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Top 3 Display Advertising Benefits

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Hannah Barden

What Is Display Advertising?

We understand that not everyone is aware of the different types of advertising online. From search advertising to video advertising and display ads. All have a different purpose and intent when trying to engage the online viewer to click them. Display advertising is normally in the form of images of your products or branding which appear on different websites that your customers go to. Do you know those ads that you see when scrolling through Facebook, usually in the form of a small box or banner? Yes, that is an example of display advertising. 

  • It Gives Your Brand A Visual Identity

   Not everyone, especially online, wants to have to read pages on information about your brand. A lot don't even want to read a couple of sentences! (DISCLAIMER: We apologise in advance that it isn't just a couple of sentences you are having to read here). Using display advertising helps people who would rather view and learn about things visually to notice your brand as opposed to them reading it. Some feel more comfortable being able to put a logo or image to a brand as opposed to having to understand the brand purely through reading.

 

The other good thing here is that, if you wanted, adding a short text phrase into your display ads can be a good thing to also approach the other side of people who may want to gain an insight into who you are in a short text. If you're using your brand's tagline then even better because a tagline is supposed to be engaging to new people. We love a tagline here at Prototype Creative!

 

Display advertising helps your brand become known. If more people can see identity through visual techniques, it will become more recognisable in the future. Especially if the brand has a memorable logo or colours. People will instantly be able to associate those with your business.

 

  • Display Advertising Uses A Technique Known as Retargeting

   Retargeting is when display advertisements are shown on different websites to someone who has visited your website and engaged with your content or an existing customer.

 

This is effective for the existing customer because it is an exercise of loyalty from the brand. Retargeting customers who have already purchased services or products from you reels them back in and gives them a sense of worth within your business. Display ads retargeting for existing customers will also be a good chance to showcase to them the type of stuff your brand is working on or the new updates to it.

 

Retargeting for people who aren't usually existing customers is still as effective as the algorithm looks at individuals who engaged with content on your website and retarget them. Someone may have been thinking about purchasing a product but held off because they were unsure. If display ads are used, that same item they were in the consideration phase for could be shown and give them that nudge into actually becoming a customer.

 

It is a bit like throwing a dog a bone, you are enticing them. Will they give up to the temptation?

  • Ease of Progress Tracking and Measuring

  These types of advertisements are so easy to track the progress of. Even for a beginner, the easy accessibility of display ad tracking makes it better.

Display advertising allows you to be able to track things such as how many times your ad has been viewed by someone; how many people have clicked the ad and the conversions created from if someone clicked your ad and then consequently made a purchase if you are selling a product. You could also measure conversions by indicating someone filling in an inquiry form counting as a conversion for your company. The vast range of ways to measure conversions and clicks make display ads a good asset in getting your brand out there if you intend to build following and awareness, reach internationally or sell products. 

After or whilst you run a display advertisement campaign, you can review it with your KPIs and the targeted ones to see whether you reached your goal and if not, create a plan to boost your results. In addition to this, the ability to tweak the budget, where the display advert goes, and change the direction of your display advert makes it good to work with. For example, if you noticed your display advert wasn't going to the right people, you're able to further add, change or remove the countries or areas it can reach.

Constantly monitoring how your campaigns are going is made more beneficial for your brand because you see what demographic is creating those vital conversions which will create more growth within your business. It allows brands to further their knowledge on whether those they intend to reach out to are receiving their intention.

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