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This Week in Native Ads 02/19

Campaign of the Week: Scotch & Other Stories to Savor Source: Travel + Leisure Why we like it: This masterfully crafted custom feature in Travel + Leisure invites you into an alluring world of the finest single malts, with delightful facts and the stories behind them. Quote of the Week People come back because of the attachment that they have… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 18, 2016

What is Native Content Advertising?

Native content advertising is where you use native ad formats to distribute your content. Our post The Best Native Ads of 2015 has some great examples of best in class executions, further we have compiled a list of native advertising tools you can leverage. You might be wondering, how does native content complement my content marketing initiatives, native content is a great way to extend those efforts. It’s like the icing on the cake, it helps draw people in. You… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 18, 2016

Native Advertising Analytics

Native advertising analytics enables advertisers to see what impact their ad campaigns are having. There are specialist tools which focus on each part of the journey. Upper funnel tools help see how long the ad was in view, and the frequency and CTR. Then down funnel, looking at the post-click engagement, like scroll, attention and conversion rate. Nudge as a platform has specialized in this use case of distributed native content, you are either buying native content across multiple sites… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 18, 2016

The Power of Content Hubs in the Automotive Industry

Three different configurations to expose your content Some decisions are easier to make than others. Buying a new car can in particular be a hard decision and you might want to do a lot of research and comparisons between models, brands and prices before you decide. Nudge presents, in their research papers, how benchmarks for brands within the same industries can help companies get the most out of their next campaigns. Nudge also eases the process of measure and… Continue reading

Amanda-Anna-Caroline
Amanda-Anna-Caroline
February 17, 2016

How Content Marketing Hubs Win in the Alcohol Industry

What is a content marketing hub? A content marketing hub is an online destination, owned by brands, where the brands act like publishers. The content is in some way related to the brand and organized around a specific topic. Usually, the content comes from a combination of authors, is often non-promotional, and it can be more or less branded. A content hub can be published on the brand’s webpage or on a separate site. Nudge has created  research papers… Continue reading

Amanda-Anna-Caroline
Amanda-Anna-Caroline
February 12, 2016

This Week in Native Ads 02/12

Campaign of the Week: 11 Perfect Valentine’s Day Gifts For The Jet-Setting Couple Source: Bustle Why we like it: It’s February, the month when nothing seems to happen and you’re dreaming of warmer places and adventurous summer getaways. You scroll through your social feed and envy the couples that seem to have the perfect jet-set life, so why not create one on your… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 11, 2016

Three Platforms that allow Content Retargeting

Content retargeting is a new tool in the content marketers toolkit, recently I covered how to retarget your content and thought worthwhile to share which platforms allow you to retarget content. OutBrain recently announced with their platform you can. Utilizing their recommendation widgets to get more eyeballs on your content. RevContent also allows you to do this. Yahoo Gemini, also lets you leverage in-feed as well as recommendation units with their platform. Further, most… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 9, 2016

What is Content Retargeting?

You’re here to find out what is content retargeting Content retargeting is using retargeting advertising to show groups of content to people who have already read or engaged with your other content. It allows you to manage your content funnel a lot more effectively. For example: Someone reads your thought leadership piece. You then retarget a summary of your industry research. For those that read that research you retarget some of your latest case studies or customer interviews. The intention… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 5, 2016

This Week in Native Ads 02/05

Campaign of the Week: It’s Not Too Late to Host an Effortless Game Day Party Source: Serious Eats Why we like it: Hyped about the upcoming Super Bowl 50-Party? Want to make it perfect but afraid you don’t have the time? No worries, this sponsored piece on Serious Eats by Boxed has got you covered. It’s a Super Bowl guide including a checklist and… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 4, 2016

103 Native Advertising Tools to Explore in 2018

We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all the native advertising tools out there. This list is useful for agencies, brands and publishers. We’ve broken them down in to four categories. Content – Content Creation – Content Recommendation – Content Marketing & Amplification Platforms – Native Ad Platforms – Mobile Native Advertising – Native Ops – Native Video – Native Advertising DSPS – Native Content Publishers… Continue reading

Amanda-Anna-Caroline
Amanda-Anna-Caroline
January 28, 2016