Pod Insights MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth The biggest misconception marketers still have about CTV About this episode Most marketers still treat CTV as separate from digital. Alison Clark, CTV and Go-to-Market Strategy Lead at AdRoll, brings 20 years of programmatic, CTV, and digital media experience to make the case for CTV's performance era. She explains why video belongs inside your digital strategy, not beside it, and how omnichannel buying across television, display, and social works as one strategy. She also covers why brand perception now shapes AI-driven discovery and outcomes.
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0:25 Speaker 01 From advertising to software as a service to data, across all of our programs and clients, we've seen a 55% to 65% open rate.
0:36 Speaker 02 Getting brands authentically integrated into content performs better than TV advertising.
0:42 Speaker 03 Typical lifespan of an article is about 24 to 36 hours.
0:46 Speaker 01 If we're reaching out to the right person with the right message and a clear call to action, then it's just a matter of timing.
0:53 Speaker 00 Welcome to the Martech Podcast, a member of the I Hear Everything Podcast Network. In this podcast, you'll hear the stories of world-class marketers that use technology to drive business results and achieve career success. Here's the host of the Martech Podcast, Benjamin Shapiro.
1:16 Speaker 04 I'm Benjamin Shapiro, and today we're talking with Alison Clark, CTV and go-to-market strategy leader, AdRoll, a sponsor of the Martech Podcast. And today, we're talking about why connected TV is entering its performance marketing era. All right. So what's the biggest misconception marketers still have about CTV?
1:37 Speaker 05 Well, we've talked about it, that it's a brand play only. Now it's more measurable than ever, and you can measure and see your business outcomes. And they think it's expensive, and we just disproved how it's really becoming more efficient.
1:52 Speaker 04 All right, that wraps up this episode of the Martech Podcast. Thanks again to Alison Clark, CTV and go-to-market lead at AdRoll. If you'd like to contact Allison, you can find a link to her LinkedIn profile in our show notes or on martechpod.com, or you can visit her company's website, which is adroll.com. And if you haven't subscribed yet and you want a daily stream of marketing and technology knowledge in your podcast feed, hit the subscribe button in your podcast app or on YouTube, and we'll be back on your feed next week. All right, that's it for today, but until next time, my advice is to just focus on keeping your customers happy.
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