How the Ad Council Used Facebook's Atlas to Drive Donations and Volunteers

A recent campaign success story for Feeding America could shed light on how consumers are using devices and which publishers are actually driving traffic. Working with the Ad Council and Facebook's Atlas measurement platform, the Chicago-based nonprofit launched an eight-week digital campaign this spring to drive donations and volunteer sign-ups. Ad Council—which partners with U.S. creative agencies, media outlets and others to come up with ad campaigns for dozens of social causes—worked with the largest network of food pantries in the U.S. to come up with a campaign that had key performance indicators that would be good proxies for other marketers as well. According to Beth Ellard, evp of media at the Ad Council, the campaign also helped provide insight into what works and doesn't work for a cross-device campaign. "One of the things we were very interested in understanding here is how the target audience is using devices, because they really mirror what is happening with consumers in terms of going across devices, platforms, channels, etc.," Ellard said. "And the ability to attribute donations and volunteer sign-ups more clearly was a big opportunity here and to be able to understand the individual properties—both Facebook and off Facebook—to better understand how to optimize media partner performances." Here are four things the Ad Council and Facebook learned from the campaign: Attributable donations and volunteer sign-ups increased dramatically As a result... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Here’s How Harry Potter Used 51 Times Square Ads to Create One Immersive Theater

Visiting Times Square at night can be a pretty overwhelming experience, in part because of the visual chaos of so many massive digital ads vying for your attention. But would it be even more overwhelming if all the ads came together to tell one immersive story? The producers of Broadway's Harry... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-10-10 20:54:51 UTC ]
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Donate or Destroy and Despair (shelftalker)

The problem of books damaged in the shipping process is both escalating and alarming. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-09 12:00:41 UTC ]
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Council publishes superheroes book authored by children in care

Leicester County Council has published the UK’s first storybook written by children in care. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 20:29:02 UTC ]
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Wildfire lands Fitch underground atlas

Wildfire has landed an atlas of underground spaces by Chris Fitch, providing a “gorgeously-illustrated chronicle of the world we rarely see”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 11:23:13 UTC ]
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TikTok users are surprised to find themselves in ads for the app

Elijah Jay is wants nternet stardom, almost anywhere he can get it, just not as a TikTok salesman. But that’s exactly what he became when the social media company used one of his videos in an ad that ran on Snapchat. Jay's video, in which he performs a balloon-swallowing stunt, has been seen by... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-07 09:00:00 UTC ]
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TikTok is banning political ads, Taboola buys Outbrain, plus the latest from the ANAs : Friday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our daily newsletter. You can also get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. TikTok wants... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-04 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Mac Conner, Illustrator for Ads and Magazines, Dies at 105

In the 1950s and ’60s, Mr. Conner’s art helped sell airlines and overalls and accompanied short stories in The Saturday Evening Post and elsewhere. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-10-03 21:16:21 UTC ]
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What recession? Holiday sales expected to rise amid boost in ad spend

Shoppers appear unfazed by a potential recession, tariff uncertainty and an impeachment inquiry in Washington. The National Retail Federation, which released its annual holiday sales forecast Thursday, says retail sales will increase between 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent during the last two months... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-03 19:49:51 UTC ]
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Facebook’s Nada Stirratt on the evolution of storytelling and how it helped raise $2 billion for charity

  Nada Stirratt, VP of North America at Facebook, sits down with Ad Age Associate Publisher Heidi Waldusky to discuss what storytelling means for Facebook users and advertisers. Plus, the need for brands to personalize messaging at scale—and how Facebook Stories can help. A custom video... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 21:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice Media to acquire Refinery29 in drive for female audiences

Vice Media Inc., the youth-oriented media company, agreed to acquire the online publisher Refinery29, seeking to reignite growth by reaching a young female audience. The deal marks the biggest move yet by Vice Chief Executive Officer Nancy Dubuc, who has been trying to revive the once... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 19:51:02 UTC ]
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With the Help of Washington, News Publishers Fight to Recapture Advertising Dollars From Facebook and Google

Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of Fox Corp., who built his fortune in the newspaper Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-10-01 07:00:50 UTC ]
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A vintage Benson & Hedge's ad evokes a cheekier (but no less deadly) era of cigarette marketing

Sometimes an ad gets just a little too truthful for its own good.  By the time this 1972 full-pager for Benson & Hedges 100’s ran in Life magazine, smoking was widely understood to be associated with a range of serious diseases. So, sure, let’s equate using our product to jumping out of a... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-30 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook hiding likes and video views could force publishers to shift strategies

Facebook is running an experiment to hide "like" counts and other public-facing social scores in select markets. The social network confirmed Friday that it started hiding like, reaction and video view counts in a limited test across the social network as part of an effort to improve the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-27 20:39:27 UTC ]
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By hiding likes and video views, Facebook could force publishers to shift strategies

Facebook is running an experiment to hide "like" counts and other public-facing social scores in select markets. The social network confirmed Friday that it started hiding like, reaction and video view counts in a limited test across the social network as part of an effort to improve the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-27 20:39:27 UTC ]
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Google experiments with its own contextual ads, as privacy legislation looms

Google is experimenting with contextual ads at "much lower costs" when it comes to marketing its own products—even as it leads the way as one of the most vocal proponents of the power of personal data for targeting ads online. Marvin Chow, Google’s VP of marketing, peeled back the curtain on... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-24 23:11:20 UTC ]
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‘It’s found money’: YouTube stars look for ways to expand to Facebook

Digital publisher Jellysmack is working with YouTube stars to use its tools to tailor their videos for Facebook and Snapchat. The post ‘It’s found money’: YouTube stars look for ways to expand to Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-09-24 04:01:07 UTC ]
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Now trending in ad tech: 4 things digital marketers should get smart about

At the end of 2018, Magna Global released its advertising forecast, which predicted that digital advertising will account for 50 percent of global ad spend in 2019. During my decade in the digital media space, part of which has been as the vice president of a digital media and ad tech marketing... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-18 14:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2019-09-12 18:40:59 UTC ]
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How Le Monde is Using Podcasts to Drive Digital Subscriptions

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How 'cookie matching' at Google caused an ad tech divide

Google's most vocal critics have caused a schism among the ad-tech community: One group led by Brave, a rival web browser, claims to have analyzed Google's ad exchange and found sneaky data-sharing with partners. Meanwhile, Google's defenders say rivals are being alarmist about a common industry... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-09 16:35:44 UTC ]
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