7. Effectiveness of digital marketing according
to small business owners
Source: BrightLocal, “SMB Internet Marketing Survey 2014” in partnership with ChamberofCommerce.com, January 2015
20%
43%
32%
Effective
Not Effective Very
Effective
4% n/a
8. Small businesses plan to spend more on
digital marketing
Source: BrightLocal, “SMB Internet Marketing Survey 2014” in partnership with ChamberofCommerce.com, January 2015
16%
37%
47% Yes
Maybe
No
9. Display
Ads
Source: Thrive Analytics, 2014 Small Business Economic & Advertising Outlook, Feb 2014.
Small business growth channels for digital marketing
Search
Ads
SEO
Social +
Video
Mobile
Ads
Email
WebsiteWEBSITE
10. The mobile search ad spend will explode
over the next few years
Source: eMarketer, September 2014
% of Digital
Search Ad Spend
Mobile Search Ad
Spending
2014
$9B
38%
2015
50%
$13B
2016
63%
$18B
2017
71%
$22B
2018
77%
$26B
11. Mobile search is overtaking desktop search
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Mobile Desktop
Billions
12. Mobile brings utility, convenience, and
locality to search
Of mobile internet users use
search from their mobile
device
Source: Yahoo Study: Mobile Search – The Point of Influence, August 2014. How often do you access the Internet on each of your devices,
either via an app or the mobile web? How often do you use a search engine on your device, either via an app or the mobile web? (n=544)
9
Billion
Minutes
Spent a month, or
more than an hour
each, on search.
86%
Mobile search activity
peaks at the weekend
and early evening
13. Mobile search is a daily habit
87%of smartphone owners
access the Internet daily
Source: Yahoo Study: Mobile Search – The Point of Influence, August 2014. How often do you access the Internet on each of your devices,
either via an app or the mobile web? How often do you use a search engine on your device, either via an app or the mobile web? (n=544)
45%conduct 2+ mobile
searches per day
96% use a search engine
at lease once per
day
14. Mobile searches occur everywhere,
even when a desktop is available
Source: Yahoo Study: Mobile Search – The Point of Influence, August 2014. How often do you access the Internet on each of your devices,
either via an app or the mobile web? How often do you use a search engine on your device, either via an app or the mobile web? (n=544)
At Home
55%
On the Go
22%
At Work
15%
Other
8%
15. 60%
Mobile search is a point of discovery
said that mobile search has introduced
them to new brands
70% said that mobile search helps them make
better buying decisions
50%
Source: “Mobile Search – The Point of Influence,” August 2014. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the statements below (n=544). Thinking
specifically about your recent mobile searches, how much do you agree or disagree with each of the following? (n=401)
of searchers say that mobile search ads
sometimes remind them of brands to consider
while shopping
16. Mobile search ads = Increased brand awareness &
consideration
Source: Ipsos mobile respondents December 2014
40%of people exposed to both search ads &
organic were more likely to mention a
brand top of mind than those exposed to
organic only.
46%say search ads can persuade
them to consider new brands,
even when they had other
brands in mind.
18. What is native advertising?
“…a paid ad that is so cohesive with the page content,
assimilated into the design, and consistent with the
platform behavior that the viewer simply feels that it
belongs.”
- IAB Native Advertising Playbook
19. POLL QUESTION
How many people currently use native ads or plan on
using native ads in the coming year?
1. Currently use
2. Plan to use within the next year
3. Do not use and do not plan to use
21. Mobile ad spending growth
by format in 2015
+47%
Search Ads
Source: eMarketer, December 2014.
+52%
Display/
Native Ads
22. How many people would be interested in a one-
stop solution for native and mobile search ads?
