Curated Guide to Research
MediaPost's comprehensive guide to current research in the marketplace.
Search results for "ad optimization"
- Microsoft's AI Trace research project introduces a new approach to training and automatically optimizing AI-run systems, with the possibility to optimize ad delivery, recommendations, fraud detection, and more.
- Global analysis of more than one trillion ad impressions in display and video show a direct correlation between high-quality digital ads and lower carbon emissions. Google has been pushing authenticity in ads and content for years.
- AnalyticsIQ's research determines the most effective ways to improve performance with each targeted ad, especially as cookies disappear as targeting options.
- A recent survey of advertisers and agency execs found 60% of reported moderate to "extreme pressure" from the brands they work with to drive even better ad performance. Here are some of the media combinations that perform the best.
- Although marketers recognize the importance of attention metrics, there are varying perspectives on how it should be used, and for what type of media.
- Publicis Media helped develop the new service and is working on integrating it into its planning and buying systems.
- Measure, calibrate, and optimize are part of a new strategy outlined by Integral Ad Science in a white paper released Tuesday.
- CNET deleted thousands of articles to improve its site performance in Google Search results, adding to the controversy over articles recently written by AI chatbots after laying off part of its staff.
- A research study explored the complexity of bidding environments and how current solutions perform for advertisers.
- Scott Simonelli, CEO of audio research and analytics platform Veritonic, believes that as more people listen to audio and podcasts, ad dollars will shift in unexpected ways.
- The data-driven solution is said to allow for optimizing creative rotations without changing a campaign's media strategy.
- Interactive CTV ads generated a more than 600% lift in engagement compared to standard pre-roll video.
- The study examined how ad creative impacts 61 metrics including lift, search intent, click-through rates and more in the consumer product group, automotive and other verticals. Creative quality can lead to 23% aided ad-recall, which drops to 2% for ads with poor creative quality. The study found that consumers looking for a product are 20% more likely to notice and 13% more likely to enjoy ads with improved visuals such as human presence, product images, or prominent logo placement.
- A truly functional next-gen MarTech stack doesn't just assemble tech solutions but builds relationships with vendors that optimize execution. NextDoor extends its good neighbor brand to vendor RFPs, transparency with partners, and expectations for aligning on sustainability and inclusion. NextDoor's Marketing Technology & Operations Lead, Krish Sailam, explain building the better partner stack.
- Delivering a relevant, timely and personalized experience to customers, but how do you do it no matter how many people are on your team? OpenTable's Senior Director of Engagement Marketing, Nikki Snowhite, shares her strategy, tips and tricks on how to make the most of your team, amplify and automate your assets and create internal processes that optimize customer experience. You can watch the entire interview here:
- Reigniting interest in buffet-style dining in the last year has been a challenge across the fast casual category. Cicis is using it as an opportunity to energize the brand and enhance onsite customer experiences around food, entertainment, and restaurant design. Cicis Pizza's CMO, Stephanie Hoppe, shares what they've learned along the way about embracing Cicis' roots, driving adaptability, and cultivating an always-on optimization mindset to power a successful "Endless Pizzabilities" brand relaunch that bets big on experiences fueling Cicis' continued growth.
- Finessing the tension between premium product and value takes imaginative development and optimizing both menus and messaging. In introducing its double burger, A&W focused on weary consumers' craving for indulgence over a simple deal. A&W Restaurants' Senior Director of Marketing, Liz Bazner, shares the company's learnings from balancing premium with value marketing across multiple channels and at local levels.
- After being named as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2021, Avocados From Mexico has continued working on bringing Innovation to the next level. Avocados From Mexico's Director of Media, Data and Analytics, Jovanny Martinez, discusses how Avocados From Mexico drives both brand and performance marketing by building purposeful innovation through creative testing, media optimization, and measurement.
- Like many hot DTCs, smart oven brand Tovala touches and re-touches consumers across every imaginable medium. But how do you stitch these disparate channel experiences to minimize friction in the customer journey and optimize these touchpoints to improve conversions? Tovala's Senior Director of Growth Engineering, Brian Krall, digs into Tovala's use of replay session analytics to better understand engagement trends, drop-off points, and conversion paths. What has the brand learned about using this toolset to smooth the journey for customers but also evaluate media performance and test new channels?
- Brands with in-house teams are 82% more likely to use AR than external agencies, according to research from Emodo Institute. The report analyzes ad-creative preferences and trends with a focus on the adoption of creative formats such as AR, DCO, and Native Advertising, and provides insights on the appeal and effectiveness of these formats and the correlations between creative strategies and privacy concerns.
- How does a global brand like the Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts oversee media buys for 100+ properties, yet still manage to increase website bookings, boost revenue, and drive incrementality to channels like SEO and direct for each hotel? Very strategically. Traditionally, the luxury hotel chain's media budgets were fixed and held at property level. That is until their agency, Acronym, realized it was limiting their advertising reach. Instead, after a successful test pilot, Acronym unified Four Seasons' media buys, and the corporate office essentially gave them what amounts to a "blank check," which enabled them to provide a more strategic and aggressive media investment.
- By optimizing digital, the brand's history -- dating to 1731 -- and various products were shown as part of a distinct cooking experience.
- For example, messages about its onboard comfort and amenities across uncomfortable transit environments and inflight food and beverage messages throughout mall food courts.
- Organic Valley was finally hitting a point of breakthrough in awareness. It was time to "get the brand out there, to establish the brand."
- Customers who apply for a checking account in a bank branch tend to have longer relationships with the bank, signifying these customers as higher quality.
- The brand's proactive and agile approach led it to perform well above its 2017 benchmarks. With clear pacing and more visibility into paid data, it was able to guide, measure and optimize its creative, publishing and bidding on a weekly basis.
- The team created end-to-end automation in paid media by building an ad tech stack designed as an orchestration and activation layer that sits atop a content and delivery system.
- As a performance sports brand, ASICS depends on effective media spend in the walled gardens of Google and Facebook to drive sales. In order to optimize these investments and power growth, ASICS constantly works to refine its model for customer attribution - which is no easy task given the diversity of online and offline media a typical customer may be exposed to prior to buying a product. Devin McGuire, Manager of Global Performance Marketing at ASICS, will discuss the brand's incrementally process to help understand which platforms and campaigns are working - and which are not.
- Limited budget? No problem! Learn how to leverage smart targeting to run a single campaign that effectively reaches two distinct audiences, driving strong Return On Ad Spend (ROAS) for each. Brookdale's Digital Marketing Manager, Bliss Wade, explores real-world strategies for using first-party data to personalize experiences for each target segment, utilizing A/B testing to optimize messaging and creatives. Discover how to stretch your marketing budget further while generating high-quality leads with this results-driven approach.
