Friday, 8 March 2013

Online ads boost TV recall



In some of the newest research coming out in the field of online advertising has shown that, with a switch of 15% of their budget from TV to digital, advertisers can increase recall and effectiveness by up to 33%. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) commissioned Nielsen to research whether a mix of digital and TV assisted the advertising process.

The lynch pin behind this is the fact that the creative launched on a digital platform first. As mentioned, recall and went up 33% if the consumer had seen an online video of the same campaign, while that reduces to 25% if they have been exposed to a display ad instead.

In regards to reach, the research showed that using this combination of channels the brand reach increased from between 3.4% to 6.2%, above TV only. The categories in higher end of the reach category included technology, retail, and telecoms – possibly reflecting the tastes of the users who are more exposed to ads in the digital space.

"It's eye-opening to discover that viewers actually have an easier time naming the brand behind a TV commercial if they have had the opportunity to be introduced to the creative first on a digital screen," said Sherrill Mane, senior vice president of research, analytics and measurement at IAB.

The study also looked at ad receptivity and established that the average digital video viewer watches 87% of a video ad, with mid-roll ads having the highest completion rates.


What this means for us

In regards to us a business, this lends greater credence to a multi-channel plan, as well as indicating that a greater increase across the digital platform can reflect in brand and campaign awareness.

Again, the really interesting point is that this is reliant on launching in the digital space first, and not adapting TV into digital elements. 

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