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iAd Production Beginner's Guide

By : Ben Collier
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iAd Production Beginner's Guide

By: Ben Collier

Overview of this book

Think of an iAd as a micro-app contained within an app on a user's iPhone or iPad that they've downloaded from the App Store. When the user taps your advert's banner it bursts into life filling the entire screen of their device. iAd Beginner's Guide takes you through the start to finish process of building rich, compelling, interactive iAds. You will learn to create beautiful multi-page ads with store finders, social sharing, 3D images and video galleries. You will create ads that utilize the powerful technologies in the iPhone to make your brand shine. Once you have engaged the user you can carry out targeted advertising campaigns with location-based coupons, store finders and social engagement. Using the iTunes Store you will see how it's even possible to add one-click digital content purchasing right within your ad. Learn how iAd producer manages all the HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 behind your iAd. You will be creating emotive, gripping and effective mobile advertising campaigns in no time.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
iAd Production
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 9. Managing a Successful iAd Campaign

You're able to make an awesome iAd that will amaze your audience on iPhone and iPad. Now you'll need to know how to manage a successful campaign that reaches your target demographic, comes within budget, and has a quantifiable way of measuring success.

In this chapter, we'll look at the skills you'll need to ensure that you get the most out of your iAd campaign, such as the following:

  • Targeting your ad at specific audiences

  • Understanding pricing models and costs

  • Reporting and analytics on a user's interactions within your ad

  • Taking your ad live and the final pre-submission checks

Finding your audience

With iAd we're able to run campaigns that require the user, or the context your ad appears in, to meet a specific group of criteria so you can target your iAd at your ideal audience.

Finding your target audience can be complicated, as there are many influencing factors on who could be interested in your product or brand.

Note

Your target market may not necessarily...