YouTube

Unboxed: YouTube Outstream Ads

by

Outstream video ads refer to video ad placements that exist and appear outside of online video content that a user is watching. This would include placements such as video ads that play in-between articles that users are reading.

The goal of this format is to increase brand awareness of your videos, giving you reach outside of the YouTube environment. These placements are mobile-only ads that appear on partner sites and apps outside of YouTube, playing in either an app or within content on the page. This is particularly useful for marketers in Asia, where strong mobile usage ensures that we can still reach our desired target audiences.

Unboxed: YouTube Advertising (Video Discovery Ads)

by
YouTube Video Discovery ads - ProgrammaticSoup

YouTube is a great place to reach users but can we use it to find potentially relevant audiences outside of their video watching experience? Cue: Video Discovery Ads, also known as in-feed video ads. As part of our Unboxed: YouTube Advertising series, we will be introducing this format, and it is best used for.

Video Discovery Ads allow us to promote content in places of discovery, including next to related YouTube videos, as part of a YouTube search result, or on the YouTube mobile homepage.

Read on to find out more!

Unboxed: YouTube Advertising (In-Stream Ads)

by
YouTube in-stream Ads - ProgrammaticSoup

YouTube is without a doubt one of the largest platforms that we can use to reach our target audience. While TikTok has steadily risen in watch time in the US, YouTube continues to be a key channel for marketers with users watching it more than ever in this pandemic.

So how then do we get in on the action and what can it be used for? Cue in-stream ads, the most common type of inventory that you can buy on YouTube!

In-stream ads can serve before a video (pre-roll), during a video at a pre-determined timeslot (mid-roll), or when the video ends (post-roll). YouTube inventory can only be bought on Google Ads, DV360 or via direct reservation (from Google or from publishers). All other methods would involve a reseller using one of these channels.

We will be introducing various types of in-stream ads and their cost models on YouTube. Read on to find out more.