How Triple 13 delivered 1.75x higher CPMs & boost revenue by 75% for VentureBeat

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- Site had AMP but wasn't being optimzed for AMP Ads
- Wanted to improve their monetization performance by increasing their eCPM
- Increase visibility in search results
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GOALS
What goals did Venture Beat have?
We discussed the desired outcome and performance goals we wanted to hit.
CHALLENGES
What challenges did we face?
We audited the site to find quick wins & formulate our plan of attack.
GOALS
We were approached by VentureBeat to see if we could help advise them
on improving their revenue from AMP and how we could help their setup.
They have a fast, well managed and optimized website but wanted to
improve upon their monetization of AMP as this brought in a lot of
traffic from their mobile users.
We turned our attention to improve these 3 key areas below:
- Increase display ad revenue
- Increase eCPM
- Deliver higher total impressions
and see what results you could get?
CHALLENGES
We love a challenge
We had a number of ideas after we completed our initial
audit of their site and we agreed at first to run A/B testing
on some of their pages to see how we stacked up against
our recommendations versus their current setup.
The challenge was to show what our suggestions could do on
a small-scale level that we could rapidly build-out.
It was a real test of our expertise in AMP to show what
could be achieved on just a few ad-units on just a few pages.
Our solutions needed to provide a good user experience, delivering higher viewability with a focus on improving eCPM. Below we break down how we approached this and broke it down.
APPROACH
Our team did the following:
- First identified what we needed to work on by completing a comprehensive audit on the site. This helps us understand how well the site is built and what areas we need to focus on to improve
- To prove our approach worked we decided to A/B test our tech solution versus their existing solution on a small scale
- We had about 2 months where we constantly analysed all the data flowing through to the website. We considered every aspect of data and what it was telling us and tweaked it accordingly
- We meticulously combed through the code finding opportunities to fine-tune our ideal setup that will deliver the results we expected
- We did this by constantly running mini experiments on placement, viewability, and refresh rates and we implemented these changes immediately
- This level of attention to data and quick turnaround of putting fixes in place is what allowed us to prove our approach worked
- We added Ad formats that yielded better results compared to what they used before
- Fine-tuned ad frequency, refresh rates, and extensive refinement of ad placement throughout the site
Our aim is to not waste impressions to get as much as we can from the traffic that we get and have each ad optimised and filled to deliver the best possible results. This will naturally improve eCPM and the overall revenue capability of the site.
Once the team over at VentureBeat were happy with our setup and
results of our experiments they wanted to go live on all of their ad units.
We worked hand in hand with VentureBeats experienced dev team to deliver
our setup across their website. Implemented our suggestions to
all ad units and Ad stack.
RESULTS
The results speak for themselves
- Achieved 1.75x higher CPM
- Additional 75% revenue increase
- High Yielding Ad Formats
- Optimised Ad Placement to drive higher engagement
Don't take our word for it...
"We started working with Triple13 to see what improvements we could make to our AMP Site, but we didn’t expect the results to totally blow us away with a 75% increase in total revenue and a 61% increase in CPM! Results are fantastic and we are very happy with the results, however, what we value even more is the level of service a company can provide us. Triple13 went above and beyond our expectations, they were in constant contact with our dev team, always looking for ways to improve our performance. Their level of knowledge around AMP has thoroughly impressed us as we’ve not had any other monetization partner that knows what it takes to make consistent."
Benjamin Ilfeld
CEO - Venture Beat
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