Activision and AKQA "Hack" Instagram for Call of Duty Fans
Social

Activision and AKQA "Hack" Instagram for Call of Duty Fans

9y Emily Alford

Activision and AKQA "Hack" Instagram for Call of D...

Activision and AKQA have manipulated Instagram's photo tags to create an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure-style story for fans of the video game...

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Instagram Is the Latest Social Platform to Dive Into Native Video
Social

Instagram Is the Latest Social Platform to Dive Into Native Video

10y Emily Alford

Instagram Is the Latest Social Platform to Dive In...

Instagram has unveiled its own native video advertising platform, which will introduce auto-playing 15-second sponsored videos to users' feeds. Read M...

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Tumblr Leaps Into Native Video With Auto-Play Ads
Media

Tumblr Leaps Into Native Video With Auto-Play Ads

10y Emily Alford

Tumblr Leaps Into Native Video With Auto-Play Ads

As Tumblr continues to grow its audience, the blogging site also hopes to grow its advertising revenue by rolling out auto-playing video content to u...

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Leo Burnett Partners With The Huffington Post for a New Approach to Content Marketing
Media

Leo Burnett Partners With The Huffington Post for a New Approach to Content...

10y Emily Alford

Leo Burnett Partners With The Huffington Post for ...

Ad agency Leo Burnett has joined forces with digital publisher The Huffington Post to create branded content that focuses on audience engagement rathe...

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Sour Patch Kids "Breaks Out" a YouTube Series to Lure Teenage Fans
Media

Sour Patch Kids "Breaks Out" a YouTube Series to Lure Teenage Fans

10y Emily Alford

Sour Patch Kids "Breaks Out" a YouTube Series to L...

"Breaking Out" is a scripted YouTube series by Mondelez International's Sour Patch Kids candy. The company hopes to use the popularity of its YouTube ...

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Advertisers Seek Sleeker Alternatives to YouTube
Media

Advertisers Seek Sleeker Alternatives to YouTube

10y Emily Alford

Advertisers Seek Sleeker Alternatives to YouTube

Video strategists from Story Worldwide, eMarketer, and A&E Network agree that YouTube is king when it comes to video marketing, but continue to se...

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Mobile Native Advertising Yields the Biggest Wins [Ad Week]
Media

Mobile Native Advertising Yields the Biggest Wins [Ad Week]

10y Mike O'Brien

Mobile Native Advertising Yields the Biggest Wins ...

Experts from Rubicon Project, InMobi, Business Insider, and Heineken discuss the native advertising opportunities around mobile and how these can lead...

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British Newspapers Embrace Native Advertising
Display Advertising

British Newspapers Embrace Native Advertising

10y Mike O'Brien

British Newspapers Embrace Native Advertising

Following on the heels of the Guardian and Metro UK, News UK has developed a Creative Content Unit to focus on native advertising for the digital vers...

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The Mystique of Native Advertising
Asia

The Mystique of Native Advertising

10y Erika Wang

The Mystique of Native Advertising

Native advertising is becoming increasingly important as consumers become more and more ambivalent to traditional online advertising strategies. Read ...

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TotallyHer Launches as Native-Only Site for Brands
Media

TotallyHer Launches as Native-Only Site for Brands

10y Idris Nagri

TotallyHer Launches as Native-Only Site for Brands

Evolve Media launches TotallyHer.com, a display ad-free native-only platform that is dedicated to content discovery. Read More...

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Native Ad Transparency – Are We Clear?
Display Advertising

Native Ad Transparency – Are We Clear?

10y Idris Nagri

Native Ad Transparency – Are We Clear?

Native advertising continues to dominate the digital marketing scene, but are the ads easily identifiable to consumers? And when the content is good, ...

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Unruly Launches Mobile-First Native Video Ad Format
Media

Unruly Launches Mobile-First Native Video Ad Format

10y Idris Nagri

Unruly Launches Mobile-First Native Video Ad Forma...

The new technology allows advertisers to deliver native video ads that adapt to any website's layout and design, giving users a flexible, seamless exp...

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Yahoo Style Takes a Splash at Native Advertising
Display Advertising

Yahoo Style Takes a Splash at Native Advertising

10y Mike O'Brien

Yahoo Style Takes a Splash at Native Advertising

The latest in a series of online magazines with which Yahoo is rebranding itself, Yahoo Style has ads that blend in with its fashion features. Read Mo...

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Did Native Advertising Just Have the Best Summer Ever?
Display Advertising

Did Native Advertising Just Have the Best Summer Ever?

10y Idris Nagri

Did Native Advertising Just Have the Best Summer E...

