SoCast Reach Sales Enablement: Uploading Creative

SoCast Reach Sales Enablement: Uploading Creative

This process is usually done by the sales person.
As you create your campaign, you'll need to upload creative. Below are the suggested sizes and specifications. A proposal / campaign cannot be submitted without creative.

Leaderboard

  1. Dimensions: 728px by 90px
  2. Web Format: JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, HTML file containing the ad unit

Big Box

  1. Dimensions: 300px by 250px
  2. Web Format: JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, HTML file containing the ad unit

Mobile Banner

  1. Dimensions: 320 x 50px
  2. Web Format: JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, HTML file containing the ad unit

Skyscraper

  1. Dimensions: 160px by 600px
  2. Web Format: JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, HTML file containing the ad unit

Facebook/Instagram Specs

  1. 1200x628px (Facebook News Feed Placement)
  2. 1080x1080px (Instagram/Facebook Placements)
  3. 1080x1920 (Instagram/Facebook Stories & Reels)
  4. Video Format: MP4, JPEGS, GIFS, PNG's
  5. Companion Copy (A few sentences + call to action + website or phone number that accompanies the ad)

LinkedIn Specs

  1. 1200x628px
  2. 1200x1200px
  3. 628x1200px 
  4. File Type: JPEG or PNG

YouTube Specs

  1. 426 x 240 (240p)
  2. 640 x 360 (360p)
  3. 854 x 480 (480p)
  4. 1280 x 720 (720p)
  5. 1920 x 1080 (1080p)
  6. 2560 x 1440 (1440p)
  7. 3840 x 2160 (2160p) 
  8. Aspect ratio is 16:9 (auto adds pillarboxing if 4:3).
  9. Max file size is 128GB or 12 hours, whichever is less

YouTube TrueView Skippable Ads

YouTube videos and video partner sites and apps on the display network
  1. Companion: 300 pixels by 60 pixels
  2. File type: jpg, static .gif or .png
  3. 300 pixels by 250 pixels video wall will show on YouTube if no companion ad is provided
  4. Maximum file size: 1KB

Video Ad Settings

  1. File format: AVI, ASF, Quicktime, Windows Media, MP4 or MPEG
    1. Preferred video codec: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4
    2. Preferred audio codec: MP3 or AAC
  2. Resolution: 640 pixels by 360 pixels or 480 pixels by 360 pixels recommended
  3. Frame rate: 30 FPS
  4. Aspect ratio: native aspect ratio without letter-boxing (examples: 4:3, 16:9)
  5. Maximum file size: 1GB
  6. Length: 12 seconds to 3 minutes
  7. Skippable video ads allow viewers to skip ads after 5 seconds and move on to their viewing selection.

Connected TV / OTT Specs

  1.  We recommend a minimum resolution of 1280x720 
  2. With a duration of 15-30 seconds or shorter
  3. In an MP4 video format.

Programmatic Audio Specs

  1. 15-30 Second Audio Files (MP3, WAV)
  2. + 300 x 250 Companion banner


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