1. Contextual advertising
To attract an audience with an already formed need, we have connected contextual advertising in Yandex search and Google, the Yandex advertising network and the Google display network.
The following were selected as queries:
- "smartphones";
- "buy a smartphone";
- "buy an inexpensive smartphone," etc.
At the same time, the product banners were changed in accordance with seasonal demand and customer needs.
2. Advertising on social networks
In parallel, we launched targeted advertising on VKontakte, Facebook, and Odnoklassniki. In the targeting settings, we noted users who were interested in inexpensive gadgets and smartphones.
This was the essence of the strategy: we needed fans of budget devices. Therefore, owners and fans of iPhone, Samsung and other luxury brands were excluded from the sample, since they are unlikely to be attracted to Xiaomi products.
How it looked in targeting:
People who are interested in tablets and smartphones, except for owners of iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy S9, etc.
Parents have become another segment of the target audience. The action took place in August, before the start of the school year. We launched an advertising message "You buy a smartphone, you get another one for the child." Not all parents are ready to buy an iPhone for a student — they will lose it or break it. The offer to upgrade your smartphone and get a gadget for a child as a gift looked attractive.
3. RTB using Sociomantic technology
Sociomantic Labs, a division of Dunnhumby, provides RTB advertising technology that allows you to find the target audience on the network as accurately as possible and show them banners.
Sociomantic cooperates with many large retailers, including the DNS hardware store chain. Sociomantic code is installed on the store's pages, which tracks users visiting specific catalog pages in real time.
Step 1. The buyer looked at the products in the category "Smartphones" on the DNS website and left without buying anything.
Step 2. We followed the user on the "digital trail" and showed Xiaomi branded banners on other sites connected to RTB sites.
Step 3. Potential customers clicked on the banner and got to the Xiaomi page, where they could read the terms of the promotion and complete the purchase.