1. Very interested
2. Somewhat interested
3. Not interested
POLL QUESTION
23. Market adoption of native advertising
Advertiser Perceptions, Native Advertising Report | July 2014
34%
66%
Currently Use/Plan to
Use in 2015
Never Used/No Plans to
Use in 2015
24. Why more advertisers are choosing native
Source: Hexagram and Spada, “State of Native Advertising, 2014,” November, 2013
67%
63%
62%
48%
43%
Provide a more relevant
message
Increase consumer engagement
Generate awareness or buzz
Create word of mouth
Combat 'banner blindness'
25. Native ads perform better than traditional
banners
50% Consumers looked at native ads 53%
more frequently than display ads.
Source: Celtra, 2013, LSA Digital Advisory Report, July 2014
20%
Native ads registered 18% higher lift in purchase intent
and 9% higher lift for brand affinity responses than
banner ads.
30%
of respondents said the native ad ‘is an ad I would
share with a friend of family member’ vs. just 19% for
display ads.
26. Native ads perform well on desktop
and even better on mobile
7X CTR on mobile
native ads vs. desktop native ads
Source: Polar media group, Celta: Business Insider Native Report, November 2014
28. 28 Yahoo Confidential & Proprietary
Mobile Ad
Best Practices
2
Objective
Targeting
Costs
Ad Creative
Landing Page
29. • Get your message or
brand out
• Cost-per-1,000
impressions (CPM)
• Optimize by bids,
budget, targeting
• Drive clicks, visitors
& sales
• Cost-per click (CPC)
• Optimize by CTR,
bids, budget,
targeting
• Drive app downloads
• Cost-per-click (CPC)
• Optimize by CTR
bids, budget,
targeting
30. • Get your message or
brand out
• Cost-per-1,000
impressions (CPM)
• Optimize by bids,
budget, targeting
• Drive clicks, visitors
& sales
• Cost-per click (CPC)
• Optimize by CTR,
bids, budget,
targeting
• Drive app downloads
• Cost-per-click (CPC)
• Optimize by CTR,
bids, budget,
targeting
31. • Get your message or
brand out
• Cost-per-1,000
impressions (CPM)
• Optimize by bids,
budget, targeting
• Drive clicks, visitors
& sales
• Cost-per click (CPC)
• Optimize by CTR,
bids, budget,
targeting
• Drive app downloads
• Cost-per-click (CPC)
• Optimize by CTR,
bids, budget,
targeting
32. Targeting
Be strategic – don’t over do it
and limit your reach.
People located in…
People searching for…
People interested in…
33. 1. Try campaigns without location targeting alongside
campaigns with location targeting.
2. Test ad copy to reflect the location target.
3. If you notice top performing locations, optimize
accordingly to capture more traffic.
People located in…
34. 1. Add more keywords to appear more often.
2. Carefully review top performing keywords and consider their
intent to help inform your targeting.
3. If you notice top performing keywords over time, optimize
accordingly in order to capture more traffic.
4. Don’t limit your reach by being too specific.
Go big and broad with your keywords.
People searching for…
35. 1. Select specific audience interests to help reach your
target audience.
2. If you have strategies for different audiences, create
separate campaigns.
3. If you notice top performing audiences over time,
optimize accordingly in order to capture more traffic.
People interested in…
36. 1. Analyze your bidding strategy so that it’s set to hit
your goal.
2. Set a competitive bid by monitoring your performance
and using bid tools.
3. Know what happens after your ad gets clicked with
conversion tracking.
Budget Strategy
37. Ad Creative
There are only three main components that people
see in an ad:
Image Title Description
38. Image
1. Think beyond a logo and use a
compelling image
2. Feature a face
1. Use high quality images
2. Avoid annoying elements
3. Minimal text, if any
Creative
Guidelines
39. 1. Ask a question
2. Solve a problem
Title
1. Use Title Case
2. Make use of character max
3. Leverage targeting
Ad Text
Guidelines
40. Description
1. Make sure it reads naturally
2. Directly relate to your product or
service
1. Use sentence case
2. Make use of character max
3. Don’t look cheap (SAVE$!)
Ad Text
Guidelines
41. Landing Page
1. Reflect your product or service
2. Be mobile friendly
3. Be user friendly
1. Have a page title and a product
description
2. Make your call to action easy
3. Show signs of trust
Tips
Guidelines
42. Ad Testing
1. Test various components and monitor the
performance.
