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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
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
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
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
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
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
You might not know this, but a few months ago South Park decided to release a couple of episodes about the digital era of marketing, including pop-ups ads, sponsored content and native ads. The episodes got a lot of exposure and publishers such as Business Insider, Adweek and Techtimes wrote about it on their sites. Maybe, being aired in November 2015, they were just right in time considering what’s happening on the digital landscape right… 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
There’s a lot of sponsored content circling the web today, and here are some of my favorite examples of sponsored content and why I like them. For the latest visit The Best Native of 2021. See also Branded Content Examples. Mouth-watering reasons to visit Adelaide An article written with wit and compelling description invites you into this urban paradise Adelaide in southern Australia. Well-written… Continue reading