Snapchat Advertising Guide
With 363 million daily active users, Snapchat is still a widely-used app loved by many the world over. This social platform is where millennials and Gen Z hang out, with users spending an average of 30 minutes a day snapping photos and chatting to those closest to them. Keep reading our Snapchat advertising guide to discover this platform and how to advertise on it.
With a growing purchasing power of $4.4 trillion, Snapchatters are the customers every business should be looking to partner with. It’s especially important to reach consumers on mobile, since it’s estimated that over 50% of global ecommerce sales came from mobile devices in 2022.
43% of all Snapchat users admit to
using the app to get advice from
their friends and contacts on
purchase decisions.
A bit about Snapchat
How many streetlight posters do you take note of when commuting every day? Four or five? The average Snapchat user opens the app at least 18 times a day. This largely untapped, highly engaged market holds purchasing power and is not afraid to use it. Our Snapchat advertising guide shows that 43% of all Snapchat users admit to using the app to get advice from their friends and contacts on purchase decisions. Here are six things every business should know about Snapchat:
3.5 billion Snapchat ‘Snaps’ are engaged with every day
Users of Snapchat totalled more than 433 million in 2022
Snapchat is the 3rd most used social platform by influencers
Worldwide global revenue in 2022 was over 4.6bn USD
Snapchat ‘Lenses’ are the app’s most popular feature
Snapchat has 2X more female users than male ones
How to reach Snapchat audiences
Snapchat has identified four broad categories that the users of their app fall into. These are Lifestyles, Shoppers, Viewers and Visitors. In our Snapchat advertising guide we discuss these predefined audiences, but first you need to decide in which locations your ads will show and to which broadly-defined audiences:
Geography & Demographics
Other filters to use when setting up your Snapchat advertising campaign are gender and language. At this point you can choose to dabble in DLX Advanced Demographics, but it’s advised that you leave this to your digital media agency.
Predefined Audiences
Scheduling & Budget
Types of Snapchat advertising
The type of Snapchat advert you execute will depend largely on the specific goals you’ve set for your marketing campaign. Some brands turn to Snapchat to promote their cool new brand. Others take to it for product promotion reasons. Snapchat lets advertisers choose between four goals for the campaign, which will determine the type of advert.
7 in 10 consumers are interested in using AR to interact with a product before buying it.
Website Traffic
Visit our website! Download our eBook! Read our blog! If you want to attract Snapchat users to a website or landing page of some sort, select the “drives traffic to my website” option.
App Installs
Got the world’s newest, greatest, most exciting app you want to promote? Snapchat lets you promote the download of a mobile application through the “drive installs of my app” option.
App Installs
If you’ve just launched a start-up and your future customers spend time on Snapchat, an advertising campaign that simply introduces your brand, product, or services might be the key. Choose the “grow awareness” option.
Video Views
If you’ve just launched a start-up and your future customers spend time on Snapchat, an advertising campaign that simply introduces your brand, product, or services might be the key. Choose the “grow awareness” option.
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