2. Refresh your ads on a weekly basis.
3. Create separate campaigns for seasonal of
limited-time offers.
52. And your ads appear across
phones, tablets and desktops
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53. It’s Easy
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Targeting: Pick who sees your ad
Costs: Choose a budget that works
Reporting: See how you’re doing
62. Yahoo Confidential & Proprietary
AD Rescuewear Success Story
“The day we launched Yahoo Gemini, our
website got the most traffic and generated
the most orders that we’ve ever seen.”
Anne McVey
Co-Owner
63. Ad RescueWear Success Story
+20%increase in
website visitors
+10%increase in
sales
Based on Yahoo campaign data, June 2014.
Please keep in mind that results may vary for each advertiser.
65. Yahoo Confidential & Proprietary
WebMetro Success Story
“We’ve seen the performance of Yahoo
Gemini surpass other major ad platforms.
We see it as a game changer.”
Russ Mensik
Senior E-Marketing Manager
66. WebMetro Success Story
+40%of sales leads
come from
Yahoo Gemini
-80%lower cost-per-click
compered to other
channels
Based on Yahoo campaign data, June 2014.
Please keep in mind that results may vary for each advertiser.
68. Yahoo Confidential & Proprietary
Chariotz Success Story
“We’ve concluded that Yahoo is the best
choice for reaching our consumer
audience.”
Wilfred Martis
Founder
69. Chariotz Success Story
+75%
of referral traffic
comes from
Yahoo
2Xincrease in
website visitors
Based on Yahoo campaign data, September 2014.
Please keep in mind that results may vary for each advertiser.
Who can remember the days of actually setting an alarm clock?
I can bet than more than half of you now use your smartphone as your alarm clock. And this is the shift that is taking place – Mobile devices are part of our daily habits.
It is our first interaction, and it is where we go to get news, weather, finiance, email, and social updates – Essentially our 1 stop for everything that is important to us.
As marketers – Either SMBs attracting new clients, or Companies attracting SMBs to use your profudcts, you need to present as to where your target customer is – and they are on their msartphones and tablets. And if mobile is not part of your advertising strategy, then hopefully by the end of this webinar you’ll have changed your mind.
75% of SMBs think digital advertising is effective in attracting new customers
And that success can be attributed to the highly targeted audience they are attracting, and in return almost half of smbs will spend more on digital marketing.
Besides focusing on their websites, sm biz will be making investments in channels:
Now, lets look a little deeper into this Mobile and Search ads bucket…
In 2014, marketers spent 9B, or 38% of their digital budgets on mobile search ads…
And in 2015 we can expect that to increase to 13B – 50% of our digital budgets.
Why this increase? Well, we,ve been talking about for some time, but 2015 is positioned to be the year more srarches will occur on Mobile devices opposed to desktops.
And once we hit that tiping point, we will see more dollars shift to this medium.
For marketers, there is an important caveat: Return on investment (ROI) hasnot reached a similar tipping point. ROI on mobile search is improving, but it will continue to trail desktop search ROI next year—and further into the future, until mobile performance measurement, particularly in relation to the impact on sales in physical stores, gets more precise. Attribution.
But the ubiquity of smartphones, and consumers’ growing use of phones in almost every waking moment of the day, means that search will be more mobile than desktop next year. The importance of search in the digital experience makes this a trend that bears watching.
In a year punctuated by mobile-related milestones, one in particular stands out. 2015 will see mobile search reach the tipping point—the stage at which the majority of spend, organic traffic and paid clicks comes from smartphones and tablets, surpassing traditional desktop/laptop search activity, according to a new eMarketer report, “Key Digital Trends for 2015: What’s in Store—and Not in Store—for the Coming Year.”
