If you want to promote your services and products on the youtube platform then Google provides a video ads campaign for it. to see a full guide about Video ads here step by step.
Create a video campaign
Video ads are an exciting way to reach and engage your audience on YouTube and across the web. You can create and manage your campaigns in Google Ads, using the “Video” campaign type.
This article explains the steps you’ll need to follow to set up a video campaign and ad group.
Before you begin
Here are some things to keep in mind before you create video campaigns and ads:
- Ads and ad groups are created with the "Video" campaign type. Depending on the goal selected for your campaign, specific video ad formats and bidding strategies are available.
- To create a video ad, your videos must be hosted on YouTube.
- Reports for video campaigns and ad groups include metrics specific to video ads, including views, view rate, and earned actions, that aren't available in all Google Ads campaign management tools.
- If you want to run both in-stream and video discovery formats in the same video campaign, you will need to create multiple ad groups.
To create a video campaign with only one ad format, follow the first set of instructions below. To create a campaign with several ad formats, continue to the second set of instructions below to create an additional ad group.
To place ads on partner sites and apps on the Display Network, use TrueView in-stream ads or outstream ads.
- Each ad group can contain only one video ad format, either skippable in-stream, video discovery, non-skippable in-stream, bumper, or outstream.
- You can't use a portfolio bid strategy with a video campaign.
How to create a video campaign
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- In the page menu, click Campaigns.
- Click the plus button
, then select New campaign.
- Select from one of the following campaign goals:
- Leads
- Website traffic
- Product and brand consideration
- Brand awareness and reach
- Select the Video campaign type.
- Depending on your campaign goal, you may also need to select a campaign subtype. Eligible campaign subtypes include: skippable in-stream, bumper, non-skippable in-stream, outstream, or ad sequence.
- Enter a name for your campaign.
- In the “Bidding strategy” section, set your bid strategy. Learn more about setting a bid strategy
- In the “Budget and dates” section, set your budget type, the start and end date for the campaign, and the budget delivery method.
- For the budget type, select Daily (the average amount you’d like to spend each day) or Campaign (the total budget you’d like to spend for the duration of the campaign) and enter the amount you’d like to spend.
- For the budget delivery method, select Standard (to spend your budget evenly over time) or Accelerated (to spend your budget as quickly as possible). If you select Accelerated, your budget may run out early.
- Under “Networks,” select where you want your video campaign to appear. Provided your campaign is eligible, you can choose one or more of the following networks:
- YouTube search results: Ads can appear next to search results on YouTube. You can use video discovery ads only.
- YouTube videos: Ads can appear on YouTube videos, channel pages, and the YouTube homepage. You can use in‑stream and video discovery ads.
- Video partners on the Display Network: Ads can appear on Google Video Partner sites and apps.
- Select the languages and the locations you want your campaign to target.
- Choose your content exclusion settings to define where your campaign runs.
- (Optional) Click Additional settings to target specific devices, set a frequency cap, and set a schedule for the campaign.
- Enter a name for your ad group.
- Choose the demographics and audience types you want to reach.
- Choose the keywords, topics, and placements where you want your ad to show.
- If available, set your bid amount.
- In the “Create your video ad” section, search for a video you’ve uploaded, or enter the video URL from YouTube.
- If "ad sequence" is your campaign subtype, go to Create a video ad sequence campaign and skip the next steps.
- Choose an eligible video ad format. Depending on the goal you selected, you can choose: In-stream ad, Video discovery ad, Bumper ad, Non-skippable in-stream ad, or Outstream ad. You’ll see a message in Google Ads if a specific ad format is not eligible for the campaign.
- Enter the final URL, which is the landing page you want people to reach when they click your ad.
- Enter the display URL, which can be a shorter version of the final URL, or the same as the final URL.
- Enter a call-to-action, which should be compelling and direct people to the website specified in the final URL.
- Enter a headline, which will appear as the primary line of text that promotes your product or service.
- (Optional) Click Ad URL options (advanced) to add a tracking template, final URL suffix, or custom parameters to the final URL.
- Select either an image that's automatically generated from the videos in your YouTube channel (recommended) or an image that you manually upload as your companion banner. Companion banners appear on computers only.
- Enter a name for your ad.
- Click Save and continue.