Native advertising really seemed to come into its own this summer, with major campaigns generating mainstream buzz about the up-and-coming ad format. ...

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5 Mobile Advertising Myths – and How to Bust Them
Media

5 Mobile Advertising Myths – and How to Bust Them

10y Idris Nagri

5 Mobile Advertising Myths – and How to Bust Them

There are still many myths surrounding the world of mobile advertising. Here are five of the most common ones, and a look at what the truth really is....

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Winning Consumer Attention: Amazing Content + True Native Distribution
Conference Coverage

Winning Consumer Attention: Amazing Content + True Native Distribution

10y Kevin Gibbons

Winning Consumer Attention: Amazing Content + True...

According to a session at ClickZ Live San Francisco, in order to win over consumers, marketers must produce quality, engaging content and utilize a tr...

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Beyond Banners: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
Display Advertising

Beyond Banners: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

10y Idris Nagri

Beyond Banners: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

This column, guest authored by Steven Stein, senior vice president of sales and strategy at 33Across, explores the new formats of display advertising,...

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These 3 Digital Marketing Trends Are About to Change Advertising
Marketing

These 3 Digital Marketing Trends Are About to Change Advertising

10y Idris Nagri

These 3 Digital Marketing Trends Are About to Chan...

While there has been much talk about the biggest marketing trends of the year, here are a few categories that haven't been included in most 2014 trend...

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LinkedIn Unveils Direct Sponsored Content for Better Targeting and Testing
Social

LinkedIn Unveils Direct Sponsored Content for Better Targeting and Testing

10y Yuyu Chen

LinkedIn Unveils Direct Sponsored Content for Bett...

The new feature will not only help marketers with A/B testing, but industry participants say it also indicates a big move for native advertising. Read...

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Content Marketing, Native Advertising, and the Limits of Programmatic
Data insights

Content Marketing, Native Advertising, and the Limits of Programmatic

10y Idris Nagri

Content Marketing, Native Advertising, and the Lim...

While native advertising can't really go programmatic, content marketing can, and can scale, yet another sign that programmatic is changing the digita...

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I’m an Instagram Lover and a Fighter – Are Ads Going to Ruin My Relationship?
Asia

I’m an Instagram Lover and a Fighter – Are Ads Going to Ruin My Relationshi...

10y Idris Nagri

I’m an Instagram Lover and a Fighter – Are Ads Goi...

The introduction of ads into Instagram feeds in Australia may threaten the comfortable relationship many users have with the social media platform. Ho...

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Interactive Native Ads Deliver the Best of the Web
Marketing

Interactive Native Ads Deliver the Best of the Web

10y Idris Nagri

Interactive Native Ads Deliver the Best of the Web

Between interactive sponsored features on websites and the rise of the Visual Web, interactive native ads are poised to make big moves in the digital ...

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In-Car Wi-Fi Will Create Opportunities for Advertisers Down the Road
Automotive

In-Car Wi-Fi Will Create Opportunities for Advertisers Down the Road

10y Idris Nagri

In-Car Wi-Fi Will Create Opportunities for Adverti...

A recent announcement from Chevrolet about built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi furthers the availability of in-car functionality, which could bring opportunities fo...

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Native Advertising Wins in the Symphony of Mobile Life
Asia

Native Advertising Wins in the Symphony of Mobile Life

10y Erika Wang

Native Advertising Wins in the Symphony of Mobile ...

Marketers in APAC should embrace native advertising on mobile as a means to maximize both their return on investment and customer engagement rates. Re...

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The Second Screen Is Secondary No More – Are You Making the Most of Mobile?
Marketing

The Second Screen Is Secondary No More – Are You Making the Most of Mobile?

10y Idris Nagri

The Second Screen Is Secondary No More – Are You M...

Mobile has shed its "second-screen" image and is fast becoming the primary screen for many consumers. Here are some tips for how marketers can make th...

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Twitter Acquires Mobile Ad Retargeting Company TapCommerce
Media

Twitter Acquires Mobile Ad Retargeting Company TapCommerce

10y Idris Nagri

Twitter Acquires Mobile Ad Retargeting Company Tap...

Twitter continues targeted advertising push with $100m purchase of New York-based mobile advertising technology firm. Read More...

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Twitter's MoPub Expands Native Ad Capabilities
Media

Twitter's MoPub Expands Native Ad Capabilities

10y Yuyu Chen

Twitter's MoPub Expands Native Ad Capabilities

Now, publishers who use MoPub can manage multiple native ad networks instead of just a single ad source. Will this new feature pose a threat to Facebo...

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