Overview
When Creating a Line Item, one of the most important steps involves applying targeting criteria to the line item. Targeting helps strategically place creatives aimed to deliver advertisements to specific audiences who are interested in the product or service being promoted. By leveraging certain data applied through targeting, Beeswax enables advertisers to optimize campaigns and allocate resources efficiently, ensuring advertisements deliver strategically and allocate resources efficiently.
Targeting Categories
App/Site
Inventory targeting is commonly used to optimize performance of your campaigns. In general, the best practice is to EXCLUDE target the inventory that is not performing well for you. Deal IDs are an exception to this general rule since Deal IDs are typically INCLUDE targeted.
Content
Content targeting is typically used to EXCLUDE particular content categories or content ratings. We do not recommend include targeting content categories or content ratings because these values are often not present from the exchanges.
Environment
This page describes the environment targeting keys and their respective recommendations.
Exchange
This page describes exchange targeting keys and their respective recommendation.
Geo
Beeswax augments the auction with geo data from a 3rd party data provider (MaxMind), so geographic data is almost always present for targeting.
Platform
Platform targeting is used to ensure you are targeting the desired device or platform, including device types and operating systems.
Time
Time targeting allows you to specify which hours in the week you would like to serve ads to your users. This can be very helpful when considering how effective ads can be depending on the brand serving ads and the time of day, for example:
- Breakfast/Brunch shops serving ads in the morning
- Bars and restaurants on Thursday and Friday evenings
- App installs ads are more effective in the evenings and at weekends.
Segments
This page details user targeting keys and recommendations for segment targeting. For information on how to properly filter and favorite while searching segments, see Segment Filtering and Favorites.
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Targeting Favorites
Targeting fields can be set as favorites to help reduce clutter and improve the efficiency of targeting adjustments. This feature allows users to focus on the most relevant fields, making it easier to navigate the UI and manage targeting settings.
How it Works
In the UI, each targeting field has a star ★ icon that can be selected, similar to checking a box. After selecting favorite fields, the “Show ★ and edited only” toggle at the bottom of the module list can be activated. When this toggle is turned on, only fields that are marked as favorites (☆ checked) or that already have values will be displayed. If a module contains no fields matching these criteria, it will be removed from the sidebar. The UI will retain the favorite settings on a per-user, per-account basis, ensuring consistency across different line items’ targeting tabs.
It is important to note that the favorites feature is specific to each user and each account. This means that when switching to a different account, the favorites settings from the previous account will not apply.
Favorites can only be set for entire categories within targeting tabs, such as “App Name” under “App/Site Targeting.” Individual targeting parameters within those categories cannot be favorited. While targeting favorites can streamline the UI, they are specific to the user and account. As a result, they are not applied across multiple accounts, and there is no option to set favorites as a default for all accounts. Additionally, the favorites feature is purely UI-based and has no impact on API usage or functionality.