SnapAds, Inc. (www.snapads.com), a new company created by the founders of Weebly, today announced SnapAds (www.snapads.com), an easy-to-use service for advertisers and publishers that significantly improves the performance of display ad campaigns. SnapAds is based on genetic algorithm technology that dynamically optimizes individual creative components such as images, colors and taglines more efficiently and faster than other solutions. When implemented, SnapAds quickly combines and tests multiple display ad variations in real-time to determine a best performing set of ads. Generating performance improvements up to 1900% in recent ad campaign (www.snapads.com) test trials, the SnapAds optimization process increases consumer engagement, drives significantly higher click-through rates and expands the value of online ad inventory. The company also announced a new partnership with Unilever/AXE and WIRED Digital to launch the first SnapAds powered online ad campaign on Wired.com and Reddit.com for the AXE Detailer Shower Tool, an innovation designed to help guys focus on every detail from head to toe.
SnapAds offers a much more efficient process for testing creative possibilities in display ad campaigns and identifying the set of ads on the fly that are demonstrating the best consumer
engagement, said David Rusenko, founder and chief executive officer, SnapAds, Inc. SnapAds is an automated system that can combine and test multiple creative variations in a display ad
very quickly. This efficiency provides designers with a powerful tool to extend their capabilities and improve on their design intuition by identifying in real-time which combinations of
creative components appeal to consumers and generate higher response rates and actions.
Joining SnapAds in the release of this new service, AXE and WIRED Digital will launch a new holiday-themed online ad program for the AXE Detailer Shower Tool. Powered by SnapAds
technology, the new Q4 campaign running throughout Wired.com and Reddit.com aims to increase the awareness of the AXE Detailer Shower Tool and generate audience interaction for the
holidays.
In order to continually develop innovative marketing campaigns for AXE, we are always exploring new technology to reach our target in unexpected and engaging ways, and being an early
adopter of SnapAds exemplifies that strategy, said Shane Kent, brand manager, AXE Personal Wash, Unilever. By optimizing the look and feel of the AXE Detailer online creative in
real-time, we believe SnapAds will perform harder and more efficiently to engage users and raise awareness of the product.
WIRED Digital is committed to offering our partners innovative solutions that increase the impact of their advertising spend, said Josh Stinchcomb, publisher, WIRED Digital. With
SnapAds-powered ad campaigns, our partners can leverage an extremely effective creative optimization system that delivers the best message to our unique audiences. Our goal is to ensure
our partners have the ability to generate effective audience engagement and significantly increase click-through rates. We are pleased to work with SnapAds and Unilever'ss AXE team on
this new campaign.
A highly effective, simple-to-implement creative optimization service, SnapAds increases the impact of online advertising (www.snapads.com)
investments by significantly improving the performance of display ad campaigns. SnapAds uses proprietary genetic algorithm technology to quickly combine and test multiple creative
variations of a display ad and identify the set of best performing ads in real-time.
SnapAds is an easy process to implement. The ad campaign'ss designer provides an Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) or Flash(R) file with multiple creative variations such as colors, images, fonts or
taglines and SnapAds automatically generates an initial set of ads or creatives based on the options provided. Once the initial set of ads goes live, SnapAds automates the entire process:
tracks performance, combines creative traits from the best performing ads, evolves the population and continually tests the results until the best performing set of ads is identified.
With SnapAds, advertisers and publishers experience better results because their ad campaigns run display ads that are most appealing to consumers and drive higher click-through rates.
SnapAds also expands the capabilities of ad designers and eliminates guesswork out of the design process. With complete control over the creative variations provided in the Photoshop(R)
or Flash files, designers can ensure brand integrity is maintained while also quickly testing many more creative possibilities completely aligned with their design intentions.
Availability and Pricing:
SnapAds is now available. For more information on SnapAds including pricing and signup details, please visit www.snapads.com.
About SnapAds:
Created by the founders of Weebly.com SnapAds (www.snapads.com) provides a creative optimization solution for advertisers and publishers that
significantly improves the performance of display ad campaigns. Launched in November 2008, SnapAds has been implemented by some of the world'ss most popular brands and publishers to
increase user engagement and drive better click-through rates. SnapAds was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif. For more information visit: www.snapads.com.
About Unilever:
Unilever'ss mission is to add vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.
Each day, around the world, consumers make 160 million decisions to purchase Unilever products.
In the United States, the portfolio includes major brand icons such as: Axe, Ben 's38; Jerry'ss, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products,
Hellmann'ss, Klondike, Knorr, Lipton, Popsicle, Promise, Q-Tips, Skippy, Slim-Fast, Suave, Sunsilk and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are registered trademarks of the Unilever
Group of Companies. Dedicated to serving consumers and the communities where we live, work and play, Unilever employs more than 14,000 people in both the United States and Puerto Rico -
generating nearly $11 billion in sales in 2007. For more information, visit www.unileverusa.com.
About WIRED Digital:
WIRED Digital is a division of Cond's233;Net, the internet unit of Cond's233; Nast Publications. WIRED Digital consists of Wired.com Reddit, Ars Technica and Webmonkey. Wired.com is one
of the leading sites for thoughtful, comprehensive coverage of technology'ss impact on all aspects of our lives. Reddit is a social news aggregator where the community contributes to and
votes on what it considers the most important and interesting information of the day. Ars Technica covers technology news along with editorial commentary and analysis. Webmonkey is a
tutorial site and wiki for web developers. The combined sites of WIRED Digital reach more than 20 million unique readers a month.
CONTACT:
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BlackBelt Strategies for SnapAds
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