Content Marketing Insights for the Holiday Season - Slides

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The coming holiday season will only have 26 days between Black Friday and Christmas so it's a short season and you need to be ready for it. Consumers are spending more time and retail dollars online during the holidays so you need to make sure your content is reaching them! In this webinar, we cover: - 2014 key holiday dates - What's happening in the holiday marketplace - Holiday content consumption trends - How to prepare your holiday campaign Watch the webinar here: http://outbra.in/1xgIabj

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Content Marketing Insights 2014 Holiday Webinar

Miko LevyVP, Outbrain@mikolevy

The Webinar Will Begin Shortly• All participants will be muted• For audio, select “Mic & Speakers” in

your GoToWebinar control panel• To submit Q&A, use the “Questions”

tool in the control panel

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• Holiday Season Key Dates• The Holiday Marketplace: What’s Happening• Holiday Content Consumption Trends • How Outbrain Can Help• How To Prepare Your Outbrain Campaign • Q&A

Agenda

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October: Early Shopping

November 28: Thanksgiving

November 29: Black Friday

December 1: Cyber Monday

December 8: Green Monday

December 15: Free Shipping Day

December 27: Post-Holiday Sales

Holiday Season: Key Dates

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The Holiday Marketplace:

Buyers

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The Marketplace: Buyers

US Ecommerce Spending Trends ($ millions)

PROJECTED US MOBILE E-COMMERCE MARKET BY

END OF 2014

Source: ComScore

Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

$70,000

$38,002 $37,501 $36,308

$49,698

$43,153 $41,936

$56,781

$50,180 $49,843 $47,468

$63,084

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The Marketplace: Buyers

$292MILLION

PROJECTED USE-COMMERCE SPEND

FOR 2014

Source: FTI US Online Sales Forecast Report

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The Marketplace: Buyers

+13%INCREASE

IN CONSUMER SPEND PER ONLINE ORDER FROM 2013 T0 2014

Source: IBM Online Retail Holiday Readiness Report 2014

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The Marketplace: Buyers

1/3OF VISITS TO ONLINE STORES COME

FROM MOBILE DEVICES

Source: eMarketer: Holiday Shopping Preview; 9/4/2013

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The Marketplace: Buyers

80%OF AMERICANS

ARE INFLUENCED BY ONLINE REVIEWS

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The Holiday Marketplace:

Sellers

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The Marketplace: Sellers

49%OF MARKETERS

WILL LAUNCH A HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN BEFORE

HALLOWEEN

Source: Experian Marketing Services Study

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The Marketplace: Sellers

22AVERAGE NUMBER OF PROMOTIONAL EMAILS RETAILERS WILL SEND

THEIR ACTIVE SUBSCRIBERS IN

NOVEMBER

Source: 2014 Exact Target Holiday Calendar Trends

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The Marketplace: Sellers

WILL LAUNCH A HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN BEFORE

HALLOWEEN

Source: Kenshoo. 2013 Global Online Retail Seasonal Shopping Report

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The Marketplace: Sellers

WILL LAUNCH A HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN BEFORE

HALLOWEEN

Source: Outbrain network 2013

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2013 average network CPC

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Holiday Content Consumption

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Q: When thinking of smartphones, what brands come to mind?

CONTROL

EXPOSED

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

8%

22%

7%

20%

10%

29%

8%

9%

66%

20%

Unaided Brand Recall (Electronics)

Recalled 1st

Recalled 2nd

Recalled 3rd

Recalled 4th

Recalled later or not at all

* Outbrain Earned Media Survey, October 2013; 815 participants

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How People Spend Their Online Time

22%SOCIAL NETWORKING

5%ONLINE SHOPPING

13%MULTI-MEDIA SITES

19%EMAILS/COMMUNICATION

20%READING CONTENT

21%SEARCH

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Holiday Content Peaks Cyber MondayHoliday Consumption Trends

Cyber Monday

Black Friday

Green Monday

Source: Outbrain; Nielsen; ComScore Top US Online Spending Days 2013

83% want to purchase

within a day of consuming

content

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Top Performing Content by CTR

+42% CTR BEAUTY

+21% CTR SHOPPING

+20% CTR THANKSGIVING

+6% CTR PARTIES

-8% CTR. CHRISTMAS

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Desktop Still Rules Content Consumption by Device

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Q+A ReminderSubmit your questions using the Q&A feature on your Webex toolbar

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How OutbrainAMPLIFIES

Your ContentSub

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Paid Recommendations

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We’ve Got You Covered

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30Million

NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CLICK ON OUTBRAIN

RECOMMENDATIONS PER DAY

Source: ComScore August 2014

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188Billion

NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS SERVED PER MONTH

Source: ComScore August 2014

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Drive Traffic to Owned Content

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Earned Media

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Campaign Optimization Strategies for the Holidays

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1. Start ahead of the holidays

2. Go mobile

3. Monitor closely

4. Optimize your CTR

Optimizing Your Campaign

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The longer you amplify your content, the higher your CTR

1. Start ahead of the holidays

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0.23% AVG CTR TABLET

0.16% AVG CTR DESKTOP

2. Go Mobile

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Mobile ConsumptionPeak Consumption Times

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• Competition is fierce • Monitor frequently • Geo and device targeting to reach the right audience

3. Monitor closely

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2013 average network CPC

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4. Boost your EngagementTest Multiple Headlines

> 5 URLs > 10 URLs > 20 URLs 0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

160%

180% CTR improvement compared with 1 URL

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4. Boost your EngagementUse Descriptive Headlines

16-18WORDS IN A HEADLINE GENERATE THE

HIGHEST CTR

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4. Boost your EngagementDon’t use pushy headlines

20%PUSHY HEADLINES GENERATE A

LOWER CTR

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4. Boost your EngagementUse videos on Youtube

+46%HIGHER CTR THAN VIDEOS HOSTED

ON YOUR OWN DOMAIN

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4. Boost your EngagementConsider Top Performing Holiday Keywords

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Steps for Success

1. Start ahead of the holidays

2. Go mobile

3. Monitor closely

4. Boost your engagement

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