10 Advertising Options that Aren't Google AdWords

whitePaper | December 14, 2021

Branding. The term alone evokes a myriad of thoughts, definitions, and even feelings. Throughout our combined 30+ years of marketing experience, we have helped many organizations understand the difference between what they perceived branding to mean versus the realities that drive their brand’s culture and the customer experience. We have seen great brands defined and redefined, seen company cultures come to life, witnessed new launches leading to customer engagement, and products launched into the marketplace that evoke national appeal. What does all of that mean to you, charged with growth in the student housing business vertical? Clarity. Confidence. Stability. Growth. Let’s start with a simple definition.

whitePaper | April 8, 2021

Does it pay off to invest in a podcast marketing campaign? Claritas analyzed the results of over 158 podcast campaigns in multiple industries and found lift significantly exceeding those of other channels. Claritas’ proprietary measurement tools help marketers measure the effectiveness of their podcast and other advertising campaigns, measuring conversions both online and off. Our tools can isolate conversion data by creative, audience, channel and much more.

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

Over-the-top television and streaming audio offer consumers a rich array of on-demand content options, and the list of platforms and programs that serve up those options are increasing all the time. As streaming builds momentum with audiences, and as advertisers gain experience with the medium, TV and audio are increasingly becoming data-driven advertising channels.

whitePaper | November 10, 2022

Every portal, website or app owner wants to control which goods and services will be advertised on their platform and at what price. This is a perfectly normal and understandable desire. Supply-side programmatic platforms have obvious advantages like algorithmic selling, the ability to sell advertising spots to premium customers in private auctions, and monetization tools. However, many media owners strive to create their own, independent solutions. Creating an independent platform requires considerable time, financial and human resources, but this step is understandable, because an in-house platform allows maximum control over the monetization of a digital marketplace. However, before making such a decision, it is important to understand if it is really necessary, or if it is enough to reconsider the settings of monetization tools or switch the platform to monetize.

whitePaper | August 10, 2022

It’s critical for marketers to know if their campaigns are influencing behavior in response to an ad. But to really know if a campaign actually works, consumer response must be compared with those who hadn’t been exposed to the ad. This new study demonstrates the dramatic power of “ghost bidding” in revealing true campaign effectiveness. A large U.S.-based apparel company ran an extended ad campaign to a targeted audience. The difference? The company used demand-side platform technology to simultaneously expose and exclude identical user groups from viewing the ad. This A/B study used “ghost bidding”—withdrawing bids from the excluded group at the last moment—to plot the true effectiveness of display, video and audio ads, and demonstrated a powerful validation of marketing effectiveness.

whitePaper | September 23, 2022

You have quality content and a highly engaged audience on your site. You are a line item on every Fortune 100’s marketing plan. You opened up your site to programmatic demand because of what the technology promised to offer: “target the right user, at the right time, for the right price.” And it has delivered on that promise for both you and your advertisers. But your CPMs have been declining for a decade. Your display ads have become almost worthless, you’ve tried adding new units like video and native to the mix. Now your site is bloated, load times are unbearable, and your core audience is noticing. You feel helpless to turn it around.