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    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Advertising, including its Sponsored Products and Sponsored Brands products, provide ad solutions to help users find, attract, and engage Amazon customers at every stage of their journey.N/A

    Outbrain

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOutbrain, headquartered in New York with offices globally, is an internationally known native advertising platform for curating and publishing content across a variety of channels and media spaces, containing editorial controls, analytics for judging impact, and related features.N/A
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    Amazon Advertising Sponsored ProductsOutbrain
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    Amazon AWS
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    Outbrain
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    88%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Amazon Advertising Sponsored ProductsOutbrain
    Small Businesses
    Yahoo Ads
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored ProductsOutbrain
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
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    User Testimonials
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored ProductsOutbrain
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It's a necessary platform to maximize your growth on Amazon, as with any other retailers that have launched or are developing their own platforms. However, it helps to gain a competitive edge and build your brand. Relatively cheap to get started, but needs a dedicated advertising budget as costs will rise with campaign success.
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    Outbrain
    If your client or organization is running a high volume awareness campaign, Outbrain would be a platform to diversify your mix with. Pretty low maintenance and easy to set up, you can get ads running in a few minutes. If your primary goal is conversions, there are probably better channels you can use where the targeting is a little more transparent and would likely see a higher avg conversion rate.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Sponsored ads and PPP helps us to emerge top ranking ads, we count more clicks.
    • It is cost effective since WE do pay when a buyer clicks rather than impressions.
    • Improving the search engine optimization of our brand.
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    Outbrain
    • Website network: Outbrain provides high-quality websites in its network so that you can get a quality audience.
    • Affordable pricing: The CPC offered by Outbrain is relatively cheaper than other alternatives.
    • Content dashboard: The dashboard allows you to edit the content before publishing it on Outbrain's platform.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Self Service Amazon ADs take some time to set up.
    • Making a custom AD can be a challenge.
    • Functionality of the platform has improved, but needs some tweaks.
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    Outbrain
    • Customer Service - Speaking to a human is nearly impossible, there is no "chat" function, and no phone number immediately available. Ultimately, I've had to email a generic CS contact and wait several days before heading back.
    • High Number of Guidelines - The number of guidelines one must meet before using Outbrain is much higher than any other ad platform I've used. Most of them are highly specific and not necessarily items that a website would have out-of-the-box.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
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    Outbrain
    The use case is very obvious, brand awareness and low cost conversions because of its reach in billions. The platform is easy to use, well sorted and defined with good click optimized algorithms and brands can use it without hesitation. If monitored well and optimized accordingly, this can prove to be one of the best advertising channels.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    The cost/ROI is not where I would like it to be, but I can glimpse the improvements that have been made are making a difference. My expectation is that they will get to a place where the ROI has been adequately addressed. I think the sales have sharpened over the COVID nonsense since stores are shuttering. This has increased the market share for anyone advertising on Amazon.
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    Outbrain
    We had an account manager assigned to us, but they really didn't offer too much help outside of the financial side of things. We used the self-serve platform with mild suggestions every few weeks from our reps amounting to "spend a bit more here."
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Google advertising is by far the leader in digital ad platforms, Amazon [Advertising] Sponsored Products really only addresses the need to promote listings on Amazon.com. Sponsored products does not address the need for off-site media, so google advertising is essentially the top of the search funnel whereas sponsored products would be at the bottom of the funnel where conversion happens.
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    Outbrain
    Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • It has been easy to improve global reach by creating sponsored products campaign.
    • Paying only when clients click the link helps us to eradicate losses.
    • Improving company SEO across search engines.
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    Outbrain
    • None. My perspective is that further testing is needed as well as additional tracking capabilities applied to be able to assess value. However, it's a CPC model and relatively inexpensive in regards to additional reach, especially if it's packaged in with an Earned media push into the marketplace.
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