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Audio and podcasts for business

Audio and podcasts are a powerful channel for promoting your brand, ensuring high engagement and reach. Yandex Music provides access to millions of tracks and podcasts with an audience of 24 million subscribers, maintaining accurate targeting. VK Music, integrated into the VKontakte ecosystem, allows you to launch audio ads through playlists and radio. With 675 million users, Spotify offers flexible audio advertising and accurate interest targeting.
Аудио и подкасты для бизнеса

PodFM and other podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts attract a niche audience. Online radio networks (audio platforms), including Vesti FM and Radio Record, provide wide coverage through radio advertising. How to launch audio ads? Use the platforms' advertising cabinets to customize your campaigns based on your goals.

Promotion on Yandex Music

HOW TO CHOOSE AN ADVERTISING PLATFORM

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Promotion on Yandex Music

Yandex Music is a Russian streaming service from Yandex that provides you with access to millions of music tracks, podcasts, audiobooks, and personalized recommendations. As of the beginning of 2025, the monthly audience of the Yandex Plus subscription service is 24 million users, which makes the platform one of the most popular in Russia. Yandex Music is ideal for promoting your brand thanks to targeted advertising integrated into music content and the capabilities of the Yandex ecosystem to reach a wide audience.

How to launch audio ads in Yandex Music

Registration on the platform and internal promotion

Create an account on Yandex Music and use the built-in tools for promotion, such as branded playlists or podcasts available through the platform interface.

Yandex Direct

Set up an advertising campaign through Yandex. Direct, integrating audio, video, or banner ads, with the ability to target by genre, demography, and geography.

Yandex Business

Use the Yandex Business platform for automated ad setup, which allows you to quickly launch campaigns with minimal effort, including integration with other Yandex services.

Communication with the PR and Marketing department

Contact the Yandex Music PR and marketing team directly to create custom special projects or integrations, such as branded podcasts or exclusive campaigns.

The "Impulse" tool

Use the Momentum tool to promote music releases available to artists with an audience of 5,000 listeners or more, with automatic targeting via neural networks.

How to set up advertising in Yandex Music

Audio advertising in Yandex Music is an effective way of promotion that allows you to reach an audience of 24 million users with a Yandex Plus subscription. The format is accompanied by text ads, graphics, videos or banners with links, and 98.5% of the videos are listened to to the end, as the pass is available only to subscribers. Audio advertising helps to increase your brand awareness, increase website traffic, and attract targeted audience segments by targeting genres, socio-demographic characteristics, and geography. To launch a campaign, set up advertising via Yandex Direct or Yandex Business, or contact the PR department to create unique special projects that ensure maximum engagement.

Yandex Music Advertising Opportunities

Branded playlist

Create a playlist with your brand that integrates into user recommendations, reinforcing associations with your company through popular tracks or themed collections.

Branded Player

Integrating your brand into the design of the Yandex Music player displayed during listening increases visibility and memorability among millions of users.

Branded collections and podcasts

Place ads in thematic collections or create branded podcasts that seamlessly integrate into the content and attract the target audience.

Interactive banners

Banners with interactive elements and links are displayed in the application or on the website, directing users to your website or promo pages to increase conversions.

Built-in audio ads

Audio clips played between tracks ensure high listening capacity (98.5%) and effectively convey your message to the audience.

Video Ads

Videos integrated into the Yandex Music interface attract attention with visual content and allow you to demonstrate the product in a dynamic format.

Special projects

Custom integrations, such as branded podcasts or exclusive campaigns with artists, create a unique user experience, enhancing the emotional connection with your brand.

Promotion on VK Music

VK Music is a Russian VK streaming service integrated into the VKontakte social network and available as a separate application offering you millions of tracks, podcasts, radio and personalized playlists based on smart recommendations. In 2025, the service is attracting a huge audience, providing a powerful platform for promoting your brand through targeted audio and video ads integrated into music content, with the ability to reach active VKontakte users.

VK Music advertising Campaign

Creating a campaign

In the "Campaigns" section, click "Create", select the "Recognition and reach" tab and the "Audio Advertising" format for promotion in VK Music.

Specifying a link

Insert a link to the advertised site to direct users to your page or product.

Choosing a target action

The audio advertising format is focused on impressions that are paid for according to the CPM model (per 1000 listens), which ensures maximum reach of your audience.

Budget optimization

Enable budget optimization so that the algorithm automatically distributes funds between ads, giving priority to the most effective ones to increase targeted actions.

Betting strategy

Choose a strategy: "Maximum Impressions" for wide coverage, "Marginal Cost" for cost optimization, or "Fixed Rate" for accurate cost forecasting.

Setting up an Ad Group

Set dates, budget, targeting (regions, gender, age, interests, keywords), and placement locations. We recommend using the "Automatic Placement selection" for maximum coverage.

