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Tying Data with Personas for Better Personalization
Brian Sim, Marin Software
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§ The problem with programmatic personalization
§ Three steps for more cohesion between data + insights
§ The results of a cohesive approach
Agenda
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Personalization is more than just putting pieces of a puzzle together
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Data, alone, doesn’t make it any easier
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Catching SCIENCE up to the ART
Needs
Goals
Aspirations
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Designing Better Creative
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Step 1: Know your audience
Credit: Sunni Brown
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Step 2: Categorize data in useful, actionable ways
COLLECT DATA ANALYZE INTENT SIGNALS
Intent vs. Value
MAP AUDIENCES DELIVER AND OPTIMIZE
Social
Second-Party
Behavioral
Search Intent
Revenue
Lower Intent, Lower Value
High Intent, High Value
High-value Prospects
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§ Effective dynamic advertising
involves more than just mixing
and matching images and copy
Step 3: Speak the right language
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A Case Study
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§ Personalization is a key part of the user experience
MR PORTER is an online retailer specializing in luxury menswear
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§ Wanted to increase market share by disrupting their audience’s shopping habits
They have a deep understanding of their ideal customers
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§ MR PORTER leveraged second-party partner data to identify new customers
Travel FMCG Autos Publishers
Understanding the customer meant accounting for media preferences
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PUBLISHER PUBLISHER PUBLISHER
We developed compelling, product and content-led creative designs
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We Blew Away Historic Benchmarks
70% Greater CTR vs. historical
15% Higher AOV vs. average
5.8x More efficient eCPC vs. target
Lower CPM vs. historical 3.7x
ROI vs. average 3.23
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