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    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

    Sojern RevDirect

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASojern’s RevDirect™is a risk-free, pay-for-performance direct demand marketing solution for independent hotel marketers. Engaging with prospective guests as they quickly navigate across websites, digital channels, and devices to plan and book their travel is an increasingly complex challenge, which Sojern is aiming to solve with its RevDirect solution. You can customize your display campaign to include Facebook, Instagram, Search, and more, and place your property in front of in-market…N/A
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Outbrain
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    Sojern
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    Features
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    Ad Campaigns
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    Feature
    Outbrain
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    Ratings
    Sojern RevDirect
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Outbrain and Sojern RevDirect
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Sojern RevDirect
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
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    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OutbrainSojern RevDirect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    OutbrainSojern RevDirect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Sojern
    Sojern is well suited for those who are measuring ROI and are looking to have more direct bookings to the website. Google has made it increasingly more difficult to book directly on a website. I believe it takes about three clicks to get to a website through Google listings and Sojern has made it easier for us to make our websites more visible in rankings. The same goes for OTAs, with Sojern we have a better means of combating pesky OTAs.
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    Pros
    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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    Sojern
    • Drives booking to our websites.
    • Helps us to better understand traveler profiles.
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    Cons
    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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    Sojern
    • For those who don't analyze data on a daily basis it would be beneficial to have simple descriptions of the collected data.
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    Usability
    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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    Sojern
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    Support Rating
    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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    Sojern
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Sojern
    Sojern combines all of these platforms into one and makes information more accessible and easier to read among analysts. With Sojern we can easily make changes to ads created in order to boost ROI. Our company selected Sojern as a means to better our quality production and to lessen the time spent on adjusting content and analyzing data.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Sojern
    • Sojern has had a positive impact on our impression share.
    • Sojern has had a positive impact on our ROI across the board.
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