explore new ideas, shop)• Bargainers (search for good deal)• Connectors (stay in touch with other people)• Returners (return to same sites over and over)• Sportsters (spend time on sports, entertainment sites)

• Must identify groups and formulate ways of generating revenue

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 25

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Research

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Planning a campaign

Define goalsInvestigate target audienceDetermine websites to display adverts

Websites or networks will affect format and payment models

Brief the creative team

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Online adverts need to

Attract attention

Convey a message

Entice action

A C E

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The key differentiator

Immediate response onlineOnline can be interactiveInternet is highly

Trackable Targetable Measurable

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Advertising on the Web

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Advertising on the Web

• Effective advertising involves communication

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 34

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Advertising on the Web

• Effective advertising involves communication• Five-stage customer loyalty model: helpful in creating

advertising messages

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 34

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web

• Effective advertising involves communication• Five-stage customer loyalty model: helpful in creating

advertising messages– Awareness stage

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 34

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web

• Effective advertising involves communication• Five-stage customer loyalty model: helpful in creating

advertising messages– Awareness stage

• Advertising message should inform

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 34

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web

• Effective advertising involves communication• Five-stage customer loyalty model: helpful in creating

advertising messages– Awareness stage

• Advertising message should inform– Exploration stage

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 34

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web

• Effective advertising involves communication• Five-stage customer loyalty model: helpful in creating

advertising messages– Awareness stage

• Advertising message should inform– Exploration stage

• Message should explain how product, service works

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 34

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web

• Effective advertising involves communication• Five-stage customer loyalty model: helpful in creating

advertising messages– Awareness stage

• Advertising message should inform– Exploration stage

• Message should explain how product, service works• Encourage switching brands

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 34

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Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

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Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

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Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

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Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

• Message should be persuasive, convince customer to buy

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

• Message should be persuasive, convince customer to buy

– Commitment stage

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

• Message should be persuasive, convince customer to buy

– Commitment stage• Customer sent reminder messages

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

• Message should be persuasive, convince customer to buy

– Commitment stage• Customer sent reminder messages

– Separation stage

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

• Message should be persuasive, convince customer to buy

– Commitment stage• Customer sent reminder messages

– Separation stage• Customer not targeted

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

• Message should be persuasive, convince customer to buy

– Commitment stage• Customer sent reminder messages

– Separation stage• Customer not targeted

• Online advertising

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising on the Web (cont’d.)

• Five-stage customer loyalty model (cont’d.)– Familiarity stage

• Message should be persuasive, convince customer to buy

– Commitment stage• Customer sent reminder messages

– Separation stage• Customer not targeted

• Online advertising– Always coordinate with existing advertising efforts

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 35

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Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 33

FIGURE 4-5 Funnel model of customer acquisition, conversion, and retention

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Online Advertising Cost and Effectiveness (cont’d.)

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Online Advertising Cost and Effectiveness (cont’d.)

• New metrics to evaluate advertising yield outcomes

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 49

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Online Advertising Cost and Effectiveness (cont’d.)

• New metrics to evaluate advertising yield outcomes– Measure number of new visitors who buy first time after

arriving at site

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 49

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Online Advertising Cost and Effectiveness (cont’d.)

• New metrics to evaluate advertising yield outcomes– Measure number of new visitors who buy first time after

arriving at site• By way of click-through

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 49

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Online Advertising Cost and Effectiveness (cont’d.)

• New metrics to evaluate advertising yield outcomes– Measure number of new visitors who buy first time after

arriving at site• By way of click-through

– Calculate advertising cost of acquiring one customer on the Web

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 49

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Online Advertising Cost and Effectiveness (cont’d.)

• New metrics to evaluate advertising yield outcomes– Measure number of new visitors who buy first time after

arriving at site• By way of click-through

– Calculate advertising cost of acquiring one customer on the Web

• Compare to how much it costs to acquire one customer through traditional channels

Electronic Commerce, Ninth Edition 49

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Center for Management Development

What is online customer acquisition?

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Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

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Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“The new iPad looks really cool!”

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Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“The new iPad looks really cool!”

“I think the iPad could really help me catch up on my reading and emails during my commute.”

