For decades PRs used the simple metric of Advertising Value Equivalent (AVE). Finance people understood us and we got our budgets signed off.
Then we met in Barcelona and condemned ave as misleading and unethical.
4 years later and there is still an ave shaped hole in our defences, and we can’t hold our budget lines against the oncoming armies of Digital Marketing with their laser sighted roi......
6. Influencer
Blogger Blogger
New influencers
spring up from all
sides, spreading our
lines thin.
Inuencer
Inuencer
INFLUENCER
Inuencer
Poster
Snapper
Snapper
Sharer
Inuencer
Influencer
Influencer
Pinner
INFLUENCER
INFLUENCER
Pinner
Pinner
TWEETER
TWEETER
Influencer
Influencer
Vlogger
7.
8. For decades we used the simple
metric of Advertising Value
Equivalent (AVE).
Finance people understood us
and we got our budgets signed
off.
We delivered £1,000,000 in advertising value
Sign here
9. THEN WE MET IN BARCELONA AND CONDEMNED AVE AS
MISLEADING AND UNETHICAL.
10. 4 YEARS LATER AND THERE IS STILL AN AVE SHAPED
HOLE IN OUR DEFENCES, AND WE CAN’T HOLD OUR
BUDGET LINES AGAINST THE ONCOMING ARMIES
WITH THEIR LASER SIGHTED ROI.
DEFENCES
DEFENCES
defences
defences
defences
defences
defences
defences
DEFENCES
defences
defences
defences
defences
defences
defences
defences
DEFENCES
defences
DEFENCES
defences
defences
defences
12. In“Was it first click or last click or third
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
tweet and how do we weight the attribution of
sale to each touch point in the purchase
journey.”
Transcript: General Nonsense, 2012
DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY THEIR TECHY
DATA MODELS. THEY ARE FLAWED.
THEY’RE WINGING IT, THEY JUST
DON’T PUBLICISE IT.
13. INTELLIGENCE REPORT
“Was it the rave review or Google search that
led to a download, which triggered an email
that led to purchase? Or was it the intuitive
check out process or the best price or the
right product. Or maybe some bloke down the
pub said it was good?”
Transcript: Major Confusion, 2014
BIG DATA... BIG DEAL.
IT’S MORE USEFUL TO BUILD INFLUENCE
THAN ANALYSE IT.
14. BOTTOM LINE IS IF WE CAN’T TALK TO FINANCE WE’RE SCREWED. WITHOUT BUDGET, THERE IS NO WORK
17. AVE MEASURES
QUANTITY, NOT
QUALITY?
QUALITY IS SUBJECTIVE
AND CAN NEVER BE THE
BASIS FOR AN INDUSTRY
STANDARD.
AVE
THE CASE
18. AVE
THE CASE
ADVERTISING IS IN
DECLINE.
WHY LINK TO A
SHRINKING INDEX?
TRADITIONAL
ADVERTISING IS
SHRINKING, BUT NEW
TYPES OF ADVERTISING
ARE GROWING.
20. LET’S DO PR WHERE ADVERTISING HAS VALUE.
Advertising revenue
GOOGLE ADVERTISING VALUE
$60 BILLION
PR INDUSTRY VALUE *GOOGLE INVESTOR RELATIONS 2013
$12.5 BILLION
*HOLMES REPORT 2013
21. How does Google advertising value work?
Ads
These are the ads
www.advertising.com
Web Maps
Images News Videos
About 81,000,000 results (0.43 seconds)
This is the editorial
www.editorial.com
To have to pay to get here.
Sound familiar?
www.advertising.com
To have to pay to get here.
You have to be topical and influential
to get here.
Trusted. 4 times more clicks
www.editorial.com
You have to be topical and influential
to get here.
22. GOOGLE ADVERTISING VALUE
$60 BILLION
*GOOGLE INVESTOR RELATIONS 2013 x 4 =
GOOGLE ADVERTISING
EQUIVALENT VALUE (gAVE)
$240 BILLION
23. IT’S TIME TO STAKE OUR CLAIM
(gAVE) $240 BILLION
24. FIELD OPS BRIEFING
Google coverage is the purest measure
of PR success and Google AVE (gAVE)
is how we communicate that success
financially.
gAVE = the advertising equivalent value of Google
editorial coverage.
gAVE = Cost per Click * Search Volume
Cost Per Click = The market price of a keyword Ad
Search Volume = The number keyword searches in a given month
25. CAMPAIGN PL ANNING
Think of keywords that imply a need for
your product and calculate their gAVE.
Your objective is page 1 in Google for
keywords with high gAVE.
Put that in your planning process.
26. CAMPAIGN REPORTING
Find keywords where you achieved page
1 in Google and calculate their gAVE.
Add them up to get the monthly gAVE of
your PR work.
Put that in your client report.
27. ACTION STATIONS
When you report on Google AVE (gAVE),
your clients will be delighted.
When you plan for gAVE, you win the
battle and PR wins the war.
Take no prisoners.