What’s New with Instacart Advertising? with Juan Munoz - Episode 283

INTERVIEW WITH JUAN MUNOZ

DESCRIPTION

The episode features Kiri's conversation with Juan Munoz, a PPC Specialist at Acadia, where they discuss the recent changes on Instacart and what to look forward to in the future.

Make sure you tune in to find out more!

Before joining Acadia, Juan was a Sales Account Manager at Amazon, managing Key Accounts at the European level, focusing on the UK and Spanish marketplaces. 

In his free time, Juan enjoys researching new emerging e-commerce markets, and going on hikes with his dog named "Whopper".

Instacart is not a baby anymore.
— Juan Munoz

KEY TAKEAWAYS

In today’s episode, Kiri and Juan discuss:

What is Instacart and why should we be excited:

  • Instacart today offers self-service and managed ad services for more than 5,500 CPG brands.

  • IC built it right from the start

What did they introduce in 2022 - features

  • Juan’s personal experience with the changes

  • Change to CPC: $0.30 since January 10th

    • According to the Q3 2022 CPC report published by Pacvue, in Q3 2022 competitors like Amazon & Walmart had avg CPCs around $0.55-$1.17 and avg ROAS around 2.5 - 4X. Even the most heavily impacted accounts are predicted to still see lower than average CPCs and higher than average ROAS. 1.09 cpc, 4.8 roas

  • Streamlined ad creation process:

Promotions: Coupons, Stock up and save option:

Buy2, save 2: 46.8% of all shoppers used it – x2 sales!

  • Videos:

    • ROAS x15.87,,, ROAS x5.18

    • Video ad - both snacks

    • Both upper funnel and competitors. Placement and bidding are also important

  • Display:

    • ACOS of 21.5% ,,, ROAS X21

    • On-site only or network

What I want for Instacart in the future:

  • Negative Targeting

  • Pause KWs

  • Competitor targeting in Sponsored Display - Behavior Targeting

What has Juan changed his mind about:

  • A secondary type of platform

  • More budget? Yes

  • Reporting inside - Something to copy

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