Advanced TV (ATV) provides advertisers an opportunity to utilize Cox Automotive’s data to target consumers on OTT/CTV and/or Addressable TV and minimize wastage in marketing spend on ATV. We use actual in-market signals from highly engaged consumers on the largest endemic properties to deliver unique, actionable audience segments; hence increasing efficiencies and return on advertising spend. The data we provide and how we provide varies based on how the video content is consumed.
OTT/CTV: Offered as a managed service where Cox Automotive’s team programmatically purchases video ads by targeting consumers using Cox Automotive’s in-market audience.
Addressable TV: Make available CAI Audiences to MVPDs to power campaigns for clients. MVPDs are multichannel video programming distributors – services that provide multiple television channels – such as cable or satellite television services.
The 728×90 Leaderboard is part of the IAB standard banner sizes. This ad size works extremely well across site networks and is a popular ad that commands high-visibility on desktops/tablets.
This ad unit is commonly placed above the fold. It is generally a strong performing ad size.
Many KBB ad programs include the Leaderboard.
Users visit KBB.com and are categorized into audience segments based on their interests, which are determined by their previous KBB.com content consumption/interactions.
These users are recognized by anonymous cookies and targeted with relevant ads to their interests when we find them on KBB.com pages or sites with available ad impressions.
Advertisers purchase the ad impressions segmented by behavior (not the data).
Audience Targeting is available in IAB universal ad sizes at this time.
Impressions are non-guaranteed, subject to price competition
The Medium Rectangle or MREC is an IAB standard ad unit. The dimensions are 300 pixels wide by 250 pixels tall. The 300×250 is available to run on mobile as either a 300×250 or 300×50.
This ad unit is commonly placed above the fold. It is often used as part of a multi-size ad slot with a 300×600 ad unit. It is generally a strong performing ad size.
Many KBB ad programs include the Adaptive Responsive MREC.
Upgrade Options for Medium Rectangle Templates –
T1/National Retention Medium Rectangle — Lifestyle:
The Tier 1 Retention MREC is designed to not only capture and retain shoppers while they are in active search mode, but it also builds credibility and trust with its native look and feel.
This particular ad unit features a powerful combination of lifestyle imagery and research tools. This potent tandem creates a favorable perception of your brand by influencing emotion through photography while maximizing opportunity to drive shopping actions.
T1/National Retention MREC — Research Tools:
The Tier 1 Retention MREC is designed to not only capture and retain shoppers while they are in active search mode, but it also builds credibility and trust with its native look and feel.
This particular ad unit emphasizes the user’s natural inclination to research a particular model by featuring numerous key KPI links, maximizing opportunity to drive shopping actions.
T2/Regional Retention MREC — Featured Deal Incentives:
The Tier 2 Retention MREC is designed to not only capture shoppers who are ready-to-buy, but it also builds credibility and trust with its native look and feel.
This particular ad unit features a combination of imagery and strong messaging. This tandem powerhouse creates a favorable perception of your brand through photography while maximizing opportunity to drive shopping actions with its bold “Featured Deal” messaging.
The Tier 2 Retention MREC is the perfect ad product to build quick awareness among the right shoppers in the right context for your model incentives.
T2/Regional Retention MREC — Incentitives:
The Tier 2 Retention MREC is designed to not only capture shoppers who are ready-to-buy, but it also builds credibility and trust with its native look and feel.
This ad unit is striking in its appearance. Its all-type design creates an “impossible-to-ignore” dynamic that ensures visibility. This approach injects your model into the forefront of consideration with superior incentives.
The Tier 2 Retention MREC is the perfect ad product to build quick awareness among the right shoppers in the right context for your model incentives.
This strong native-looking ad performer is a cross-device opportunity – desktop, tablet, mobile – with sub-segment and model targeting that bundles New Car and Owners.
- Retention ads feature hyperlinks to shopping activities.
- Conquest ads feature competitive advantage (Direct Compare template) or 3 reasons to consider (General Compare template) designed to add the model to consumers’ consideration set.
Ad Serving:
- Templated unit is KBB produced and requires agency images, copy, URLs, and tags
- Hyperlinks click-through to OEM site
- Features advertiser’s model
Campaigns that are not guaranteed and provide buyers access to COX Automotive inventory
Standard Private Auction:
- An invitation only environment leveraging existing Sales relationships with advertisers. Deals are facilitated and set up by Cox Automotive.
- On demand inventory/buying
- Non-guaranteed inventory with CPM floor
- Inventory is available to buyer after all direct and Preferred Deals
- Google/GAM integration AdX
- Campaign Management/Trafficking and creative implementation supported on buy side
- IAB desktop and mobile
- IAB ad sizes listed on site for both Autotrader and KBB
- Targeting is NOT available
Audience Extension Video creates the opportunity to reach auto shoppers throughout their digital journey to keep your brand and models top of mind.
Use Audience Extensions on
- the Facebook platform, including Instagram – Audience Extension Display
- YouTube
The ad specs are creative requirements for publishing onto sites by applying data intelligence.
Cox Auto audience targets include:
- Intenders
- Make & Model
- Trade-In
- Competitors
- Can filter by new, used, and Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) shoppers
Cox Auto audience can also be combined with Facebook targets to include:
Demographics: Age, gender and spoken language
Location: Where the user lives or current location
Connections: Users who like certain pages and their friends
Behaviors: Find customers based on the things they do on and offline
Interests: Choose from hundreds of categories like movies, sports and shopping
The following video sizes apply:
- Desktop, Tablet, Mobile video: 4×3 or 16×9 (:15 or :30 second duration)
Non-guaranteed inventory. On demand inventory/buying. Campaign management/trafficking supported on buy-side.
- Price floors are set and advertisers in the exchange have the ability to bid in the Cox Auto bidding environment. Highest Bid wins the impression
- Non-guaranteed inventory with CPM floors
- Data opportunity on buy-side only
Leverage multiple tech integrations including: Google AdX, Pubmatic, Amazon, etc.
Pricing: CPM Floors
People who begin their search for a new car visit KBB first to value their trade-in before beginning their search; OEMs will be able to leverage our data segments to reach those shoppers anywhere
Leverage data from the industry’s leading third party auto shopping site to expand reach of in-market audiences beyond KBB