Share of voice
Share of Voice in Online Advertising is an ad revenue model that focuses on weight or percentage among other advertisers. For example, if there are four advertisers on a website, each advertiser gets 25 percent of the advertising weight. This method ensures one ad will not be seen any more than the other three advertisers. And, since there are typically a limited number of advertisers using a Share of Voice model, ad exposure is optimized.
In other words, Share of Voice is used to "represent the relative portion of ad inventory available to a single advertiser within a defined market over a specified time period."[1]
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Theory
Share of Voice is capitalized on the concept of exclusivity. By limiting the number of ad spaces on websites, email newsletters and other digital media platforms, ads are more likely to be seen by their target audiences, thus limiting the amount of “ad noise” on the site. When you limit a website, for example, to 10 advertisers in each ad position, on average each advertiser will be seen at least once every 10 rotations.
Share of Voice is designed to create a mutually beneficial relationship between the advertiser and the web publisher. The advertiser is willing to pay a premium for exclusivity and less competition for their target audience's viewership. The publisher no longer has to rely on volume and can attract advertisers that want to specifically reach the publisher's audience.
Because the Share of Voice method values quality of ads over quantity of ads, publishers are perceived to have higher levels of credibility and interaction. When high quality content is presented, high quality advertisers tend to follow.
The Share of Voice advertising model is contrary to Pay Per Click, Cost Per Impression and/or Pay to Play (see brokered programming), which are pay-for-performance models that generate revenue for the publisher (typically, the website owner) only if the advertisement is clicked or viewed. The publisher is incentivized to seek out as many advertisers as possible, often on a bid-based system. Furthermore, Share of Voice bypasses the ethical dilemmas that come with PPC and CPI models, which are subject to abuse by click fraud, or Pay to Play tactics (advertorials, product placement, news coverage in exchange for ad purchases, etc) that are not always transparently paid ads.
When content is compromised for ad dollars, the level of reputation and respect for the publisher can dwindle as readers become disenfranchised and advertisers see less return on their initial investment.
Share of Voice models can be contract models where ad placement and content are pre-negotiated. This way, advertisers have the option to have longer advertising campaigns where content does not need to change based on the availability of advertising space. Additionally, the publisher's non-ad content, i.e. in the case of a news publisher, is independent of the advertiser's marketing campaign, regardless of other sponsors or advertisers that work with the web publisher.
Share of Voice can also be employed to maximize a brand or group of brands' exposure via advertising weight expressed as a percentage of a defined total market or market segment in a given time period. The weight is usually defined in terms of expenditure, ratings, pages, poster sites etc.
References
External links
- http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/monitoring_elections.htm
- http://www.nitb.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1263
- Social Media Share of Voice Example
- http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/1936286/-optimized-search-synergy-seo-ppc-2011/ Search Engine Marketing Building Share of Voice Across Engines
- http://monetizepros.com/encyclopedia/share-of-voice-sov/