How to create an ad group for an existing campaign
- Sign in to your Google Ads account.
- In the navigation panel, select Video campaigns.
- Select the campaign you’d like to edit.
- In the page menu, click Ad groups.
- Click the plus button
- Enter an ad group name.
- Set a bid amount.
- Edit the targeting methods you want to use for your ads. By default, your ads will show to all viewers.
- Next to “Your YouTube video,” choose a YouTube video.
- Next to “Video ad format” choose an ad format. An ad group can contain only one ad format.
- Enter the required information to create your ad. You can always save your ad group without creating an ad.
- Click Save ad group.
Using goals in video campaigns
Choosing a goal is a simple way to help you set up a successful video campaign.
When setting up your campaign, you can select from these goals:
- Leads
- Website traffic
- Brand awareness and reach
- Product and brand consideration
You can also select Create your campaign without a goal if you don’t have a goal in mind.
About campaign subtypes
Leads & Website traffic
The "Drive conversions" subtype helps drive clicks and relevant conversions on your website.
Brand awareness and reach
The "Skippable in-stream" subtype helps reach viewers on YouTube and across the web with skippable in-stream ads optimized for efficient impressions.
The "Non-Skippable in-stream" subtype helps you reach the customer with your entire message with non-skippable in-stream ads.
The “Bumper” subtype helps reach viewers on YouTube and across the web with bumper ads optimized for efficient impressions.
The "Outstream" subtype helps you to get more people interested in your brand with video ads designed to reach people on their phones and tablets.
The "Ad sequence" subtype helps you tell your product or brand story by showing people a series of videos in the order that you define.
Product and brand consideration
The "Influence consideration" subtype connects users with your brand through video ads designed to drive interactions and engagements.
The "Shopping" subtype allows you to promote relevant products alongside your video ads to encourage viewers to learn about your products and shop on your website (a Google Merchant Center account is required).
The "Ad sequence" subtype helps you tell your product or brand story by showing people a series of videos in the order that you define.
Video campaign goals and subtypes
Goal
|
Subtype
|
Networks
|
Ad formats
|
| Leads | Drive conversions |
YouTube videos, Video partners on the Display Network
| Skippable in-stream |
| Website traffic | Drive conversions | YouTube videos, Video partners on the Display Network | Skippable in-stream |
Product and brand consideration
| Influence consideration |
YouTube search, YouTube videos, Video partners on the Display Network
|
Skippable in-stream
Video discovery
|
Shopping
(requires a Google Merchant Center account)
|
YouTube videos
|
Skippable in-stream
| |
Ad sequence
|
YouTube videos
|
Skippable in-stream
Non-skippable in-stream Bumper | |
Brand awareness and reach
|
Skippable in-stream
|
YouTube videos, Video partners on the Display Network
|
Skippable In-stream
|
| Non-skippable in-stream | YouTube videos, Video partners on the Display Network | Non-skippable in-stream | |
| Bumper | YouTube videos, Video partners on the Display Network | Bumper | |
| Outstream | Video partners on the Display Network | Outstream | |
| Ad sequence | YouTube videos |
Skippable in-stream
Non-skippable in-stream
Bumper
| |
No goal
| Custom video campaign | YouTube search, YouTube videos, Video partners on the Display Network |
Skippable in-stream
Video discovery
Bumper
|
Ad sequence
|
YouTube videos
|
Skippable in-stream
Non-skippable in-stream
Bumper
|
Related links
- About TrueView video campaigns
- Create a TrueView for action campaign
- Create a TrueView for shopping campaign
Source: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375497
About video ad formats
In Google Ads, you can create compelling video campaigns with a range of video ad formats to engage customers in different ways on YouTube and across video partner sites. Available video ad formats include: skippable in-stream ads, non-skippable in-stream ads, video discovery ads, Outstream ads, bumper ads, and YouTube Masthead ads.
Note: Masthead ads are only available on a reservation basis through a Google sales representative. To learn more, see About reserved media placements on YouTube.
While video ad content must be hosted on YouTube, video ads can appear on YouTube and on video partner sites and apps across the Google Display Network, including on tablets and mobile devices (depending on your format and settings).
This article describes the benefits of video ads and compares the different video ad formats available. Explore the formats in detail below. You can also learn more about our policies and requirements.