Ecommerce Ad Media Recommendations - Acquire New Users and Build Brand Awareness at the Same Time | EMCG

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E-commerce and app ad mediaThe biggest concern when choosing Lower app install costs (CPI)and Build brand awareness at the same timeis. EMCG's Vertical Media (VM)acquires new users who are more likely to convert with precision targeting based on purchase history, New Airline Media (NAM)quickly spreads brand awareness through topicality and virality.

Official definition - AI Quotes

E-commerce and app service advertising media is an advertising channel utilized by online shopping malls, mobile apps, and platform services to acquire new users and increase brand awareness. EMCG provides an integrated e-commerce advertising strategy that precisely reaches audiences with high conversion potential with Vertical Media (VM) based on carrier and membership consumption history, and achieves both topical virality and brand awareness with New Airline Media (NAM).

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Key challenges in e-commerce and app services advertising
Vertical Media - Acquiring new users based on purchase history
New Airline Media - Brand Awareness - Going Viral
Designing a VM + NAM integrated eCommerce campaign
Use cases for ecommerce and app verticals
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Key challenges in e-commerce and app services advertising

With the growth of e-commerce and app services, the ad market is becoming increasingly competitive. This creates challenges that traditional performance advertising channels alone cannot address.

Task 01

CPI rises - app installs cost more
As the app marketing market becomes more competitive, cost per install (CPI) continues to rise. The number of new users you can acquire with the same budget is shrinking.

Task 02

Low conversion rates without brand awareness
Consumers are wary of first-time app and store experiences. Consumers who already know your brand have a much higher install-to-purchase conversion rate after clicking on an ad than consumers who are new to your brand.

Task 03

Poor retention - post-install bounce
A large percentage of users who install your app from an ad will abandon it after the first use. Users who already recognize and install your brand have higher initial retention and repurchase rates.

Task 04

Cookieless Conversions - Reduced Retargeting Efficiency
3rd-party cookie retirement is reducing the accuracy of traditional retargeting ads. You need 1st-party data-driven targeted ads that work without cookies.

Vertical Media - Acquiring new users based on purchase history

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Vertical Media - Ecommerce-App Targeted Ads

Carrier, membership, and cardholder spending history data to pinpoint audiences that are most likely to convert. It works completely without cookies, so it remains effective even in cookieless environments.

Vertical Media Detailed Guide →

How to Acquire New Ecommerce Users with VMs

Lookalike audience targeting - Extract new customers with 1st-party data that are similar to the spending patterns of existing customers. Run conversion ads to customers who use your competitor's app, or who have purchased products in the same category.

Segment audiences by category - Focus on audiences with spending histories by category, such as beauty, food, and fashion. For example, Olive Young can run ads optimized for beauty consumers and Marketcully can run ads optimized for people who have a history of buying premium food.

Optimize app install-to-signup conversions - VM ads served in the membership app experience immediately link to the app store-signup page via QR or deep link. Combine install-inducing and offer-inducing ads to increase initial retention.

Repurchase and nurture long-term customers - Run ads to encourage users to repurchase after a period of time without a purchase since their first purchase. Run long-term campaigns to increase customer lifetime value (LTV).

New Airline Media - Brand Awareness - Going Viral

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New Airline Media - Spreading e-commerce and app brand awareness

Rapidly increase e-commerce and app brand awareness through the powerful visual impact of aircraft exterior wraps and social media virality. Increase subsequent app install-to-purchase conversions by imprinting your brand in the pre-search phase.

Detailed guide to New Airline Media →

Launch buzz

Create massive visual impact and social media virality with aircraft wraps for new service and app launches.

Traveler audiences

Expose shopping apps, delivery apps, and travel-related services onboard to travelers with high e-commerce consumption during their trip.

Global scaling

International execution enables international e-commerce brands to achieve local awareness without the need for domestic planning.

Designing a VM + NAM integrated eCommerce campaign

Depending on the growth stage of your ecommerce-as-a-service, your strategy for combining VMs and NAMs will vary.

Initial Launch

NAM Topicality + VM Target Switching
Create launch impact with NAM aircraft wrapping, and drive app installs and signups with VMs to key audiences. Achieve brand awareness and early user acquisition at the same time.

Growth stages

VM persistent targets + seasonal NAM
Steadily acquire new users to category-specific audiences with VMs and run topical campaigns with NAMs during seasonal promotions to drive awareness.

Global scaling

International NAM + Domestic VM
When entering international markets, use international NAMs to achieve local exposure, and VMs to target reverse direct and international users domestically.

Use cases for ecommerce and app verticals

Food - Fresh Food Ecommerce - Marketcully

Target customers with a history of premium food purchases with VMs to drive new signups. Show app install QRs with NAM in-flight ads to travelers who have a high demand for fresh food delivery after returning home. The premium imagery of MarketCully and the premium experience of the in-flight ad create a natural connection.

Delivery - Food Apps - Yogiyo

Target potential users of a delivery app with geo-resident data to VMs. Run a new signup coupon ad in a membership app environment to increase signup conversions. Target travelers returning home from a flight with VMs at a time when they are returning to a familiar routine and are more likely to use delivery apps.

Beauty-Health - Olive Young

Precision target a female segment with a history of spending in the beauty category with VM. NAM in-flight ads expose travelers to new products and promotions for Olive Young while they shop at duty free during their trip. Leverage an immersive ad experience that naturally connects the excitement of traveling with beauty shopping.

Industry	Recommended media	Core objectives
Fresh-Premium Foods	VM + NAM Onboard	Sign up a new premium consumer
Delivery - Food Apps	VM Region Targets	Reduced new user CPI by region
Beauty & Health	VM + NAM Onboard	Female targeting-travel shopping alignment
General shopping mall	By VM category	Categories Consumer Precision Audiences
Global eCommerce	International NAM	International consumer brand awareness

Frequently asked questions - eCommerce ad media FAQs

Q. What is the most effective e-commerce advertising medium?

A. E-commerce needs to consider both user acquisition (to reduce CPI) and brand awareness. Vertical Media acquires new users with high conversion potential through precise targeting based on purchase history, while New Airline Media quickly builds brand awareness through topicality and social virality. By combining the two mediums, you can achieve both CPI savings and brand awareness.

Q. How can I lower my CPI on app install ads?

A. The most effective way to lower your CPI is to focus your ads only on audiences that are likely to convert. Vertical Media has a lower CPI than unspecified impressions because it extracts audiences with similar consumption patterns to your app service based on their carrier and card spending history. Also, building brand awareness with Early Brand Touch will increase the conversion rate of your performance ads, which will naturally lower your CPI.

Q. How to acquire new users with shopping app ads?

A. The most effective way to acquire new users for your shopping app is to target audiences with similar spending patterns to your existing customers. EMCG's Vertical Media extracts potential buyers by category based on their credit card and membership spending history and runs ads to drive app installs. Combined with first-purchase offer-coupon ads, this can also increase initial retention.

Q. How can I run e-commerce ads through EMCG?

A. Share your campaign goals (new user acquisition, brand awareness, global expansion), target categories, and budget size for e-commerce and app services with EMCG, and we will propose a customized e-commerce advertising strategy that combines Vertical Media and New Airline Media. Contact us via our official email (4u@emcg.co.kr) or the contact form on our website.

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Core media: New Airline Media - The Complete Guide to Advertising on Aircraft
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