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Social entered the chat and brands stop thinking about TV advertising. People think it’s ridiculously expensive. That’s false. And the targeting has gotten worlds better. Lemme explain.

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So, let’s start here…

The most relevant pages to promote your demo are on your:

But the key is how you communicate and promo your demo on the different pages based on the traffic.

So, imagine a person who visits your homepage for the first time - they’re going to need a high-level product tour that walks them through the product in 8-12 steps.

Versus middle of the funnel traffic, so you’d use your product page demos to go a few layers deeper into product features based on specific paint points.

But here’s the next key element - where should you place your CTAs or Demos?

The higher, the better (and the data proves it) but focus on promoting your demos on the first fold, second fold, or navbar for maximum visibility.

Next, we need to continue optimizing...

This is why you want to start testing an inline demo vs a Demo CTA button to figure out which has a higher CTA.

We also have compiled data points in this report, and you can use it to increase your pipeline.

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With your smartphone, it’s like having a TV in your hands.

With your TV, it’s like having a smartphone mounted on your wall.

Because of that, TV targeting is specific and precise.

30-second slots on your TV are now just as targeted as that Facebook ad you thought was listening to you having a conversation with your friend.

Thanks to data-driven media buying and advanced linear and streaming TV measurement, advertisers can now approach TV with the same performance-focused mindset they’re used to on digital.

The 4-Part Framework For Successful TV Advertising

When it comes to TV advertising, there is a 4-part framework:

1. How To Approach Testing

One key to successful testing is going into a campaign in search of what works from the jump - instead of hoping to find something to build from.

For example, when Made In Cookware started TV advertising, they ran a test campaign with a $75k budget with the goal of finding out if their product would resonate in a contextual environment more than a controlled environment.

For Made In, that meant advertising on programs like HGTV, Food Channel, Cooking Channel, and CNN.

2. Finding New Audiences

Knowing contextual advertising worked on TV for Made In was the starting point.

The second was figuring out if they could unlock non-contextual advertising and expand into new audiences.

They struck gold twice - by advertising during live sporting events and during big political events.

How?

Firesales.

This is when there is a last-minute sale on premium inventory that needs to be sold. Sometimes even up to 80%+ which is a huge opportunity for TV advertisers looking to test and scale.

3. Optimizing Creative

Made In ran multiple A/B tests comparing creatives made for Facebook/Instagram vs. creative made native to TV, which decreased the CPV (Cost Per Visitor) by 50%.

4. Scaling

Made In scaled their TV campaign to 10-15x the impressions in comparison to Facebook and IG while increasing their targeting pool by 400k and conversions on streaming TV by 4.5X.

The next step is plugging this framework into a full-funnel solution.

TV’s Evolution Into A Full-Funnel Solution

The traditional funnel is 3-parts:

And TV can play a significant role in all of them.

Because with the evolution of TV advertising, you can track the full customer journey from impressions to conversions.

TV For Top of Funnel

Let’s start TOF…

A successful brand awareness campaign isn’t getting in front of everybody; it’s getting in front of the right people.

Getting in front of the right people starts with testing and targeting.

For example, Nutrafol pivoted towards TV advertising to drive brand awareness.

To start, they ran a test campaign.

This gave them insights into:

Another example was Fiverr’s Superbowl ad in 2020, where they used TV advertising to cut acquisition costs by 75%.

Fiverr bought a 30-second slot in the third quarter of the Super Bowl - and after airing, both website traffic and search volume took off.

The initial goal of the 30-second Super Bowl slot was to educate the consumer on Fiverr and what they offer during a time when remote work was boomin’.

The end goal was to drive viewers to visit Fiverr’s site, increase product awareness, and build a huge retargeting pool.

Then the magic happened when Fiver retargeted website visitors on streaming TV platforms, leading to a 75% decrease in acquisition costs.

You can watch both the Super Bowl ad & the re-targeting ad here.

Transitioning To The Middle Of Funnel

When we think of Middle Of Funnel, we think of the middle of the campaign.

Where optimization takes place before scaling for conversions.

For Made In, that was optimizing:

The deodorant company Lume did the same thing.

They found early success with TV advertising by taking some of their top digital creative and testing it. Their test revealed where their audience was watching and which segments were driving the most conversions, allowing them to double down and scale spending.

This led to a massive Q4 where they reached 38.9M consumers while hitting a $2.98 CPV.

Ending It At The Bottom Of Funnel

Lastly, the moment of truth - converting eyeballs into customers.

So, let’s talk about how Onewheel, the single-wheel electric skateboard, did it.

First, it started with a YouTube Live event where they introduced their two new products to increase awareness around the product.

The second part of their strategy was to air ads across premium Linear TV and Connected TV inventory to drive site traffic and consideration.

From the linear side, Onewheel targeted sports events by posting their YouTube Live event.

On the connected side, they targeted adults from 18-49 on streaming services like Hulu, Discovery, Peacock, and Paramount+.

This now bridges to the second part of the campaign focused on driving purchases.

Onewheel set up a retargeting campaign on connected TV for people who visited the website after seeing a TV ad but didn’t make a purchase. This strategy drove an increase in incremental sales.