Every Picture Tells A Story - The Role Of Image Based Ads In The Biddable Media Landscape
1. Every picture tells a
story
JIM BANKS – GLOBAL HEAD OF BIDDABLE MEDIA CHEAPFLIGHTS
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About Me
Started in industry in 1999
Sold PPC agency in 2006
Blackest of black hats
Sold affiliate network in 2009
Spent in excess of $100,000,000 on media…..so far
Over 1500 sites worked on
Kelvin asked me – and who can refuse Kelvin?
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Cheapflights
Founded c.1995
Work with significant number of airlines and agents
Generate a lot of SEO traffic
Buy a lot of biddable media
Data-driven organisation
We fail…fast and often
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16. Graphical Ads – Why they
work
They don’t look like ads
They tell a story
They resonate with you
They are shocking
They are different
They zig, when everyone else zags
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They don’t look like ads
Both are 720 x 90 banner ads…yes… 720
not 728
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22. Graphical Ads – Why they
don’t work
They bore you
They get in the way of what you are doing
They are “you-centric”
They get blocked
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They bore you
*All professional services providers are dull as dishwater advertisers
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24. They get in the way of what
you are doing
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You go to Facebook to
:
Be informed
Be entertained
Laugh at cats
Stalk ex-partners
Mock friends selfies
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They are “you-centric”
Have a question
about
<insert ailment here>
We have the zzzzz in
Zzzz, yawn….
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They get blocked
Ad-blockers get in the way
IAB sizes
468 x 60
120 x 600
160 x 600
300 x 250
728 x 90
180 x 150
Make your dimensions different
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Some tests you can do..
This is not an exhaustive list, but should get your creative
juices going…
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The bottom line
Test what works best for your vertical
Make sure you understand and use an attribution
model
Decide if ads are Direct response or brand awareness
Network restrictions on type of ads/images/size
Direct media buy is my preferred option – after a test
buy with a network
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Tools you can use
Fiverr.com
4mads.com
SiteScout.com (adserver and RTB)
WhatRunsWhere.com
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Thanks for listening
Get in touch –
Email – Jim.Banks@cheapflights.com
Twitter - @jimbanks
Google+ - +JimBanks
LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/jimbanks
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