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Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“The new iPad looks really cool!”

“I think the iPad could really help me catch up on my reading and emails during my commute.”

“I did some research to find out which iPad might be right for me.”

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“The new iPad looks really cool!”

“I think the iPad could really help me catch up on my reading and emails during my commute.”

“I did some research to find out which iPad might be right for me.”

“I’m on the waiting list!”

“…And here’s my credit card!”

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“The new iPad looks really cool!”

“I think the iPad could really help me catch up on my reading and emails during my commute.”

“I did some research to find out which iPad might be right for me.”

“I’m on the waiting list!”

“…And here’s my credit card!”

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“The new iPad looks really cool!”

“I think the iPad could really help me catch up on my reading and emails during my commute.”

“I did some research to find out which iPad might be right for me.”

“I’m on the waiting list!”

“…And here’s my credit card!”

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“I think the iPad could really help me catch up on my reading and emails during my commute.”

“I did some research to find out which iPad might be right for me.”

“I’m on the waiting list!”

“…And here’s my credit card!”

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

“I did some research to find out which iPad might be right for me.”

“I’m on the waiting list!”

“…And here’s my credit card!”

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action “I’m on the waiting list!”

“…And here’s my credit card!”

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Center for Management Development

Traditional Customer Acquisition Process:

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

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Center for Management Development

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

Each phase of the online sales funnel has proven strategies, tactics & performance measures

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Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

Each phase of the online sales funnel has proven strategies, tactics & performance measures

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Driving online attention

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Driving online attention• Public Relations

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Driving online attention• Public Relations• Social Marketing

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Driving online attention• Public Relations• Social Marketing• Branded Microsites

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Driving online attention• Public Relations• Social Marketing• Branded Microsites• Offline brand advertising

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Driving online attention• Public Relations• Social Marketing• Branded Microsites• Offline brand advertising• Online brand advertising

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• Site• Blogs• Youtube

• Pushing to one hub

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Performance Hub

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• Site• Blogs• Youtube

• Pushing to one hub

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Performance Hub

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Center for Management Development

Measuring online attention:

Awareness-Driving Tactic Proxy MetricPublic Relations •# of impressions / mentions

•Buzz measurement (e.g. Net Promoter Score)

Social Marketing •# of friends / fans / followers •Total visits to a social tool

Branded Microsites •# of visitors•Time spent on site•Level of interaction with site•# of cookies / email addresses captured for remarketing

Offline brand advertising •# of online video views•# / type of comments

Online brand advertising •# of impressions•Reach / frequency•Pre/post exposure ad effectiveness study•# of cookies captured for remarketing

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Social marketing still considered

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Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

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Driving Interest with online marketing

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Driving Interest with online marketing

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Search Engine Marketing

Paid Search: • Keyword/phrase

targeted text ads• Cost-per-click pricing

established through bids; daily budget caps

• Etailers typically measure through to completed sale, and calculate resulting cost-per-order (CPO)

• Search Engines maximize their revenue by serving ads with the best combination of– Bid price

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Search Engine Marketing

Paid Search: • Keyword/phrase

targeted text ads• Cost-per-click pricing

established through bids; daily budget caps

• Etailers typically measure through to completed sale, and calculate resulting cost-per-order (CPO)

• Search Engines maximize their revenue by serving ads with the best combination of– Bid price

Shopping Results:

• Daily data feeds from retailers (image, SKU, price)

• Free

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Center for Management Development

Organic Traffic

• Direct entry traffic– Visitors type in URL

• Search Engine Optimization– Search engines optimize natural

rankings based on an algorithm that includes:

• Site indexation: Making the site “friendly” to search engines

• Content relevance: Once indexed, content needs to be optimized for the right keywords

• Link popularity: Incoming links (both volume and quality) help search engines determine the “importance” of the content

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Remarketing / Retargeting

• Retarget microsite / website visitors • Retarget ad banner clickers• Retarget ad banner viewers

Retarget specific contentHow it works

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Change of

ROAS

VS

CPATuesday, October 4, 2011

This means someone answering the ‘brand awareness’ survey “no, I never heard of them” but then two days later, is more then twice as likely to click on a text ad.Tuesday, October 4, 2011

