TV advertising took back seat, Jet.com was all-in for Online advertising this holiday season
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“ There is an interesting development that occurred in a run-up to Jet.com’s acquisition by Walmart.com. It abandoned all the TV commercials ” reports advertising firm MediaRadar.
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However, the cutting that were made in the TV commercial space were attributed to the digital marketing space. It directly implies that Jet.com followed ‘all-in’ for digital marketing spectrum while TV took a back seat.
It is to be noted that increase in the spending was spectacular -250 times. in the digital marketing space. And, all this to facilitate holiday shoppers.
Jet.com made big strides in the e-commerce sector when it was acquired by retail behemoth Walmart and it’s CEO also taking the charge of Walmart’s online vertical.
However, what prompted Jet.com to make a paradigm shift in it’s marketing strategy – a company that planned to spent $100 million in marketing in it’s first year – is unclear.
But clearly the move has been spot-on. “Total sales on Jet.com grew fourfold year-over-year (YoY) on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Moreover, average order volume grew 19% YoY on Cyber Monday” reports a Business Insider report.
The online sellers can definitely take a cue from this development. When a giant like Jet.com ( in comparison with online sellers) builds it entire advertising campaign around online marketing, it shows the importance of what a measured, guided and precisely executed campaign do for your business.
However, this time Jet.com has hired WPP media agency. The agency will be responsible to lead multi-channel media planning for the e-tailer. This include overseeing the planning, buying and analytics. The average spending is assumed at $80 million. And most importantly, the majority will be related with the TV advertising. Can’t undermine the power of such a power communication channel!
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