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This Week in Native Ads 11/2

One big thing No one big thing this week — it’s the turn in the quarter where the rush is on pre thanksgiving. At least that’s what I’m telling myself? Enjoy this weeks edition. Notable stories this week NBCU makes cutbacks laying off 50 in their ad sales team. Programmatic’s legacy pricing structure penalize premium. ^ Related, media companies scramble to meet annual goals. LinkedIn integrates… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
November 2, 2018

This Week in Native Ads 10/26

One big thing It’s been earnings week, so a lot of noise around Amazon vs Google, Snap, Twitter. Oath being flat. The narrative has shifted ever so slightly, from taking tv budget, to budget from each other. Especially on Amazon vs Google. Data and privacy has put everyone under the limelight. The real question is, of the bunch,… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
October 26, 2018
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This Week in Native Ads 10/19

This week I spoke at AdTech Connect on where content meets advertising, how to make smart decisions from your data and shared our NZ to NY story. I’d love to speak at more events, let me know any you’d recommend. One big thing Consolidation in branded content is coming. From Lauren over at BI, I agree with this. Those that are slick are getting the lions share, then if they have a portfolio they… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
October 19, 2018

This Week in Native Ads 10/12

This week, we here at Nudge celebrated surpassing 3.2 billion impressions in 2018. A big thanks to all of those that helped us get there! Notable stories this week How fraudsters are hiding as real DSPs. An enlightening read. And the FBI seeks help in a media-buying probe. How the BBC ties memory to branded content effectiveness. The… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
October 12, 2018

This Week in Native Ads 10/5

Thanks to Mel for taking over last week, if you missed it here’s a link. Back in action, AdWeek is on here in NY – so panels a plenty. One big thing A decentralized web – Tim Berners-Lee wants it to come back the other way from where central platforms hold your data. To where everyone keeps a wallet of their private date. If you squint – it’s an… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
October 5, 2018
OTT Ad Impression Measurement
OTT Ad Impression Measurement

This Week in Native Ads 9/28

Hey friends! Melanie Deziel here, Founder of StoryFuel and the Brand Storyteller Society. Ben is off this week, so I’ve jumped in, in his stead, to deliver this week’s edition of This Week in Native Ads! Notable stories this week Guess it’s time to add “biometric data” to our list of content campaign KPIs: The Telegraph is now measuring branded content with biological response data. While it… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
September 28, 2018
dmexco
dmexco

This Week in Native Ads 9/21

One big thing I saw another post from DigiDay, marketers upset at lack of transparency. It’s worth calling out – transparency is an option, if you want it, go get a partner that will deliver it. Dmexco thoughts Dmexco was a bit sweet and sour. That is, I love catching up with peers and meeting new folks in the industry. But it’s largely just one side of the industry so feels tone deaf. There isn’t… Continue reading

Ben Young
Ben Young
September 21, 2018

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
Netflix, an ad supported platform
Netflix, an ad supported platform

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
Supreme, New York Post
Supreme, New York Post

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