A Letter from the CEO's

by Peles and Inbar September 10 , 2009 08:49

In today's online advertising market, online marketing needs of every client are unique.
Here at DMG we provide solutions that are specifically designed to meet clients' diverse requirements and optimize their ROI goals. We offer both advertisers and publishers technology-driven solutions to increase brand reach, generate leads, target consumers and measure results.

Our philosophy lies in
a simple statement: "results or your money back - guaranteed".
This claim can be
made only thanks to the following:

Technology –utilizing proprietary technologies and field-proven methodologies
Full solution
- delivering heightened performance throughout the value chain.

Human Capital
– employing a proficient team of well-established professionals with years of experience running highly successful campaigns across the globe.
Long-Term Client Retention
holding our customers' satisfaction as our key drive and maintaining a high retention rate and close partnerships that enable us to successfully achieve our clients' backend goals.

We are continually striving to generate value to our clients and promise to maintain our daily commitment as your source for unparalleled service into the future.

 Sincerely,

Inbar and Peles

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CEOs' Corner

Results that Measure Up

by Peles August 26 , 2009 04:39

Integrated Results-Based Approach to Online Advertising

A version in German:Results that Measure Up DE.DOC (63.50 kb)    

 Don’t you wish someone could put a realistic price tag on finding new leads or customers?

While we are preparing a wish list… Wouldn’t you like to get a better handle on ROI, or knowing how much revenue in certain market segments can be attributed to the campaign? Or even better yet, how would you like to be able to analyze price sensitivity in different market segments based on online information while the campaign is going on?

 

Integrated results-based approach is about squeezing every possible benefit from every dollar spent – quickly and intelligently. In order to optimize advertising campaigns and achieve ambitious ROI goals, advertisers must have access to real-time feedback, measurement and instant analysis of all their online marketing activities.

 

Define the road to meaningful results

This approach is based on the fundamental understanding and definition of the real value that a customer, lead or click represents. That means setting a realistic “price tag” on the desired result, or conversion, whatever it may be – a new lead, customer, sale, click, or registration. At the same time, we must bear in mind that this price tag varies across geographical regions, market segments, media types and even promotional offers.

 

Measure to optimize the process

The focus is on measurement and understanding that everything is, and should be, measured. The optimization process is based completely on the measurable results received from across all the different advertising platforms, on the different processes that make up the conversion value chain – starting with clicks, leads, registrations and even offline upgrades and up sell opportunities. This way, every advertising dollar is optimized intelligently. So before, during and, of course, after the campaign, advertisers have a real handle on the value of every conversion and know how much revenue in specific market segments can be attributed to the campaign. Armed with that, ROI objectives are clearly in sight.

 

Real added- value comes with integration

Results-based online advertising is only as good as the breadth of the online tools available, and how they are leveraged together. Data is combined from all advertising platforms: SEM, Banner ads and emails to shorten the learning curve and build value faster. Knowledge gained from any one platform is immediately made available to ongoing campaigns on other platforms and rapidly optimized to guarantee continuously improved results.

 

The final frontier: integration with CRM

With full integration with existing CRM system, the campaign comes full circle to become a sophisticated marketing tool that enables targeting market segments, such as discounts to first-time buyers, as well as opening a plethora of cross-sell opportunities. The result: total control of the sales cycle – from the very first impression all the way to the desired conversion. Control that is always focused on positive ROI.

 

 

 


The truth about ad nets 45-60% profits?!

by Admin July 30 , 2009 02:55
Peles is commenting on Media Post's "The Truth About Ad Nets: Profit Margins of 45% To 60%" (July 29)
"The only question that needs to be asked is how much value the "middleman" brings to the table.

Both advertisers and publishers should ask themselves that question and route their budgets / inventory, respectively, to those ad nets that bring the highest value. As a result-based, blind, ad network our conversations with both sides are about their value and not our commissions or margins. Values, that are definable and measurable: eCPM to pubs and eCPA to advertisers. These measures can be easily compared by other channels".

