Target Personalized Ads to people with high self-love : Research claims

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Professors from World Renowned Institutes have come together to develop a receptivity scale to find who should the companies target the personalized ads to. While many people are protective of their privacy and data, there is a group of people who would love to trade their personal data for personalized ads according to their preferences, claims the study – Receptivity to Personalized Digital Advertisements Scale Development and Validation: An Abstract published by Prof. Jatin Pandey, HOD – Analytics Faculty of IIM Indore on Research Gate.

The group of people identified as the target group in the study have one trait in common: high vanity. People who have high vanity are likely to have positive receptivity towards personalized ads.

What are personalized Ads?

Personalized ads are all about making your advertising experience unique and relevant. These ads use information gathered from your online behavior, such as web browsing and social media activity, to create a personalized experience that’s just for you. The goal is to show you ads that you’re more likely to be interested in, based on your interests, behaviors, and demographic information.

Whether it’s through display ads, email advertisements, or social media ads, personalized advertising aims to make your experience more enjoyable and engaging. By delivering advertisements that are more likely to resonate with you, the chances of you taking a desired action, like making a purchase or visiting a website, increase.

What the research says?

“This paper’s significant contribution lies in constructing and validating the RPDA (Receptivity to Personalized Ads) scale to measure consumers’ readiness to engage with personalized digital advertisements. Notwithstanding the increased popularity of personalization, there have been scales to measure the consumer acceptability of advertisements. However, no valid and comprehensive scale exists to measure consumers’ receptivity to personalized digital advertisements. With the advancement of digital media usage by consumers, it becomes crucial to advance the study of consumers’ perceptions of personalized digital advertisements. This advancement in literature is done through understanding consumers’ receptivity to personalized digital advertisements. It is possibly the first attempt to develop and validate an extensive scale to measure consumers’ receptivity to personalized digital advertisements to the best of our understanding.”

Conclusions of the research

The world of advertising has undergone a significant transformation with the rise of digital advertising. One of the most talked-about trends in this realm is personalized digital advertisements. In response to the growing demand for research on consumers’ receptivity to these types of advertisements, a study was conducted to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure this receptivity.

The results of the study revealed some fascinating insights into the world of personalized digital advertisements. Firstly, it was found that individuals with a tendency towards vanity tend to react positively to personalized advertisements. These consumers take pride in receiving unique and personalized ads from brands and are more likely to share these advertisements with others. This is an important finding as it highlights the role of vanity in driving consumer behavior towards personalized digital advertisements.

Another key finding from the study was the relationship between personalized digital advertisements and brand attachment. The results showed that personalized advertisements have the power to create strong emotional connections between consumers and brands. This connection not only helps to develop a long-term relationship but also makes the brand a part of the consumer’s self-identity. This highlights the significance of personalization in digital advertising and its impact on consumer behavior.

Finally, the study also proved the reliability and validity of the scale used to measure consumers’ receptivity to personalized digital advertisements. The similarity in results obtained from the study carried out in the UK and the initial research in the USA confirms that the scale can be applied to consumers from different countries and cultures to study their receptivity to personalized advertisements.

An interesting question that arises…

Is the reverse relationship also true? Meaning, people who have positive receptivity towards personalized ads, do they necessarily tend to be more inclined to vanity? In other words, is this study comprehensively finds the only best possible target group or there can be more factors that may be taken into account.

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