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Bridging commentary on the art & science of content; content marketing, branded content, native advertising and the analytics, attribution and intelligence that powers it.
Campaign of the Week: The 30-Day Challenge That Will Transform Your Body Source: Refinery29 Why we like it: Three essential tips from AdWeek on paid content were: Make the product essential to the piece, include buy now options and make sure the content is useful to the consumer. This forward thinking piece of sponsored content did all of these.  Quote of the Week The… Continue reading
Earned Impressions are one of the most valuable metrics for optimizing your paid content campaigns, they are any impressions that arise from a social share. This metric can help you to pick top performing content for promotion that can help extend your campaign reach. However, what do you do if your content’s not bringing in high earned impressions? Earned Impressions – Tips & Tricks Note: If you’re agency or brand side, make sure that you’re reviewing the share copy when signing off… Continue reading
At Nudge we create research reports into Native content within all categories to find out which content styles and publishers perform the best. It’s a chance to see what others are doing within your category and take learnings for your next campaign. For reviewing all content we’ve used the Nudge diagnostic. This is a tool that can be found at giveitanudge.com to find shares, estimated earned impressions and estimated media value. If you’d like to suggest a category for review please drop me… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: Cocainenomics Source: Wall Street Journal Why we like it: This feature in the Wall Street Journal gives readers a deep dive into the world of cocaine economics and the life of Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The content, sponsored by Netflix, who recently launched their newest series about Pablo himself – Narcos – is a great combination of engaging text, video clips and and visuals that… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: Investing in the Future 200 Years in the Past Source: New York Times Why we like it: This content posted in The New York Times for Franklin Templeton Investments gives us an insight into Benjamin Franklin and his views upon money and the importance of investing in the future. This is a custom feature that takes the reader through text, visuals and photos. The content… Continue reading
When you start planning your first native content campaigns the formats that are available can seem a little new, especially when coming from a media buying background. To make things a little simpler we’ve placed a list below of the main content formats with definitions and examples. Next week we’ll look at how these formats work for both engagement and attention metrics. Definitions and Examples: Article: The most common form of native content. Normally follows the article layout of the… Continue reading
Each quarter Nudge looks into Native content within all categories to find out which content styles and publishers perform the best. It’s a chance to see what others are doing within your category and take learnings for your next campaign. For reviewing all content we’ve used the Nudge diagnostic. This is a tool that can be found at giveitanudge.com to find shares, estimated earned impressions and estimated media value. If you’d like to suggest a category for review please… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: This global tech company is changing the way people fly, drive, and watch sports Source: Business Insider Why we like it: This Panasonic presented Business Insider post is our campaign of the week due to several reasons; it’s a great connection between brand, publisher and content. It’s a straightforward approach to content that doesn’t rely on bells and whistles and lastly it shows all the… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: A Public Transformation Source: New York Magazine Why we like it: This is one of our favourite NY Mag sponsored pieces to date. It’s sponsored by TNT’s new cop-and-crime series Public Morals (set in the 1960’s). The connection to the content is made through imagery of how New York City’s culture has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. A brilliant example of how… Continue reading
In this weeks video we’ll look at Attention Metrics, what they are, how they help and why they’re essential for your native content campaigns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbrhDJ8GJN4&feature=youtu.be If you have any questions on this post please either place them in the comments below or email them through to [email protected]… Continue reading