benchmarks report 2016
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BrightTALK’s 2016 Webinar Benchmarks ReportKEY INSIGHTS AND TRENDS DRIVING TOP WEBINAR PROGRAMMES
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Data overviewMethodology
Data collected from 3600 webinars and videos published on BrightTALK
From 65 asset managers
To 130,000 investment professional subscribers (45% US, 45% EMEA, 10% RoW)
Across UK Adviser & Wealth Manager, US Advisor & Wealth Manager, Institu-tional and European Investor communities
Surveyed 300 investment professionals2
2015 Webinar Benchmarks Report
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We polled our audienceResponder profiles
Analyst/Re-
searcher27%
Adviser52%
Portfo-lio Man-agers21%
Mostly Gen Y
Mostly Gen X
Mostly Gen X and progres-sively Gen Y
300 respondents
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Professionals seek out experts to solve their challenges
and improve performance.
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Top motivators driving research
Understand economic trends
Highlight potential investment opportunities
Provide market commentary and narrative
Researching marketplace and recommending most appropriate products and services for clients
Specialist understanding of certain products e.g. pension schemes, pension or investment advice, portfolio management
Continue Professional Development / Regulation
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What do your buyers want to hear about?
Progressive marketers are shedding its promotional voice in favor
of valuable conversations
‘What’s happening’
‘Introduction to’
‘How to’
Insights from your experts
Industry news
Fund info and updates
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Advisers27% weekly64% daily
Mostly Desktop at work, device for client meetings and at
home
Analysts.15% weekly79% daily
Mostly Desktop at work, device at home
Portfolio Man-agers54% weekly36% daily
Mostly Desktop at work, device at home
Videos and webinars are used throughout your buyers’ decision-making life cycle
Mobile consumption on BrightTALK up 500% in 2015 vs 2014
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Top performing content – Early Stage Content
Focus on solving their problems and
then incorporate your product
and messaging.
Top webcasts by live attendees Live
Estimating the True Cost of Retirement 625
Quarterly Market Insights Update with Stephanie Flanders 575
Investment Outlook 2016: Cutting through the noise 558
Live Q&A Discussion: Matthews Asia Analysis of Market Events in China 534
The Fed’s Decision: Interest Rates and Implications for Commercial Real Estate 524
Generating Tax Alpha with Effective Asset Location 457
J.P. Morgan Market Insights with Stephanie Flanders (Q1 2016) 453
2015 - What's been happening in the Markets? 379
Matthews Asia Webcast: The China Sell-Off: Implications and Opportunities 361
Top webcast by on-demand viewings On-demand
Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Investing Is Wrong 1,555
The Myth of the Most Efficient Market 696
Supertanker funds: Liquidity issues in shallow waters? 626
Global markets: What to expect in 2016? 515
Choosing the Factor: Not Which But When 513
Factor investing putting academic evidence into practice: How to implement it in 497
Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Risk 441
The Fed’s Decision: Interest Rates and Implications for Commercial Real Estate 432
Draghi’s QE is no magic wand. Who wins? 417
Average live attendance 92 Average on-demand 121
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48%of B2B videos are watched for longer than 30 minutes.
Source: Think with Google 36 minutes. average viewing time of a webinar.
Source: 2016 Webinar Benchmarks Report
Live events capture buyer’s attention
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Fund updates lower viewings but hyper targeted
Average total viewings 62
Fund Update examples Total viewingStrategic Bond Fund 93An Investment Case For Japanese Equities 68Opportunities in the US Equity Markets 65Monthly High Income Fund 65Global Dividend Maximiser and Global Equity Yield portfolios 64Absolute Return Government Bond Fund monthly update 63Optimal Income Fund update 62UK Equity Income Fund 62
Global Strategic Bond Fund Monthly Update 61Global Inflation Linked Bond Fund 61Global bond market update 59Short Duration Credit Fund webinar 57European Absolute Alpha Fund 55Global Strategic Bond Fund monthly update - August 2015 55European equities market outlook 55Multi Asset Allocator range 55European Alpha and Argonaut Pan European Alpha Fund Q1 Update 54Asian Equity Income Fund Webcast 49Large-Cap Value Strategy (Value Fund) Webinar 44Global Opportunities Bond Fund 43
57% watch live
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Top performing videos
Average viewing 81
Top videos Viewings
Schroders Live 324
Exploring for Opportunity in Volatile Energy Markets 287
Jim McDonald: Correction 263
Jim McDonald: Northern Trust's 2016 Outlook 237
Quick highlights: Which financial regulations should you be aware of in 2016? 235
Capital Group: A new perspective on global investing 215
Royal London Asset Management 2016 Outlook 202Volatile Global Markets: Invest in the dips & filter out the noise 200
Old Mutual Spectrum and Voyager Funds update 197
Market outlook - August 2015 174
2.3 minutes. average viewing time of a video.
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Email is still the top promotion method
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70% of our webinar registrations come from email invitations.“ — unbounce
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Target your audience earlier in the week
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday
2.20% 22.40%
20.90%
22.50%
19.60%
11.10% .90%
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Most attended time of day?
14:00 GMT
Wednesdays have the highest live
attendance rate.
24.3%
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Starting now emails have a 40% CTR
Starting now emails
Follow-up for registrants who missed
Pre-event reminders
Webinar re-scheduled/canceled/rerun
Registration confirmationsSource: BrightTALK
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Publish more content
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Registrants for every 100 shares
Series10
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
26
15
11
30
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The power of communities
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Leverage and target the investment community
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44% 46% 8% 2%
Region
NA EMEA APAC Other
Tap into BrightTALK’s rapidly growing Investment Communities - targeted audience to boost subscriptions and engagement time
52430
95123
134025
2013 2014 2015
Investment Audience Growth
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Promote content across our communities to drive organic subscriptions:• European Investors (13,000
subscribers)• Institutional Investors (11,300
subscribers)• US Financial Advisor (59,000
subscribers• US Wealth Manager (16,000
subscribers)• UK Financial Adviser (16,000
subscribers• UK Wealth Manager (9,800
subscribers)• My BrightTALK Weekly Email• Knowledge Feed• Banners Strategies include
• Sponsored Summits to reach to our US and UK/EMEA database
• Content Leads using recommendation emails and social promotion
• Keyword leads help identify the propensity to buy, switch or sell
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Top Trends Accelerating Pipeline Success
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Content formats and stage - examples
Film Team Meeting -
Capabilities
Video Blogs – 6 key issues facing
investors
Summits on BrightTALK
Fund update webinar
Fund intro and investment
case
Highlight important issues and opportunities for investors through social selling strategies
Awareness Consideration Purchase
Join the debate on asset class Summits to reach beyond your database
Insight into your thinking can demonstrate your capabilities
Record 6 video blogs from your offices – self shoot videos
Introduce the fund, strategy and objectives – evergreen content
Detailed update from fund managers on their funds – client service proposition and supports the research process
Short form Videos for social
strategy
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Strategic objective : blend your audience with hyper relevant
qualified subscribers
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