AI-Powered Digital Advertising Optimization Service "Cascade" Officially Launched, Reducing Monthly Ad Operation Hours from 1 Hour to 5 Minutes
Cascade Inc. has officially launched "Cascade," an AI-powered digital advertising optimization service. This service aims to dramatically reduce monthly ad operation hours from 1 hour to just 5 minutes, addressing the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in digital advertising.
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Cascade Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director CEO: Kazuki Miyauchi) has officially launched "Cascade," a digital advertising optimization service utilizing AI.
AI consistently supports budget allocation, keyword selection, creative generation, and report creation necessary for ad operations, providing an environment where ad operations, which previously required specialized knowledge and significant effort, can be achieved by in-house staff alone. In trials with D2C companies, daily ad operation tasks that took 1 hour were shortened to just 5 minutes. Furthermore, Cascade is supported by the prestigious U.S. startup accelerator "Techstars," accelerating its global business expansion.
## Why is Cascade needed now? — Three challenges faced by ad operation sites
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan face chronic challenges in digital advertising operations.
Challenge 1: Lack of in-house expertise and personnel, unable to execute measures independently.
Challenge 2: Data from various media platforms is dispersed, making cross-sectional analysis difficult to keep up with.
Challenge 3: Dependence on advertising agencies leads to soaring costs and slow implementation of measures.
Cascade solves all these problems using AI. In trials with D2C companies, daily ad operation tasks that took 1 hour were shortened to just 5 minutes.
## Six key features of Cascade
### 1. Cross-media budget allocation optimization
Manually allocating ad budgets is a significant burden for many managers. Even adjusting between campaigns within Google Ads alone is complex, but optimizing budgets across multiple platforms such as Google, Meta, Yahoo, TikTok, Apple Search Ads, and Amazon is practically impossible for humans to keep track of. Cascade's AI analyzes performance data from each platform in real-time and automatically proposes and executes "how much to allocate to which campaign on which platform." This maximizes ROAS by making the most of limited budgets.
## 2. Listing keyword optimization
Keyword selection is a highly specialized and time-consuming task in ad operations. With Cascade,
AI consistently supports budget allocation, keyword selection, creative generation, and report creation necessary for ad operations, providing an environment where ad operations, which previously required specialized knowledge and significant effort, can be achieved by in-house staff alone. In trials with D2C companies, daily ad operation tasks that took 1 hour were shortened to just 5 minutes. Furthermore, Cascade is supported by the prestigious U.S. startup accelerator "Techstars," accelerating its global business expansion.
## Why is Cascade needed now? — Three challenges faced by ad operation sites
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan face chronic challenges in digital advertising operations.
Challenge 1: Lack of in-house expertise and personnel, unable to execute measures independently.
Challenge 2: Data from various media platforms is dispersed, making cross-sectional analysis difficult to keep up with.
Challenge 3: Dependence on advertising agencies leads to soaring costs and slow implementation of measures.
Cascade solves all these problems using AI. In trials with D2C companies, daily ad operation tasks that took 1 hour were shortened to just 5 minutes.
## Six key features of Cascade
### 1. Cross-media budget allocation optimization
Manually allocating ad budgets is a significant burden for many managers. Even adjusting between campaigns within Google Ads alone is complex, but optimizing budgets across multiple platforms such as Google, Meta, Yahoo, TikTok, Apple Search Ads, and Amazon is practically impossible for humans to keep track of. Cascade's AI analyzes performance data from each platform in real-time and automatically proposes and executes "how much to allocate to which campaign on which platform." This maximizes ROAS by making the most of limited budgets.
## 2. Listing keyword optimization
Keyword selection is a highly specialized and time-consuming task in ad operations. With Cascade,