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Snapchat Adds Adverts: What Does This Mean for Your Brand?

US users of social messaging app Snapchat have encountered the first ever advert to be used on the platform – a 20-second trailer for a horror film. In a post on Snapchat’s blog, the company is open about the need to generate revenue through the app. The company famously turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook in November 2013, and a $4 billion offer from Google only weeks later. If you’re unfamiliar with Snapchat, here’s what you and your company need to know about this hugely popular app and its adverts.

What is Snapchat?

Snapchat is a photo messaging app that lets users send photos and videos (called Snaps) to their contacts. Snaps can be set to be visible for between one and ten seconds, after which they are deleted from the device and the company’s servers. Earlier this year, it was revealed that over 700 million Snaps were sent each day.

Who uses it?

The app is particularly popular with young adults and teenagers, particularly 13-24 year olds. It is estimated that half of US 18-24 year olds use Snapchat.

How have adverts been integrated into the app?

Users will not encounter adverts while viewing messages from friends. At present, the adverts are embedded into the ‘Recent Updates’ screen on the app, where users see a list of their contacts’ ‘Stories’ (collections of recent Snaps that users place together to form a narrative). Adverts don’t have to be viewed, and they’ll disappear after they’re viewed, or after 24 hours.

What does this mean for our brand?

If your brand’s target market fits with the app’s demographics, you may wish to consider Snapchat as a future advertising platform. At this point, it’s unclear how effective these ads will be, so it’s a case of watching and waiting. It’s important to note that Snapchat’s team requested that the first advertiser on their app (Universal Pictures) used a video advert – you may wish to increase your video advertising efforts in anticipation of Snapchat’s new advertising plan.

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Ian Kirk

Founder at Opportunity Marketing

Ian is the founder of Opportunity Marketing marketing, with over 18 years of experience in successfully setting up marketing departments, creating marketing strategies and implementing these strategies across a wide number of SME companies in both the B2B and B2C sectors through a variety of channels.

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