Bidtellect: Your Travel Partner

Bidtellect: Your Travel Partner

The skies are opening up! Travel bookings are increasing, luxury travel is returning, and best yet: shoppers are doing most of their preparation shopping online. Download our latest Travel Onesheet for the latest industry travel trends and our programmatic strategy recommendations.

In a survey of 12,000 travelers in 12 countries, 65% of respondents are planning to “go big” on their next trip

Some of Bidtellect’s recommendations:

  • Use context-driven targeting to reach consumers engaging with content on relevant environments like luxury travel sites, travel articles, and more.
  • Combine context-driven solutions with audience creation to reach the most interested and relevant consumers in your category. 
  • Offer ways to make online booking easier and include promotions in your creative assets to capture attention. 

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Behind the Platform: Using Peer39 For Brand Safety & Keyword Targeting

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the three key uses for the Peer39 integration in Bidtellect’s DSP, while offering helpful tips for traders and advertisers to get the most out of Bidtellect’s product.

Behind the Platform: Tracking Emissions With Bidtellect Scope3 Integration, Plus What to Know About Supply Path Emissions

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the new Scope3 integration in Bidtellect’s platform, how you can take actionable steps to reduce carbon waste, and the current state of the industry’s wasteful supply path emissions.

Behind the Platform: Keywords & Keyword Targeting

Behind the Platform: Keywords & Keyword Targeting

Bidtellect’s revamped keyword targeting offering includes two additional targeting vendors: industry leader Peer39 as well as Bidtellect’s own custom keyword solution.

Keyword-based programmatic targeting uses a custom built list of keywords and key phrases to serve digital ads to people based on what they are reading about online. Read more about contextual targeting here. 

Behind the Platform: Keywords

Watch Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline talk through Bidtellect’s keyword offering on our Behind the Platform series. Download the Onesheet below. 

Onesheet: Keyword Targeting

Download the Onesheet to learn more about Bidtellect’s offering below. 

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Behind the Platform: Using Peer39 For Brand Safety & Keyword Targeting

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the three key uses for the Peer39 integration in Bidtellect’s DSP, while offering helpful tips for traders and advertisers to get the most out of Bidtellect’s product.

Behind the Platform: Tracking Emissions With Bidtellect Scope3 Integration, Plus What to Know About Supply Path Emissions

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the new Scope3 integration in Bidtellect’s platform, how you can take actionable steps to reduce carbon waste, and the current state of the industry’s wasteful supply path emissions.

The Power of Context: Contextual Targeting vs. Optimization And Why It Matters Now

The Power of Context: Contextual Targeting vs. Optimization And Why It Matters Now

With the cookieless future looming large, we break down different types of targeting, the power of contextual targeting, and how optimization can supercharge your programmatic cookieless strategy.

What is Contextual or Cookieless Targeting?

What is targeting in programmatic platforms?

In programmatic marketing, targeting refers to the methods used to identify and reach target consumers or audiences most likely to be interested in the product or service an advertiser is selling.

What are the different ways platforms can target?

There are different types of targeting such as first-party data, third-party data, and one of the most common, cookies. First-party data is data that is directly collected from interactions with your consumers and audiences through your companies’ own site. Some examples of first-party data include demographics, purchase history, website activity, interests, behaviors, etc. First-party data has a direct relationship with the consumer (Treasure Data, 2021).

Third-party data is data you acquire from very large databases where it is bought and sold programmatically (Treasure Data, 2021). Cookies fall under the umbrella of third-party data. A cookie is a small piece of data stored on the user’s computer that helps a website keep track of visits and activity.

What is ‘context’ and what information does it use for targeting?

Context refers to a cookieless set of data points that factor into an ad placement’s ability to perform.

Contextual targeting is targeting based on the information available on the page or site of the ad space, rather than user data. Since it is based on what the consumer is currently engaging with, contextual targeting is successful in predicting what the consumer will engage with next.

