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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).

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The Best Native Advertising Examples of 2021

Read on to see the best native ads of 2021. When people speak about native ads, they typically either talk about native content or native display. So, in an effort to avoid confusion, I want to make it clear that in this piece, we’re concentrating on content. Throughout, you’ll quickly notice that we use additional terms that are synonymous with native content, e.g. branded content, sponsored content, and custom content. Each week, we handpick exceptional content campaigns that we’ve… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
February 3, 2021
Branded Content

How much does sponsored content cost

The cost can range dramatically, up to $250k for a custom piece on The NY Times. However, the whole campaign could be much more. Another grouping would be around $25k – $75k. With the upper end getting you a piece on BuzzFeed. Then, trade magazines will be a bit lower with packages often $7.5k-$15k. Often with a lead generation or webinar opt-in attached. Working with influencers can then range again from as low as $50 and up. Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
January 17, 2020
Branded Content

How does sponsored content work

A brand approaches a publisher and asks them to sponsor their content. This could involve creating a new piece of content, sponsoring an existing section or the brand supplying content. The most effective way is to create the content in partnership with the publisher. Then the brand gets the benefit of delivering the story within the publishers environment, that context, and audience can easily engage in it. Further the partner can promote and distribute the content to their… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
January 17, 2020
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The Best Native Advertising Examples of 2020

It’s 2020, and now native is often also referred to as sponsored, custom, paid, and branded content. The native advertising campaigns featured in this article are the best promotional pieces of 2020. Each week, we handpick extraordinary content campaigns. These are then featured in This Week in Native Ads (if you’re not a subscriber, sign up here), which automatically gets you considered for the best ads of 2020. Submit your own work for consideration for 2020, here. (see… Continue reading

Gustaf Stenlund
Gustaf Stenlund
January 10, 2020
Branded Content

Guide to Branded Content

Branded content is content created for a brand by a third party, to live on their site. The key elements of branded content are: A third party hosting the content. Disclosure. Because this content has been made to fit the form and aesthetic of the third party, it also makes it endemic to, or native content to that platform. Other terms used for branded content are; sponsored content, influencer content, paid content, custom content and even native content. Often this… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
November 11, 2019
Reports

Traffic Quality in 2019, a Deep Dive into Sharethrough’s Native Advertising Performance

  Download the full report here.   Before you read the full report, the key findings were: 1. Sharethrough is a higher quality source than Recommendation units by 10.5 percent, and Native by 37.6 percent. 2. Sharethrough’s native ads outperform traditional display ads by 61 percent. 3. When comparing the difference in quality between Sharethrough’s mobile traffic to the Global mobile traffic standard, the result is a staggering 83 percent. 4. Social Media is… Continue reading

Gustaf Stenlund
Gustaf Stenlund
July 10, 2019
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The Best Native Advertising Examples of 2019

In this article, we spotlight the kings and queens of native advertising and branded content in 2019. Each week, we picked remarkable content campaigns to feature in This Week in Native Ads (sign up to the newsletter here). Being included in This Week in Native Ads automatically got you in consideration for the best ads of the year. See 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018. Submit your own work for consideration for 2020, here. (See 2020/… Continue reading

Jessica Toib
Jessica Toib
September 28, 2022
Branded Content

How Nudge Can Help Your Programmatic Buying

At Nudge we believe in content, and our platform was created out of a need to understand how content performs when it becomes advertising. Building a successful brand stems from the relationship brands develop with their consumers. Content that is rooted in meaningful storytelling meant to inspire, educate, and entertain is a great tool for nourishing that relationship. This is why finding the right audience is so important, a task that is rooted in distribution.  … Continue reading

Jessica Toib
Jessica Toib
January 7, 2019
Interviews

An Interview with Craig Aron, SVP of Strategic Business Development at Bidtellect

Craig Aron is a venture-backed Startup Operator and Business Development Executive with over fifteen years of digital experience in a variety of capacities, with a deep understanding of the digital advertising, media, and technology ecosystem.   Craig oversees Bidtellect’s strategic partnerships, supply/inventory partnerships, platform solutions, and general business development and GTM strategy.   In this interview, we cover: The biggest changes in the supply chain since Craig first started his… Continue reading

Gustaf Stenlund
Gustaf Stenlund
October 18, 2018
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