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Tricky Pricing models

by DMG Team July 27 , 2009 09:40

This week, Ad technology firm PubMatic relased a survey which reports that: average eCPMs for inventory sold through ad networks and exchanges have risen sequentially-  each of the last five months, and have climbed 35 percent since their low point in January.

http://www.clickz.com/3634511#jsid-1248596819-10 

Peles, is comenting:

Indeed, Ad networks and exchanges, represent the result driven segment of online advertising, as higher cpm budgets shrink, better media (namely, better placement, earlier impressions...) shift from premium / guaranteed to result base / unsold / monetized through ad networks. 
We are all fine with it. But if you look at the broader picture (not available for pubmatic and alike), cpm continues to drop combined with fill rates that maintain their low levels.

 

Don't Judge a Banner by its Cover!

by Inbar June 25 , 2009 10:47

By Inbar Chap, co-CEO

Don't Judge a Banner by its Cover!
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=107890

Like any advertising and media vehicle, sound creative strategy and effective execution are key to results-based campaigns. This applies to both banners and landing pages.

In order to optimize online advertising campaigns and achieve business objectives, advertisers need to think out-of-the box in every facet of the creative elements. I'd like to share with you the nine ways we judge and deploy creative content to boost results and improve ROI.

1. Interact with your readers Banners and landing pages should be inviting and induce readers to click their way in. Users are drawn to well-designed, interactive banners that encourage them to take action. This increases the CTR (Click Through Rate) and contributes directly to the campaign's bottom line results.

2. Diversify design and approach It is best to prepare several sets of banners with different color palettes and designs so that effective testing and evaluation can be conducted throughout the campaign. Different designs, colors, platforms and sizes yield different results - so several approaches should be tried and tested. Also, this enables banners to be tested across several different sites. All these parameters should be evaluated thoroughly so that the results can be used intelligently to boost the bottom line.

3. Don't judge a banner by its cover A good banner is not necessarily the most "attractive." In online advertising "artwork" is judged by what works to get the reader to do what you want. Your banner doesn't have to win a design award or hang in an art museum to work for you. Remember: the focus is on measurable results.

4. Match the creative to the payment model Again, always focus on the goal. Creative content must be adapted to the user and provide the relevant information needed to achieve the business objective. For example, on CPC campaigns we want to better qualify clicks. If you use a CPC (Cost-per-Click) campaign to sell tickets to a concert, then the banner should not maximize clicks but rather offer relevant information toward purchasing tickets - making the clicks are effective. Perhaps the CTR of that campaign will be lower than if the banner said "For more information on the concert, click here" instead of "Best concert in town - click here to get your ticket." But based on the payment model chosen, it is the right choice. If the CPA (Cost-per-Action) or CPL (Cost-per-Lead) models were being used, a combination of banners with different content may prove to be more effective.

5. Focus on the conversion Don't be fooled into thinking that the CTR is a direct reflection of the conversion rate. High CTR maybe not mean a successful campaign and a low CTR may not mean it was unsuccessful. For example, if a bank looking for new business posts a banner with a really sexy image, it will probably draw a lot of hits to the new account landing page. The bank may get a high CTR, but how many accounts will be opened? Remember: in the end it is the conversion that counts.
6. Speak in multiple languages Speak to the audience -- literally -- by making sure the language and call to action in the banners and landing pages are suitable to local audiences - where campaigns are running and culturally attuned to the audience. On the other hand, it is worthwhile to try banners in different languages to make them stand out on the page. For example, on a site that is completely in Spanish, an English banner may in fact draw more attention.
This is yet another measure that can help you improve and perfect banners based on the results you measure throughout the campaign.

7. Call users to action Well-placed keywords that call the user to action have a better chance of directing users to your landing page - and leave nothing to guesswork. Clear instructions, like "click here," "continue," or "register" help to lead users along the path you determine.

8. Set specific and predetermined time periods Time-limited offers and promotions are an effective way to invite the user toward the action you wish and can compel users to respond faster. For example, establish a "count down" period that the offer is valid, or eligibility for a certain prize or gift.

9. Keep it new and enticing Be bold. Don't be afraid to try something you have never tried before, rather that sticking with something that everyone liked and never change it. Old banners become background very fast, and stop standing out on the page. Upgrade and change them regularly to keep it new and keep it changing. Innovation is part of the game. T

These tips are a good starting point to keeping your online advertising creative up to date, relevant and targeted on results. And a great way to be sure you are maximizing your online advertising investment.