Contextual targeting is gaining popularity as it is adaptable to an inevitable cookie-less future. With contextual targeting, the look and feel of every single ad placement is unique to the page and can be correlated even more closely with user behavior. It is the answer to the cookie-less future.

Contextual Targeting

  • seamlessly integrates your ads into relevant content users are already consuming
  • offers precise attribution
  • guarantees higher engagement
  • offers greater cost efficiencies, especially in combination with Bidtellect’s context-driven optimization engine
  • works on all formats: Responsive Native, Display, Video Units, and High Impact Units

What is Contextual or Context-Driven Optimization?

Optimization describes the algorithms that a bidder uses to determine bid prices, whether or not to bid, and how often to bid depending on the performance goals of a campaign. In other words, optimization describes ways to optimize an ad in order to get the best engagement in the most efficient way possible. Once the methods for optimizing the ad campaign have been determined, tools such as Google Analytics 4 make it easy to track success or failure. Analyzing website data with such tools can help determine what changes to make to strategies and what causes poor performance. It is possible to learn such programs by going through online resources (like this set of google analytics 4 exam answers you can find here) so that you can use all the tools at your disposal to optimize your strategies and achieve better results.

Programmatic optimization is the process of improving a programmatic ad campaign’s performance in real-time based on data. It’s what makes programmatic advertising the most efficient use of your digital ad budget. With that being said, research shows that programmatic media buying now accounts for 85% of all digital ad spending (Strategus). If you haven’t already made the switch to programmatic, now is the time.

Platforms optimize performance in a variety of ways from cookies to creatives. On the simplest level, optimizing for brand and content works well most of the time; that is what most b2b companies start off with-hire a web3 copywriter and optimize all the creatives, including website content. This strategy often works itself towards the right target audience, but may take time. Context-driven optimization is optimization without using user data or cookies. Contextual optimization is Bidtellect’s key differentiator that uses contextual signals to optimize performance.

How Does Bidtellect Use Context?

Bidtellect has been utilizing context since our founding. We began as a native specialist demand-side platform nearly a decade ago. With native ads, we necessarily had to evaluate the contextual information on the page to create an ad that blended seamlessly into its environment, in addition to reaching performance goals.

Bidtellect’s Contextual Targeting:

Bidtellect has consistently pushed our technology forward, and now utilizes a combined contextual approach within our platform: the industry’s best third-party contextual integrations plus our unique proprietary contextual targeting solutions: first-to-market context demographics targeting, categorization and keyword targeting, interest targeting, and inventory quality targeting. Bidtellect also teamed up with Bombora to combine our granular ad placement-level targeting with Bombora’s robust B2B taxonomy for a unique first-to-market B2B contextual targeting tool.

Bidtellect’s Context-Driven Optimization:

Bidtellect’s contextual offering goes beyond targeting solutions and into optimization. Optimization maximizes spend, ROI, and performance for advertisers completely using context-driven technology. Contextual optimization is the foundation of Bidtellect’s bidding technology.

AARDvark = Bidtellect’s Automatic Algorithmic Rate Determination tool. It uses contextual signals to automatically bid for the most efficient price on each ad opportunity. It factors multiple context data signals simultaneously including: page-level contextual signals, domains, individual publisher ad placements, devices, times of day, and days of week to evaluate auctions and make bidding decisions according to 14 selectable optimization goal types based on brand needs. In other platforms, bid factoring falls entirely onto traders.

Why Choose a Contextual or Cookieless Strategy with Bidtellect?

Context uses the information on the page rather than audience data to deliver the most relevant ads to consumers. Bidtellect consistently outperforms data targeting strategies with our contextual strategies – not only within our own platform, but when testing against other platforms, as well.

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Behind the Platform: Using Peer39 For Brand Safety & Keyword Targeting

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the three key uses for the Peer39 integration in Bidtellect’s DSP, while offering helpful tips for traders and advertisers to get the most out of Bidtellect’s product.

