Spotify is trying to make podcasts attractive for advertisers with a new set of marketing tools.
Spotify Podcast Ads are powered by Streaming Ad Insertion (SAI), which will leverage streaming to deliver Spotify’s full digital suite of planning, reporting, & measurement capabilities, it said on its official blog. Spotify Podcast Ads offer “the intimacy & quality of traditional podcast ads with the precision & transparency of modern-day digital marketing.”
Here’s what the post said:
Here are some of the areas we’re exploring:
- Reach the audience you want to reach
To date, podcast advertisers have had to rely on audience surveys or inferences about the podcast’s content to figure out where to allocate their podcast ad budgets. Spotify Podcasts Ads reach a logged-in user base of millions of listeners. We provide data-driven recommendations and insights to help you reach the right audience. - Deliver your ads with confidence
In 2016, the IAB unified measurement of “ad delivery” across the industry,3 but due to the distributed, downloaded nature of podcasting, the new guidelines could not tell advertisers whether listeners actually heard their ads. Spotify Podcast Ads measure real impressions as they occur, reporting on the age, gender, device type, and listening behavior of the audience reached. - Understand the impact of your investment
Without knowing who actually heard an ad, podcast advertisers have largely been unable to measure the impact of their podcast advertising through typical digital media practices like brand lift studies or conversion reporting. To date, podcast advertisers have found creative ways to directionally indicate whether their ads resonated through tactics like coupon codes and vanity URLs. With Spotify Podcast Ads, we will be able to tap into our suite of digital measurement capabilities to learn more about how people perceive your brand and take action after hearing your ad.
via: Spotify for Brands