What is? Archives | Explore Advertising Concepts https://choozle.com/blog/category/what-is/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:17:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://choozle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Choozle_Favicon-150x150-1.png What is? Archives | Explore Advertising Concepts https://choozle.com/blog/category/what-is/ 32 32 Track Digital Advertising Impact on Offline Conversions https://choozle.com/blog/what-is-offline-attribution/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:54:48 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=60005 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube How do marketers know if their digital campaigns are creating conversions and if customers are going offline when making purchases? This has long been the situation that caused sales teams and marketers to silo their efforts and track hard conversions and soft conversions separately, despite working towards the same goal. […]

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What is: Retargeting https://choozle.com/blog/types-of-retargeting/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:26:01 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=47790 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube Before a consumer makes a purchase, they are exposed to roughly six to eight marketing touchpoints before they make a decision. The major problem is that most visitors will never come back to your website to complete the sale. So how do you follow up and make the six to […]

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Full-funnel marketing series: Consideration https://choozle.com/blog/full-funnel-marketing-series-consideration/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:31:36 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=46966 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube When someone makes a purchase, it is never without influence and very rarely after the first exposure to a brand. Catering your messages and tactics to align and guide your potential customers through the decision-making funnel will yield long-term results, as each stage demands its own tactics and goals to […]

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Guide to enhancing user experience with attribution modeling https://choozle.com/blog/attribution-modeling-2022/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:35:14 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=46443 A positive user experience is vital to your business’ success. Improving user experience (UX) means that users are likely to spend more time on your website and are then more likely to use your product. They may also be more inclined to recommend your product to friends or colleagues. All of this adds up to […]

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What is: full-funnel marketing? https://choozle.com/blog/what-is-full-funnel-marketing/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:11:46 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=47696 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube The marketing funnel is a modern way to visualize the process of turning brand awareness into leads and leads into converted customers. By coordinating multiple marketing efforts and messages to work together, a full-funnel strategy moves customers from one stage of the buyer’s journey to the next and targets the […]

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What is: site targeting? https://choozle.com/blog/what-is-site-targeting/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 09:04:08 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=47407 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube Choozle’s self-serve digital advertising platform is built on the principles of transparency and flexibility to place your digital ads in front of your targeted audience, when you want, and where you want. There are dozens of highly targeted tactics available that utilize data, geolocation, device information, and other indicators to reach the […]

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How does site targeting work?

When utilizing site targeting on a Choozle campaign you are able to bid on available ad placements that match your indicated audience on your targeted sites. If one of the desired sites you are targeting does not have ad inventory available in the real-time bidding (RTB) exchanges we cannot serve the desired impressions. Unfortunately, due to the ad inventory on sites being dynamic in real-time, we cannot check your sites beforehand to see if they have placements open to RTB. This is why it is valuable to add more sites than less when targeting a specific group. You won’t incur any charges if you are not able to serve an ad on them.

Through Choozle’s Site Lists Library you are able to upload or manually create custom site lists that can be used to narrow in your targeting on campaigns. To begin creating lists navigate to the Site Lists Library and click the + icon to create a new list. You are then able to name your list and begin uploading URLs. You are able to upload sites manually or you can download our template to upload multiple sites together.

The lists you create or upload can be used in two ways, preferred lists or blocklists. Preferred lists are used to target the URL addresses where you want your ads to appear, and blocklists will block specific websites where you don’t want your ads to appear.

When utilizing site lists you are also able to apply bidding adjustments that will prioritize the specific inventory segments and bid more aggressively on the selected inventory within your site lists. By including a bid adjustment of <1.0 you are automatically multiplying the base bid on any inventory that matches your site list, in turn increasing your win rate on securing desired inventory faster. Alternatively, you can uncheck the continue bidding adjustment and bid exclusively on the inventory within your preferred list.

What sites can I target?

Site lists can include URLs with or without a URL protocol identifier. The exclusion of a protocol (i.e. choozle.com) will mean that inventory on all available protocols will be bid on (i.e. http://, https://, www., etc.). Subpages preceding the main URL (i.e. blog.choozle.com) will also be bid on when not specified, but if the subpage follows the main URL (i.e. choozle.com/blog) it will not be available to be bid on.

Top level domains can also be targeted or blocked using a site list to create more opportunities for bidding while remaining highly targeted. For example, to target all sites ending in .edu (like colorado.edu, nyu.edu, berkley.edu), include a row with only .edu within your site list.

Unique advantages of site targeting

Ad fraud, poor viewability, and brand safety control are three consistent risks that come into play with almost every digital campaign. By creating preferred lists and blocklists for your campaigns you can take measures to protect your ad dollars and prioritize higher value ad placements.

Ad fraud refers to any illegitimate activity on an advertisement at the expense of the advertiser. While Choozle has implemented a three-tier system to protect against ad fraud, there are still further measures you can take to prevent fraudulent activity and protect your ad dollars. With access to Choozle’s detailed reporting, you can monitor your campaigns for fraudulent activity and create blocklists to prevent fraudsters. Blocklists should also be paired with preferred lists to create a solid foundation for safer ads. These lists should be consistently reviewed and refined over time.

Poor viewability for ads is another challenge in programmatic advertising because inventory is mostly bought per impression. The purpose of viewability is to help advertisers pay only for the ads that users will actually see. By tracking the viewability of your ads you’re able to refine your preferred list and blocklists to optimize for ad placements with reliable viewability rates.

