Demand Generation New Campaign Type
Demand Generation New Campaign Type
Demand Generation New Campaign Type
Grow demand
to drive sales
today and tomorrow Opportunity
to Grow
Generating demand ensures
you don’t hit a “sales ceiling.”
Influence consumers in the
mid-funnel to create consistent
future demand and drive sales
growth.
Time
Source: Rethinking brand for the rise of digital commerce, WARC, 2021
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50%
Growing competition for attention
Source: Google, Messy Middle and Economic Uncertainty Consumer Study, 2023.
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1 out
of 3 48% 3X
consumers of customers Increase in likelihood
are spending more are happy to of purchase for
time making switch providers brands in a
decisions and for a better deal 2 consumer’s initial
considering consideration set 3
more brands 1
Conversion
Sources: (1) Google Ipsos Consumer Continuous. (2) Google, Material Research Study, n=2,000,
Nov. 2022. (3) McKinsey & Company
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INTRODUCING
Demand Gen
campaigns
Find and convert consumers with immersive, relevant,
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Expanded Impact
Source: eMarketer, “US Social Video Usage 2022 - From TikTok to Reels to Livestreaming,
Video is Driving Major Changes in Consumption Patterns”
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Expanded Impact
Source: YouTube Internal Data, Global, April 2022 & February 2023
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Expanded Impact
& In-Stream
Expanded Impact
Discover
Expanded Impact
Gmail
Google/Ipsos, Consumer Feed Behavior Research, August 2022, Online survey, US consumers aged 18+
who browse Google feeds (Google feeds defined as: Google, Chrome, YouTube and Gmail) at least once
a month and discovered new products or brands on Google feeds. Base: Consumers n=1,263
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Yoga Meditation
for new guides
moms
Drive audience &
creative
customization Local
Cooking
with Demand Gen Coffee
Shops
tutorials
Tailored Ad Experiences
*Brand Lift and Search Lift only available for YouTube inventory in beta.
Advertisers are saying Demand Gen…
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"We’re excited to be among the first Demand Gen "Modern advertisers are confronted with the
advertisers and have found the campaign set up ever-expanding landscape of consumer attention and
to be seamless, efficient and effective as it as a leader in the social space for over a decade, we
opens up more inventory. Demand Gen has given recognize the importance of meeting customers where
us an entirely new perspective on Google they are and they are scattered across numerous
campaigns as we're now looking beyond platforms. We believe that Demand Gen presents an
performance from format to format and exceptional chance for our clients to allocate their
instead comparing it to all social players." advertising budget across a broader spectrum,
-Anselme Langle, Consultant Social
capturing the attention of previously untapped
Média & Display at Arcane audiences and bringing new customers into their
sphere of influence”.
-Jeremy Frick, Chief Technology Officer, Brand
Networks, an Augeo Company
It’s easy to get started with Demand Gen campaigns
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Beta Details
Let us know if you’d like to participate! We will be in touch to organize the following next steps:
1 2 3
Pre-beta brand Bring the best Be launch-ready
questionnaire to creative together by mid July
tell us more about across image + video, 2023!
your goals using multiple aspect
ratios
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Expanded
Impact
Access to YouTube & Google’s
most immersive, visual touchpoints
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Expanded Impact
Sources: Google/TalkShoppe, Social Commerce and Video Shopping Study, n= 2000 video viewers 18-64 (US), fielded from 7/25/22-8/3/22. Competitive set includes video (linear TV and
ad supported streaming services) and social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok).
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Expanded Impact
YouTube: SWEET
Broadest reach SPOT
Expanded Impact
YouTube:
#1 Most Innovative
Social Platform of 2023
“Short-form video has proliferated across
social media, but only YouTube has meaningfully
responded to the challenge… making it its own.”
Source: Fast Company, “The Most Innovative Companies in Social Media of 2023”
Consumers are in the right mentality on Google Feeds:
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Expanded Impact
91% of users taken an action
What updates users look for while Google Social
scrolling... (Net: Discover, YouTube, Gmail)
Tailored Ad
Experiences
Audience-first creatives
that drive demand
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Tailored Ad Experiences
Tailored Ad Experiences
with Google
Awareness
Amplify your
Google manual audiences
Audiences with
Tailored Ad Experiences
experiments to tailor the right ad
to the right customer
Optimizing
Performance
Fuel the funnel and measure
the full value of campaigns
Optimize for your unique goals with bidding
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Conversion-Based
Maximize Clicks Bidding Value-Based Bidding
Bidding
Get as many high value users as Bid against conversions that Bid against conversions that
possible to your website, within represent more efficient cost represent higher conversion
your budget. per conversions or total values to your business.
conversions to your business.
● Optimize for website traffic ● Target ROAS
● Compatible with Image ads and ● Target CPA
video ads ● Maximize Conversions
● No conversion tracking required
Measure value beyond the conversion with Brand
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Understand whether an ad compelled customers to take an action and thus, prove the causal impact of Demand Gen through Google’s
incrementality solutions.
Attribution helps you navigate and measure which interactions played a role in driving value and facilitates the assignment of credit to
the campaigns that contributed. This allows bidding to prioritize the most impactful strategies.
Demand Gen
Shopping
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PLATFORMS TO RESEARCH
A PRODUCT & MAKE A DECISION
People turn to
YouTube when 41%
Source Google/TalkShoppe, Social Commerce and Video Shopping Study, n= 2000 video viewers 18-64 (US), fielded from 7/25/22-8/3/22. Competitive set includes video (linear TV and ad supported streaming
services) and social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok).