How do Affiliate & Results-based marketing coexist

by DMG Team May 21 , 2009 03:02

 As Affilicon Israel draws near, we approached Peles to discuss the interaction between the two marketing channels - Results-based online advertising & Affiliate marketing:

§         Q: How do affiliate marketing and results- based marketing co exist with the more traditional ways?
Peles:  Affiliate marketing is one segment within the broader scope of result based advertising. They in many cases compete for budget, although, in our opinion they shouldn't. More traditional ways should deal with what is called branding, and result base should deal with direct acquisitions. More sophisticated advertisers, transforming both their budgets to results - they just define the goals differently, but measure both and optimize both budgets.

§         Q: What is more effective affiliate or SEM?
Peles:
It is like asking what is more important, eating or drinking, for successful online advertising programs both should be effective, it is a matter of volume, competition and market.

Q: How does the economic situation affect affiliate and result based marketing? 
Peles: With the idea in mind that the world will continue to exist, people will continue to consume, result based advertising will gain ,market share over more traditional media spends. Budgets have started to shift towards places where Invested Euros are marked with their related income. In other words, acquisition and direct response campaigns are the last to be cut as they are considered to be revenue generating campaigns.



 

Online ad payment models that make real sense

by Inbar March 22 , 2009 02:51

When selecting the right mix of online advertising payment models there is
more than one way of getting the results you want.

Everybody's talking about results and the inherent 'measurability' of online advertising campaigns.
Does all this buzz mean that pricing models with no risk, such as cost-per-action, are the way to go?

Read my full article on iMediaConnection UK.com

Inbar 

 

Why the Click Is the Wrong Metric for Online Ads

by Peles February 24 , 2009 03:21

For advertisers as well, In response to an article by Abbey Klaassen published on Ad age digital February 23.

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134787 

Click is wrong metric for advertiser optimization as well, as CTR is the easiest metric to manipulate. As a media buyer I’ve always stayed away from cpc metric when buying display.

When eCPA is what matters from the advertiser perspective and eCPM is what the publisher is after, manipulating CTR is, in many cases, the way to bridge the gap. When locked in a fixed CPC this tool is taken away and hence at least one will lose (advertiser, or publisher).

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Comment on “More Web Ads Improve Their Aim”

by Peles February 11 , 2009 12:44

An article in the wsj from the 5th of february.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123379182761749823.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

The ‘performance-driven advertising’ is yet another, a bit nicer (maybe), name for what internet advertising is and should be all about:

Measurability and accountability – which are the core merits.

We can either call them ‘performance-driven’, ‘result-based’ or even ‘pay for performance’ online advertising – they all reflect the same old idea and understanding which are being used by some of us for several years now.

Eventually, sometimes you need to go through tough times in order to inherit concepts that should have been inherited already -  like this one.

Treating internet advertising, as TV or news paper advertising is just missing on one of the net's biggest advantages measurability and accountability.

I am sure we will all get out of these times stronger and smarter about our businesses - especially if these businesses are online.

 

International traffic monetization

by Peles February 9 , 2009 05:09

In response to "Global Budgets to Boost Online Advertising" 

An article posted in November on mediapost:

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=93914 

I commented on this article when it was published, and now approaching the half of Q1 2009 - i find it, not only still relevant, but also actually happening.

International growth in general, is what companies need to be looking for now days. In our industry, CPM 's are falling and opportunities are rising...

Here is the original comment: 

This article demonstrates one of the good things that come out from these bad times: looking for extra monetization.

When big U.S. advertisers are cutting budgets and are looking to get their campaigns better targeted, publishers will increase their efforts to better serve their American clients, and on the other hand, better monetize the leftovers.

In the last 4-5 years, we have also been pursuing this slice of the pie, and built a successful business on the 30%-40% non-U.S. visitors on U.S. properties.

Most of the time we find it very difficult to convince Americans that there is a world out there, that, among other things, visits U.S. Web sites such as yahoo.com and alike

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