In a year punctuated by mobile-related milestones, one in particular stands out. 2015 will see mobile search reach the tipping point—the stage at which the majority of spend, organic traffic and paid clicks comes from smartphones and tablets, surpassing traditional desktop/laptop search activity, according to a new eMarketer report, “Key Digital Trends for 2015: What’s in Store—and Not in Store—for the Coming Year.”
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For marketers, there is an important caveat: Return on investment (ROI) hasnot reached a similar tipping point. ROI on mobile search is improving, but it will continue to trail desktop search ROI next year—and further into the future, until mobile performance measurement, particularly in relation to the impact on sales in physical stores, gets more precise.
But the ubiquity of smartphones, and consumers’ growing use of phones in almost every waking moment of the day, means that search will be more mobile than desktop next year. The importance of search in the digital experience makes this a trend that bears watching.
An effective website paired with relevant advertising across search, social, and mobile can do wonders for a small business.
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An effective website paired with relevant advertising across search, social, and mobile can do wonders for a small business.
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An effective website paired with relevant advertising across search, social, and mobile can do wonders for a small business.
- Investment cases of where marketers are spending money
This time on phones – its actually not just for Farmville and FB. Its actually broadening our minds and introducing us to new brands, along with producing better buying decisions and reminding us of other brands to consider.
And as a marketer, we can’t forget the importance od SEO and SEM when done together
We’ve gone deep into search ads, but with life, we need to evolve and that is where Native comes in.
Search is the original native
You may be most familiar with the Native format on FB, and probably on Twitter, but Yahoo also offers this compelling ad format on our properties.
When we first started today, I said that there is expectations for digitila ad pspend to increase on mobile in 2015, and this is where that 12% increase is going.
Display data includes banners and ads such as Facebook's News Feed Ads and Twitter's Promoted Tweets, rich media and video on WAP sites, mobile HTML sites and embedded in-application/in-game advertising. Search data includes advertising on search engines, search applications and carrier portals. Messaging data includes ad placements in SMS, MMS and peer-to-peer messaging. Video includes in-banner, in-stream. eMarketer tracks and reevaluates many of its estimates more than once per year. When an estimate is reevaluated and found to be unchanged from the previous estimate, it is marked as "confirmed and republished" as of the later date.
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Combine the two
Based on poll:
XX% of you are inline with those who are planning to use Native.
For the rest of you, maybe I can entice you to try it out in 2015.
Highlight 2 – Because native is falling with your content streams, the ads are targeted to the right user, helping to provide a more relevant message and leads to increased engagement
We’re seeing a 7X CTR increase on Mobiile versus desktop native
Lets focus on Objectives: And I want to highlight that no matter what type of search campaign you are doing – whether it be SEO, SEM, Mobile, display, social – You want to be clear on what you are trying to achieve. Its worth taking the 5 minutes to understand what your goals are for your campaigns, because then you can build campaigns with those goals in mind!
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Multiple brands?
Try a campaign for each.
Opt for a CPC campaign.
To ensure your brand can reach a wide audience, avoid using specific targeting. Getting too granular with campaign targeting can minimize traffic.
Analyze your bidding strategy to ensure is set to hit their goal. If you have an aggressive CPA of $3, but is bidding at $1 per click, you would need an improbable 33% conversion rate to hit their goal. Analyze bidding strategy to make sure it’s an effective one that can meet your goals.
When it comes down to what the user sees, there are three main components.
Title – along with the image, draws the user in
Description – gives the user enough info to close the deal
Image – ties it all together in one unifying visual statement
Make sure that your images are compelling. What is a compelling image? For Native Ads, think beyond a logo. While in Search a logo may connote trust and credibility, in Native it may seem out of place. What can you use in place of a logo? Try something to draw the user in, e.g. a picture of a resort for a travel site; a sleek car racing down a road for an auto advertiser.
