YouTube gifts Director Mix to advertisers for better, tailored ads

Gear up for much more personal YouTube ads completely native to the platform as the company prepares to eliminate the repurposed TV ads from advertisers with the help of Director Mix.

An all new tool from YouTube, Director Mix is aimed towards helping brands create multiple versions of ads based on consumer profile and that do not burden the advertiser with extra effort to create specific Ad variations for the platform.

Business Insider India reports that Director Mix could help brands churn out hundreds and even thousands of variations and further states, “YouTube is offering to take on the heavy lifting. Director Mix is built to let a marketer upload multiple ad building blocks, like different cuts of commercial video footage, voiceovers, and copy variations - and the tool will automatically create thousands of ads, said Tara Walpert Levy, vice president of agency and media solutions at Google.”

Advertisers can leverage the comprehensive reserves of Google data to enhance the effectiveness of their ads by learning more about their consumers. If a consumer looks for a particular product or service, he may now be served with the most relevant ads based on the data on YouTube.

“Now, brands will be able to use data from other parts of the web Google touches for this ad targeting option. For example, a person who has downloaded a skiing conditions apps and used Google Maps to find local ski resorts could see an add for ski equipment on YouTube. Plus, advertisers employing multiple ad variations can use Google's data and tools to strategically sequence different ads. For example, a brand can show a person three different ads in a particular order to tell a more complete story.” as per Business Insider India.

YouTube is also reported to be debuting Video Ad Sequencing that allows them to string together different ads. “For example, advertisers can show a 15-second TrueView ad (which are the skippable type) to build awareness, followed at the next opportunity by longer spots (because that's what consumers want, right?) to further the brand story and later a 6-second bumper ad to drive purchase.” as reported by AdAge India.

"We're leaning into our success with these tactics, and expanding the range of signals brands can use make its ads more customized," Tara Velpert Levy told Business Insider India.