For EC site staff "2015, a" native ad "that you definitely want to understand"

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Seminar outline

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Held in February 2015

For EC site staff "2015, a" native ad "that you definitely want to understand"

Date and time

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 13: 30-15: 15

Place

GMO Payment Gateway Tokyo Headquarters Large Conference Room

Teacher

Part 1 GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. Customer Attraction Support Department Consultant Yuta Kobayashi

Part 2 News Technology Co., Ltd. Director Nanami Nishi

Overview

In recent years, with the rise of digital marketing, various ad technologies have been created, and users who enjoy surfing the Internet are forced to live a life of being constantly chased by advertisements.
Perhaps because of this situation, the buzzwords related to digital marketing in 2015 are "native ads". "Native ads," which are content-oriented and appear to be non-advertisements but are actual advertisements, are expanding in connection with various ad technologies.

Criteo, a French behavioral targeting ad hero, said in its 2015 EC Industry Forecast report that "rapid growth of native ads" is one of the seven trends affecting the EC industry and online marketers. It is enough to mention.

Therefore, Mr. Nishi of News Technology, a joint venture established by MicroAD, which operates Japan's largest ad platform "BLADE", and Vevtor, TSE We invited a special lecturer to talk about the latest native ads and content marketing strategies, including examples from the company's largest DSP-type native ad distribution service "BLADE PR" in Japan.

[First half] Correct understanding of native ads

State of the venue

Our consultant, Yuta Kobayashi, will be on stage for the first part. It is difficult to grasp the actual situation of what you often hear, and we introduced the definition of native ads, the background of attention, the main services, and the points to lead to success.

The definition of a native ad refers to "advertising with high content that provides pure content of each advertising medium and the same UI (user interface = design) and similar UX (user experience = user experience)". As a result, he said that high CTR (click rate), article audience rating, branding effect, and CVR (conversion rate) can be expected.

There are six types of distribution, such as the "feed type" that is often used for smartphone distribution and the "recommend widget type" that is posted at the bottom of articles on information sites. There are many delivery methods, but the important thing here is to understand native ads from the perspective that "no matter how much the ad has the same UI design as the content, it is the same as a normal ad unless it gives the same user experience". Is.

Feed type and recommendation type

Next, he mentioned why native ads came to the spotlight. As a background, he pointed out the emergence of problems with existing promotions due to smartphone shifts.

  1. • Deterioration of cost-effectiveness of smartphone advertising
  2. • Decreased CTR (click-through rate) for banner ads

Is cited as a particular factor.

On the EC site, although smartphones are reversing PCs due to the number of users, smartphones have a lower CVR (contract rate) than PCs, so promotion can be shifted to smartphones even though the number of accesses is increasing. There is a dilemma that is not.
Also, compared to the early 2000s, the CTR (click rate) of banners has dropped to less than one-tenth, and "67% of clicks" are "heavy clickers of 4% of all click users." There is survey data that says.

Under such circumstances, how should we approach the end user? He explained that native ads are booming as an answer to the question.

Changes in the number of EC category users

How can I use native ads based on the definition and background?
There are two main methods, and which one matches depends on the purpose.

  • [1] Tie-up type native ad
    A method of delivering a fixed amount within a specific medium.
    Famous for CockPad, IQON, mery, etc.
    Suitable for product awareness and brand awareness expansion.

  • [2] DSP type native ad
    A method of delivering to multiple media via DSP. Operation is required, and there are many cases of CPC (cost-per-click) billing, which can be used from a small amount.
    BLADE PR and logly lift are influential.
    It is suitable for general EC and Phase to try native ads.

Features of tie-up type and DSP type

Finally, I gave three points for the success of native ads.

  • 1. To function as content
    → Content that you find useful and interesting, as well as getting to know your brand and services

  • 2. Meet user expectations
    → Keep in mind page transitions that do not disappoint the expectations of users who click on articles that look interesting

  • 3. Being an advertisement
    → Content is important, but be aware that it is an advertisement. Set goals, turn PDCA, and follow the results

Kobayashi concludes the first half with the hope that the content of the seminar will lead to increased sales and breakthrough of the current situation of member stores.

[Second half] DSP x PR "Native ad with an emphasis on quality" -BLADE PR-

State of the venue

From the overview of native ads in the first half, we went one step further in the second half, and Mr. Nishi of News Technology Co., Ltd. took the stage to introduce Japan's largest DSP-type native ad distribution service "BLADE PR" and explain actual usage examples. It was.