Creating an ad

Upload an image (1000×1000 px) and an audio clip (15-30 seconds) or create it using the voice assistant Marusya, specifying the text, accents, background music and advertiser data.

7 POPULAR MYTHS ABOUT ADVERTISING PLATFORMS

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«I’ve launched an advertisement, and you can forget about it forever»

Reality: Advertising campaigns require constant monitoring and optimization for effective results.

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«The more clicks, the better the result»

Reality: in fact, it‘s not the number of clicks that matters, but their quality transitions should lead to targeted actions.

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«You can advertise on any page of the website»

Reality: not all landing pages are suitable for advertising they must be convenient and informative, otherwise visitors leave without conversions.

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«Fast results are guaranteed immediately after launch»

Reality: there are delays test campaigns and market analysis are necessary for a proper start.

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«Adding more keywords means more customers»

The reality is that poorly chosen keys can reduce efficiency and lead to budget overruns.

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«Advertising agencies are just wasting the client‘s money»

Reality: Good agencies help increase sales and ROI by turning advertising into an investment.

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«Contextual advertising requires huge budgets»

Reality: effective advertising is also possible with small investments, with proper setup and management.

The price of audio ads in VK Music

The price of audio ads in VK Music depends on the target audience and geography, with payment based on the CPM model (per 1000 listens). The average bid is 60-80 rubles per 1,000 impressions, the minimum is 50 rubles, and the maximum is 1,000 rubles. The minimum daily budget is 100 rubles, and the total campaign budget is at least 500 rubles. The cost of creating a video varies from 500 rubles for a simple voiceover on freelance exchanges to several thousand for a music video with vocals. To optimize, start with the minimum bid and increase it based on impression statistics to effectively manage the campaign.

Requirements for audio advertising in VK Music

Technical parameters

The length of the video is 15-30 seconds (a multiple of 5 seconds), the size is up to 10 MB, codecs: AAC, MP3, Vorbis. The sound must be studio-quality, with professional voice acting to meet user expectations.

Image Quality

The image for the ad must be 1000×1000 px in size, clear and relevant in order to attract attention and enhance the effect of audio advertising.

Prohibited topics

Alcohol, smoking, weapons, psychotropic substances, casinos or gambling cannot be advertised. The full list of restrictions is available in the VKontakte help.

Limitations in the audio video

Harsh or frightening sounds (except for movie trailers), incorrect comparisons with competitors, loud background music that drowns out the message, profanity, and direct mention of the user's age or name are prohibited.

Content quality

Audio ads should be professionally recorded so as not to cause negativity among listeners. Use clear text, appropriate music, and accents to make the message memorable and effective.

Promotion on Spotify

Spotify is a global streaming service that gives you access to millions of music tracks, podcasts, and audiobooks from thousands of authors around the world. The service offers free access to basic features and a paid Spotify Premium subscription for advanced features, including offline listening and personalized recommendations. As of 2025, Spotify has 675 million monthly active users and 263 million paid subscribers, showing significant growth compared to 2024. This makes the platform ideal for promoting your brand through targeted advertising.

Spotify advertising: the structure of campaigns

Choose the type of campaign: musical (for example, to promote an artist) or non-musical (to increase brand awareness), setting general promotion goals.
Set up the placement, format, budget, schedule, and targeting. You can see the forecast of coverage, frequency of impressions, and budget fulfillment by creating one or more ad groups.
Upload audio or video recreations or create them in Ad Studio. Audio ads last up to 30 seconds, include an image (at least 640×640 px, JPEG/PNG) and a call to action, such as «Learn more.»
Videos up to 30 seconds long, up to 500 MB in size, in MOV or MP4 format, with HD resolution (720×1280 for portrait or 1280×720 for landscape), must contain audio and one URL.
Ad Studio allows you to create ads from scratch by uploading a script, selecting background music and voice, which simplifies the process without the need for professional recording.

WHAT DOES THE STATISTICS SAY?

Yandex is the leader in the popularity of ad platforms.Direct holds about 35% of advertising budgets, which is 4 times more than its closest competitor in Russia. The next most popular are VKontakte, Avito, Telegram and specialized aggregators.

Most of the traffic and investments come from Internet services and social networks, where audience reach is highest. Video ads show an increase of 23%, audio ads — by 22%.

In recent years, more than 80% of entrepreneurs and companies have used online advertising for promotion, considering it the most effective and accessible channel for attracting customers.

The popularity of advertising on marketplaces (for example, Wildberries, Ozon) is growing, which stimulates the growth of investments in these sites to 40-60% in 2025.

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Why should you use Spotify Ads?

