Data Versus Creativity: The Publisher Perspective

When Walgreens launched a new loyalty program for its beauty lines in 2016, it coupled it with an advertising campaign to drive signups. As part of this campaign, it turned to the USA Today Network to reach its target audience: Women. What’s odd about picking the USA Today Network for this outreach? USA Today doesn’t have dedicated beauty vertical. It didn’t matter. USA Today’s content reaches “half of all women in America,” says Kelly Andresen, head of GET Creative, USA Today Network’s branded content studio. While the number is impressive, Andresen’s team used more than that one data point to convince Walgreens that they could drive the signups, even without the dedicated beauty space. Through the USA Today Network, her team had details about what beauty content would draw the most readers in, and what mix of content would be required in order to draw a signup. There’s a philosophical battle within the advertising space. For some, data and analytic acolytes dictate where, when and how the online dollars are doled out based on the feedback of their research. Meanwhile, others still believe that creative teams should drive the concept before turning to the data to dictate placements. Publishers, by and large, take a middle ground approach, allowing them to appease both needs dependent on what asks comes their way. However, it’s no longer simply selling advertisers on the size of the platform. Instead, it’s detailing just how well they know their audience, both from a data... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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