Creative

KPI Is The Key

• A mobile ad should have one main objective, which should inform and direct the creative execution.
• Determine your goal, then look at formats and functions that support it.
• Develop a clear call-to-action, and resist adding features that don't directly support that.

Content and Context

• Understand the user's context and display personalized content for a stronger impact.
• Use data inputs such as feeds to customize creativity so that it is relevant to your users.
• Leverage contextual signals for creative relevance

Do Something Different

• Make it funny, surprising, entertaining, or valuable.
• Compel the user into interacting or further action by leveraging mobile-only functions: swipe, shake, drag and drop, gyro motion, microphone.
• "Shake to discover" is much more compelling than "Tap Here."

Focus on Core Design Principles

• Use design hierarchy, composition, and typography to guide the user through the experience.
• Always Simplify. Present the most relevant parts of your story in a clear and focused way.
• Streamline the user experience.
• Make icons and buttons distinct and big enough to be readable and easily tapped.
• Any button should have an obvious CTA with a tappable ad element and a value proposition

Leverage Mobile Features

Interactions

• Swipe
• Shake
• Drag and Drop
• Wipe
• Voice Recognition*
• Camera*

Video Length Is Crucial

• 7-15 Seconds is the SWEET SPOT.
• 30 Seconds of Pre-Roll video is TOO LONG.
• The key is not just to make all videos shorter, but to make them more EFFECTIVE.
• Complement the context with a more concise message that gets the point across interesting yet concisely.

Use Vertical Video

• Create a video that fills the screen in a vertical aspect ratio.
• The phone's rotation horizontally to view a full-screen video interrupts the user's experience, especially if that experience was happening inside an app.
• If vertical video is unavailable or possible to create, utilize the branded video format, which places a standard video alongside branding and other ad elements.
• 94% of the time, users hold their phones vertically.
• 82% of mobile video inventory is vertical
• 9x higher completion rate than horizontal

InMobi Exchange has an award-winning Creative Services team that helps brands run high-impact mobile-first creatives to deliver best-in-class KPIs. Check out our creative gallery here and learn more about InMobi's creative services here. Reach out to your InMobi POC to learn more.