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OneScreen.ai | August 04, 2022
OneScreen.ai, the marketplace provider for buying and selling out-of-home (OOH) advertising, has launched the most comprehensive public directory of OOH advertising inventory with more than 3,200 OOH providers, including media companies, vendors and agencies, and more than 864,000 media listings across various categories, including billboards, street furniture, transit, and more in 340 different formats. OOH providers accustomed to manually managing inventory, long sales cycles, and time-consuming processes can now utilize a free, searchable listing in OneScreen.ai’s directory and a suite of free tools to seamlessly manage their inventory in one place, accelerate sales conversations, and become easily discoverable by potential buyers. OneScreen.ai’s robust directory is the basis for building the first public ecosystem in OOH that allows providers to interact openly and freely with buyers and marketers.
“Building and deploying this exhaustive directory is the genesis to ensuring everyone can easily and openly buy or sell OOH ads,” said Sam Mallikarjunan, co-founder and CEO of OneScreen.ai.
“Building and deploying this exhaustive directory is the genesis to ensuring everyone can easily and openly buy or sell OOH ads,” said Sam Mallikarjunan, co-founder and CEO of OneScreen.ai. “While other directories exist in the OOH space, none are democratized — completely open and public, without a third party intermediating to keep sellers from interacting with buyers. Now, that is no longer the case. We have incredible respect for the OOH industry’s tremendous and long-standing growth, and our mission is to continue working collaboratively with industry friends and partners to even further accelerate the success of OOH.”
Media owners are able to upload, edit, and sell their inventory directly from their listing. They are also given access to free tools like campaign building, embeddable maps, and invoicing that make their inventory more accessible, discoverable, and easier for marketers to buy. OneScreen.ai invites OOH providers to claim or request their free listing and complete their profile.
For more than a year, the OneScreen.ai team has worked closely with hundreds of buyers, sellers, advisors, and facilitators in the OOH industry to ensure its platform and tools solve real-world problems. Based on collaborations and partnerships with dozens of OOH providers, the company has developed multiple solutions in sales enablement, inventory management, and invoicing.
“OneScreen.ai is an advocate for the OOH industry and a resource that allows my company to run more efficiently and effectively,” said David English, Vice President at AD-Trend Outdoor Advertising. “OneScreen.ai truly understands outdoor advertising, both how and why it works. I'd encourage any outdoor advertising company to have a conversation with them and learn how OneScreen.ai will help grow your business in a multitude of ways. They are at the forefront of changing the industry, and we love everything they are doing for companies like mine. The working relationship that Ad-Trend and I have with OneScreen.ai is irreplaceable."
"Before using OneScreen.ai, I used generic charting and graphing programs,” said Richard Kennedy, owner of Kennedy Outdoor. “But once I reached 40-50 billboard faces, it became tough to manage everything through manual processes and spreadsheets – not to mention the space and data it took up on my computer. OneScreen.ai has allowed me to put all of my inventory in one place, and it's all hosted through their online platform."
Join a live walk-through of the directory tomorrow, Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. ET. Save your seat at: https://www.onescreen.ai/webinar/lets-walk-through-the-directory
OOH providers can claim their free listing in OneScreen.ai’s OOH directory at:
https://www.onescreen.ai/get-listed
About OneScreen.ai
OneScreen.ai is accelerating the growth of real-world advertising by making it easier to buy and sell out-of-home (OOH) ads – from billboards, blimps, and buses to wrapped cars and connected TVs in bars and restaurants. OOH advertising is the only traditional ad medium still growing, and OneScreen.ai is making the entire industry more streamlined and connected with one centralized space for marketers to buy, deploy, and measure OOH advertising and for media owners to sell, manage, and invoice their inventory. Founded by former executives and alumni from Google, HubSpot, and Wayfair, OneScreen.ai earned a Great Place to Work Certification in 2022. The company is a member of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America, Inc. (OAAA), Digital Place Based Advertising Association (DPAA), World Out of Home Organization (WOO) and Geopath. To learn more, visit www.onescreen.ai and follow on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Emplifi | August 05, 2022
Emplifi, the leading unified customer experience platform, revealed the findings of its Q2 2022 analysis of social media spend across thousands of brands worldwide.
The report findings highlight a rebound in median monthly global ad spend compared to the same period last year, a decrease in the median monthly click-through rate (CTR), a slight uptick in median monthly cost-per-click (CPC), and steady engagement on Facebook and Instagram. The data also shows a slight decrease in brands’ response rate to customers who ask questions on social media.
Brands increase investment in paid social media
After seeing a notable post-holiday drop in Q1 2022, median global monthly ad spend among brands rebounded by 18% in Q2 2022, climbing back above USD 4,200 – a figure close to the year-high level that was seen in Q4 2021. With this quarter's rebound, median monthly ad spend has increased 19% YoY, suggesting that brands are allocating more budget to reach their target audiences via paid social.
Click-through rate (CTR) continues to decline
Emplifi data shows that median monthly CTR has been steadily decreasing over time, dipping below the 1% mark in Q1 2022. This past quarter tells a similar story, with CTR lowering to 0.93%, signaling a 11% drop YoY. Despite this decrease, businesses can continue to depend on social media advertising to return value, as engagement remains fairly stable when consumers interact with paid social posts.