Faces - The use of faces perform significantly better in online advertising than images without faces. Although they may not be appropriate for every product, it’s a good idea to feature a face if possible, as this increases user engagement. Note that this is not true of multiple faces, as the engagement becomes less focused.
Basic image guidelines:
Logos and text may not account for more than 20% of the total image area
Images must be high quality. Ads that are grainy or have poor resolution will be rejected. Logos must also be clear and legible.
Annoying elements – Images may not contain animation, loud colors, borders or high-annoyance design elements
Avoid placing text or logos in the upper right & bottom left regions of the image as text in those areas will interfere with ad labeling and ad copy
Images cannot be overly suggestive or contain total, partial or suggested nudity.
Start with the title. As your most important real estate, this will be what the user sees even when they don’t have time to read the description; and in placements such as on mobile, this will be all they see.
When writing your title, remember that it’s your only chance to catch the user’s attention, so take advantage of the chance to demonstrate why they should be interested.
Some common ways to catch their interest are:
Ask a question – pique the user’s interest
Solve a problem – make something easier, faster, more affordable
Make a list – Fit naturally into the surrounding content; lists are common features on content sites
Must accurately reflect and directly relate to the promoted product or service.
Titles should be written in title case.
As best you can, make use of the maximum fifty title characters.
Keep your geo-targeting in mind, whether nationwide or local.
Descriptions should read naturally and conversationally but still give users an indication of the product or services offered.Must accurately reflect and directly relate to the product or service being promoted.
Descriptions should be written in sentence case.
As best you can, make use of the maximum number of characters; the Native Ad canvas is bigger than that of Search, so take full advantage of it.
They should not look cheap; avoid exclamation points and other hyperbolic characters or punctuation.
Make sure your client’s LP is appropriate for the product or service.
A common obstacle for conversion issues is a LP that is too broad. For example, look to see if your advertiser is selling a specific product, but has a category LP. If so, recommend the most specific LP possible.
Make sure your client’s LP is optimized for mobile.
Since Gemini Native does not offer device targeting, LPs that are not optimized for mobile can lead to high bounce rates and low dwell times. If your advertiser does not have a mobile optimized site, suggest one. If they do, emulate it and explore their LP for issues.
Make sure your client’s LP is user friendly.
A common drag on performance is a poor LP user experience. Explore your client’s LP and make sure that the path to conversion is easy and user friendly. Are there too many fields? Does the landing page deliver what is promised in the copy? Is the landing page engaging? Are there images, videos or other components on the landing page to grab the user’s attention?
Here are some general guidelines to consider when reviewing LPs:
Page title – include the product name or service first
Include a product description – Clearly and concisely tells prospective customers what you are offering.
Include a call to action – Guiding prospective customers.
Include signs of credibility/trust - Reviews, testimonials, phone, etc.
After you write a good ad, try testing various components and monitor how the different variations perform. Don’t rest on your laurels, today’s top performer may be tomorrow’s slacker, so monitor regularly!
Optimize and refresh regularly
Like all online content, the market is constantly changing. With native ads, this is especially true – users expect content in their streams to be refreshed daily if not hourly. It is recommended to refresh native ads and content on a weekly basis.
Seasonality
Create separate campaigns for seasonal or short-lived promotional initiatives. It’s recommended to have campaigns for non-seasonal, brand awareness initiatives separate from seasonal campaigns. When non-seasonal and seasonal ads are running within the same campaign, pausing and re-activating the seasonal ads can affect overall campaign performance.
So we’ve talked about Mobile ads, we’ve talked about best practices for native and search ads for mobile – So now, let talk about the first platforms that unites the 2 together!
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Title – along with the image, draws the user in
Description – gives the user enough info to close the deal
Image – ties it all together in one unifying visual statement
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