WebMD Ignite Launches Enhanced Programmatic Advertising Solution for Zero-Waste, Data-Driven Audience Targeting

Ignite Programmatic provides precise targeting and maximized campaign efficiency through comprehensive first-party insights, modeled audiences, proprietary tools and premium partnerships

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WebMD Ignite, a leading full-service growth partner for organizations in the healthcare industry, today announced Ignite Programmatic, a suite of advertising capabilities designed to deliver zero-waste campaigns for healthcare marketers. Ignite Programmatic harnesses vast proprietary intent data, including healthcare content engagement insights from some of the most visited health-related websites, alongside a set of tools to reach audiences with precision throughout their healthcare journey, driving higher engagement, improved outcomes and maximum ROI.

Even though many are operating on tight budgets, healthcare organizations spend tens of billions of dollars annually on digital advertising. However, reaching the right healthcare audiences with the right attributes or care needs is a significant challenge that can lead to a lot of wasteful spending. Ignite Programmatic addresses these challenges by using pseudonymous first-party data insights through advanced audience modeling, demand-side platforms (DSP), and premium publisher and marketplace partnerships. These data sources enable Ignite Programmatic to reach more than 98% of U.S. health-focused consumers and 3.2 million healthcare professionals, providing the greatest visibility into health audience behaviors and insights. Together, this helps healthcare marketers efficiently target high-quality consumer and professional audiences across any channel or device.

The Ignite Programmatic launch also includes a first-of-its-kind brand awareness audience model, Ignite High Value Care Seeker, which predicts individuals likely to be high healthcare spenders within the next 18 months, using pseudonymous demographic and geographic data drawn from billions of deidentified patient encounters and claims data. This allows for broad, but high-value targeting that improves campaign outcomes by reducing waste. Additionally, WebMD Ignite continues to leverage unique propensity models that indicate a consumer's likelihood to have an interest in certain health matters. Consumers targeted through Ignite Programmatic are more likely to have an interest in a given health matter compared to a geo-targeting demographic audience in the same market, reducing audience waste by 25%.

As the healthcare industry's most comprehensive and efficient programmatic advertising offering, Ignite Programmatic gives healthcare marketers:

• Zero-waste campaigns: Ignite Programmatic targets high-quality healthcare audiences, reducing unnecessary spending and improving ad efficiency.
• Audience precision: Powered by exclusive pseudonymized first-party data insights and aggregated client-provided data, it delivers precise targeting for consumers and healthcare professionals.
• Transparency & high-quality media: Partnering with premium publishers, it ensures brand-safe ad placements with full transparency.
• Global reach: Ignite reaches audiences worldwide with auto-optimized targeting across devices and channels.
• Full managed services: End-to-end campaign management enhances marketing outcomes and aligns with specific objectives.

"Programmatic advertising allows healthcare organizations to move beyond traditional methods and use data to find the right audiences with a relevant interest in a given health matter, ensuring no resources are wasted. We've developed highly specialized audience products that leverage WebMD Ignite's exclusive assets, designed specifically to help healthcare marketers connect with both high-value consumers and healthcare professionals," said Ann Bilyew, EVP, Health and President, Healthcare Solutions Group at WebMD Ignite. "By integrating these advanced audience segments directly into client media plans, we're able to deliver more precise targeting and reduce wasted ad spend. With Ignite Programmatic, our client partners benefit from customized solutions that improve campaign effectiveness, align with key performance indicators, and ultimately deliver better health outcomes while maximizing ROI."

About WebMD Ignite
WebMD Ignite, a division of WebMD and Internet Brands, is the growth partner for healthcare organizations. We guide people to better health at all stages of their journey, from Discovery to Recovery. Our comprehensive experience and unprecedented reach generate measurable results within the industry. By applying data and analytics at scale, we engage individuals with timely, relevant messaging that optimizes experiences and outcomes, driving loyalty and lifetime value for our clients. Learn more at WebMDIgnite.com. 

About WebMD Health Corp.
WebMD, an Internet Brands company, is at the heart of the digital health revolution that is transforming the healthcare experience for consumers, patients, health care professionals, employers, health plans, and health systems. Through public and private online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications, WebMD delivers leading-edge content and digital services that enable and improve decision-making, support and motivate health actions, streamline and simplify the health care journey, and improve patient care. 

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