Spotify Ads provides you with unique promotional opportunities thanks to its wide reach (675 million users), accurate targeting by location, age, gender, and music preferences, as well as creative audio and video advertising formats. The platform is cost-effective compared to traditional channels, allowing you to optimize your budget through flexible targeting settings. With Spotify Ad Studio, you can easily create and launch campaigns, enhancing brand awareness and attracting your target audience.

How to create an advertising campaign on Spotify

Create an account in Spotify Ad Studio

Register by providing information about yourself and your business to access the dashboard for creating campaigns.

Select the campaign type

Determine the goal: a music campaign (artist promotion) or a non-musical one (brand awareness), setting the basis for further settings.

Set up a budget and schedule

Set the campaign budget, spending limits, and impression schedule to control the cost and period of ad activity.

Set the targeting

Select your target audience by gender, age, geography, music preferences, and other parameters to reach the right users.

Create creatives

Upload an audio or video clip (up to 30 seconds) or use Ad Studio tools to create an ad by adding an image and a call to action.

Check out the preview

Check out how your ad will look on different devices to make sure it is displayed correctly before launching.

Launch and monitor the campaign

Publish the ad (approval takes up to 48 hours) and use Spotify Ad Analytics to monitor real-time performance, compare campaigns, and optimize.

Promotion on PodFM

PodFM is a Russian platform for listening and publishing podcasts, offering you access to a variety of audio content, including educational, entertainment and professional programs, with the ability to download your own episodes. In addition PodFM, a popular podcast platforms such as Yandex Music, VK Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, etc. They provide millions of podcasts on various topics, from business to culture, reaching an audience of tens to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. These services allow you to listen to content online or offline, receive personalized recommendations, and, for businesses, effectively promote your brand through targeted advertising and integration.

Why do we need ads on podcast platforms?

High audience engagement

Podcast listeners are often focused on the content, which makes podcast ads (for example, the host mentions your product) more memorable and effective than on other platforms.

Accurate targeting

Platforms such as Spotify or Yandex Music allow you to customize ads based on interests, age, geography, and music preferences, ensuring that your target audience is reached.

Trust through the presenters

The integration of advertising into podcasts, when the presenter personally recommends your product, inspires confidence among listeners, as it is perceived as friendly advice, not intrusive advertising.

The growing popularity of podcasts

With an audience in the tens of millions (like Spotify's 675 million users), podcasts are becoming a popular media outlet, giving you access to a fast-growing market.

Low advertising load

Unlike video or TV ads, podcasts usually contain fewer advertising inserts (for example, 2-4 minutes per episode), which reduces listener irritation and increases the perception of your brand.

Flexible advertising formats

You can use audio ads (pre-rolls, mid-rolls), sponsored integrations, branded episodes, or podcasts, adapting the format to your goals and budget.

Measurable results

Platforms like Spotify Ad Studio or Yandex Direct provide analytics on reach, listenings, and clicks, allowing you to track campaign performance and optimize it in real time.

Radio advertising for business

Online radio networks are digital platforms that provide you with access to streaming radio stations over the Internet, allowing you to listen to music, news, talk shows and podcasts in real time or in recording on devices such as smartphones, computers and Smart TVs. Popular stations in Russia include Vesti FM (news and analytics), Radio Record (electronic music), Russian Wave (pop music), as well as Europa Plus, Avtoradio, Radio ENERGY and Dorozhnoe Radio. These platforms attract millions of listeners, offering you unique brand promotion opportunities through audio advertising, sponsorship integrations, and targeting.

Advantages of advertising in online radio networks

Online radio stations such as Vesti FM, Radio Record and Russian Wave attract millions of listeners of different ages and interests, allowing you to reach a diverse audience across Russia.
Online radio platforms use data about listeners (geography, age, music preferences), which allows you to fine-tune your ads to your target audience, increasing their effectiveness.
Radio listeners are often focused on content, especially during long trips or work, which makes audio ads (such as jingles or mentions of presenters) memorable and compelling.
You can use audio ads, sponsorship integrations, branded shows or contests, adapting the format to your brand and goals, whether it’s recognition or sales.
Compared to traditional radio or TV, online radio offers lower rates per impression (for example, according to the CPM model), which makes advertising accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.

Audio and podcasts — platforms for promotion

Audio and podcasts are a powerful channel for promoting your brand, ensuring high engagement and reach. Yandex Music provides access to millions of tracks and podcasts with an audience of 24 million subscribers, maintaining accurate targeting. VK Music, integrated into the VKontakte ecosystem, allows you to launch audio ads through playlists and radio. With 675 million users, Spotify offers flexible audio advertising and accurate interest targeting. PodFM and other podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts attract a niche audience. Online radio networks (audio platforms), including Vesti FM and Radio Record, provide wide coverage through radio advertising. How do I launch audio ads? Contact ABS Marketing — we will take over all the tasks and help you achieve maximum results!

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