CPM

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CPCTuesday, October 4, 2011

CPA

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Banner Add

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Impressions

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Call to Action

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Click Rate

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Unique Visitors

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Landing Page

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Conversion Rate

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ROI

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Click Tracking

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Stickiness

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Targeting

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Demographic Targeting

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Contextual Targeting

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Contextual Targeting

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Behavioural Targeting

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Geographic Targeting

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Day-part TargetingTuesday, October 4, 2011

Purchase-Based Category TargetingTuesday, October 4, 2011

Social Based

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Targeting and optimizing

Networks track users Cookies IP address Across web sites

Advertisers can use this information to target adverts

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Targeting can be problematic

• Contextual advertising can get it wrong

–Shark diving advert next to article about shark attack

• Online behaviour does not always represent true interests

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Test #1

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Test #1

Test #2

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Banner advertising

• Simple hyperlinked image shown on web sites.

• Link takes visitor to a landing page.

• AT&T advert was one of the first sold in 1993.

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Banner adverts

• Image or animation displayed on a web site for advertising purposes

• Static or interactive• Can expand on

mouse-over or when clicked on

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Standard banner sizes

Note: these banners are in proportion, not the actual size.

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Advertising evolves with technology

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Advertising evolves with technology

• Today can include sound and video

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Advertising evolves with technology

• Today can include sound and video• Far more interactive

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising evolves with technology

• Today can include sound and video• Far more interactive• Technology allows banners to expand over a page

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Advertising evolves with technology

• Today can include sound and video• Far more interactive• Technology allows banners to expand over a page

• Adverts can be placed in videos

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Map advertising

• Advertising within online mapping solutions

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Rich media allows for rich content

One banner can have Video Tour schedule Downloads Link to web site

interaction

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The art of Retargeting

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Retargeting gone wrong, lol

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What do the numbers say?

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What do the numbers say?

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What do the numbers say?

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Center for Management Development

Measuring online interest:

Traffic-Driving Tactic Proxy MetricSearch Engine Marketing •Paid Search Ranking

•Traffic (# of clicks) from paid search placements•Sales from paid search placements•Cost per click (CPC) & resulting cost per order (CPO)

Affiliate Marketing •Traffic (# of clicks) from affiliates•Resulting sales originating from affiliate links

Organic Traffic •# visitors who directly type in brand URL•Organic search engine ranking•Traffic (# clicks) from organic search•Resulting sales originating from organic traffic

Remarketing / Retargeting •# / % of retargeting pool able to reach•Traffic (# of clicks) from remarketing ads / emails•Sales from remarketing ads / emails•CPC & CPO

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engagement

• Adverts placed that require a user to initiate the advert

• Adverts placed in video and on social media applications

• Relatively new and untested

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In-Game advertising

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Wallpaper advert

• Changes the background of a web page• Usually is not clickable• Used for branding

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Branded applications

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1Advantages

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2Advantages

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3Advantages

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1Disadvantages

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Disadvantages

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Disadvantages

3Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Ad servers and Advertising networks

Publisher’s server

Ad server

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Tell viewers what to do: Call to Action

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Ad Servers

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Benefits of ad servers

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Benefits of ad servers

• Adverts maintained and updated through a central location

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Benefits of ad servers

• Adverts maintained and updated through a central location

• Advert performance reporting

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Benefits of ad servers

• Adverts maintained and updated through a central location

• Advert performance reporting

• Sophisticated targeting

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Benefits of ad servers

• Adverts maintained and updated through a central location

• Advert performance reporting

• Sophisticated targeting• Tracking across many web sites

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Benefits of ad servers

• Adverts maintained and updated through a central location

• Advert performance reporting

• Sophisticated targeting• Tracking across many web sites• Retargeting

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Advertising Network

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Networks offer• Frequency capping

– Limit times advert is seen by a user

• Sequencing

– Show adverts in a given order

• Exclusivity

–No competitor adverts are shown

• Roadblocks

– All the inventory on a pageTuesday, October 4, 2011

Publishers place unsold inventoryAdvertisers bid for inventoryBids are placed based on

