From impressions to interactions: how brand marketers are waking up to the smell of programmatic potential (and bacon)
During this 30 minute session, Keith Lorizio, CRO at programmatic advertising platform Chango will address how programmatic advertising can help brands create an emotional connection with their consumers instantly.
He will explore:
- Why programmatic should be added to your branding strategy
- How programmatic can create high-touch connections for better brand results
- What success looks like in a programmatic branding environment
- How creativity and programmatic can work together
- How brands can leverage programmatic to define and track their unique success interactions
- The rise of video and programmatic premium
9. The use of real-time, software-based systems, rules and algorithms to automate and
optimize the purchase and delivery of data driven, targeted and relevant ads to consumers.
MARKETING
TECHNOLOGY
DATA
Matt Feodoroff – VP of Strategic Sales – background – 4 months at Chango – previous 7 years at MSFT in LA and Chicago
Talk is called the rise of programmatic branding
thank them for joining and would love to continue the conversation afterwards here in person or on twitter
- Chango is a programmatic advertising company – we are headquartered in Toronto and have sales offices across the U.S.
We take a no – B.S. approach to the industry and we have a team that genuinely loves what we do
We also love programmatic and want to educate the industry and much as possible because we feel that the more people can understand and embrace programmatic, the better the tech and product will become
An example of this is the quarterly magazine that we publish called the “Programmatic Mind” – it is a trade publication where we dig into hot button topics, explain different strategies and interview some of the leaders across the industry from the brand, agency and technology side
If you haven’t, please check it out – it is available on our website and I believe that you should have received the latest issue in your welcome bags
Sooo. What do we do?
Well, we use data to help our clients identify and target specific audiences and individuals across video, mobile, social and display channels
To answer the question, what is programmatic, we must take a brief step back and look at how the evolution took place
-Ad exchanges and automated trading platforms began to allow the use of display inventory in a manner that was previously only available via search
- Data could now be used on the display side and programmatic was born
WE ASKED 232 MARKETERS: What are some benefits marketers are telling their boss about?
Link to https://vimeo.com/120328596
- I refuse to be the guy who stands up here and doesn’t touch upon some of the challenges in the programmatic space – and I admit that there are challenges in the industry with things like transparancy and fraud – however, there is amazing work being done by some very smart people across the industry to minimize the impact of these and thwart
- Will it ever be eradicated fully? I don’t know, but by selecting a partner that is open and honest around these issues you can work together to minimize risk
- Now that we have dug a bit into programmatic overall, I am very excited to look at how brands are adopting programmatic as a strategy to meet their goals
Due to its roots in search, programmatic began as highly DR focused and many of the success metrics were focused around Return on Ad Spend or site conversions
Brand advertisers are now starting to realize that they can get smarter and more efficient with their brand dollars by reaching their target programmatically and still drive to successful brand metrics whether that be GRPs, vCE or OCE audience guarantees or reserach studies to show brand favorability or awareness lift.
Its not remnant inventory and publishers are also realizing the movement to programmatic channels and the efficiencies that can provide on the supply side as well
In fact, Maris Meyer said in 2014 that, - “The opposite of programmatic is manual, not premium.”
Iconic global brands such as Mondelez, Kellogg’s and P&G have embraced programmatic as an integral part of their digital strategy
And when we think about branding, we think about consumer engagement and impact
Most marketing presentations have something like this in them – which is misleading when you look at reality – this idyllic picture of 3 millenials engrossed in their phones and each other doesn’t offer a real world view of what a consumers life is really like..
People’s lives actually look like this! Distractions, running around chasing kids, a to-do list that never ends….
Therefore, A brand connection is truly about timing as well as relevance – only online has the data and technology to truly find ‘the moment’ to tell them your story.
we are going to focus on the realities of the every day consumer’s life…and use data and tech to address that.
The old way to build audience was rooted in old media – Television, radio and Print – limited targeting, silo’ed approach and generic audiences
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BUT using programmatic we can start to see patterns and respond in real time to signals in order to reach consumers in the moment.
People aren’t one-dimensional. There is no one-size-fits-all approach when trying to predict where or when a new customer will come knocking. Research shows that people switch devices 7 times an hour and I know that at my house it is probably more like 12-15, especially during the last 4 episodes of “The Bachelor”. Text to Twitter to ABC App to YouTube on laptop back to Text to facebook to a Fan Blog to INSTAGRAM (my sister actually pauses the broadcast to snap the screen and post with comments to her instagram account) and then back to text all in a span of what seems like 30 seconds.. Oh, and all this time the main focus is supposed to be the television…
That is why understanding consumer behavior across devices, and media types, is so important to capturing your target audiences attention – so you can message them at the right time on the right device when they are most open to receiving your content.
And this strategy can continue straight through the consumers journey
I realize that this is a branding conversation, but that must feed into the rest of your strategy and programmatic offers the ability to stay with and grow a relationship with that consumer
This is not just a conversation for buyers and strategy teams – there needs to be symmetry with the creative teams as well in order to create the best brand message to show a qualified person
By using consumer signals different creative messages can be used depending upon how familiar a person is with your brand
Industry studies show that 60% of people who view a video ad have the volume off – so creative production must take this into consideration when building assets – a :15 or :30 simply can’t be recycled to be used digitally
People use each device differently – video on mobile is consumed differently than video on display and certainly much different than video on TV
Programmatic offers the ability to sequentially message in one channel as well as across device so how should your message change from one interaction to the other?
My Thoughts:
Marketing companies quick to try to own the gateway to the consumer
Programmable World…Internet of everything – Programmatic is everywhere
GM – first wifi car – programmatic in car?
Branding opportunity – turn brands into services (can we PLEASE begin with rebranding the Internet of Things!!?!
Opportunities to revolutionize healthcare and eco efficiency…