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Campaign of the Week: 10 Items You Need to Survive in The Wilderness Source: Thrillist Why we like it: A spark-producing ferro rod, a large 2qt cooking pot and a handy saw. These are all things that you should consider packing if you ever decide to head into the wild. Featuring HISTORY’s season 2 of Alone, this native ad in Thrillist gives you all… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: The Water Diviner Source: Complex Why we like it: Get inspired by the athlete, the one everyone loves to love, as he gets ready for his fifth and final Olympics in Rio. This Custom Feature in Complex, presented by Under Armour, takes you on a typical day in the life of Michael Phelps. An engaging story,… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: Gant – Never Stop Learning Source: Inside Hook Why we like it: Introduced with an engaging story-building video, followed by an article with styling tips and links to purchase. This New York Lifestyle Guide, presented by GANT in InsideHook, is fun, well branded and interactive! Quote of the Week We have 160 years of history. When we… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: Discovering Dubai Source: Travel&Leisure Why we like it: A beautifully built custom feature in Travel & Leisure that leaves you wanting to book a flight and be on your way to Dubai. Restaurant and bars, maps and destinations. This piece is interactive and engaging and resulted in a lot of social shares. Quote of the Week Facebook’s test found that… Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: Smart Moves – See how Editors Strike a Balance Between Workouts, Weekends, and Beyond. Source: Who What Wear Why we like it: Brought to you by New Balance, this native ad in Who What Wear, brings relevant value for the reader with content that is easy to navigate and share. It speaks to it’s audience and fits well into the site. Something… Continue reading
Campaigns of the Week: The Ultimate Guide to Cognac Source: Thrillist Why we like it: Cocktail recipes, history and cognac 101 – this sponsored article brings you everything you need to know about this french-originated brandy. This piece is featured in Thrillist and presented by cognac brand Rémy Martin. It’s smartly divided into three different sections with click-through links for further readings. It includes beautiful imagery and… Continue reading
In our Branded Content and Native Advertising Glossary we define each. Native advertising, describes the overall trend of creating advertising that is designed to fit the form and function of the site it resides on. Sponsored content, similar to paid content, describes content that has been paid for by a brand. Content may or may not be directly related to the brand. You would say Sponsored Content is a type of Native Advertising, colloquially it… Continue reading
Native ad content is the term used to describe paid content, that has either been placed or produced by a publisher on their website or application. The criteria making it native is that: It is designed to fit in with the publisher Created or curated fort he audience On an external website Other terms sometimes used interchangeably are sponsored post, paid content, advertorial, branded content. Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: Anna Wintour Talks Runway Walks with Derek Zoolander and Hansel Backstage at Valentino Moments before they hit the Valentino runway, Zoolander 2’s Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson got approval from Vogue’s Anna Wintour on their runway walk. “Usually I go right, left, right, left, right, left, but today I’m going to start left in honor… Continue reading
You’re looking for the best native advertising examples, under the IAB native ad guidelines, there are six main types: Infeed units, ads designed to fit in the flow of content, i.e. Facebook promoted post. Paid search units, ads designed to look similar to search results, i.e. Google Adwords. Recommendation units, ads that look like content links under an article, i.e. OutBrain. Promoted listings, ads (often on ecommerce sites) with promoted views. In-Ad, hard to describe. Custom/Can’t be contained, custom ads… Continue reading
