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The Art & Science of Personalized Ad Experiences Justin Merickel | Vice President, Adobe Advertising Cloud
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The goal of Hamilton’s Mathematics Department is to provide all students with opportunities
to hone logical thinking and statistical reasoning skills, while offering concentrators an
understanding of fundamental areas of pure and applied mathematics and what constitutes
legitimate, rigorous argument through the analysis and construction of written proofs.
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1 | The implication of lost creativity
2 | Lesson’s learned by MGM to nurture creativity/ personalization
3 | Adobe’s view of the future of creative
Agenda
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Companies that perform well on the Award Creativity Score tend to outperform on financial metrics.
1 Using only companies with creativity score >0, combining the two middle quartilesSource: Team Analysis
32
5967
BOTTOM MID TOP
Quartiles1
Organic Revenue Growth
Likelihood that creativity score quartile has above-average
financial performance %
MCKINSEY & CO REPORT, 2017
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…the basic principles we started on have gotten lost. We’re over-optimized
for direct response.“
”Andrew AnkerHOTWIREDRan the first banner ad
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1994 NOW
creative (de)generation25 YEARS OF
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Marc PritchardGLOBAL BRAND BUILDING OFFICERPROCTER & GAMBLE CO.
Bottom line, it is time for marketers and tech companies to solve the problem of annoying ads and make the ad experience better for consumers.
“”
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Jason M. PetersonCO-CHAIRMAN & CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICERHAVAS MEDIA
You've never clicked on a banner ad, because you have an IQ. And that's our
main advertising vehicle? That is ****** up as an industry. That's not why I got into this.
“”
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78%consumers
wantpersonalized ads
28%consumers think they are tailored correctly
only
+ 30%rise in
ad blocking
- 7%drop in
consumer receptivity
- 5%drop in
trust in media
- 55%decrease in
customer loyalty
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What prevents us from improving?Too focused on ROI?
Too enamored with the original idea?
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MarketerTHE
Our customers are not responding to our creatives!
We are going to personalize the creatives for them based on their site activity, where they are in their buying journey, or
based on their interests…
Give customers what they want!
“
”
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DesignerTHE
20 products,
7 promo offers,
7 different geos,
3 stages before conversation
840 creative variations!
I better get started!
“
”
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Bad process leads to bad ads
Compromised ad quality
Multiple cycles
Wasted time & budget
Bad customer experience
Marketing team sends campaign requirements to design team
Marketing provides feedback
Launch because you have to
Edits based on new campaign
Design team makes edits
Design team works on assets. Sends to Marketing team for
feedback
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D e s ig ne rTHE
M ar k e te rTHE
Con sumerTHE
No one is happy.
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1We’re Over-
Indexed on Direct Response
2Increase Content Velocity to
Improve the Creative Experience
3Connect the Creative and
Marketer to Improve Content Velocity
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BE PART OF THE SHOWDecember
2016MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
January 2017
BE PART OF THE SHOWDecember
2016Personalizing Creative with Data
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MGM RESORTS PLANS AND EXECUTES MARKETING CAMPAIGNS
ACROSS ALL ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS;
DRIVING DIRECT RESPONSE FOR OVER 41,000 HOTEL ROOMS,
400+ FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLETS, 350 RETAIL OUTLETS,
AND 4 MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES/ARENAS.
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A W O R L D - C L A S S C O L L E C T I O N O F R E S O R T S
BELLAGIO ARIA VDARA MGM GRAND THE SIGNATURE MANDALAY BAY DELANO LAS VEGAS
THE MIRAGE BEAU RIVAGE BORGATA MGM GRAND DETROIT
MGM NATIONAL HARBOR
MGM SPRINGFIELD MGM MACAU
M G M R E S O R T S L U X U R Y D E S T I N A T I O N S
M G M R E S O R T S D E S T I N A T I O N S
MONTE CARLO NEW YORK-NEW YORK
LUXOR EXCALIBUR CIRCUS CIRCUS GOLD STRIKE
1
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O U R D I G I T A L E V O L U T I O N & E C O S Y S T E M …
Foundation Personalization
EXPERIENCE MANAGERANALYTICS TARGET AUDIENCE MANAGER
Adobe Experience Manager (Digital Asset Management)
Adobe Analytics (Analytics on DMP / Mobile App)
Adobe Target (Testing & Optimization)
Phase 1: Adobe Products for Website Enhancements
Adobe Advertising Cloud DSP (Increase Qualified Traffic to Sites)
Adobe Audience Manager (Improve Conversion Rates via Segmentation )
Adobe Advertising Cloud Creative(Delivers Personalized Creative in Real-Time)
Phase 2: Adobe Products to Efficiently Drive Direct Site Traffic
ADVERTISING CLOUD DSP ADVERTISING CLOUD CREATIVE
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D Y N A M I C C O N T E N T T A R G E T I N G : D I R E C T R E S P O N S E
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D Y N A M I C C O N T E N T T A R G E T I N G : U L T R A L U X U R Y P R O D U C T
UPDATE WITH UITES DCO BANNERS
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D Y N A M I C C O N T E N T T A R G E T I N G : D E S T I N A T I O N F O W A R D
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P A T H T O P E R S O N A L I Z A T I O N : S U C C E S S M I L E S T O N E S
Expedited time to
market with limited time
offers
Standardizedcreative
templates
Increased flexibility for
testing & learning
Streamlined frequency of creative jobs
opened
+27%Lift In
Engaged Users
30% +Increase in Revenue
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Panel: The Art and Science of Personalised Ad Experiences
Matt BruceAdobe
Pippa ChambersAdnews
Peter PyntaNeuro-Insight
Sharni HargraveSeven
Ed BrooksSouth
Australian Tourism
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ADVERTISING
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Demonstration
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ADVERTISING
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