| ROS or RON (Run of Site or Run of Network) - | | | | that user, and also seeing relevance where it is |
| These ads will show anywhere on the site or | | | | not expected is surprising and very effective for |
| network. Sometimes the ROS/RON parts of a | | | | in attracting consumers. |
| campaign outperform more targeted ad filtering. | | | | Retargeting: - Retargeting is a form of behavioral |
| ROS/RON inventory costs tend to be the lowest, | | | | targeting, where users who go to a particular |
| so arithmetically; it is easier to get a campaign | | | | page of an advertiser's site - usually along the |
| closer to ROI+ when you start off with low cost | | | | conversion path-- can be served new ads on a |
| inventory. In the optimization process, advertisers | | | | subsequent web surfing session encouraging them |
| may be surprised to learn that the audience of | | | | to return to that advertiser's site. The ads are |
| people who find their ads most interesting are a | | | | usually tuned to the level of interest displayed in |
| bit of a surprise - and are only discovered through | | | | the first visit. For example, consumers on an |
| this "shotgun" approach. As you use the data you | | | | online flower-buying site who do not complete the |
| are gathering to minimize unproductive ad | | | | check out process may start seeing ads |
| impressions, the remaining inventory generally see | | | | promoting a $5-off sale on flowers. The thought |
| more clicks and conversions per visitor. | | | | process here is that the additional discount may |
| Content Channel - Some sites and most | | | | convince a consumer to complete their purchase. |
| networks only serve ads in places where the site | | | | Or, people who stopped at the shirt page of a |
| content around the ad is "contextually relevant" to | | | | men's clothing site may see ads for new shirts |
| the ad. For example, showing a sneaker ad | | | | from that same vendor. Even people who have |
| among running and exercise content. | | | | bought before may be targeted. Once sites |
| Single Site/Value Add - When an advertiser | | | | identify a user and cookies them, they may see |
| chooses to spend a significant portion of the | | | | those retargeted ads for a long time. |
| media budget on a single site, that site will usually | | | | Other Targeting Filters - There are many other |
| return the favor by offering that advertiser | | | | different types of filters. Day-parting, |
| unique or special ad inventory. This relationship is | | | | geo-targeting (down to a zip code, usually done in |
| called "value add." Value add may be in the form | | | | DMAs - demographic market areas - or states, or |
| of page sponsorships, wallpaper, inclusion in a | | | | national or selected countries.), by browser type, |
| newsletter, etc. Advertisers with branding goals | | | | ISP, operating system, or domain. In domain |
| may find this option very efficient. | | | | targeting, users visiting a site or network with a |
| Behavioral Targeting - Behavioral targeting | | | | specified domain like will see an ad no one else will |
| involves serving ads to users whose past click | | | | see. Social Media Marketing companies like |
| history indicates an interest in a particular subject | | | | Media6Degrees can also serve ads to users who |
| area. For example, if a user visits 20 travel sites | | | | are connected to each other through social media |
| over a week, we may be able to identify this | | | | following, in this case, with a kind of 6-degrees of |
| user as someone who is interested in travel to a | | | | separation kind of strategy. |
| particular location. That user may start seeing | | | | Learning the meaning and application of key online |
| those ads, even when they are on a non-travel | | | | display marketing terms helps make you a more |
| site. Ads which show up on "contextually | | | | effective and productive sales person. At the |
| irrelevant" sites may still get a lot of clicks. The | | | | very least, in the next meetings you can nod |
| power of behavioral targeting is at least two fold: | | | | wisely and even pose some key questions or |
| partly because the ads are truly more relevant to | | | | suggestions! |