Median cost-per-click (CPC) remains stable
While CTR has steadily decreased, Emplifi data shows that CPC remains relatively stable despite some fluctuations in recent quarters, hitting $0.20 in Q2 2022. With average CPC rebounding this quarter after seeing a drop at the beginning of the year, it will be interesting to see whether this is a quarterly fluctuation or the start of an upward trend.
Instagram still dominant in engagement
After seeing a steady decrease since Q2 2021, median Facebook post interactions saw a slight bump quarter-over-quarter, reaching their highest level since Q3 2021. However, Q2 2022 levels remain notably lower than Q2 2021, with brands generating approximately 5.2 interactions per 1K impressions on Facebook, a 15% decrease year-over-year. When it comes to industries, the strongest performers for engagement on Facebook were brands in the Industrial (9.79) and Accommodation (9.04) sectors, while the lowest performers were Ecommerce (2.80), Retail (3.64), and Fashion (3.90).
Instagram continues to show much stronger engagement than Facebook, with about 32 interactions per 1K impressions in Q2 2022, which is on par with what has been seen across the past year. Brands in the Beverages (47.37), Alcohol (46.83), and Software (45.11) sectors saw the highest levels of engagement, with Retail (17.71), Telecom (21.58), and Ecommerce (22.81) brands lagging.
TikTok versus Instagram
In an analysis of sister TikTok and Instagram accounts across 330 brands from January-June 2022, Emplifi data shows that brands post more often on Instagram (68%) than on TikTok (32%) in relative posting frequency. While reach and interactions were higher on Instagram, video content had greater engagement on TikTok. Either way, both platforms have shown an upward trend over six months in terms of engagement rate, peaking in June 2022, reconfirming user interest for engaging video content.
“Brands need to connect with their audiences where they are and social media is an integral part of the marketing mix,” said Emplifi CMO, Zarnaz Arlia.
“Brands need to connect with their audiences where they are and social media is an integral part of the marketing mix,” said Emplifi CMO, Zarnaz Arlia. “It’s no secret that TikTok's surge in popularity is continuing – we’ve found that brands post more often on Instagram than TikTok, and video content has higher engagement on TikTok. It will be interesting to see how this trends in the months ahead. What is certain though is that in today’s world, having and maintaining a solid presence on both TikTok and Instagram is essential.”
Twitter shows the fastest response times to questions
Emplifi data shows that median response rates for brands answering questions on Facebook and Instagram decreased slightly in Q2 2022. On Twitter, after some mild fluctuations, response rates have returned to a similar level from the same time last year. When looking at engagement by industry, Beauty, FMCG Food, and Home & Living brands had comparatively higher response rates to user questions on social, while Automotive brands had lower response rates across all three social media platforms.
In terms of the time it took for brands to respond to questions, Instagram and Twitter saw slight bumps quarter-over-quarter, while Facebook saw a decrease for the second straight quarter. Examining the data by industry, some brands have the slowest response times on Facebook (alcohol, beauty, FMCG food, home & living, service), while for other brands, it's on Instagram (automotive, ecommerce, electronics, fashion, retail). However, except for one industry (FMCG food), Twitter typically sees the fastest response times among the three networks examined.
Methodology
Emplifi's analysis is based on Q2 2022 data and year-on-year comparisons downloaded at the beginning of July 2022.
About Emplifi
Emplifi is the leading unified CX platform that brings marketing, commerce, and care together to help businesses close the customer experience gap. More than 7,000 brands, including Delta Air Lines, Ford Motor Company, and McDonald's, rely on Emplifi to provide their customers with outstanding experiences at every touchpoint. For more information, visit www.emplifi.io.
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Mintegral | July 13, 2022
Mindworks by Mintegral recently announced updates to Playturbo, its self-service element-based creative production platform for playable ads. The Playturbo platform now provides hundreds of premium playable ad templates and a new drag-and-drop feature giving complete control over production in just a few clicks.
Playable ads have quickly become one of the most popular ad formats among apps and brands due to their premium user experience, accessibility, and superior conversion performance. And while playable ads are effective, they are typically expensive and time-consuming to produce, posing a significant challenge to scalability.
Playturbo's zero-coding, drag-and-drop online editor aims to solve this problem with an 85x improved efficiency and 60x cost savings compared to other video creatives.
Playable ads created on Playturbo can be exported and deployed across all the major ad networks on the market. In addition, your creatives' language, device orientation, and package size can also be altered in a few clicks – helping you succeed in the global market.
Games, apps, eCommerce, and brands all stand to benefit from the playable template library, which offers premium images, text, background music, CTAs, videos, and effects.
About Mintegral-
Mintegral is an AI-driven, programmatic, and interactive advertising platform dedicated to helping clients bridge the gap among the world's most valuable markets. As a leading global mobile ad platform with an in-depth understanding of local markets, Mintegral provides a one-stop mobile advertising solution to help brands and apps overcome cross-regional challenges and scale globally.
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