We’ve seen the GDPR roll out continue, more on that below, I think the smartest play I’ve seen is Axel Springer and their new tech. We hosted our latest content dinner last night, talking on programmatic audio – what opportunities it opens up, the confluence of content marketing and branded content, and what native means in all of this. Thanks to all who came along, hope to catch you at the next one. Notable stories this week New York Media,… Continue reading
GDPR edition! We all survived? I’ll spin up VPN today and have a browse. I attended the Silicon Alley Golf tournament yesterday, met some great people, thanks to Darren Herman and team for putting on a good show. They have an upcoming tennis event in July so keep an eye out. I also attended the IAB Content/Native Summit call this week and the DigiDay Plus event. All round, there appears to be confidence of calmer waters in 2019. Notable stories this week… Continue reading
Gustaf is presently in Sweden, reminding me how great summer is. Hmmm I’m seeing a lot more rain than sun this week. This week is relatively quiet on the news front, which is a nice change from the last few weeks – so I’ll do it justice and keep it short. Notable stories this week Hearst announces Hearst Data Studio, an internal 20 person team that gives advertisers additional… Continue reading
I’ve been lapping up the sun the last week here in New York. We see Samsung beginning to sell ads direct AND this post by Joe Lazauskas, around media companies copying marketers and marketers are copying media companies. Everyone is competing for attention, so it makes sense that everyone becomes a media company. What is curious is the trend, of everyone opening a studio to provide service/content around their tech driven ads OR companies selling their own ads. Continue reading
Given I missed a couple of weeks, this is a bigger edition, I’ve worked to make it as impactful as possible. This week in conversations, the balance between technology & service has come up a bit, our industry is often the first disrupted by technology – and everyone is feeling it. This is the new world, how can technology companies work with their service partners more effectively? And vice versa. It’s a partnership eco-system, neither can exist without the… Continue reading
It’s Friday! Hello from the Southern Hemisphere, I’m presently editing on my Friday night, this week’s edition is less campaigns and more deeper reads. BTW, we continuously update all campaigns of the week here, the same with datapoints of note -> and if you’d like to submit your work, Gustaf has tee’d up a form. Notable stories this week The Players’ Tribune, whilst… Continue reading
It’s Friday! Last night we hosted our second content dinner of the year. Thank you to all who came along. With a content studio bias in attendance, some observations; Everyone has a content studio at this point. Cheaper ‘viral’ sites can be distracting advertisers from real value. Brands aren’t adopting long term programmes as much as they should. This offsets setup cost but also allows for experimentation. The value chain from advertiser through publisher are stretched /= everyone needs… Continue reading
A post on maximizing every dollar of your content investments Nothing irritates me more than wasting time or money. Hence – Nudge. In 2017 Nudge measured 1000+ campaigns, each involving a different brand and content creator, which gives us a unique view into what delivers results and what does not. These are some tactics informed by data and supplemented by my own observations on how marketers can extract more value from the campaigns they’ve invested in. Continue reading
I’m back from a brief break. The Facebook narrative has continued (with not much really changing – just more of the same). Following Firefox’s cue, we have paused our Facebook ads – and actually been delighted with the performance on alternatives (Twitter/Google). I’m sure plenty of marketers are doing this right now. Also, I liked this from Recode, here’s who owns everything in big media today. Notable stories this week… Continue reading
Not the best week for Cambridge Analytica huh? A great outcome of all of this, is a framework for privacy moving forward. And maybe better crisis PR for tech companies. For some light hearted perspectives during the week follow @marketoonist. This week I caught on my Apple TV, in the Prime Now app, a piece of branded content for Far Cry (yes I do indulge in a little gaming). Amazon targeted prior purchasers, with content… Continue reading
