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).
Each week in our newsletter we share the latest info we find. This post collates those for the year. In Australia, 81% of influencers posts may be in breach of advertising rules. Consumers exposed to ads longer than 15 seconds are 23% more likely to purchase the advertised product, compared to 14% for shorter ads. The majority of Americans (55%) say they trust news from podcasts as much as the news they get from other sources. Continue reading
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. Get Spam by Oatly. Great example of consumer goods brand living and bringing their… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
In executing branded content initiatives, here are some best practices to consider: 1) The brand should be integral to the content. If you took the brand away, the content wouldn’t make sense. This is a strong pillar to achieve. 2) Trust your partners. Your partners who are often creating the content, are the people who create content day in day out for the audience. Trust them and give them creative room, to deliver on your objectives. 3) Set tight… Continue reading
Here are some of the data points supporting the growth of branded content. Consumers are significantly more likely to understand why they’re shown native ads compared to ads on Facebook (57% vs 52%). – MarTech Advisor (August 7, 2019) This understanding extends to trust with 22% of consumers trusting native ads versus 17% trusting Facebook ads. 28% of consumers have clicked on native content in the past six months. Native Discoveries are considered educational, interesting, and relevant. [Via Sharethrough Study]… Continue reading
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. What makes a content hub good? It represents the brand well, speaks to the customer effectively and has good content. Good content defined by content, that serves the customer and the brands objectives. So it’s a win/win. This is a hard balance to juggle. Let us know which you liked the best 👇… Continue reading
This post dives into answering the question- how do you deliver branded content at scale? And maintain quality? Measurement plays a key role in enabling this to happen. This is a question brand publishing teams and content studios at publishers often ask. As they seek to grow the impact of their branded content efforts, whilst maintaining the quality that customers expect from their brand. Some folks, aim to build the content out quickly, then go back and iterate and bring… Continue reading