Behind the Platform: Tracking Emissions With Bidtellect Scope3 Integration, Plus What to Know About Supply Path Emissions

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the new Scope3 integration in Bidtellect’s platform, how you can take actionable steps to reduce carbon waste, and the current state of the industry’s wasteful supply path emissions.

3 Ways You Can Show Up For Pride Month As A Brand or Advertiser

3 Ways You Can Show Up For Pride Month As A Brand or Advertiser

June is Pride Month – a time to celebrate the historically marginalized LGBTQ+ community. When planning your campaigns, the key is to go beyond “slapping a rainbow on it” and hijacking campy phrases. Authentic representation and giving back to the community – in June and all year round – will build a connection with consumers and ultimately lead to sales and build brand loyalty.

LGBTQ+ individuals make up approximately 4.5% of the US population but account for 8%-approximately $1 trillion-of the country’s disposable income (eMarketer, 2021)

1. Authentic Support is the Key to Connection With Belief-Driven Buyers

When it comes to your brand’s support of the LGBTQ+ community, authenticity matters. That means having a 12-month strategy, treating LGBTQ employees well, and showing that you support LGBTQ non-discrimination policies both in their own corporations and also things that are happening in the government (CBSNews, 2021)

If you communicate your genuine support of the movement, you’ll be more likely to connect strongly with consumers who share your beliefs. Consumers want to buy from brands that resonate with their beliefs.

Two-thirds of consumers worldwide identified themselves as “belief-driven buyers,” indicating that they expect brands “can make change and not just talk about it and do advertising,” Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, recently told CBSN. (CBSNews, 2021)

In a U.S. survey by Adweek, 40% of those surveyed said they want to spend money with a brand that aligns with their personal values. (Adweek, 2021)

It also means extending your support beyond June and into the rest of the year. It’s important to not be perceived as opportunistic and exploitative of the movement, seeking only to capitalize and make a quick buck during the month of June.

It is simple really – if market involvement isn’t a seasonal trend when straight couples are concerned, then why should it be any different for couples from the LGBTQ+ community? They too like to participate in all the things that make their relationship that much special. Birthdays, anniversaries, special dates, getaways, personalized jewelry – these are all just as meaningful for someone from the LGBTQ+ community as they are to the rest of the population!

2. Support and Representation Matters – And Pays Off

Amongst the LGBTQ+ community, it cannot be overstated how important it is for them to feel that a brand is both representing them in their campaigns and supporting the community they are spotlighting.

Include diverse individuals in your creative assets and content. Feature stories of inspiring individuals or highlight LGBTQ+ employees, and more. During the employee appreciation program, consider getting these unique high end corporate gifts that can be customized according to your employees’ tastes.

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Making a concerted effort to include more diverse representation in creative assets will ultimately build trust and brand loyalty. Portraying LGBTQ+ individuals in ads not only creates a positive association, but encourages purchasing:

  • 79% of people believe gay women are under-represented in advertising (Marketing Week via Unruly);
  • 73% of LGBTQ participants think more positively about companies that advertise in the LGBTQ media (CMI LGBTQ Community Survey, 2021)
  • 72% of LGBTQ respondents were more likely to purchase from companies that advertised in LGBTQ digital and print media. (eMarketer, 2021)
  • 78% of LGBTQ community members said they are inclined to support companies that market to and support LGBTQ people (CBSNews, 2021)
flags and rainbow products for pride month -originally in GoSanAngelo

3. Give Back – Don’t Just Slap a Rainbow On It

The same goes for giving back to the community. Sponsor events, give back through volunteer work, and donate to organizations through promotions or special products. You can also give free online vouchers (using gift card API) for products that can make LGBTQ+ consumers more likely to think positively about your brand.

Going beyond selling rainbow merchandise is key. If you are selling rainbow merchandise, think about donating the proceeds to an LGBTQ+ organization to avoid falling victim to empty “rainbow retail” that profits off the LGBTQ+ community without supporting it.

