BrightRoll’s survey responses regarding the effectiveness of video ads differ from a similar agency survey conducted by Strata Marketing which found 50 percent of its respondents were “unsure” whether or not video ads offered good ROI.
When asked which metric was most important for measuring a digital video campaign’s success, 20 percent of BrightRoll’s respondents said completed views, while only four percent named sales impact.
Fifty-six percent of the agencies surveyed said their clients view digital video’s targeting capabilities as the most valuable aspect of video advertising, far out-weighing other aspects like reach (20%) and ad unit format (7%).
When it comes to budgets, 22 percent of the survey respondents said they plan to devote a majority of their overall digital video spend on programmatic during the next 12 months. Sixty percent said they expect the largest increase in digital media spend will be on mobile, with 79 percent of the survey participants saying they will likely spend video ad budgets on tablets.