Campaigns of the Week: Discover the Hidden Beauty of New York with Paul Jung Source: Design Milk Why we like it: In this piece of content brought to you by Range Rover and Design Milk, New York based photographer Paul Jing takes you on a trip around his favorite city. Showing angles and views sometimes hidden from the untrained eye. The piece is presented as both a video and an article,… Continue reading
I was reviewing a bunch of Nudge campaigns this morning – and wanted to share three quick things that can be done to improve. Headlines Headlines Headlines Headlines need to be punchy, that doesn’t mean short but a bit more direct in what the user is going to get. Content Length Don’t be afraid to make the content longer, not beefing it up with fluff but just sharing more of the story. There is a strong correlation between increased content length… Continue reading
Campaigns of the Week: The Ultimate Guide to Cognac Source: Thrillist Why we like it: Cocktail recipes, history and cognac 101 – this sponsored article brings you everything you need to know about this french-originated brandy. This piece is featured in Thrillist and presented by cognac brand Rémy Martin. It’s smartly divided into three different sections with click-through links for further readings. It includes beautiful imagery and… Continue reading
They key to identifying sponsored content, is looking for the disclosure. Under FTC guidelines, sponsored content has to be obviously disclosed and identified by a reasonable person. That means any reasonable person should be able to spot sponsored content. Things you can look for: In the header, you are looking for a logo or a paid for by. Pre-click, on a feed, near the headline should be a brand logo. A disclosure,… Continue reading
What is the definition of native content? Definition: A piece of content that has been commissioned or paid to be placed on an external website with the view that the content fits and the form and function of where it exists. Sponsored content is a term often used for native content How does it relate to native advertising? Native content is a type of native advertising. The criteria making it native is that: It is designed to fit in with the publisher… Continue reading
What is the difference between programmatic and native advertising? Programmatic advertising is the buying of advertising through online software. Native advertising, is simply a new form of digital advertising. Some of the placements are non-programmatic, whilst the industry has been building the infrastructure, however the goal of all native is to be programmatic. So, there is no difference, programmatic is a way to buy ads, and native is a kind of advertising. And that’s what people refer to when they… Continue reading
The big question, what is the difference between native advertising and banner ads? Native advertising is an evolution of the banner ad, as the internet has changed to feeds of information and news, ads to get attention have had to change. i.e. think about how Facebook organizes stories for you. This has changed how we browse the internet, we tend to go to a destination, then open lots of links from there. On the measurement side this has meant metrics… Continue reading
How do you tell the difference between native advertising and branded content? Branded content is where content is developed by the brand, for distribution. Sometimes it is created by an influencer, who shares it with their networks, or shares it on the brands owned networks. i.e. a DJ creates a track for your company and shares it via SoundCloud. Native advertising, is where that content is promoted on other websites, or prominently within the site it is shared on. Think… Continue reading
Content Marketing is a strategy, to develop content, that engages customers to deliver on marketing objectives. Typically this is content hosted on own sites and social network profiles. Native advertising, is a promotion tactic, used within content marketing. This is either ads designed to blend into the website they are on, to promote content on the brands website. Or the content is hosted within the website they are being promoted on. Where it gets confusing, is that often, content marketing… Continue reading
We use SumoMe to build our email list and encourage white paper downloads throughout the Nudge site. Their product suite is great, for helping convert people from your content. Nudge’s attribution pixel, works inside SumoMe, simply create a conversion in your Nudge dashboard. Take that pixel and drop it in your Scroll Box, or Welcome Matt under ‘Tracking Pixels’ like such: Then, you can track which content drives conversion through the panel. i.e. I can see this post… Continue reading