The Key Ingredients of a Native Advertising Product

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Updated for the Atlanta Native Advertising Summit. Building a native ad product requires much more than simply slapping a sponsored tag on content. It takes connecting deeply with your users to understand the role your product plays in their life, and translating that promise into a branded experience that will merge with their expectations. Jack will discuss the steps needed to better connect your user experience with branded partners.

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The Key Ingredients of a Native Ad Product

Jack Krawczyk !@jackk!!June 27, 2013!

Combining the Ingredients

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Fragmentation of the Media Experience!

Pressure on the Core Economics!

Revenue: The Lagging Indicator!

Advertising Used to be Pretty Easy

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34%

19 reach among

US households!

average # of channels per home!

1995

21%

41 reach among

US households!

average # of channels per home!

2011

13%

135 reach among

US households!

average # of channels per home!

Audiences are Fragmenting

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Reach of #1 TV Show in US vs Total # of TV Stations

% reach # of commercial TV stations

Source: Nielsen, TVB

Combining Your Ingredients

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Fragmentation of the Media Experience!

Pressure on the Core Economics!

Revenue: The Lagging Indicator!

Fragmenting audiences make advertising much

more expensive.

The Economics Say So

Content!Producer! Studio! Network!

Brand!

Audience!

Content!Producer! Studio! Network!

Brand!

Audience!With more channels, the cost of acquiring audiences increases.

Content!Producer! Studio! Network!

Brand!

Audience!Higher audience acquisition cost puts pricing pressure on content.

Content!Producer! Studio! Network!

Brand!

Audience!

GRP rates increase to offset audience & content costs.

Content!Producer! Studio! Network!

Brand!

Audience!Audience fragmentation leaves content producers earning less…

…and brands paying more to reach their target audience.

So Brands are Investing in Building Their Own

Audiences

Content!Producer! Studio!

Audience!

Brand!

Network!

Content!Producer! Studio!

Audience!

Brand!

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These brand-produced assets are becoming

increasingly portable.

Content!Producer! Studio!

Audience!

Brand!

Content!Producer! Studio!

Audience!

Brand!

Digital Properties!

It’s the same content.

Just repurposed for its native consumption.

Pandora -> Audio [stations]

Twitter -> Tweets Facebook -> Posts Pinterest -> Pins YouTube -> Videos [channels]

Content!Producer! Studio!

Audience!

Brand!

Digital Properties!

This is where native advertising lives.

Combining Your Ingredients

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Fragmentation of the Media Experience!

Pressure on the Core Economics!

Revenue: The Lagging Indicator!

Good User Experiences are Good Brand Experiences

Longer Session Length

=

Happy User!

Longer Session Length

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Longer Brand Engagement!

Transitive Property of Native Advertising…

Happy User

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Longer Brand Engagement!

Hold Native Ad Products to the Same Standards

as Core Products

What is the main user behavior on your service?

<- Branded Radio

What are the main drivers analyzed for consumer

success?

485,000+ Station

additions !

519,000+ Hours of total

listening!

96% Driven on

mobile!

Don’t just build things because brands will pay

you for them.

Metrics to Evaluate Your Native Ad Product

Metrics to Evaluate Your Native Ad Product

Retention!

Session!Length!

Latency!

Revenue!

Do no harm.

History + Economics - Harm =

Native Ad Product

Hit me up:! @jackk!