Audience profile Space

Advertising exchanges

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Advertising exchanges

Image credit: http://blog.contextweb.com/contextual/vocabulary-gone-wild-or-what-is-a-true-advertising-exchange

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Tracking• Impressions• Click-throughs• Connection type

• Browser• OS• Time of day• ISP

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Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photos/71217725@N00/

Cookies

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Cookies are text files

• Small text files saved on user’s computer

• Allow a website to capture information about user behaviour

• Can be set on advert impression

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• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6739710473912337648&pr=goog-sl

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Viral Marketing

“Viral Marketing isthe conscious and strategic

enhancement of word-of-mouthto promote a product, service or idea.”

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Buzz Spreads Via Blogs and E-mail

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Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

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Measuring online customer desire:

Investigation-Driving Tactic

Proxy Metric

Homepage versioning •Homepage bounce rate for different target segments•Click-through to other key parts of site

Multivariate testing Best-performing combination of variables that leads to maximum click-through to other key parts of site

Site Search •# of site searches per month•Tracking of top search terms

Online Ratings & Reviews •# of visitor reviews / comments•Content of comments (positive / negative)•Click-through to other key parts of site

Online product demos •# of site visitors who use the demo•Length of time spent with demos•Subsequent click-through to shopping pages

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Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

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Generating Action: Closing the Sale

• Ecommerce– Total Site conversion rate

• Getting prospects from their entry page to check-out confirmation – Upper funnel conversion rate

• Getting prospects from shopping pages to the shopping cart– Lower funnel conversion rate

• Getting prospects from shopping cart to check-out confirmation

• Retail Sales– Cross-channel conversion rate

• Getting prospects to make an in-store purchase after doing online research and comparison shopping

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Confidential and Proprietary Information of Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. 34

Total Site Conversion Rate % = # of Online Sales Orders # of Prospect Visitors to website

Total Conversion can be split into two steps:

Upper Funnel Conv %= # of Prospects who add Items to Shopping Cart # of Prospects who display shopping behavior

Lower Funnel Conv %= # of Completed Purchases # of Prospects who add Items to Shopping Cart

Source: Compete, Inc., VMU 2007 Q3 Readout

Ecommerce Conversion Rate

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Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

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Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

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Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

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Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

Pricing Strategy

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

Pricing Strategy

“Buy Now” experimentation

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

Pricing Strategy

“Buy Now” experimentation

“Buy Later” options

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

Pricing Strategy

“Buy Now” experimentation

“Buy Later” options Social Commerce

apps

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

Pricing Strategy

Live Chat

“Buy Now” experimentation

“Buy Later” options Social Commerce

apps

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

Pricing Strategy

Returns policy

Live Chat

“Buy Now” experimentation

“Buy Later” options Social Commerce

apps

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Upper Funnel Conversion

Merchandising

Product Information

Pricing Strategy

Returns policy Shipping policy

Live Chat

“Buy Now” experimentation

“Buy Later” options Social Commerce

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Center for Management Development

Great Product detail example

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Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

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Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

“Checkout” experimentation

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

Returns policy

“Checkout” experimentation

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

Returns policyShipping

policy

“Checkout” experimentation

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

Returns policyShipping

policy

Live Chat“Checkout” experimentation

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

Returns policyShipping

policy

Live Chat“Checkout” experimentation

Alleviate security &

privacy concerns

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Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

Returns policyShipping

policy

Live Chat“Checkout” experimentation

Stock urgency

Alleviate security &

privacy concerns

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Center for Management Development

Ecommerce: Lower Funnel Conversion

Returns policyShipping

policy

Live Chat“Checkout” experimentation

Payment options

Stock urgency

Alleviate security &

privacy concerns

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Summary

• Achieve Web marketing goals– Use principles of marketing strategy – Use the four Ps of marketing– Product-based marketing strategy – Customer-based strategy– Web enables companies to mix strategies

• Market segmentation works well on the Web• Online advertising

– More intrusive since introduction• Various types available

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Next Week

• Guest Jean Francois, Web Analytics • Send me the report to web CT by October 15th• Read chapter 4

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