{"id":2885,"date":"2020-04-10T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2023-02-07T16:08:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:08:45","slug":"adbiblio-case-study-the-gravity-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/adbiblio-case-study-the-gravity-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"AdBiblio Case Study: The Gravity of Us from PRH Audio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to part two! Last week we shared how we helped find the perfect audience for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/adbiblio-case-study-my-name-is-lucy-barton-prh-audio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">My Name is Lucy Barton<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/adbiblio-case-study-my-name-is-lucy-barton-prh-audio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">!<\/a> This week, we\u2019re switching things over to the wonderful world of YA. Using our niche targeting, we helped PRH Audio reach parents of teens, LGBTQ readers and more for the audiobook <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Gravity of Us (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com\/book\/623945\/the-gravity-of-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gravity of Us<\/a><\/em> by Phil Stamper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe <em>The Gravity of Us<\/em> is Stamper\u2019s debut novel. Perfectly capturing the thrill of first love, the book follows two teen boys who strike up a romance when their parents&#8217; NASA mission uproots their lives. Bestselling author Becky Albertalli says \u201cPhil Stamper&#8217;s <em>The Gravity of Us<\/em> is the first love, first launch, astronaut story I didn&#8217;t know I needed. I&#8217;m so starry-eyed for this wise, romantic gem of a book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.44.33-AM-700x651.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2889\" width=\"508\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.44.33-AM-700x651.png 700w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.44.33-AM-240x223.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our base targeting included YA readers, parents of teens, and Librarians who are audiobook buyers and Audible listeners. On top of this, we layered in traits like those with a strong interest in teen lifestyle content, coming of age fiction readers, teen gift shoppers, and teen TV viewers. And since the book is a queer love story, we also included LGBTQ+ advocates, sites like <em>LGBTQ Reads <\/em>and<em> Out<\/em>, and keywords like <em>queer teen romance, LGBT YA, LGBT audiobooks, queer YA<\/em>, and <em>queer romance<\/em>. Comps included authors like Lauren Shippen, Adam Silvera, Bill Konigsberg, and Rainbow Rowell, as well as other relevant keywords like <em>audiobooks for teens<\/em> and <em>teen gift guide<\/em>, and sites like <em>Hello Giggles, Teen Vogue, POP Sugar, Seventeen, The CW, Freeform, Bookstacked<\/em>, and <em>Wattpad<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.42-AM-700x449.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2886\" width=\"611\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.42-AM-700x449.png 700w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.42-AM-240x154.png 240w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.42-AM-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.42-AM.png 982w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The campaign included our classic mix of native \/ banners and finished overall at a .19% CTR. The ads did particularly well with Librarians (.42%!!), frequent audiobook buyers (.33%), parents of teens (.32%), and tween gift shoppers (.23%). Keywords like <em>LGBT YA <\/em>and <em>queer teen romanc<\/em>e also played a big role in engagement (.29% CTR) and tablet outperformed all other devices, finishing at a .24% CTR vs .19% on mobile and .18% CTR on desktop. The ads especially resonated with audiobook fans on top-tier whitelisted sites like <em>NY Times, Bookstr, Goodreads <\/em>and <em>Buzzfeed<\/em>, finishing at a .21% CTR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.13-AM-700x450.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2887\" width=\"610\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.13-AM-700x450.png 700w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.13-AM-240x154.png 240w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.13-AM-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-09-at-11.40.13-AM.png 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to listen to an adorable YA love story, you can find <em>The Gravity of Us<\/em> audiobook<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com\/book\/623945\/the-gravity-of-us\/\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>. And if you\u2019ve got a campaign to launch, you know where to find me &#8212; marybeth@adbiblio.com. <br><br>Stay safe and healthy out there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to part two! Last week we shared how we helped find the perfect audience for My Name is Lucy Barton! This week, we\u2019re switching things over to the wonderful world of YA. 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