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    AdStage

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe AdStage Platform is a self-serve cross-network online advertising platform with full management and analytics for campaigns across search, social, display, and mobile ad networks like Google AdWords, Bing, Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn Ads. It's an all-in-one marketing platform, complete with a suite of first- and third-party apps built on the AdStage API, for advertisers of all sizes.N/A

    X Ads

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AFormerly Twitter Ads, X Ads is a search engine marketing tool built around features such as objective-based campaigns, promoted trends, and in-depth analytics.N/A
    Pricing
    AdStageX Ads
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    AdStageX Ads
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AdStageX Ads
    Considered Both Products
    AdStage
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    AdStageX Ads
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AdStage and X Ads
    Feature
    AdStage
    6.5
    3 Ratings
    12% below category average
    X Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AdStage and X Ads
    Feature
    AdStage
    7.2
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    X Ads
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    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AdStage and X Ads
    Feature
    AdStage
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    12% above category average
    X Ads
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    Ad dashboards9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    Adobe Advertising Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AdStageX Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (36 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    AdStageX Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AdStage
    AdStage is great if you're an agency or an in-house marketer managing a lot of ad budget, a lot of campaigns, or a large number of clients and you want to get the day-to-day tasks cleared to focus on higher-brain-stem tasks. Bid and budget management are replaced by rules. Holiday sales are replaced with flighting. All of your team members can log in, access their accounts, set up their reports and have them send to clients without having to lift a finger.
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    I highly recommend Twitter Ads for users looking to establish a strong online presence on the platform and the digital sphere. While a little on the expensive side, the payoff, in the long run, is quite remarkable especially that Twitter Ads will show your content to all the followers gained (while other platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, use algorithms that might place your daily content lower or won't even show them to your fans)..
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    Pros
    AdStage
    • Easily pulling together API access for multiple channels into one area for in-depth reporting
    • Automation. They helped a bunch with features that LinkedIn didn't have.
    • The team. They were always super responsive and on the ball with any questions or concerns we had. The customer service was great.
    • General reporting and tieing data together.
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    • Twitter Ads, just like every form of internet ads, enable us to target users based on their geographical location. This has been very vital for occasions when we are trying to raise awareness about new products specifically tailored for customers and clients from a particular location.
    • Twitter Ads is significantly more cost effective than traditional adverts we run on mainstream TV stations and newspapers, especially since most of our campaigns majorly target the younger generation. Of this group, we are aware that the younger generation in South Africa spend more time on the internet than they ever do sitting behind their TV set or even reading newspapers.
    • Twitter Ads makes it possible to engage live with Twitter users as they view our ad campaigns. This allows us to clarify information , respond to questions and even qualify leads while our campaign is running. This obviously is not possible with traditional mediums of advertisement.
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    Cons
    AdStage
    • More reporting options
    • More export options
    • Saved templates per user or oganization
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    • Limitation of characters to only 140.
    • While the targeting of Twitter is relevant most of the time, it is not always right and there are some ads that are completely unrelated to the search terms entered.
    • Not as many users as Facebook.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    AdStage
    AdStage has been great and the only reason we wouldn't renew is if we decided to build this all out internally for API access. But, customer services is great, the product is great and I'd definitely recommend it.
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    Twitter ads are not the best way for people to promote things because they do not pop out enough on people's feeds.
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    Usability
    AdStage
    No answers on this topic
    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    The tool is ok to use, and ads are becoming more skippable on Twitter, so we are unsure as a company if it's still a good channel for direct response messaging. It does not perform as efficiently as other social platforms for lower funnel marketing. It does well for awareness campaigns that are set and forget, but optimizing for DR is not as efficient when you are trying to manage the ads on the client side.
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    Support Rating
    AdStage
    AdStage had great support. They got back to me quickly every time, they always had or found an answer for what I was looking for, they took my feedback well, and they were knowledgeable with the platform and any issues I had. I have worked with a lot of other companies that are slow and AdStage definitely isn't one of them.
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
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    Alternatives Considered
    AdStage
    AdStage has by far the best UI and custom functionality of any of the platforms we demoed
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    Facebook Ads, Adwords, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Instagram, Youtube all have ad channels you can use to advertise your product. Some are even tied together. Twitter occupies a part of the market which can be difficult to get right. Mostly, we select other channels for better targeting, cheaper leads, and a better fit for the campaigns we were trying to run. However, there are scenarios in which using Twitter Ads can get you big wins.
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    Return on Investment
    AdStage
    • In terms of hours saved, it's hard to pin down, but we definitely spend more time on the meaningful, strategic, or artistic tasks now than we used to.
    • AdStage is also a great tool to roll out during the sales process because our clients love to hear that we're making decisions automatically with data and automation rather than just hiring more junior people to push buttons.
    • During black Friday this year our team all setup campaigns to flight, meaning they weren't sitting around the turkey with their laptops out. That's an ROI in company culture that's hard to measure, but extremely valuable.
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    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    • One Positive Impact has been that having ads running has increased the number of followers we have on Twitter.
    • Another positive impact is that due to having more followers, we now have more visits to our site.
    • A mixed impact would be that positively, since we have Adwords implemented as well, we can track back the source of our website traffic to being from a social source like Twitter. The negative of it is that Twitter ads does not have the tracking capability and we still need Google Adwords to do so.
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