
{"id":11314,"date":"2022-10-05T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegnacorpstage.wpengine.com\/advertise\/?p=11314"},"modified":"2023-02-09T08:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:01:28","slug":"tegna-audienceone-the-why-behind-our-new-customer-data-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/tegna-audienceone-the-why-behind-our-new-customer-data-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"TEGNA AudienceOne: The \u2018Why\u2019 Behind Our New Customer Data Platform\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10361 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Dave-Neway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Dave-Neway.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Dave-Neway-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/>By Dave Neway, VP of Ad Sales Marketing at TEGNA<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em> is a new digital marketing solution for the third-party-cookie-less era that leverages first-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">party audience data from TEGNA station websites and apps to help advertisers make meaningful connections with high-value customers.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We developed <em>TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em> with four key customer headwinds in mind: <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The Crumbling Cookie. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regardless of exactly when Google bids farewell to the cookie, our industry is keenly aware that the days of relying on third-party data signals to inform targeting are numbered. In contrast, first-party data is truly the currency of the new digital economy and is, therefore, a bedrock of this new solution.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Brand Safety. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Advertisers can jeopardize their brand\u2019s reputation if they invest with publishers that aren&#8217;t laser-focused on brand safety or don&#8217;t have the right type of quality control over the presence of mis-and-disinformation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Ad Fraud<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. All too prevalent in this industry, ad fraud is projected to impact nearly 31 billion American advertisers in 2022. That said, agencies and their clients can&#8217;t afford to waste valuable dollars on non-human traffic, given the pressure on optimizing ROAS.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Personalization and Performance. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Across the board, marketers and agencies need efficient and accurate ad tech solutions that reach the target audience with the right message at the right time. However, advertisers need to be able to find their audience throughout their consumer journey as they access content with multiple devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With these client pain points in mind, we looked inward for a solution. We recognized an opportunity to harness the power of TEGNA&#8217;s own high-quality, multi-platform audience to fuel an audience-targeting solution for today\u2019s advertising environment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The TEGNA Audience<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What\u2019s so great about the TEGNA Audience, you ask? Let me count the ways.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Most of TEGNA\u2019s digital audience falls within the powerful 25 to 54 age bracket.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">94% of our viewers are over the age of 24. Our audience over-indexes on affluence &#8211; about 47% of our audience earns over $100,000 yearly. Talk about purchasing power! <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">TEGNA\u2019s audience also skews females, which bodes well for those looking to reach household decision-makers; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/amy-nelson\/women-drive-majority-of-consumer-purchasing-its-time-to-meet-their-needs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">women are responsible for 70-80% <\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">of all consumer purchasing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With over 50 million active audience members per month across 51 markets, TEGNA\u2019s audience also offers the benefit of scale.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How <em>TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em> Works<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em> profiles are formed in four simple steps:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Collection.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> As a viewer is digesting content on a TEGNA station website or mobile app, <em>TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em> synthesizes this activity and behavior, noting what types of articles they&#8217;re reading and what types of online behavior they&#8217;ve demonstrated.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Audience Enhancement.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> We take an audience profile and enhance it with industry-standard audience and database information, such as the US Census data, to further append viewer attributes.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Categorization and Clustering. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Finally, <em>TEGNA<\/em><\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>AudienceOne<\/em> categorizes new profiles into organized groups, making it easy for advertisers to target a specific audience, be it pet enthusiasts, job-seekers, politicos, or travel enthusiasts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pilot Results<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before releasing <em>TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em> to the masses, we tested the solution on ourselves and ran a series of pilots across the country. Overall, we saw two things that excited us very excited for our partners: click-throughs exceeded the standard rates of 26%, and video completion rates increased by 7%. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Additionally, we worked with a museum as one of the pilot customers. When running advertising for free admission for children, the museum saw an 8% increase in VCR compared to the ads running without<em> TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em>. Granted, results will vary, but these initial results are nothing less than encouraging.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Benefits of AudienceOne &#8211; Final Thoughts<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As we prepare for a cookie-less advertising ecosystem, brands and agencies urgently need privacy-compliant, brand-safe audience-targeting solutions that use first-party data. <em>TEGNA AudienceOne<\/em> is among the only first-party audience targeting tools in the local media industry that combine demographic and contextual data to enable our partners to reach target audiences with confidence and scale.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sound Good?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ready to get started? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Let\u2019s get in touch.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is TEGNA AudienceOne and why should your brand take advantage of it? TEGNA\u2019s Dave Neway is here to explain the pain points our new first-party audience data platform alleviates and how it will help your brand make meaningful connections with high-value customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,99,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","category-tegna-audienceone","category-thought-leadership","wpautop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}