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feed experiences
Google/Ipsos, Consumer Feed Behavior Research, August 2022, Online survey, US consumers aged 18+ who browse feeds (feeds defined as: Google, Chrome, YouTube, Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok,
Twitter, and Pinterest) monthly or more often. Base: Consumers n=2,000
Demand Gen Shopping: Shoppable video & image
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Best
Practices
Design wip
Beta Best Practices Overview
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Beta best practices? ● Data Driven Attribution (DDA) ● Bid Strategy Report
Use Google Ads conversion tracking tags across your entire site
1 Conversion Setup
Include the Conversion Tracking event on the final conversion page
2 Appify & Deep Linking Include Firebase app conversions in ‘account level goals’
3 Sitewide Tagging Set up the Global Site Tag and use it on every page of your site
4 Max Clicks Setup If you’re looking to drive site visits, use Max Clicks which does not require conversion tracking setup
5 Enhanced Conversions Get the most accurate, privacy-safe reporting with Enhanced Conversions
6 DDA Use Data Driven Attribution (DDA) for GACT and GA conversion actions
Beta Best Practices: Campaign Structure
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Include all relevant audience themes in the same ad group – our model learns at the ad group level, so
2 Ad Group Consolidation
consolidating audiences at this level (vs. breaking out new campaigns/ad groups for each audience)
improves performance
Use the Asset Report to identify top and bottom performing assets, and use the Ad Strength metric in
that report to ensure your ads meet best practices.
3 Dynamic Product Ads If your client has a GMC feed, use Dynamic Product Ads
If your client does not have a GMC feed, implement sitelinks
DG Beta-BPs: Bidding Strategy
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If you have run Demand Gen or Discovery campaigns before and know your tCPA or tROAS goal, start
1 tROAS and tCPA
with tCPA or tROAS bidding right away
Use the new in-UI tCPA Scaling Simulator to interact with % based bid increments with traffic estimates
If you are new to Demand Gen or Discovery campaigns, or you don’t have a specific tCPA goal in mind,
2 Max Conversions
you should start your campaigns with Max Conversions bidding and shift to tCPA bidding after 50
conversions
Or, if your primary goal is to drive as many conversions as possible, start with Max Conversions bidding
Max Clicks helps drive relevant traffic to your website and requires no conversion tracking setup. It will
3 Max Clicks
automatically adjust your bids to help you get as many clicks as possible within your budget. No
minimum budget is required.
Use the Bid Strategy Report to see tailored metrics to show you what’s most relevant to each type of bid
4 Bid Strategy Report
strategy, as well as other important data like your bid strategy status, average target, conversion delay,
and top signals
Beta Best Practices: Budget Setting
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Set a daily budget of at least 15x expected average CPA, or minimum $100 per day, per ad group
3 Max Conversions
(whichever is greater)
Use the in-UI budget simulator for Max Conversions campaigns to interact with simulations at
various budgets with traffic estimates
1 Image Creatives Tell your brand’s story with quality, compelling images
5 Text and Captions Use <100 characters in your ad and have text overlay occupy <20% of images
6 Experiments Use A/B experiments to test different creatives & how they resonate with target audiences
7 Policy Follow our creative guidelines for Image & Text, and for Video
Beta Best Practices: Audiences
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1 Optimized Targeting Turn on Optimized Targeting from Day 1 to add scale and efficiency
Use your online and offline data to reach and re-engage with your existing customers, and audiences who
2 Customer Match/1P have engaged with your company already
Upload Customer Match lists using match rate and match keys
Keep data fresh by updating frequently to maximize reach
3 In-Market Ensure at least one campaign in the account is targeting in-market audiences
We encourage all accounts to use/test Lookalike Audiences, but have not collected enough data yet to
4 Lookalikes assign a firm best practice
Re-use top performing audiences across campaigns, and focus on audiences that are more likely to
5 X-Campaign Audiences convert based on past performance
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Appendix
Roadmap at a Glance
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● YouTube ● Discover
Expanding Impact ○ Shorts ● Gmail
○ In-Stream ○ Social tab
○ Home, Search & Watch Next feeds ○ Promotions tab
● Bidding to conversions, conversion value, CPA, ● Brand Lift and Search Lift (only available
Optimizing Performance ROAS, or clicks on YT inventory at this time)
● Data driven attribution & conversion path reports ● Ad-group budget caps* (coming later)
● Unique Reach ● 3P API solutions* (coming later)
● Conversion Lift* (available on all surfaces for image + video, ● Performance & Reach Planner* (coming
internal-only access until Q4 GA) later)
* Features not available until Q4 GA
The purpose of this presentation is to provide better visibility into our current product plans and timelines, and contains forward-looking statements. While we always strive to meet the timelines
you will see, this is not an official commitment, rather our current best estimate and subject to change.
Video ads in Discover
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Expanded Impact
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Discovering
brands on YouTube
of shoppers who use YouTube
85% in their purchase journey have
made or plan to make a repeat
purchase from the brand.
Source: Google/Talk Shoppe, Social Commerce and Video Shopping Study, n= 2000 video viewers 18-64 (U.S.), fielded
from 7/25/22-8/3/22. Competitive set includes video (linear TV and ad-supported streaming services) and social
media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok).