Are we so sure that all this sponsored content is worth the trouble? Native advertising distribution firm Sharethrough compiled a ranking of the biggest brand-produced sponsored stories from 2013. And what perhaps sticks out the most is that none of these stories seems to have really taken off on the social Web—which is the promise of the entire native ads movement. For example, the top sponsored story on the list was from Harper Collins. It naturally ran on BuzzFeed: 17 Problems Only Book Lovers Will Understand. According to Sharethrough, the piece generated 715,267 social actions. That's not so bad. But it's also pretty striking that not a single brand (at least among those tracked by Sharethrough) could crack a million shares or likes. Even more striking: the falloff is severe. In second place was a story by Blackberry on Cracked: 5 Real-Life Stories of Twins Creepier Than Any Horror Movie that generated 656,478 actions. After that, the numbers drop to 115,000 shares, to 80,000, to the number 10 story, a post by Marriot in Fast Company Called the Future of Travel that generated just 23,023 social actions. That's not exactly setting the Web on fire—yet the piece cracked the top 10. That doesn't seem to bode well for the future of brands as social publishers (It should be noted that this list doesn't include video, an arena where many brands have thrived in 2013). Here's the full ranking from Sharethrough: Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over 1,000 Cannes attendees woke up Tuesday morning to find brochures hanging on their hotel doors with a message from Comcast on the need to expand the ability for marketers to deliver commercials on a household basis—which is known as addressable advertising. This week on the French Riviera,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat has been on a Madison Avenue charm offensive that is culminating in Cannes this week, where the company will be rolling out a video advertising program called Snap Select. A recent pitch deck for Snap Select shows that the ads cost less than half of what Facebook is charging for its... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-17 20:39:22 UTC ]
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As digital media penetration reaches near-universal status, digital advertising revenues around the world, including in the U.S., are anticipated to slow by several percentage points compared to years past, according to Magna Global's newest advertising forecast. The report from IPG Mediabrands'... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-06-17 01:00:56 UTC ]
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Agencies aren't unionized. As unionization among digital media companies continues to grow the question of why collective bargaining is happening agencies remains. The post ‘The advertising industry is a day-to-day unrelenting grind’: Why agencies should unionize appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-06-13 04:01:37 UTC ]
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Former Ravens player John Urschel wants to be a whole different kind of role model. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-24 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Platforms and publishers today face an age-old challenge when it comes to advertising: creating and carrying ads that are effective for the advertiser without annoying the consumer. MediaLink kicked off Digital Content NewFronts today with its annual breakfast and panel during which four... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The burgeoning cannabis industry has had a fraught relationship with premium inventory across a bevy of publishers, as media companies often blacklist cannabis-related ads. Toasted Collective, a cannabis digital agency, wants to change that. The agency--which recently secured exclusive... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite researchers’ efforts to target every race equally, they found that Facebook’s platform targeted by race anyway A new research paper published on Wednesday shows that Facebook’s ad targeting can discriminate by race and gender, even when advertisers request that their ads should be shown... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“I’m doing the same thing that my ancestors did. I’m just telling the stories that I care about, that I love and that are relevant to me,” Jeffrey Veregge says. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-03-26 21:37:09 UTC ]
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The trailer for a new children’s book by Matthew Paul Turner featuring singer Amy Grant attracted over one million viewers in less than a month, landing the title at #5 on our bestsellers list in its first week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has pre-empted non-fiction book The Reluctant Carer by an anonymous author whose recent article went viral. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Momo is the latest viral hoax, but it taps at something that’s been around for decades. Have you heard about Momo? Odds are you have, if you’ve ever perused this awful place we call the internet. For the serenely unaware, the “Momo Challenge” is purported to be a series of viral online videos... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook makes money by charging advertisers to reach just the right audience for their message — even when that audience is made up of people interested in the perpetrators of the Holocaust or explicitly neo-Nazi music. Despite promises of greater oversight following past advertising... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-02-21 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook makes money by charging advertisers to reach just the right audience for their message — even when that audience is made up of people interested in the perpetrators of the Holocaust or explicitly neo-Nazi music. Despite promises of greater oversight following past advertising... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-02-21 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app.What people are talking about today"Facebook cannot be the entire... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After successful collections for Harry Potter, Looney Tunes and Trolls, winter has come to the Danielle Nicole brand. Founder and Ellicott City native Danielle DiFerdinando has joined forces with HBO for GOT X DN, a collection inspired by the book and TV series “Game of Thrones.” In hues of red,... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pamela Drucker Mann discusses how Condé Nast plans to give advertisers what they want, not what publishers think they should have. The post ‘You have to sell advertisers what they need, not what you want’: Q&A with Conde Nast chief revenue officer, Pamela Drucker Mann appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First Media decided to join Snapchat after the platform no longer required publishers to share only exclusive content. The post Viral publisher First Media joins Snapchat with repurposed Facebook video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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