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13 new DoubleClick Creative Solutions to make your campaigns more successful


Savvy advertisers know they need to pair smart creative with their media buying strategies, to accomplish successful digital campaigns. Today, we're making it easier than ever to do just that with 13 new tools across our DoubleClick Creative Solutions. These updates help advertisers succeed with four key creative + media pairings:

1. Powerful creative management tools support large-scale campaigns
2. Dynamic creative tools support programmatic media buys
3. HTML5 and in-app creative tools support mobile ad targeting
4. In-stream video tools support video ad targeting


Pairing #1: Powerful creative management tools support large-scale campaigns
Display campaigns are getting larger and more complex. To keep up, creative agencies need tools that help them build ads to suit every shape and size required by that campaign, in a fast and seamless way. 



Asset Library is a creative management layer launching today in DoubleClick Studio and rolling out across the DoubleClick Digital Marketing platform in the next couple quarters. Asset Library allows advertisers to host assets for free in DoubleClick and easily manage and bulk update creative, even in live campaigns, without having to re-traffic them. 


“We have cut our development time considerably using Asset Library as part of our daily work flow. It's hard to imagine how we survived without it.” ~ Michael Douglas, Head of Production, SapientNitro

Pairing #2: Dynamic creative tools support programmatic media buys
Advertisers can use the audience information from their media buy to craft relevant ads for every viewer. Our new dynamic tools focus on making the process easier to manage:


  • A lightweight version of dynamic creative for retail and hotel clients is available in DoubleClick Bid Manager (Premium US users). Use six HTML5 templates to build dynamic ads that are aligned with the programmatic media buy. They work for Facebook right-hand side inventory too!
  • Advertisers can now pull their Google Merchant Center Feed into a dynamic remarketing creative in both DoubleClick Studio and DoubleClick Bid Manager. This makes it much easier to build complex retail campaigns without having to re-input the data.
  • Understand which products in your dynamic ad lead to which website conversions, using the new u-reporting feature in DoubleClick Studio. 


Pairing #3: HTML5 and in-app creative tools support mobile ad targeting
To show a successful ad unit on mobile and tablet placements, you have to build HTML5 ad creatives in formats that work well on smaller screens.


  • Build mobile-compatible ads in minutes, with 20 new HTML5 and in-app Studio Layouts. 
  • To build more custom HTML5 ads, agencies can use Google Web Designer and then publish their ads in one click to DoubleClick Studio. 
  • For a dynamic creative campaign, DoubleClick Studio supports HTML5 dynamic creative, so advertisers can ensure their real-time messages reach consumers wherever they are. 
  • Publish with confidence: DoubleClick supports MRAID 2.0 (the IAB’s latest mobile in-app standard) and has certified over 90 of the largest publishers and networks, to make sure their websites will support DoubleClick in-app ads. 

Pairing #4: In-stream video tools support video ad targeting
Make your TV commercials work for digital by building in interactivity. Serve your video ads alongside the rest of your digital campaign so that your data and reporting are consolidated. This can lead to better campaign insights. 


  • Our new VPAID Layout lets you easily build interactive in-stream video ads (VPAID). Simply upload your video asset and add interactive elements to create a complex ad unit in minutes.
  • You can also ensure people have a smooth viewing experience with your mobile video ads. DoubleClick Campaign Manager will transcode and segment your videos so they can be served in a file size that will load on the viewer’s mobile connection (3G, 4G or wifi). The video can even be altered on the fly, if the connection changes during playback. 

Digital campaigns are nuanced and complex, so having the right support resources at your disposal is important. We built the Creative Recommendation Tool to help you identify the best product to use based on your project’s resources. We’ve also integrated Chat Support into the Studio UI, so you can get in touch with a real person immediately, get your problem solved and get on with your work. 

While advertisers may be focused on scaling campaigns across big bets like mobile, video and programmatic, smart creative is a critical element of every successful campaign and can’t be an afterthought. Advertisers will achieve the best results when they combine creative strategies with media strategies from the outset of their campaigns. 

Over the next few days, we’ll dive into each of the four creative strategies listed above, to provide best practices for combining creative and media strategies in your campaigns. Stay tuned!

