# Experiment 5 (November 2020): Format, Tags, & Product Ads

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January 4, 2021

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DAn Pantelo](/content/authors/dan-pantelo/index.html)

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## Learn how to maximize the impact of your product ads with our fifth experiment. Find out what tags, formats, and strategies work best for you.

**_Does Creative Matter_** _: a series of experiments in which we run ads targeting marketers, telling the marketers that these ads are part of an experiment. The goal is to prove how small creative changes within your ads can have a large impact on performance._

In our November 2020 experiment, we wanted to challenge one of our ongoing winners (the Bottle) while also experimenting with new creative elements! This cycle ran for 7 days and collected 1,451 clicks.

## Outline

This experiment included the below variable groups and values. **‍**

- **Format**: Video vs Image
- **Product Bundles**: Bottle vs Bottle+Box vs Bundle
- **Tags**: White Bubble vs Green Tag vs None

## CTR Results

The **most impactful** creative component from this experiment was the **Video** format., with an avg. CTR of 6.19%. The next highest performing creative component was the Product by itself, beating out both the Bottle+Box and Bundle offering.

## Click Results

In terms of clicks, we see again that **Video** is the top performing element collecting 16.8% of our total clicks. **Image** was not far behind with 16.5% of total clicks, however the Image CTR was much worse than Video, meaning Image is less expensive to run (in CPM). The worst performing creative components in clicks (just like in CTR) were the **Bundle** product and the **Green Tag**.

After running five cycles and spending a little over $1,000, we have a total **average CTR** of 4.99%, and total **clicks** of 10,868. We've seen pretty steady performance across these experiments, so next month we'll need to try testing a wider variety of elements to try and beat our performance!