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All of our branded content, native advertising and paid, custom, sponsored content content.

Notable content includes How branded content drives business outcomes, The Best Native of 2021 (and the six years prior 20,19,18,17,16,15).

Branded Content

Surprising things I learned about branded content campaigns

I thought I’d put together a few notes on things that surprised me, when running branded content campaigns. Little learnings or tidbits which may be helpful. Brand disclosures and calls to action make a piece of content more effective. They don’t ruin a good piece of content, if you think they’ve made a good piece of content bad it probably wasn’t that good to begin with. Guaranteed reach with external distribution is usually some cheap traffic, which you probably don’t… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
October 17, 2023
Best of, Branded Content

Best Content Hubs Examples of 2023

Each year since 2015 we have posted examples of the best branded content & native advertising executions. Within these are some of the best content hubs. If you have a content hub, and you’d like to improve it. You could start with analytics. Imagine there was an analytics platform catered to the art & science of content, that’s Nudge. We source these examples in our newsletter each week, subscribe to get them. What makes a content hub… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
September 13, 2023
Branded Content

Branded Content Statistics 2023

Each week in our newsletter we share the latest info we find. This post collates those for the year. 86% of consumers say they’re open to paying for content produced by brands. 63% of respondents said they would be open to paying for TV, video, and film content produced by brands. 53% said they would consider paying for live event content. 43% of consumers trust brand content more when it’s created by professional journalists, and… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
September 13, 2023
Branded Content

Best Branded Content & Native Advertising Examples of 2023

We’ve been highlighting the best branded content since 2015. Find more inspirational pieces from previous years here: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015. What you are seeing, are the select pieces we feature in our weekly newsletter. Subscribing to that is the easiest way to keep on top of the best work. To measure the success of your branded content & native advertising, try Nudge.  … Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
September 13, 2023
Branded Content, Native Advertising

Measuring sponsored content

Sponsored content plays a vital role in the media mix. But often requires nuance in measuring it, determining its success and ROI to the campaign. To measure sponsored content, requires specialist analytics, like Nudge. Using tracking code, embedded in the content. Then enables real time analytics on the performance of the sponsored content. Example of a sponsored content dashboard collecting data & insights.   Getting access to the data in real time means advertisers can adjust media mix… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
August 25, 2023
Analytics, Branded Content

Measuring custom content

Custom content is by definition custom and hard to put into a regular bucket. Yet it provides a vital role in any advertising campaign. The custom parts can be the home, or the hub, or help fill gaps in the media plan. To measure custom content, requires specialist analytics, like Nudge. Using tracking code, embedded in the content. Then enables real time analytics on the performance of the custom content. Example of a custom content dashboard collecting data &… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
August 25, 2023
Branded Content

Branded Content vs Content Marketing

The difference is that content marketing doesn’t have to have the brand present in the content. Branded content typically needs the brand present for it to exist. Branded content is defined as, content that is made for the express purpose of promoting a brand. If you took the brand out, the content couldn’t exist. Content marketing as, content created to educate, entertain or inform a brands potential and existing customers. The brand may or may not be essential in that… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
March 29, 2023
Analytics

How to measure Branded Content success

Measuring the success of branded content is not as hard you may think. I like to try boil it down to three things. How many people did I reach What was the quality of that reach? What did they do next? Our approach at Nudge, is to help simplify your job, we help you identify the best content with content measurement, then get more eyeballs on that content through insights. It’s content measurement and analytics in a box. Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
March 4, 2023
Best of, Branded Content

Best Branded Content & Native Advertising Examples of 2022

This isn’t our first rodeo – we’ve been highlighting the best branded content for years. Find more inspirational pieces from previous editions here: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015. You might also be interested in our piece on measuring the success of your branded content. What you are seeing, are the select pieces we feature in our weekly newsletter. Subscribing to that is the easiest way to keep on top of… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
December 12, 2022
Native Advertising

Guide to Native Advertising

Advertising that is designed to fit in with the environment in which it is served is native advertising. Ads that fit in. Rather than trying to put a round peg in a square hole, the ads are catered to where they are displayed. If you are new to native advertising, here are some articles we’d recommend: Best Branded Content & Native Advertising Examples of 2022 Glossary of native advertising terms How to Win at Native Advertising Before… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
November 4, 2022