How New IP-Based ZIP+4 Geolocation Technology Gives Marketers a More Precise Target

Digital marketers are always looking for a competitive edge when it comes to segmenting and reaching their online audiences with relevant advertising, messages and special promotions. That “edge” typically comes from learning to leverage data to their advantage―and the deeper and more accurate that data the better.

Digital Element is addressing marketers’ needs for more data granularity with the introduction of Pulse Plus, the first IP-based ZIP+4 location targeting solution and the newest edition to its pioneering NetAcuity platform of products.

Pulse Plus combines the device-derived data of NetAcuity Pulse with Digital Element’s proprietary technology that produces reverse-geocoding data feeds. Available for flat-file implementation, Pulse Plus combines this new intelligence with geographic shape and boundary files to produce the next generation of ZIP code targeting within the United States. Additionally, the Pulse Plus ZIP+4 data can be combined with demographics to produce even more granular and precise targeting for marketers.

NetAcuity Pulse Plus is especially beneficial to marketers that want to target very specific audiences concentrated in more pinpointed locations within the United States. The following are just two examples of how different companies can apply this technology to enhance their digital marketing campaigns:

  • Restaurants may drive in more local diners by advertising specials to neighborhoods/businesses with ZIP codes within a 5-mile drive of the establishment.
  • Political campaigns can deliver specific advertising and messages to key constituents in local districts, for example where voter turn-out is low or where candidates want to gain grassroots momentum.

Learn more here about how your company can use this type of precision targeting.

What GPS Coordinates from Mobile Devices Really Mean to Marketers

When mobile users opt in to location-based services (in app) or share their locations (via the mobile web), the GPS-generated latitude/longitude coordinates are the only pieces of information returned. If you’re like most marketers, then getting data along the lines of Lat: 34° 6′ 6.2166” and Long: -84° 21′ 31.4568″ doesn’t hold much meaning unless you’re secretly harboring a second degree in cartography.

However, there is a wealth of information hidden behind those numbers and decimals that can be applied to targeted advertising, content localization, geographic rights management, fraud prevention, and more. GeoMprint is a new reverse geocoding solution that automatically converts those GPS coordinates from mobile devices into more expanded, understandable, and useful geolocation data for marketers.

Location-based services are exploding. In fact, 71 percent of consumers opt in to share their locations on their mobile devices. Offered as a web service, GeoMprint takes GPS-obtained latitude/longitude coordinates and converts that data into more useful geographic information such as ZIP/postcodes, cities, regions, etc. for businesses. This allows mobile users to automatically receive more localized content, messages, advertising and promotions. Since 76 percent of consumers who use location-sharing say it helps them receive more meaningful content, it’s a win-win for everyone.

When used in conjunction with NetAcuity solutions, companies can comprehensively target all business traffic, including fixed IP traffic (desktop and Wi-Fi) and non-fixed, IP-based mobile device traffic―all through one vendor.

Get more details here on how your company can reach connected consumers when it matters.