Display advertising platform provider, Celtra has struck a partnership with Hearst Magazine to showcase PANDORA jewellery in a new ad format across its titles Cosmopolitan and Red.
The ads have so far proved hugely successful demonstrating a pull expansion rate of 1.8% (150% higher than Celtra¹s Q4 2014 expandable banner format expansion rate benchmark).
The ads also recorded a video consumption rate of 69% (18% higher than Celtra¹s March 2015 benchmark for expandable banner campaigns).
Hearst Magazines UK publishes 19 magazine brands and seven pure play digital brands including Cosmopolitan, Digital Spy, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping and Harper¹s Bazaar. The partnership with Celtra was piloted with PANDORA jewellery across Cosmopolitan and Red.
Reactive Pull is the latest in a series of innovative, agnostic ad formats from Celtra that build on superior user experience by focusing on brand awareness and interaction functionality. With its premium, top-of-the-page placement and highly unique banner interaction, Reactive Pull invites the user to pull the screen down to reveal the ad content with a reactive scale and cross-fade effect. After viewing, a swipe gesture simply dismisses the ad.
In addition, Hearst Magazines UK has also introduced Celtra’s interstitial ad format, Interscroller, to its standard display offering successfully rolling this out in a recent campaign for Marc Jacobs.
Rob Wilkin, Head of Commercial Product, Hearst Magazines UK, says: ³At Hearst we¹ve seen a growing demand for ad formats that offer an experience outside of standard mobile banners, specifically formats that give advertisers a larger space within which to communicate their message.²
The Reactive Pull is the first in a new series of Celtra mobile formats that Hearst is embedding into its product offering to help advertisers and agencies achieve their performance targets and creative ambitions. As the market shifts its focus to viewability, we are making changes to our site to promote ad visibility.
Caitlin Steele, Online Marketing Manager, PANDORA, said: “The goal of our brand advertising campaign was to showcase our product in the best way in the run-up to Mother’s Day. Hearst Magazines UK presented us with a new and innovative ad format that suited the needs of our campaign perfectly. It provides a great native user experience by adapting to the look and feel of the entire page, which significantly increases the engagement of our customers.²
Matevz Klanjsek, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Celtra, commented: ³Following the launch of the hugely successful Interscroller format, Reactive Pull combines the storytelling power of a large creative canvas with mobile native user experience. With its top-of-the-page placement it’s an ideal format for brand advertising, as the performance of the pilot campaign clearly demonstrates. We look forward to continue working with Hearst Magazines UK and keep delivering superior ad experiences to the market.
Pandora Cosmopolitan from Celtra on Vimeo.