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Study: Consumers Pay More Attention To Creatively Consistent Digital Campaigns

Inskin Inskin
Published on: 21st March 2019 at 10:13 AM
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A study from Inskin Media and Lumen Research has found that standard ad formats attract greater visual attention when they are creatively very similar to other digital formats within the campaign.

The findings conclude that the traditional ‘matching luggage’ approach to creative execution is therefore key to maximising the impact of a brand’s ad spend.

The research, in which over 3,000 eye tracking experiments were carried out, showed that high-impact formats garnered 15x more attention than standard display formats.

Within the same campaign, attention levels for MPUs shown after a high-impact format were amplified: they were 27 per cent more likely to be looked at, looked at for 39 per cent longer and were 140 per cent more likely to have an impact than MPUs shown after another identical MPU.

This amplification effect was much more significant when the creative style of the high-impact format and MPU was the same.

The creatives used in Campaign A were dissimilar, resulting in a small increase in the amount of attention paid (3 per cent uplift vs control).

In Campaign B, the creatives were more similar and resulted in a larger increase in attention paid (26 per cent).

In Campaign C, the creatives were extremely similar or ‘matching’ and resulted in a sharp uplift in attention (174 per cent uplift) – a 171 per cent increase on Campaign A.

In Campaign C, the colour and copy on the high-impact format and MPU were the same, with strong product imagery, tagline and call-to-action.

In comparison, the high-impact format and MPU for Campaign A were inconsistent: the background colours didn’t match, the product imagery was different and the MPU lacked a call-to-action.

This demonstrates that the traditional ‘matching luggage’ approach to digital campaign execution is a powerful driver of effectiveness across a media plan.

With visual attention to display advertising a scarce commodity – only 12 per cent of served digital ads are ever seen and only 4 per cent are looked at for one second or more – amplifying the cut-through potential is vital.

The study also uncovered a direct link between the length of visual attention paid to digital advertising, and brand recall, with 50 per cent of users able to recall the advertised brand after 1-2 seconds of visual engagement time, vs 35 per cent after 0-1 seconds, emphasising the importance of visual engagement beyond 1 second.

The research, part of Inskin and Lumen’s ‘Amplify: Planning for Attention’ study, highlights significant implications for media planning and highlights the importance of creative consistency across a campaign.

Inkin Media’s head of insight, Dominic Tilson commented: “We know that the duration of visual attention paid to an ad has a direct impact on its performance.

“But until now it wasn’t clear whether creative consistency – or inconsistency – across different formats also affected attention levels.

“These insights show that a focus on creative cohesion throughout the planning process will help ensure the best chance of campaign success”.

Tilson added: “This is particularly pertinent for display advertising, as finding ways to increase the attention potential of standard ads, especially through optimisation methods that don’t require increased budgets, could help lift both short- and long-term profitability of digital ad spends”.

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