Tag: Paid Media

Sydney, Australia – Performance media and marketing agency Jaywing has been appointed by Crocs to manage its paid search and paid social across Australia and Singapore markets. 

Jaywing’s mandate includes driving sales and new customers for Crocs and delivering enhanced return on marketing spend. 

The Crocs brand includes Crocs and HEYDUDE which are sold in more than 85 countries through wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels.

Jaywing bagged Crocs’ account following a pitch. The Crocs is the agency’s latest major win, following its appointment by Future Super for paid media strategy and execution and The a2 Milk Company to lead SEO and amplify digital content and PR across its suite of platforms. 

The agency is also working on several major clients, including Myer, New Balance, Cashrewards, Athena Home Loans, Employment Hero, New Balance, Noble Oak, Royal Doulton, Waterford Crystal, and Lyres.

Raimundo Campbell, commercial director of Jaywing, said, “Crocs is an iconic brand with a global reach, and we are honoured to have been chosen as their strategic partner for these key markets. We are committed to delivering exceptional results, providing strategic recommendations, and driving the continued success of Crocs in Australia and Singapore.”

Washington, USA – Customer data platform Amperity has recently announced that more than 50% of its customer base has adopted Amperity for Paid Media. The rapid adoption of this new application of Amperity demonstrates the important role first-party data will play in informing paid media strategies.

Since its launch in May 2023, Amperity for Paid Media has used industry-leading ad connectors and first-party data to deliver more than 11 billion unified customer profiles each day. 

These are delivered to the ad platforms of Amperity customers, across a range of industries, including retail, quick-serve restaurants (QSR), consumer packaged goods (CPG), travel and hospitality, sports teams and leagues, and financial services.

Brands using Amperity for Paid Media also report experiencing a better conversion rate using unified customer profile lookalike audiences over third party audiences, an 85%+ match rate across major ad platforms, 30% onboarding savings, 5x increase in ROAS (Return on Ad Spend), 94% savings in data management and stitch processing, as well as a 70%+ reduction in marketing timelines. 

To quantify the impact Amperity is having on paid media, the company commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the potential ROI enterprises may realise by deploying its CDP. According to the study, the composite organisation not only experienced a 505% ROI but also experienced other benefits over three years. 

Other benefits include a $3.4 million incremental increase in net operating revenue from effective messaging, a $3.8 million incremental increase in net operating revenue due to targeted paid media spend, a 25% increase in productivity impact of more efficient campaign preparation and execution, and $4.5 million worth of savings in paid media spend from deduplicating customer records. 

Barry Padgett, CEO at Amperity, said, “Today, we find ourselves at the epicentre of a marketing revolution. The tides have shifted and the old ways of acquiring and retaining customers are giving way to a new era of data privacy and consumer-centricity.”

“In Q1 of next year, Google is going to disable 1% of third party cookies and fully remove them by Q3. This poses a massive challenge for brands across the board. But within this challenge lies immense opportunity. At Amperity, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to lead the charge and help brands and agencies navigate this shift,” he added. 

New York, USA – Amazon’s online audiobook and podcast service Audible has named Wavemaker as its global agency of record for paid media. Through the mandate, Wavemaker will handle Audible’s paid media across its 10 markets namely US, Canada, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, India, Japan, and Australia.

Cynthia Chu, CFO and growth officer at Audible, said, “We know that Audible enhances the lives of our listeners, everywhere in the world. Wavemaker’s energised approach to media will help Audible reach many more potential customers around the world and their global background will bring a nuanced, individualised approach to each marketplace in which we offer our service.”

Meanwhile, Toby Jenner, global CEO at Wavemaker said, “We live in a world, now more than ever, where exceptional growth requires accelerated change. We developed bespoke principles to power Audible’s Next Level of Performance, which will be underpinned with our market leading data and technology capabilities.”

He added, “We couldn’t be more excited to work with Audible and their teams around the world. We are two businesses very much culturally aligned through our vision for the future.”

Singapore – Dentsu International has been appointed by global technology company Lenovo to be its paid media partner in the Asia-Pacific region. Through the appointment, dentsu will work closely with Lenovo in the region to support its broader marketing transformation journey while helping the company grow its Global Media Strategy Center of Excellence.

The selection follows a competitive review that began last year and was led by Merkle B2B, a dentsu company. In addition, the partnership will also draw on dentsu’s talent and capabilities in the APAC region for full customer journey planning and activation across consumer, commercial, and small and medium-sized business (SMB) segments, while aiming to streamline today’s fragmented digital market and enhance performance measurement of its media investment.

Michael McLaren, EVP for high-tech/B2B at dentsu and global CEO of Merkle B2B, said, “Lenovo’s hybrid in-house model is a data and technology solution with a rich first-party data set that we envision will pair perfectly well with our adtech capabilities. We are proud to be entrusted with Lenovo’s paid media business and look forward to working collaboratively with them on their marketing acceleration journey.”

Lenovo’s in-house and agency partner teams will spearhead the company’s hybrid operating model to unlock the full potential of its strengths as a global organisation. With the appointment, dentsu and Merkle B2B will manage the strategy, planning and buying for Lenovo with a focus on data convergence, performance measurement and paid media. 

Meanwhile, Gina Qiao, senior vice president and chief strategy and marketing officer at Lenovo, commented, “As the technology and marketing industries undergo a profound transformation in an increasingly fragmented digital ecosystem, marketing needs to adapt and modernise as we navigate this new environment. We look forward to working with our new agency partners to continue innovating how and where we tell Lenovo’s vision of smarter technology for all, and to further advance the industry.”