Getting Started with Contextual Data

Contextual data can be used to build audiences, analyze insights, and for activation.

Building Audiences with Contextual Data

Contextual data allows customers to quickly glean insights on people who consumed a specific topic online. For example, Orvis might want to create an audience of female fly fishers to learn more about females who are reading about fly fishing in order to expand their customer base.

Benefits of Contextual Data in Audience Creation

Increase Precision: You can increase precision with Contextual Data by finding your previously saved audience of female fly fishers and including individuals who consumed content about camping as well.  

Increase Targeting Scale: Casting a larger net is made simple with the option to enrich an audience with Contextual Data. For example, you can increase your audience size by including individuals who consume content on recreational fishing or adventure travel to your female fly fishing audience.

Analyzing Contextual Data

Orvis can gain an understanding of where female fly fishers consume media, what brands they engage with, and what they value in our curated reports. In this example, Orvis can learn that female fly fishers watch the National Geographic Channel, shop at Bass Pro Shops, and want to be trusted and respected by others.

Note: You will only see the addressable audience as a metric with Contextual Data.

You cannot view the site affinity, category affinity, or trend reports with Contextual Data, see Contextual Data as insights, or include Contextual Data in a compatible audience for use in the Audience Crosstab. 

Activating with Contextual Data

Using the insights drawn from our curated reports, Orvis can develop meaningful creative and messaging strategies to reach these female fly fishers.

1. Customers can activate directly through the platform by finding their Contextual Audience and clicking Activate. 

2. Select an activation partner and destination, pick start and end dates, choose retargeting for delivery method, and start the delivery.