reddit & stumbleupon ads - smx west 2013

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A look at both Reddit and StumbleUpon's ad systems, along with tips on how to get the most out of both.

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Reddit Ads

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•Untargeted• Site wide @ $20 min per day• All ads approved and paid prior to current day• Total ad payments calculated = Daily CPM• Your % of total spend = Your % day’s visibility

•Targeted• Subreddit specific @ $30 min per day• Also shows on Front page to Subreddit subscribers

•Boosted based on traffic ratio to default subreddits• Higher minimum spend• Less competition

Reddit Ads: Untargeted vs Targeted

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• Related Subreddits• Activity levels

• Stattit.com• Redditlist.com – Closed (private)• Metareddit.com

• Monitoring service

Reddit Ads: Choosing Subreddit

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• SubReddit rules• Research other ads• Use accepted formatting

• TIL when in /r/TodayILearned

Reddit Ads: Know Your Subreddit

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Reddit Ads: Promotion Graph

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• February 5, 2013, Reddit was added to Ad Blocker Plus’ ‘whitelist’ and now show by default to ABP users• Paid vs Natural Traffic

Reddit Ads: ABP

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StumbleUpon Ads

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• Plans show $.10 as lowest option• Defaults to $.10 (aka ‘normal’)• Pricing based on priority and time on page

• Why $.05 (aka ‘lowest’) is best!• Requirement for $.10 and $.25 time on page is low• Never had an issue filling budget FAST

StumbleUpon Ads: Pricing

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• Auto vs Manual Selection• Auto then Manual

• Broad or Precise• Demographic

StumbleUpon Ads: Categories

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• Stumbles from Ads help natural success• Score• Content Marketing combination

StumbleUpon Ads: Paid -> Natural

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• Covert the Stumble above the fold• Images / Visual / Minimalist• Social buttons

• StumbleUpon, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter• Digg Digg / Buffer

StumbleUpon Ads: Focused Content

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