Posts filed under: Native Advertising

With Instagram’s ever-changing algorithm making once-guaranteed likes, comments and follower growth feel more and more out of grasp, many influencers are turning to false methods of inflating their profiles. And Unilever is sick of it. The company’s CMO, Keith Weed,...
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Thanks to ad blockers and walled gardens, marketers have had to rethink how to win in digital and leverage “new” tactics, including digital influencers and particularly those rich in social currency: YouTubers, Instagrammers and bloggers with large followings. Unfortunately, the...
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The growth of digital media has created tremendous opportunities for publishers to reach and monetize audiences across the web. However, the industry’s obsession with scale has brought challenges, such as platform vulnerability and not knowing their audience, leading publishers to...
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  • How viral content became a hotbed of online ad fraud and what can be done to stamp it out
Just weeks ago, Unilever, one of the biggest advertising spenders in the world, threatened to pull ads from digital and social platforms if they fail to eradicate content which “creates division in society and promotes anger and hate.” Considering that...
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Over the last six months, a new type of client base has been “bombarding” influencer marketing agency Viral Nation, which creates campaigns for companies like Apple, McDonald’s and the NBA . It’s the coin companies behind every random or obscure...
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  • Will February 2017 go down as the month that destroyed adtech?
Original Article: www.thedrum.com February 2017 has been a bad month for adtech. This month’s news should shake the industry down to its very core – and rightfully so. Marc Pritchard rocks the ad world February began with the fallout from...
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Original Article: martechseries.com GroupM has released its latest annual insight on digital transformation occurring across the organization. The report, titled “ Interaction: Preview Edition for Clients and Partners February 2017 ” , which is part of GroupM’s Worldwide Media and...
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  • What We Learned from 300 Content Marketers
Original Article: customerthink.com When you think about marketing, what’s the first thing that comes into your head? Brochures? Print ads? Billboards? What about blogging? Content marketing, which includes things like blogging and infographics, is a hot trend in digital marketing...
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  • Does the uncovering of Methbot fraud spotlight a glitch in the industry’s ability to self-govern?
Original Article: www.emarketer.com Ad quality issues, such as fraud and viewability, have been the plight of the digital advertising industry for some time. But the 2016 US presidential election cycle unearthed another threat to quality: fake news. Marc Goldberg, CEO...
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  • Does the uncovering of Methbot fraud spotlight a glitch in the industry’s ability to self-govern?
Original Article: www.thedrum.com The federal action the only way to tackle ad fraud The ad industry’s ability to self-govern has been pulled into question after the uncovering of a global fraud operation, allegedly the biggest ad fraud in history, was...
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