Découvrez comment une agence nationale de tourisme a utilisé la technologie interactive de KERV pour cibler ses utilisateurs de manière plus ciblée

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Défi

Cette agence nationale de tourisme souhaitait susciter l'intérêt de son public grâce à une narration interactive et cibler ses audiences de manière plus ciblée. 

 

Solution

KERV et une agence nationale de tourisme se sont associés pour créer une campagne interactive phare et mettre en place un reciblage séquentiel des utilisateurs actifs. 

  • 6 agences de marketing direct (DMA) différentes, chacune avec un budget et un public cible distincts

 

Résultats

Cette campagne a permis de mieux faire connaître la marque et d'attirer davantage de clients au sein de son public cible, renforçant ainsi son message stratégique. 

  • Taux de clics (CTR) du reciblage séquentiel : 210 % (supérieur à la référence)
  • Taux d'interaction de 2,81 %
  • 26,8 s de temps passé avec l'actif

 

 

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Jake Williams
VP, Brand & Agency Partnerships

Jake Williams is the VP of Brand and Agency Partnerships at KERV.ai. He joined KERV in 2021 as one of the inaugural members of the Brand and Agency Partnerships team. Since then, he has successfully expanded the team of partnership leads and now manages the East Coast portfolio. 

Before joining KERV, Jake held a role at GumGum, where he led partnerships with PHD Media. His career began at Digitas, where he worked on the American Express account. Outside of work, Jake has an adorable dog named Luna—after whom one of our conference rooms is named. Fun fact: Jake is a triplet!

Mark Corte
VP, Brand & Agency Partnerships

Mark Corte is the VP of Brand & Agency Partnerships for the Midwest and West regions at KERV.ai. He leads a team focused on growing KERV’s AI-powered video solutions by showing advertisers how turning their standard video and static creative into interactive, shoppable experiences drives higher engagement, deeper interaction, and higher sales conversions. 

Mark has 20+ years of experience developing and executing sales strategies across existing and emerging media platforms. He has built strong relationships with decision-makers and representatives of Fortune 500 brands, as well as leaders in corporate innovation and transformation—relationships rooted from his experience at The Trade Desk, Warner Bros. Discovery, and The Weather Channel. His previous experiences paved his path to a career in streaming and linear video across sports, news and entertainment, as well as OLV, display, programmatic, and data-driven audience-buying solutions. Mark has built trust with his clients and team by prioritizing clear, transparent, and direct communication, and by exemplifying agility, grit, and grace under stress.

Mark lives with his wife and three teenage boys, who have him busy as an unpaid rideshare driver across great Los Angeles. He’s a native Chicagoan—still a fan of all Chicago sports teams, (sans the Cubs)—and an alum of the University of Iowa.

Rich Kentopp
VP, Product Management

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With over a decade of experience scaling startups across the health tech, social impact, and ad tech industries, Rich brings a blend of strategic thinking, team-building, and user-centered approach to his work. His leadership is grounded in empathy and clarity—skills shaped by both his pastoral background and formal theological training.

Rich holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary. His time in ministry continues to influence his approach as a technology leader: mission-driven, collaborative, and people-first.

Devin Monds
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He relishes the opportunity to engage with new clients on a daily basis, in order to identify tailored solutions that can drive their desired outcomes. Furthermore, he takes pride in his culinary skills, often experimenting with new recipes and delivering delectable results.






    Brad Quinn
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    David Knight
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    Before joining KERV in 2018, David Knight spent over 31 years building software products for large corporations like IBM and Schlumberger, 3-person “garage” startups and everything in between. He’s spent the last 15 years discovering and refining the tools, development process, and necessary culture that create great Engineering teams capable of meeting the special demands of technology driven startups.

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    Before joining KERV, Daniel has had a long career in digital advertising. He began his career working for NBC Universal in 2006, and after moving to Austin, he continued his career by continuing to work with TV publishers on VAST and VPAID ads. In 2014 he began to work in the programmatic ad space. 

    Daniel has a Bachelor’s of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design.

    Creed Pettit
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    Karen Germ
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    Ryan Schoenfeld
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    Prior to joining KERV, Ryan started his career at a small, local, media-buying agency that was later acquired by LIN Media before undergoing two more acquisitions into Nexstar Broadcasting. During this time, he expanded into management and leadership roles focusing on media buying and programmatic strategy before ultimately joining KERV to lead operational strategy with a focus on media planning and programmatic buying.

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    Prior to KERV, Bill spent 10 years at Nexstar (Previously Lin Digital and Red McCombs Media). Bill’s intrinsic creativity and exposure to so many specialties within the Media landscape has allowed him to grow into the role he feels he was meant for: leading Creative Strategy and Design.

    Grant Gorton
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    Max Ochoa
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    Taylor Pate
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    Jay Wolff
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    Dan Bienenfeld
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    “We, each, have tremendous potential and the abilities to level‑up if we choose to understand how to get the support we need to get us there. Helping talent thrive and helping them create success is my reason for doing what I do.”

    Marika Roque
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    Marika holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising from The University of Texas at Austin, where she was also a Division I collegiate athlete. Hook ’em.