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4/22/20
Agenda
Key Milestones
Appendix
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Media Trends During COVID-19
User Behavior Trends During COVID-19
• Credit Card search volume • From March until 4/13- users were • News ad spend increased +52%,
declined -11% MoM , compared focused on the current state- looking travel ad spend declined -65%,
to Checking Account (-14% MoM) for financial content related to what’s personal finance remained
currently happening in their lives, also unchanged 2
• Travel rewards cards have planning recipes and indoor activities
dropped steeply with for kids • Ad Spend by advertiser category
implementation of travel changed- decreases in travel and
restrictions -35% MoM • As of 4/14- users are pivoting to sports, while news, hobbies and
thinking about the future, saving ideas Interests and technology
• Cash back cards declined 25% for ‘future homes,’ summer travel increased spend 2
MoM ideas and seeking out financial tips on
ways to save • According to a report by IAS, 28%
• Larger uptick seen with “0 APR” o Future family +110% WoW of surveyed users do not want to
cards +22% monthly searches o Saving for a house +6% WoW see an ad adjacent to COVID-19
MoM o 1.3x search for summer travel content within the
ideas WoW Banking/Finance/Insurance
Vertical 3
1. Microsoft Internal, search volume index based on query category, 2020, index is calculated by exact number over monthly average, comparing Feb 2020 to March 2020
2. Pubmatic, pre global impact (3/1-3/4) versus post impact (3/15-3/18) 4
3. IAS (Integral Ad Science), COVID-19 Ad Adjacency A Consumer Study, March 2020
Paid Search Daily Accounts Trended With Major COVID- 19 Events
in March
Italy lock down
80
WHO announces pandemic NY shelter in place
10
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Overall Paid Media Performance Recap
Paid Media March Key Milestones Paid Search
Social
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3/1 3/17 3/19 3/24 3/31
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3/3 3/11 3/18