Case Study

Connected Buses:
Smarter Analytics for
Optimised Advertising

The Challenge

How do you plan and optimise advertising assets on moving buses in a bustling city?

Industry: Transportation

Measurable Results

90%

Accuracy over 2-month period

Track

Advertising campaign performance

Real-time

Bus tracking across locations

90%

Accuracy over 2-month period

Track

Advertising campaign performance

Real-time

Bus tracking across locations

The Project

With hundreds of thousands of daily commuters, buses in busy Hong Kong are a strategic resource for brands and advertisers hoping to reach a captive audience across the city. Our project tracked bus patterns for a leading outdoor media group, leveraging technology to evaluate media asset performance. But how do you plan campaigns and optimise assets for maximum impact?

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Technology can help design and enhance outdoor advertising performance to maximise ad revenue while delivering targeted and memorable experiences for commuters.

What We Did

Tracking performance with Machine Learning camera, and advertising tags

Our solution deployed machine learning camera to track bus behaviour across the city. We also placed tags on advertising to help track the performance of an ongoing marketing campaign. An account on our Gaia cloud Platform provided real-time analytics and HD pictures. The combination of robust devices and timely data provided our client with the edge they needed to measure on their KPIs.

  • Bus counting at stations
  • Account on cloud-based platform with real-time analytics and HD pictures
  • Real-time campaign performance tracking

The Impact

Smarter analytics for optimised advertising and operations

Tech solutions offer a rich data sourceto inform and improve media spends, while engaging customers en-route. Beyond commercial benefits, these solutions also allow operators to track and plan system improvements geared towards traveller needs, with the opportunity to apply data and insights to dynamically manage advertising, operating schedules and staffing.

  • Consistent asset tracking
  • Measure client KPIs
  • Determine advertising exposure in real-time
  • Identify new sources of revenue