A 2021 survey by Adweek showed that consumers are looking for brands that give back to the community in a genuine way, such as donating a portion of their profits to the LGBTQ+ community (24.8%), expressing support for LGBTQ+ issues year-round (22.1%) and publicly enforcing nondiscriminatory policies in the workplace (21%).

  • 27.6% want to support brands that publicly support LGBTQ+ issues (Adweek, 2021)
  • 79% of LGBTQ+ participants think more positively about companies that sponsor LGBTQ+ community organizations and events (CMI LGBTQ Community Survey, 2021)
  • 74% of LGBTQ+ participants are more likely to purchase from a company that outreaches and advertises in the LGBTQ+ community (CMI LGBTQ Community Survey, 2021)
  • How would you like to see brands support the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month? (Adweek, 2021)
    • Advertising
    • Donations
    • Policy
    • Representation
    • Support

What Else to Know: Demographics

(CMI LGBTQ Community Survey, 2021)

  • The more urban the area, the more LGBTQ-friendly the community is considered to be. 96% of LGBTQ participants think that their big city urban environments are LGBTQ-friendly, compared to 49% of those living in rural areas. (CMI LGBTQ Community Survey, 2021)
  • Cisgender gay and bi+ men have a higher likelihood of living in big cities. Cisgender lesbian and bi+ women, transgender, and non-binary participants were more dispersed, living in many different community types.
  • Cisgender gay and bi+ men are far more likely to be single than are cisgender lesbian and bi+ women. Cisgender lesbian and bi+ women are more likely to be married.
  • In general, LGBTQ community members feel that their employer is LGBTQ-friendly (81% supportive). The high percentage may be a function of LGBTQ employees seeking work at LGBTQ-friendly companies.

5 TAKEAWAYS YOU CAN DO NOW:

1. Bring Your Creatives Up to Par:

Utilize creative experts [b]+studio to expand thoughtful LGBTQ+ representation in your creative assets

[b]+studio will work with you to create copy and assets that are genuine and supportive of the community.

Include promotions in your headlines to grab consumers’ attention – a consistent top-performing best practice according to [b]+studio.

2. Give Back:

Offer donations to LGBTQ+ organizations at a national or local level. Utilize your ads to promote sales that give back to the community.

Better yet, if you’re selling rainbow merchandise such as flags or lgbt pride pins, push the proceeds of that to LGBTQ+ organizations to avoid falling victim to empty “rainbow retail” that profits off the LGBTQ+ community without supporting it. There are plenty of LGBTQ+ vendors out there that you could buy from, therefore, supporting the cause from both sides.

3. Reach Your Target Consumer:

Utilize Bidtellect’s context demographics targeting to reach age and gender demographics.

Bidtellect’s context-driven technology will reach users researching LGBTQ+ support, pride month shopping, and other interests without cookies.

4. Scale:

Bidtellect’s 30+ supply partners ensure your ads will reach far and wide in the safest, most relevant publisher environments. Pride is a big spending month – don’t skimp.

5. Adjust, Adjust, Adjust:

Work with Bidtellect’s performance team to optimize to best-performing placements, creatives, spend, scale, and more.

Bidtellect’s unique Engagement Score1 among other measurements will offer clear performance metrics through post-click so you can adjust your campaigns accordingly.

We hope this research and tips for Pride Month Advertising for brands and advertisers helps you.

Contact us to get your Pride Campaigns started ASAP!

Why You Should Factor Diversity Into Your Strategy This Black History Month

How and why you should make diversity your advertising priority.

Behind the Platform: Using Peer39 For Brand Safety & Keyword Targeting

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the three key uses for the Peer39 integration in Bidtellect’s DSP, while offering helpful tips for traders and advertisers to get the most out of Bidtellect’s product.

Behind the Platform: Tracking Emissions With Bidtellect Scope3 Integration, Plus What to Know About Supply Path Emissions

Bidtellect VP of Product Arthur Hainline demonstrates the new Scope3 integration in Bidtellect’s platform, how you can take actionable steps to reduce carbon waste, and the current state of the industry’s wasteful supply path emissions.