Setting up YouTube video ads

Marketers say that video advertising is the most efficient and effective way to attract a client for almost any business. And it’s hard to disagree with them – after all, advertising on video can involve 2 main channels of human perception (when watching a video, he simultaneously receives a visual picture and perceives what he sees by ear). That is why advertising on television is so effective and in demand. But it doesn’t cost a lot of money. However, today’s business has a great way to get customers from video ads without serious costs – this is placement on YouTube.

YouTube is a popular platform for showing videos with a huge audience of 1,500,000,000 people. Among the residents of Ukraine, about 83% go to YouTube more than once a month, and about 60% do it daily!

A significant part of them (about 73%) are people aged 18 to 44 (a solvent audience that often makes purchases on the Internet). Such data allow us to conclude that by launching video advertising on YouTube, you will be able to attract a huge audience, some of which have seen other types of advertising for your product or service.

It is for these reasons that video advertising on YouTube is an effective method of attracting potential buyers, both as an independent tool of an advertising strategy and in combination with other channels. Its creation and placement involves flexible settings, the ability to segment the target audience, the time and frequency of impressions, targeted actions, and much more.

What types of ad placements are available on YouTube?

The benefits of contextual advertising on YouTube for business

Contextual advertising on YouTube will be useful for almost any company. Why is this tool so important?

• Benefit 1. Reach. YouTube.com is the most popular video site in the world. It is the second most popular search engine, surpassed only by Google search. Video advertising can be used and promoted in different resources – on the pages of your website, in social networks or on your personal YouTube channel. Recent trends show that people are more likely to watch videos than read text because Video information is perceived better than text.
• Benefit 2. Efficiency. Statistics show that the presence of a video increases conversion (% of clicks, transitions, view-to-click ratio, conversion from visitor to buyer) up to 80%. 42% of Internet users watch a video about a product before making a purchase, 64% look for product information on YouTube. A video on your website / landing page will increase the time spent by visitors, increase the number of orders, and reduce the average cost per order. This will allow the site to rise to higher positions in the Google search engine. YouTube’s videos rise to the top of the search results on the main page with search results or on a separate tab.
• Benefit 3. Cost, budget. One view costs you in the range of $0.005 to $0.02 for in-stream video ads. The budget to start a YouTube ad campaign can be as low as $50.
• Benefit 4. Speed, reach over time, view duration. If a sales manager needs to first find a client, arrange a meeting, come to a meeting, spend several hours communicating, close objections, earn trust, then a video can do it in 1 minute! The video shows the product in action, relieves fears, creates a sense of an individual approach. And if you set up advertising correctly, then this effect can be increased many tens of times. The video works for your business 24/7.
• Benefit 5. Transparent analytics. YouTube Analytics and Google Analytics systems collect statistics, on the basis of which you can calculate the return on investment. We set up analytics so that you can see where orders came from, how effective Google advertising on YouTube is, whether a particular video is working or needs to be improved.

What should a specialist consider when setting up a video ad?

To set up advertising on YouTube, a specialist will need to receive from the customer a ready-made video edited according to special requirements (not every video that the company has is suitable for its promotion).

Tool strength:

• YouTube for the Ukrainian and Russian markets is a weakly competitive advertising channel, one view can cost only 0.1-0.15 UAH.
• It allows you to work with the audience at the early stages of the sales funnel, generate demand, earn trust. A 1,5-minute video can answer the questions “what to buy?”, “why buy?”, “why buy from you?” and “why buy now?”. Targeting is similar to Display Network by keywords.
• Statistics show that having a video increases conversions (% of clicks, transitions, view-to-click ratio, conversion from visitor to buyer) by up to 80%. 42% of internet users watch a product video before making a purchase. 64% are looking for product information on YouTube.
• A video on your website/landing will increase visitor stay time, increase the number of orders, reduce the average amount you need to pay per order.

Weak side of the tool:

• Lower user interest in our product compared to regular search ads.
• YouTube advertiser needs to do a lot of work with this tool to find targeted leads.
• It’s hard to get a business to make multiple test videos.

