¿Cómo dices, #3: Control de calidad o no QC?

Doug Conely sobre por qué el control de calidad de los anuncios en video debe ser más relevante en las agendas de los comerciantes digitales

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En publicidad y mercadotecnia, el control de calidad tiende a ser algo que solo notamos cuando ya ha salido terriblemente mal. 

En la televisión, esto generalmente ha significado que los problemas se detectan y se resuelven eficazmente. Esto se debe a que los problemas que surgen tienden a ser bastante impactantes y perceptibles; por ejemplo, los términos y condiciones se vuelven ilegibles porque se usó un archivo de video de resolución SD donde se suponía que debía usarse un archivo HD. 

Sin embargo, cuando se trata del entorno en línea, no es tan fácil identificar dónde están ocurriendo los errores. Hay problemas, particularmente con anuncios digitales, donde la rápida evolución de los dispositivos y las velocidades de conexión en manos de los consumidores ha dejado la cadena de suministro de anuncios de video en línea en un gran desorden. 

Quizás no deberíamos sorprendernos. Desde hace años, el enfoque de las agencias de medios digitales ha estado en la audiencia a la que se dirige un anuncio, el precio y el resultado. Lo que eso significa es que el control de calidad sufre debido a la falta de atención, y estamos viendo errores surgir con más frecuencia. 

Estoy hablando de problemas como:

Niveles de sonido. En un evento de IAB Tech Labs en diciembre de 2018 en Nueva York, la queja más común entre la inteligencia adtech reunida fue la falta de estándares de nivel de audio. Esto significa que un anuncio podría comenzar a reproducirse y ser demasiado silencioso, o incluso peor, demasiado fuerte para el contenido. A nadie le gusta un video que de repente empieza a sonar fuerte en una pestaña que habían olvidado que dejaron abierta. Aún peor cuando transmite a un gran televisor, donde eso simplemente no sucede en contenido transmitido. 

Anuncios interrumpiendo eventos en vivo. Hablando de precisión de cuadros, si tienes un anuncio que va a un espacio de 30 segundos pero está fuera por un par de cuadros, eso puede ser muy molesto para el consumidor. Nadie quiere que un evento en vivo, especialmente uno deportivo donde hay mucho en juego, sea interrumpido por un anuncio. 

Transcodificación casera. Es muy común escuchar historias sobre equipos de cuentas de medios no capacitados usando herramientas de baja calidad y gratuitas para intentar poner los archivos en el formato correcto sin el conocimiento profundo y la experiencia necesaria para hacer el trabajo correctamente. Sorprendentemente, este enfoque desordenado regularmente lleva a errores de control de calidad que son tan evitables, si sabes lo que debes buscar. 

Problemas de color. Lo que se ve increíble y claro en la pantalla de 40 pulgadas de tu suite de edición no necesariamente se traduce a la enorme variedad de dispositivos que las personas tienen en sus hogares y bolsillos. Esto es más evidente cuando se trata de problemas de color, donde lo que el anunciante pretende y lo que las personas ven pueden ser muy diferentes. 

Estos problemas que parecen pequeños pueden sumarse y afectar las campañas de maneras que son difíciles de predecir. Un ejemplo divertido de Japón, es cuánto se apuesta sobre el color que debe tener el arroz cuando se anuncia. En el oeste de Japón, necesitas darle al blanco un matiz ligeramente más rojo y cálido. Si estás en el este de Japón, debes mostrar un cambio de color azul al blanco porque es más frío. Así que si haces ese pequeño cambio de color incorrectamente, todo lo que tu investigación de preferencia del consumidor te ha dicho sobre lo que los consumidores prefieren ver ya no funciona. Puede ser tan sutil como eso, pero a lo largo de miles de campañas y millones de consumidores, este tipo de errores pueden convertirse en un gran problema. 

En el pasado, la publicidad digital ha podido ignorar estos problemas. Pero hoy, cuando el contenido transmitido se reproduce en televisores enormes y las pantallas de nuestros teléfonos son mejores que las de nuestras computadoras portátiles hace cinco años, se ha convertido en un gran problema. Mientras esperamos que la estandarización mejorada entre en vigor, los mercadólogos necesitan asegurarse de que se mantenga la calidad en su cadena de suministro de video desde la suite de edición hasta la pantalla del consumidor. 

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