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Ad Testing Tips and Tricks for Perfecting Your Copy “Advertising is a business of words.” David Ogilvy If advertising is a business of words, then finding the right words for your ad campaign’s message is a crucial component for success. By using the right set of words, you can effectively enhance brand recognition and generate
Secrets To Actionable Insights “Begin with an end in mind.” – Stephen Covey, author, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Ad testing is a science, and good science starts with verifiable hypotheses. In commercial ad testing – where you have time and budgetary constraints, your hypotheses not only need to be verifiable, they need to
Is Your Brand Trustworthy? The issue of trust has been at the forefront of the public consciousness recently, from politics to business. You’ve probably heard of the Clinton email controversy, or the Volkswagen diesel scandal. As trust is one of the most important factors affecting your brand, let’s examine how you can use optimize your
Secrets To Massively Increase Your Viral Views Facebook videos are experiencing massive growth; users are watching billions of videos a day according to Facebook. Let’s look at videos shared natively on Facebook versus YouTube. For instance, according to Slate, a video by YouTube star Destin Sandlin accumulated 20 million views in nine months on YouTube;
How Advertisers Adapt to Ad Blockers and Premium Streaming Services The rise of ad blockers and premium streaming services are the bane of advertisers. Let’s look at recent trends: Ad blockers are increasingly more popular. More than 50% of UK consumers are likely to use ad-blocking software, 95% would consider using them in the future.
How To Increase Ad Performance In Key Target Markets Traditionally, many advertisers test their ads against norms. “Norms” is the fancy way of saying “average”: the average of all ads tested for a specific industry, tested using the same methodology. This method lets advertisers know if their videos are above or below average for the
How to test your digital creative quickly, on budget You are creating the latest spot for your company’s new digital ad campaign. You have many questions about the ad—are the actors relatable to the audience? Is the music appropriate? Is this culturally appropriate? You’d like to test your concepts—but you couldn’t because traditionally, concept testing
How to be 10X more persuasive Has this ever happened to you: You created a new and exciting concept for a TV spot. Your whole creative team thought it’s the best thing in the world, that it was going to sell products and win awards! You did it again! …Then came the push back. Some
“Strike while the iron is hot.” Let’s say you’re making a pivotal spot for your company’s next huge advertising push. Your new creative concept involves a famous actor named her Jane Superstar. Getting Jane Superstar to work with you could mean million dollars in investment for your company. This is costly, thus making it highly
Design your Spot’s Emotional Ride Audience reaction to your spots should work with your objectives, whether you’re looking to build an overall positive feeling for brand or product, or you’re aiming to take your audience on a roller coaster of emotion. Spot Trender reaction graphs measures your audience reaction to your spot as they watch
