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We will be trying an experiment to engage more directly with the native and content communities. For August and September I’ll be holding “office hours” on Friday. Simply sign up for a 20 minute slot and we can have a conversation about trends, best practices, what we are seeing in the market and even do some trouble shooting for your brand and how it is communicating through content. Simply use the link below, pick a time, and we will get… Continue reading
Working at Nudge, I get to look behind the advertising industry’s ‘curtain’ on a daily basis. Marketers who know me often ask ‘what’s the one thing I should do more of?’. I always tell them the same thing – focus on improving the quality of your content campaigns. Now, not wanting to risk losing your interest this early into the article (due to what can be seen as an obfuscating statement), what I mean by quality is: … Continue reading
It is 2021, and measurement is more of a moving target than ever. The industry, platforms, and content are all in flux. Lets take a look at recent data points we’ve seen: – 87% of ad execs say they hold back spending on media and platforms due to poor measurement. – MediaPost – Half of the marketers in this survey discard at least half of their data. – eMarketer – Centralizing marketing data remains a top… Continue reading
The tldr; content that is consumed, disclosed and has calls to action will drive business outcomes. Getting to content that is consumed, is the hard part. More on that below. Before we indulge in this post, there are a few provisos I need to give. These are, level setting, branded content can easily drive business outcomes when you have effective measurement in place. If you don’t have that – you can and will lose money very… Continue reading
Imagine, for a moment, an industry outside of digital advertising where waste was as commonplace. You turn on CNBC in the morning to watch in horror that the aluminum market managed to misplace 7 billion dollars worth of the commodity. Vanished without a trace. Or that 800 million bushels of soybeans disappeared overnight. The Association for National Advertisers reports that only a quarter of all digital ads reach real people, and the… Continue reading
Earth Day is the world’s largest environmental movement and brands have been showing their support over the past few years. In this piece, we look at some of our favorite environment-based campaigns. We also share insights, backed by Nudge data, on the best performing content formats, which distribution channels to back, and the most impactful time of day for distribution (split by devices) for Earth Day. 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
One of the biggest interactive media, technology and advertising events of the year is finally upon us, SXSW! Last week at the ANA conference, Mark Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer at P&G, said it best when he stated that too much digital advertising is being wasted… So we thought, why not ensure that advertisers can be as effective as possible with their media spend during the biggest media shebang of the year!?… Continue reading
Something we pride ourselves on here at Nudge is our ability to analyze all of our rich data to spot the latest trends. More specifically post-click, behavioral data. This time, we set out to analyze how consumers consumption of content changes on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. We were able to do this by comparing the past week’s results against Nudge’s 2016 and 2017 benchmarks, i.e. macro trends vs specific holiday trends. In this article you’ll find key outtakes from this… Continue reading
Native tactics are simple ways to grow the value and scale of your native content campaigns. In this blog series, we’ll be featuring tactics that you may or may not currently have in your arsenal, but most definitely should. Over time, this blog series will feature a bunch of great tactics that you and your team should be utilizing – find them here… #1 Email Newsletters First… Continue reading