Posted by Becky Chappell, Product Marketing Manager, DoubleClick Creative Solutions

Make the most of DoubleClick Campaign Manager with new eLearnings and webinars

Class is in session! Last week we went back-to-school with a series on the benefits of DoubleClick's unified platform, along with yesterday’s DoubleClick Search Academy announcement. Today, we're launching new DoubleClick eLearnings, a webinar series, and updated recorded webinars to help you learn and take advantage of our integrated platform features.

DoubleClick Digital Marketing gives marketers the ability to create, buy, and manage any type of ad on any device, helping consolidate your digital marketing efforts to more efficiently reach your goals. Now, you can use our new DCM Mobile eLearning, updated DCM Fundamentals course, and new webinar series to further your DoubleClick education and use our features to their fullest.

Try eLearning paths you can work through at your own pace
DCM Mobile eLearning: learn and master mobile display
DoubleClick's mobile solutions give you better ways to create, serve, and track ads. Use our new intermediate-level DCM Mobile eLearning to learn the steps to take for mobile-focused campaigns. Get an overview of digital creative formats, setting goals, trafficking best practices, conversion tracking, and reporting. The eLearning also dives into the differences between mobile, web, and in-app inventory, along with instructions for implementation and reporting. Try it now
Updated DCM Fundamentals eLearning and Certification: Learn the basics
If you haven’t yet received your DCM Fundamentals Certificate of completion, take DCM Fundamentals today and show that you know your stuff. Take a look at the updated training course, complete with new video and interactive content. Try it now
Make the most of DoubleClick in our new webinar series
When you’re busy developing and executing campaigns, making time to learn the latest product features and best practices can be tough. With that in mind, we've created a simple training program packed with actionable, easy-to-follow training tips and resources.

Join our product experts over the next two months for Make the most of DoubleClick, a webinar series where you’ll learn tips and tricks for better digital creative, better mobile campaigns, better trafficking, and better attribution. See the schedule below and register through the new training page in the DCM Help Center. Set aside 60 minutes for DoubleClick and find new ways to save time.

Make the most of DoubleClick: Better digital creative – 9/11 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET
Enhanced Formats in DoubleClick Campaign Manager and Layouts in DoubleClick Studio give you the power to turn static creative assets into engaging, interactive ads – without the hefty creative fees or long turnaround times. Learn how you can use these features for your next campaign. Register 
Make the most of DoubleClick: Better mobile campaigns – 9/25 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET
Learn more about how you can use this tool and create faster, better, and more efficient mobile campaigns. Register

Make the most of DoubleClick: Better ad trafficking – 10/9 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET
Learn tips and tricks for more efficient ad trafficking. Register

Better business decisions through attribution – 10/23 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET
Get reporting insights and essential tips for using attribution data to optimize your campaigns. Register
Dig into our library of recorded webinars
If live training isn’t your thing, check out our fresh selection of recorded webinars in the Help Center to learn more best practices, ranging from Fundamentals to ad trafficking to DoubleClick Rich Media, and more. While you’re there, be sure to read our latest release notes.

Get more from your DoubleClick account and reclaim your time by trying the eLearnings, webinars, and recordings to learn new tips and best practices!

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Posted by Sarah Payne, DoubleClick Campaign Manager Product Trainer

A Google Web Designer Thought Experiment


Yesterday, we announced a revamped Google Web Designer, brimming with new features that make it even easier for creative designers and developers to build robust HTML5 creative. 

Today, we’d like to introduce you to Marius Veltman, a rich media expert from Holland and a life-long creative technologist. We first met Marius last year when he tested out the alpha version of Google Web Designer and gave us a list of improvements for the product.

For this launch, Marius gave us a peek into his world as an artist and designer and helped us push the limits of HTML5 with a “Google Web Designer Thought Experiment.” We asked him to create an awesome HTML5 ad unit, using only Google Web Designer, that takes advantage of different device form factors and successfully conveys a brand’s message. 

We selected the Google Cultural Institute as the brand and used the Street View imagery from their Great Barrier Reef World Wonders Collection as the assets. We then set out on an adventure through Holland to document Marius’s creative process as he worked to develop the ad.

Watch as Marius’s sketches come to life through the medium of HTML5 and the help of Google Web Designer. Marius's ideas develop in parallel to his own story as a designer. Then, check out the actual ad unit and learn more about his process.




Posted by Becky Chappell, Product Marketing, Google Web Designer