eCommerce Personalization | Personalized Content Areas (PCAs)
Personalization technology allows online merchants to market and sell in ways never
possible using traditional website tools. With so many advertising mediums is use,
online marketers want to extend that advertising experience to the website to create
a seamless transition from marketing to sales. From traditional forms of advertising
to web and social media, it is virtually impossible to manage a consistent website
experience without personalization technology. When used effectively, the online
shopping experience is smooth, more relevant, and will lead to more conversions.
The OrderDynamics platform includes an advanced content delivery engine called Personalized
Content Areas. By defining locations throughout the site to deliver content, the
merchant uses a complex rule-based engine to serve highly targeted content to the
shopper.
Content Area Configuration
Websites are designed with features like Personalized Content Areas in mind. Upon
delivery of the final website design, OrderDynamics enables locations throughout
the site as Personalized Content Areas. There is no limit to the number of Personalized
Content Areas in use and they can exist on any page and on multiple websites. For
example, the Homepage Hero Image, Product, Category, Brand Pages, and static non-product
pages. Some merchants use Personalized Content Areas to market specific contact
information (phone number for example) when used with offline advertising. Other
examples include Search Result pages for targeted content delivery based
on site searches or rotating promotional banners for shoppers coming from Pay Per
Click (PPC) ads. Each Personalized Content Area is configurable for pixel height and
width, mix/max impressions, links, and is available for scheduling (in addition
to match rules). Personalized Content Areas support HTML, Flash, Video, and Images.
Targeted Delivery
Once Personalized Content Areas are active within OrderDynamics, they require Match
Rules to control how content is served. A catch all match rule can be defined
or the Personalized Content Area can be set to automatically hide upon no match.
OrderDynamics provides a robust AND/OR rule engine that allow chains of complex
business rules to be created to serve content with precision. Some options include:
Time of Day, Geolocation, IP Geolocation, Different URL/URI Data, B2B Group, Returning
Customer, Authenticated, Site Duration. Several operators are also available for positive
and negative matching. OrderDynamics provides per-website reporting on Impressions
and Click Through Rates for each Personalized Content Area.
Personalized Content Area Features:
- Unlimited Personalized Content Areas
- Allows easy control over banners, badges, hero images, and other marketing areas
- Available on all website pages
- Size control (pixel height width)
- Display control for Mix / Max Impressions
- Overall Schedule and Active/Inactive Flag for Advanced Scheduling
- Content support for HTML, Flash, Video, Images
- Advanced targeting and delivery of content using AND/OR rules
- Multiple operators for Positive and Negative matching
- Build complex content chains and reorder using drag and drop
- Match: Time of day, IP Geolocation, URL/URI, B2B, Customers, and more!
- Per website reporting on Impressions and Click Through Rates
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