Case
NTV+
Aim, tasks
►To introduce the target audience to a new product from NTV-Plus and to warm up interest in it.

►Maximize coverage of the target audience of the product.

►Achieve VTR (video viewing ratio) above the average in the category "cinema/video services".
TOOLS
The development of the concept began with the study of the audience: experts analyzed the site visitors and identified the core of the target audience. They became generation X, family people with children, qualified specialists and active Internet users who pay special attention to the choice of content to watch.

For effective coverage, we have focused on:
- Targeting selection at different stages of the sales funnel;

- A creative concept based on the interests and needs of potential consumers.

Approach:
1) Surprise. The video begins with an atypical situation in a bus and taxi, so the viewer becomes curious: "What will happen next?"

2) Brightness and contrast. Heroes of movies and TV series make the picture colorful thanks to costumes and characters.

3) Fast pace. Even in a 20-second video, the dialogue is short and clear — there is no tightness.

4) Communication with the audience. At the end of the clips, the main character looks into the camera and appeals to the audience with a call to action.

5) Entertainment, not explanation. We talk about the benefits of online TV vividly and through humor, without focusing on problems.

When we analyzed the portrait of the target audience, we decided that an entertaining presentation would be best suited. Therefore, in the videos we combined humor and intrigue. This combination affects emotions, which means it increases memorability and brand loyalty. The creatives focus on the main advantage of the product: now you can watch broadcasts anywhere and on any device. We wanted not only to entertain the user, but also to keep his attention so that he watched the video to the end.

The specialists made two versions of the commercials, which changed at different stages of the advertising campaign. For a catchy plot, the recommendations from Google were taken into account when developing creatives:

Each creative is 6, 10 and 20 seconds long for different formats. The agency used two tools:

TrueView In-Stream preroll for videos in 10 and 20 seconds. The advantage of the format is that the user chooses whether to watch the commercial to the end or not. So you can understand whether the video is interesting to the audience who sees it.

Bumper Ads with non-stop 6-second clips before the start of the main video. The format affects recognition and memorability. At the same time, it is the least expensive among all formats on YouTube.
Results achieved
► 47% of the audience is covered from the available YouTube inventory (22.27 million unique users) in the Display&Video 360 system

►The TrueView video's visibility is 1.5 times higher in comparison with benchmarks in the "cinema/video services" category.

►The searchability on mobile devices for the TrueView format is 7% higher than on the desktop.

►The cost of full viewing (CPV) for TrueView format videos is 38% lower, compared to the optimal cost of purchasing benchmarks in the category "cinema/video services" (0.6 rubles).
Detailed description
NTV-Plus has an online TV service, for which the demand of the target audience is still being formed. The main advantage of this service is watching movies and broadcasts in high quality on any device. The service is available both from the screen of a smartphone or tablet, and on a TV via an Android set-top box, Apple TV or smart TV.

Mechanics of an advertising campaign
The first flight. May 2019

The first steps to interacting with the audience at the top level of the marketing funnel are 10— and 20-second videos in TrueView in Stream. The main goal of the stage is the maximum audience coverage by targeting.

Social dem was used as targeting for an audience aged 35-44 and topics: "TV equipment", "cable and satellite providers", "going to move" and Heavy TV Viewers.


The second flight. June 2019
The second level of the funnel is working with a more engaged audience
Narrow target targeting was used there: custom audiences based on intentions and competitors, the intersection of broader audience targeting with narrow ones. At the same time, the coverage was narrowed, but targeting a potential audience was more accurate.

Also, experts have replaced the creative so that the effectiveness of the campaign does not decrease due to "burnout".

At the last stage of the funnel, we added the format of 6-second Bumper Ads videos. It was broadcast to those users who had previously seen videos in TrueView campaigns. This strategy greatly influenced the consolidation of knowledge about the service among potential users.

The effectiveness of advertising was evaluated not only in Display&Video 360, but also in the Campaign Manager tracking system from Google Marketing Platform.

With the help of the system, experts verified the traffic (brand safety): they excluded sites associated with unfavorable content and YouTube channels with children's videos.
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