BLADE PR, a native ad distribution service, was launched and released as a joint venture by MicroAD, one of Japan's largest ad platform operators, and Vector, a strategic PR company listed on the First Section of the TSE.
The background to this is the online advertisement so farWebPR focuses on approaching prospective customers and the explicit layer, and there was a problem in approaching the latent layer. There is a native ad as a method that can be solved, but the current situation is that it has become an alternative to banner ads, and since it is often transitioned to an LP such as a product page as it is, it betrays the expectations of interested users and serves only as an entrance.
In order to solve such a situation, Mr. Nishi says that he provides native ad services with the philosophy of "providing content from the entrance to the destination of the advertisement."

Image of BLADE PR
Providing content from the entrance to the destination

"BLADE PR" is a DSP-type native ad, and is a service that has a feed frame and a recommendation frame as a distribution method (frame).
Each of them can display an advertisement according to the format of the article, and it is a mechanism to judge the match of the attribute of the medium and the content (LP) of the link destination and place the advertisement.

Also, as a basic point related to distribution, but I definitely want you to suppress it,

  1. • Content-likeness
  2. • "Don't fish" in the title

I mentioned two points.

Another feature of BLADE PR is content creation agency from a PR perspective.
By creating content by a third party from a PR perspective instead of creating it in-house, it will be possible to approach users in a different way than before. Specifically, it means having the leading media of the alliance take up the products and services and make an article. At that time, utilizing the DNA of Vector, a PR professional, the point of improving the quality of the content is that News Technology follows from media planning to article publication, and it is evaluated by advertisers. He says.

The most noticeable part of this lecture was the introduction of successful utilization methods and concrete examples.
In the first place, native ads are a suitable method for approaching the latent layer.
Mr. Nishi suggests, "It is efficient to guide the latent layer with native ads, deepen understanding by delivering content, nurture it to the actual layer, and design it by retargeting."

Approach to the latent layer

In fact, there is data that native ads can acquire good potential.

  1. • High new rate (92-95%)
  2. • Long stay (5-6 minutes)
  3. • Low bounce rate (60-70%)

He also said that if the following situations are encountered in the new user acquisition measures of each member store, it is better to implement native ads.

  1. • Already implementing retargeting measures
  2. • Current measures have peaked
  3. •記事広告への興味はあるが、活用方法が分からない

He also enthusiastically listened to the explanation that it is suitable as a method for increasing the new high-quality retargeting list and performing effective pruning.

As an actual example, the example used for promotion of beauty products related to hair and scalp was given.
Two points are set, the viewing time of the content and whether it is appealing to the target group, and the content page using the video using the talent is created as a tie-up article and appealed.
As a result, it was found that the average stay time was 5 minutes and the inflow to the shopping site was 34%, and the content contributed to the inflow. He also said that the target group, which was supposed to be in the age group, accounted for more than 50% of the total, and was able to meet the demands of advertisers as a promotion. Being able to perform detailed analysis is also one of the strengths of "BLADE PR".

Mr. Nishi concluded the latter half of the seminar that it is very important to utilize native ads as a set with content in order to acquire potential users (new users).

State of the venue

[Summary] After the seminar

Thinking of native ads as just a banner distribution slot and just a way to increase inflows and awareness wouldn't work.
I realized again that it is very important to approach which layer of users with which method and appeal content.
We listen to customer requests, anticipate customer journeys, and design approaches. And it is the mission of this customer attraction support department to carry out the advertising agency business by repeating kaizen and producing results that exceed the customer's request, and native ads are an effective means for that purpose.

This seminar was held because there were many voices who did not understand the actual situation of native ads, but even after the seminar, many customers asked questions and consulted individually with consultants, and sales will increase. It was two hours that I got serious.

Voices of customers participating in the seminar From the questionnaire

Company R
“I learned that it is important to design in combination with others, rather than aiming for direct response with native ads alone.”

Company J
"The examples and usage of BLADE PR were very helpful!"

Company N
"I asked GMO-PG for social, but I would like to talk about native ads and other measures!"

We would like to thank all the companies who participated in the event. We will continue to hold seminars that can provide useful digital marketing information for your business.

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