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Interviews

An Interview with Ben Kaplan, VP of Digital Ad Product Marketing at Meredith Corp

  Ben Kaplan has worked across publishers, brands, as well as agencies, enabling them to achieve additional reach, engagement and data-driven insights. Ben currently leads all of Meredith Digital’s ad product marketing and strategy. In addition, Ben also oversees custom ad product design as well as native, video, social and influencer operations.   In this interview, we cover: The biggest changes in the last decade, when it comes to buying/selling… Continue reading

Gustaf Stenlund
Gustaf Stenlund
September 20, 2018
Product Updates, This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 9/7

  Hey,   After an interlude for Labor Day – we’re back 🙂 And next week – we can expect a special Dmexco Edition.   We also have Ari from Nudge at the ANA on Data and Measurement. If you’re going to either let us know, have a drink on us.   This week Inbound/ContentMarketingWorld were on – meaning an influx of content about… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
September 14, 2018
This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 8/24

Our 200th Edition! ? Thanks ? to all subscribers – it’s a nice milestone. I pulled together some thoughts on the lessons learned, the highs, the lows, how our business has changed and my take on where the industry will be in another 200 editions. Please, if you enjoy do give it a share. Thanks in advance. Read it here. One big thing Ad supported Netflix is just around the corner – I’ve… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
August 24, 2018
This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 8/17

Are you going to DMEXCO next month? Let me know, maybe we do a This Week in Native get together. One big thing The ability to optimize most advertising. This MediaPost by Dave Morgan – is spot on. Subtly in the past couple of years, most forms of advertising are now optimizable. Not 100% but it’s a great thought. Will this finally shake ‘optimization as a service’ back to agencies? ALSO I loved the… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
August 17, 2018
This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 8/10

One big thing Amazon is on the front foot for consolidating their ad buying into one place. Mirroring Googles moves, this in a way, is a signal towards a more competitive marketplace. Usability, clicks to buy, insights and buying close together, all are things on the way. Notable stories this week [Must read, then read again] From Ted McConnell, what advertisers who represent $400b in ad spend want next. Mozilla… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
August 10, 2018
This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 8/3

One big thing For the past few years growing digital attention has been taken for granted, that’s starting to change. This week Facebook announced they are launching activity timers to help users manage how much time they are spending in FB + Instagram. Smart. Apple is doing the same on your phone. If you were to stop thinking about CPMs and think about Cost Per Second. With a defined amount of digital attention each… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
August 3, 2018
This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 7/27

One big thing This week started with stellar Google earnings, the surprise was that GDPR didn’t really effect it. But then Facebook followed and provided guidance on decelerating growth for Q3/Q4. GDPR was always going to favor Google / Facebook, the whole genesis of it, incentivized those who had big sites and the ability for server side processing. All it did is shift the identification from cookies (something the user… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
July 27, 2018
This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 7/20

Ben is off today, gettin’ jiggy wit it down in Miami… …so I’ve taken over for a special edition of This Week in Native Ads. Before we jump into it, wanted to share a clip of Ben (Nudge CEO/Founder) on Cheddar where he dropped knowledge on the measurement required for when Content becomes advertising. In addition, just in time to get done up for a Friday night on the town, our very own… Continue reading

Ari Levine
Ari Levine
July 20, 2018
Reports

Beauty Industry, Branded Content Report

  In this report, we examine: Key metrics & benchmarks, distribution insights, content formats, engagement on social, and overall best practices. Lastly we highlight some great work we’ve seen in market. While these aren’t campaigns we’ve measured, they align with our best practices and we hope you’ll find some inspiration in them.   Key Metrics The most valuable indicators of successful campaigns are Attention Minutes, Engagement, Avg. Scrolled and Earned… Continue reading

Gustaf Stenlund
Gustaf Stenlund
July 19, 2018
This Week in Native Ads

This Week in Native Ads 7/12

I was fortunate enough to catch the tail end of the ARF NATIVExSCIENCE event on Thursday, thanks for hosting me. The trend that I picked up on is that branded content, entertainment are the slipstream from traditional tv through to digital. It’s the natural path that advertisers can take. The traditional players of tv are coming in to the space and delivering high value quality executions. And the summer of acquisitions continues… Notable stories this week The Players’ Tribune… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
July 13, 2018