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One of the biggest interactive media, technology and advertising events of the year is finally upon us, SXSW!
Last week at the ANA conference, Mark Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer at P&G, said it best when he stated that too much digital advertising is being wasted…
So we thought, why not ensure that advertisers can be as effective as possible with their media spend during the biggest media shebang of the year!?
*Drum roll*
This is the blueprint for spending effectively, based on Nudge data (of course!), at SXSW.
Post Summary:
- Content Types to distribute during SXSW
- Distribution channels that drives the highest quality traffic
- Hours of the Day to Distribute Content by Device
- Reach & Attention by Devices
- Examples of great branded content for SXSW
- Methodology
Content Types to Distribute During SXSW
One thing that’s clear when going through the numbers, is that it’s better to invest in text content.
So, if you’re targeting people at SXSW, the one thing you want to do is focus on articles and lists as they over-index greatly, compared to the Nudge benchmark.
Also note that Video + Article tends to underperform at SXSW, so again, focus on distributing text content.
For plenty more data like this, get in touch with a Nudge Account Manager today.
The Distribution Channels that Drive the Highest Quality Traffic at SXSW
Reaching people is tough at SXSW as lots of sources are all over the place. Equally challenging is to actually get people to engage with your brand, over somebody else’s.
Nudge data shows that during SXSW, email & owned are the best mechanisms for this.
Below you can see how these two channels compare against the Nudge attention standard.
Hours of the Day to Distribute Content by Device
Devices are more/less effective during different hours of the day.
Nudge data show us which distribution times to keep in mind, split out by device:
Reach and Attention Minutes by Device
Tablet usage is 124.5% higher than the Nudge benchmarks, during SXSW. Tablet’s also the device that drives the highest attention, which means it’s worth adding it to your media mix.
You might think that because people are consuming more content on mobile, it should mean that there’s a drop in overall attention, but it’s actually 14.5% higher during SXSW, than the Nudge benchmark.
Great Branded Content Examples for SXSW
The changing face of payment on display at Mobile World Congress
Mastercard + Quartz: a timely piece as they chose to roll it out in time for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Mastercard is using this platform to effectively lift their brand, by putting themselves at the forefront of the pin-free boom.
5 easy-to-use tools to discover new ICO’s and cryptocurrencies
Exmo + The Next Web: Exmo cleverly shares the key things to know about when researching and investing in cryptocurrencies. The list format does the job nicely and it effectively breaks down something that’s in essence complicated, to allow for more people to start investing. And who will be on the forefront of these people’s minds when they decide to take the leap? That’s right – Exmo.
Everyday Home Essentials to Add to Your Registry
IKEA + The Knot: IKEA shares a list of items that people can use for entertaining guests or low-key nights cuddled on the couch with your partner—or both. Simple, yet effective. We love the fact that you can quickly look through all the items, that prices are shown and that you can click on each of them, taking you to the item on IKEA’s website.
6 productivity hacks to become better at IT — fast
Netgear + The Next Web: a light and simple, no-nonsense list where six productivity hacks are shared with companies in order to help them become better at IT. Netgear provides value whilst also shining a light on how they can help with this too.
Huawei Launches Full Range of 5G End-to-End Product Solutions
Huawei + WSJ: truly did a fantastic job of announcing – not one, but 5 new products, whilst at the World Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The conference enabled the spotlight, the sponsored content was the mechanism in which they were able to get in front of a larger portion or their key audience.
Methodology: How We Come Up with These Recommendations
Content types:
One of the things marketers will be asking themselves whilst planning a new campaign is:
“Which content format should we adopt?”.
In order to create the best content, we believe that art needs to be informed by science [to some degree].
So, which content format should you be using for SXSW?
Easy. To understand this, we simply need to look to a metric called attention minutes; attention minutes is a quality metric that enables marketers to track each second that a person is actively consuming their content. It also discounts the empty clicks where someone barely even sets their eyes on a page.
Learn more about attention minutes in my guest post for nativeadvertising.com.
For this piece of research, I’ve derived the best performing content formats by looking at all Nudge’s measured campaigns during last year’s SXSW.
Distribution Insights:
Work device type into your day parting. This ensures that your spend remains healthy by being stretched and utilized as efficiently as possible.
To figure out this part, all we had to do was to review impressions, by device, over the past few years of SXSW.
Book a Nudge demo, to find out what else you should be doing to get the best out of your content campaigns.
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