LiSTNR increases CPMs by 15% by using live & behavioral targeting

LiSTNR aimed to boost ad revenues and differentiate themselves in the market by leveraging NumberEight's Advanced Behavioral solution, enabling precise addressability through live-moment and behavioral cohort targeting.

Solutions used
Advanced Behavioral
Asia Pacific
Publisher

15%

CPM Lift​

92%

addressable impressions

86%

of active users had cohorts assigned​

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Introduction

Australia’s largest radio broadcaster

LiSTNR’s radio stations, podcasts and news broadcasts reach more than 8 million Australians every single month.​

Challenge

Reach hard-to-identify personas at scale​

As a market leader in audio advertising, LiSTNR strives to pioneer technology to meet advertisers' evolving needs for data analytics and targeting.  By adopting the NumberEight platform, they were looking to address challenging briefs that require reaching hard-to-identify personas. Additionally, following Apple's iOS14.5 severe impact on Australia's mobile market, they were looking to maximize addressability while prioritizing the protection of users' privacy.

Results

Real cohorts, real impact​

In just 9 months, our collaboration delivered real results—from greater addressability and higher ad revenue to securing new campaign budgets from brands like Bob Jane and Swisse.

15%

CPM Lift​
Data layering is one main tactic to increase impressions value. By activating in-moment and behavior based targeting, advertisers valued LiSTNR’s inventory more.

92%

addressable impressions
This significantly increased LiSTNR’s addressable impressions, making sure that every impression is valuable to advertisers.

86%

of active users had cohorts assigned​
LiSTNR leveraged NumberEight’s Edge AI to access more of its audience data, allowing their sales team to activate campaigns at scale - even for less common personas.
Solution

The power of cohort-based targeting

NumberEight's Advanced Behavioral solution leverages on-device computing to provide publishers with unique data offerings, including live moments and unbiased behavioral insights.

  • Live targeting​ to reach audiences at the optimal time for maximum impact (e.g. holiday ads when people return from a trip)​.
  • Unbiased behavioral data to attract new advertisers and cover LiSTNR’s previously unmatched demand.
  • On-device computing​ to reassure advertisers of long term privacy compliance and increase scale​.
”The ability to offer hyper-targeted campaigns without the need for PII or identifiers is ground-breaking.”

- Kim Loasby, Digital Ad Product & Strategy Director

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