The results of those who have already ordered video ads from us

Currently, advertising in YouTube videos is one of the main online promotion tools and one of the most budgetary channels for attracting customers. By correctly setting up targeting, you will tell about yourself to those consumers who are interested in you. Video strengthens the credibility of your company and with its help you become closer to your audience. And as you know, long-term relationships are built on trust. You will be remembered better and when choosing a product, most likely, they will remember you, and not competitors. You can create and rotate different types of videos – training, presentations, sales or even entertaining videos that can have a viral effect. After all, emotions can only be conveyed with the help of video, thereby better involving your audience.

So, in the summer of 2018, our company launched and tested video ads for a medical services center. Out of 5 ads launched with the same format, one performed the best (with the center manager talking about their benefits) and brought 8 conversions. This is a good enough indicator for video advertising. The price of one viewing of a potential client ranged from UAH 0.12 to UAH 0.14. Their total number is, 47811. All videos up to 30 seconds were shown for free and were not included in the statistics. For another project in the field of car sales, promo videos were launched, the purpose of which was to sign up for a test drive. 3 of them worked well. The call-to-action video turned out to be the most effective. The cost of one viewing of a potential client ranged from UAH 0.21 to UAH 0.44. Their total number is, 99145. Impressions of all videos up to 30 seconds were free and were not included in the statistics. Entries for a test drive 6.

Note! It is important to understand that for privacy reasons, we did not include video ad conversions in these statistics. The data of the RK made it possible to significantly reduce the final cost for recording a test drive in the entire project as a whole, i.е. if we analyze only the video of the RK, then recording for a test drive is expensive, but if we analyze the entire project in a complex way, then it is beneficial for the customer (We analyzed separately Google Ads (search RK, all used GMS) for site users from organic, social networks or direct transitions.

What do I need to order a video ad?

To launch advertising on YouTube through Google AdWords, you need to have a ready-made video and leave a request on our website adwservice.com.ua. We will promptly form an offer for you, select the best budget and methods of promotion.

Popular Questions

• ‍✅ Required Do you need a Google Ads account to set up YouTube ads?
  Yes, a Google account is required, video ads are configured through the Google AdWords interface. If you don’t have an account, you can register it when you log in to YouTube.
• ‍✅ Why if video ads, is it YouTube?
  YouTube is the most visited video hosting in the world and the second most visited site (after Google). On the site there is an audience with any interests, hobbies, of any age and profession. Every day, more than ten million people visit this site through the web interface or mobile application. Therefore, getting good coverage and targeted traffic from YouTube is quite simple.
• ‍✅ Can I Do I only show ads on specific videos?
  This is possible. But it is worth remembering that many videos gain most of the views immediately after uploading, and then the interest gradually fades away. If the theme of a channel suits you, then it is better to target impressions on all its videos, just make sure that the content on it is regularly updated.
• ✅ Can I redeem all ad slots on a specific channel?
  It is theoretically possible. But YouTube forms the cost of the transition based on the auction and free competition. This means that you will have to overpay a lot, and the idea may not pay off financially. It is much more efficient to show ads in videos on different channels that are watched by the right target audience.
• ✅ How video advertising works on YouTube?

  YouTube video hosting provides the opportunity for advertisers to place video advertisements within the content of channels participating in the affiliate program. The owners of such channels allow the demonstration of advertising videos before or during the display of their videos.

  In addition, video advertising can be displayed:

  • In YouTube search results;
  • On the main page;
  • In recommendations after watching the video.

  The advertiser can also set up targeting to display ads specifically to the target audience – impressions are carried out in certain channels, videos, audiences with certain interests, and those who used specific keywords for searching.

  Payment for video advertising is charged for impressions, watching a video to the end, or clicking on a link in an ad. Unlike traditional contextual advertising, there is no auction – the necessary slots are reserved manually for the selected budget.

• ✅ In what cases Is advertising in YouTube videos effective?

  Video advertising on YouTube is the optimal solution when you need:

  • Increase brand awareness and inform the target audience about the product or service.
  • Increase the interest and involvement of viewers, stimulate them to the desired action.
  • Attract new potential clients to the advertiser’s website.
  • Connect another additional tool into the sales funnel to step-by-step move the user towards conversion.

  The advantage is that the video format evokes more emotions and trust among viewers. The effectiveness of video campaigns can be assessed using the YouTube Analytics system built into the advertising account. It allows you to estimate the percentage of views, audience engagement, as well as CTR for links and call-to-action buttons.