Campaign Crash Course: Introduction to contextual marketing

Welcome back to Campaign Asia-Pacific's Crash Course learning series, in which you will learn valuable lessons and practical business tips on trending and essential topics from industry experts in just five minutes. Think of it as a mini mini MBA, if you will.

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The 42nd lesson in the Crash Course series will delve into contextual marketing. This form of advertising allows marketers to target ads based on user interests and consumption habits. Outbrain is one of several companies that offers contextual marketing solutions, and its product is powered by code it has placed on publishers' pages rather than requiring third-party cookies. With the impending demise of third-party cookies, contextual targeting is entering a renaissance.

In this lesson you will learn:

• What is contextual marketing and why it has recently gained new relevance.
• Why APAC should embrace contextual targeting over demographic targeting.
• Marketing challenges in contextual and how to overcome them.
• The opportunities presented by contextual.
• How to measure success in contextual.

Your teacher

Jann Tan is a senior account manager at Outbrain. She has been with the native advertising company for more than six years. Her extensive knowledge of marketing analytics contributes to her ability to share strategic insights. This expertise helps clients improve their overall performance through content that is more relevant and effectively marketed for high conversion rates, low CPAs, and positive ROI.

Tan was previously an advertising operations coordinator at PropertyGuru.

The quiz

After you watch the above video, test your knowledge of contextual marketing with this quiz:

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