Finally, monitoring and refining your site targeting and blocking gives you more control over your brand safety. Brand safety has been a hot topic for the past few years and while Choozle takes preemptive measures to protect your brand you are able to implement your unique brand safety needs with site targeting. Utilizing blocklists and preferred lists is not a one-stop fix for all of these issues and risks, but with some effort and diligence, you are able to ensure you are maximizing your ad spend and eliminating unnecessary risks.

Instead of using keywords and letting data decide which sites to run your ads on, site targeting lets you list the actual URLs and web pages you want your ads to appear on so nothing is left to chance. Site targeting keeps you in control of your ad campaigns and helps you reach audiences you are very familiar with when you know the specific websites they like to visit.

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Metrics that translate to marketing campaign performance https://choozle.com/blog/metrics-that-translate-to-marketing-campaign-performance/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:29:37 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=48056 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube Marketing metrics are the key performance indicators (KPIs) used by marketing teams to quantify a campaign’s results. Marketing metrics are used to measure a campaign’s performance and represent how effective it was in reaching specific goals. Marketers then use these statistics to communicate their progress and validate their efforts in the eyes […]

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Marketing qualified leads (MQL)

Marketing qualified lead (MQL) is a metric that aligns sales and marketing teams and allows them to frame conversations around lead generation efforts. The MQL metric is the number of qualified leads generated through marketing efforts. It can be tracked to inform how many leads your campaign is feeding into the sales funnel.

An MQL is a lead who has been deemed more likely to become a customer compared to other leads based on their interactions with your digital marketing campaign. The criteria to qualify a lead should be set in collaboration with your sales team. This qualification can be based on how a user has interacted with your ads, pages on your website, or if they’ve downloaded content from you.

Ideally, the criteria that is used to evaluate the number of conversions that are marketing qualified leads is defined at the beginning of the campaign and doesn’t change. This will allow you to optimize towards the same outcome by not having a moving target. The standardization of actions your leads will need to take can help keep your campaigns focused while developing strong leads that your sales team will want to follow up on.

Cost-per-acquisition (CPA)

Cost-per-acquisition (CPA), also referred to as cost-per-action, is a digital advertising metric that measures the dollar amount needed to convert one person. CPA is a vital metric that indicates digital advertising success as it represents the investment needed to acquire or qualify a customer through paid marketing.

CPA evaluates campaign performance based on the number of users completing specific actions that you define from the outset of a campaign. This makes this metric very flexible based on the goal of the campaign. An action tracked by CPA can be several things—a sale, a download, an email signup. This makes CPA a great metric to track for companies that don’t directly sell a product. Tracking CPA can help set marketing budgets for the future and understand the interactions customers have with your campaigns.

Effective cost-per-mile (eCPM)

eCPM stands for effective cost-per-mile (i.e., thousand impressions) and is used to calculate media costs regardless of what buying method or ad format is used in the campaign. Because different ad formats perform based on different metrics and are purchased with different pricing formats, eCPM can help level the playing field and give you a much clearer picture of how the different inventory types are performing.

By dividing the ad revenue earned by the number of ad impressions served and multiplying the result by 1,000, eCPM translates impressions based on clicks, actions, or video completions into one value. eCPM can immediately reveal which format or network is performing better in terms of revenue and engagement while also providing a solid prediction for future costs.

Return on ad spend investment (ROAS)

ROAS stands for return on ad spend investment and is a sub-metric of return on investment (ROI). ROAS represents the financial value generated by a marketing campaign against the total cost of the marketing efforts.

ROAS is a benchmark number that can be used to measure how much revenue your marketing campaign generates compared to the cost of running the campaign. This is a super important KPI to utilize when proving the value of your marketing efforts, but because it captures such a high-level view of marketing costs vs. returns, it’s not ideal for understanding the more granular results of a campaign.

Combined with customer lifetime value, insights from ROAS across all campaigns inform future budgets, strategy, and overall marketing direction. By keeping careful tabs on ROAS as well as other metrics, you can make informed decisions on where to invest ad dollars and how they can become more efficient. This is why ROAS is just one metric to consider, and why you should never over-emphasize any single metric on its own.

The metrics you track and focus on improving will depend on the nature of your campaigns and your intended business outcomes. Include only those KPIs that speak to your objectives while representing the value your campaigns create.

Want to read up on more marketing acronyms? You’re in luck. We have a full list of digital marketing acronyms you can reference whenever you need.

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What is: native advertising https://choozle.com/blog/what-is-native-advertising/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:35:03 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=58992 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube Native advertising is rising fast in popularity, and effectiveness, in today’s digital advertising landscape. Consumers have become much more sophisticated in how they discover and interact with content online. Native advertising breaks the mold of most other digital tactics and allows brands to communicate with consumers in a subtle and […]

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What is: digital out-of-home advertising? https://choozle.com/blog/what-is-digital-out-of-home-advertising/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:38:21 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=59391 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube Digital out-of-home (DOOH) refers to any media that’s displayed in environments that are viewable to the general public, such as digital billboards, screens found in businesses, shopping malls, and other highly-trafficked locations. These displays work in the same way traditional billboards and signs have for years, but with a lot […]

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Geofencing: reaching customers by location, in real-time https://choozle.com/blog/geofencing-reaching-customers-by-location-in-real-time/ Thu, 13 May 2021 09:24:53 +0000 https://choozle.com/?p=59774 Facebook Instagram X-twitter Linkedin Youtube With mobile phone usage climbing nearly every day, mobile marketing offers many new scenarios where marketers can target consumers in real-time throughout the buyer’s journey. Marketers continue to take full advantage of this capability with geofencing, an incredibly powerful tool that harnesses the power of location-based marketing. While using geolocation […]

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