Introduction
The media in your video can be customized for your viewers according to the audience that they belong to. Using this method, you can display different media assets (images or video footage) to different audiences.
The following are use case examples for this type of personalization: | |
● | In a video promoting health plans, the image that is displayed in the opening scene is based on the plan that the viewer holds. In this example, audiences are segmented according to plan name. |
● | In an onboarding video for new employees, the video footage in one of the scenes is based on the department to which the employee belongs. In this example, audiences are segmented according to department. |
This type of personalization is implemented using data that is passed to SundaySky for each viewer. To use this method, you'll need to first set up your data library where you will create the data field that you will use to define the audience. Together with the data field, you'll also need to define the values that this data field can have.
See Managing the SundaySky Data Library to learn how to create data fields and values.
For example:
If you want to display different images based on the viewer's age,
you would create a data field called age group together with the possible values that this data field can have (Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, Boomer).
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Without the age group values, you will not be able to use the data field (in this example, age group) for configuring the images according to audience. |
Configuring the Media Content
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Open the relevant video in the Studio. |
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From the scene line-up, select the scene in which you want to configure the media content. |
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Double-click the media placeholder. |
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Toggle the switch to Message by audience. |
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Click the down arrow to open the Set message by drop-down list and then select the data field by which you want to segment your viewers. |
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Click the down arrow to open the Audience drop-down list and then select the relevant value. |
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Click the plus icon to upload the media asset that you want to display for the audience that you selected in the previous step. |
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Select a media asset for this audience from one of the media libraries. |
The thumbnail of the media asset is added. In the example below, the image of the family will be displayed in the scene to all viewers who hold a Select Care plan. |
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Click +Variation to define a media asset for another audience. |
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Repeat steps 6-8 to select the audience and upload the media asset. |
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(Optional) If you have additional audiences, add more variations as needed. |
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Upload the media asset that you want to display when the viewer does not belong to any of the audiences that you defined in the previous steps. To do this, click Media library in the When audience is not defined show section and upload the relevant media asset. |
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Click anywhere outside the media window to save the configurations. |
In the scene, the default media asset is displayed in the placeholder. An icon is added to the media placeholder to indicate that personalization has been added. |
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Notes
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You can create a variation using more than one audience. In such a case, the selected media asset will be displayed if the viewer belongs to any of the audiences included in the variation. In the example below, the same media asset will be displayed for either Select Care or Premiere Care planholders. |
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To delete a variation, click the X in the relevant variation section. |
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