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How to Display Native Advertising Content
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Groundhog Day
1993
Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, an arrogant and
egocentric Pittsburgh TV weatherman who,
during an assignment covering the annual
Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney,Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania, finds himself in a time loop,
repeating the same day again and again.
After indulging in hedonism he begins to
re-examine his life and priorities.
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Native--Seen this before?
Custom Content
Advertorial Syndicated Content
Content MarketingPaid Post
A tool that which allows your customers access to your audience to tell their
story and offer up expertise that might not be easily found elsewhere.
How To Display Native Advertising
• Invite Engagement
• Strive for identification, Transparency &
Integration
• New and Increased RevenueNew and Increased Revenue
Three Real Life examples from
publishers and 3rd party offerings
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Rate a Native Execution
Rate a Native Execution
Transparency
(how clear does it identify itself as Native)
Engage-ability:
is it easy to see, share, read and recognize
I t tiIntegration:
does it fit the sites look and feel and audience
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Three Important People
Annmarie (my sister)
Salon Owner
Leonardo’s Hair Design, RVC, NY
• Highest Professional Certification by American Hair Color Institute
(only 340 such colorists in USA)
• 2,000 sq ft, 12 employees and $1.5 million in revenue annually
• $100,000 annual ad budget
Emilio Patenza
Head Bartender, El Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant since 1996
• Genuine Tequila historian and expert and not just about Margaritas
• 6,000 sq ft, 40 employees, over $10 million annual revenue
•$600,000 annual ad budget
Max Stratton
Owner, founder MaxBMW Motorcycles
• Four Locations in CT, NY, NH and MA
• Top 3 in six national Rally Moto Races, and 7th in Pike’s Peak International
Hill Climb. Master auto and motorcycle mechanic.
• 20,000 sq ft, 50 employees and $12 million in revenue annually
• $550,000 annual ad budget
New and Repeat Business Sources
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These Don’t Have As Much…
Brand Trust, Loyalty, Long Standing Relationships
With Their Audience (especially with Gen X and
Boomers)Boomers)
And that’s where local publishers can help
Displaying Native Effectively Allows…
Your customers to share their expertise with your readers while attaching themselves to
your brand. (sound familiar?)
And this means more (right) revenue for publishers.
Real world examples …
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1: Mashable & Their Ad-Server
Let the Ad Server handle it.
It Serves Ads, can’t it serve content too?
1: Mashable & Their Ad-Server
Let the Ad Server handle it.
It Serves Ads, can’t it serve content too?
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Google does the work.
Google DART and potentially other ad
servers can be rigged to serve native
content
Mouse- over a sponsored story reveals a call
to the ad-server…
This method is “presented by Capital One
Spark”
Content Page Execution
Social / Sharing Tools Present
Everything on the Page belongs to Capitaly g g g p
One-even the ads.
Native Content is good for the site’s audience
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Rate a Native Execution
Transparency 80
(how clear does it identify itself as Native)
Engage-ability: 90
is it easy to see, share, read and recognize
Integration: 90Integration: 90
does it fit the sites look and feel and audience
Reaching Out To Ad-Server
Pros
Known 3Rd Party (Google or your ad-server)Known 3 Party (Google or your ad-server)
Cost is same as serving an ad
Can be more transparent
Cons
Not specifically built for this (yet)
Can be tricky to set up properly
Engagement & reporting still in early stage
time spent, sharing, not easily available
imps and clicks (not why we do native)
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2: Third Party Help
Let Someone Else Do it
(But Keep Control)
Taboola
OutBrain
ShareThrough
Nativo
DistroScale
& others.
Rate a Native Execution
Transparency 74
(how clear does it identify itself as Native)
Engage-ability: 82
is it easy to see, share, read and recognize
Integration: 87Integration: 87
does it fit the sites look and feel and audience
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2: Third Party Help
Pros
Reporting
Revenue
Easy Set up
Help promote your own content
Cons
BTF, slightly crammed (sometimes)
Can be less engaging over time
Temptation to use their ads…won’t
appear or link back to pub site (is that
really native? How much does it matter?)
Number 3: DIY
Integrate to your CMS
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Number 3: Your CMS
Number 3: Your CMS
Native Content is on an actual page.
Ads and links are site related, rather
than native execution related.than native execution related.
Social and Sharing Tools
Delineation from edit is good
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Rate a Native Execution
Transparency 90
(how clear does it identify itself as Native)
Engage-ability: 95
is it easy to see, share, read and recognize
Integration: 95Integration: 95
does it fit the sites look and feel and audience
3: Your CMS
Pros
Most integration and control
Great look and feel and UI
More of what native advertising is and
native advertisers want
Cons
Can be a process at first
Scale can be an issue
Remember to
Train marketing and sales staff well
Use to differentiate and up sellUse to differentiate and up-sell
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Wired: Pretty Nice..
Performance and comments
30,000 shares
Very good engagement
Topic is right for Wired’s AudienceTopic is right for Wired s Audience
Wasn’t Cheap
Got NetFlix away from 2 week free
trial offer (we think)
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Rate a Native Execution
Transparency 85
(how clear does it identify itself as Native)
Engage-ability: 98
is it easy to see, share, read and recognize
Integration: 94Integration: 94
does it fit the sites look and feel and audience
Q / A
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Summary
Keep it Fair
Communicate Value to Your Clients and Readers
Be Transparent and Recognizable
(Respect advertisers and readers)
SuperCaliFragnativecontentmarketingorialalidocious
Content Marketing
Native can be all these is but doing it right can lead to
better informed and engaged audience
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3: Your CMS
Pros
Most integration and control
Great look and feel and UI
More of what native advertising is and
native advertisers want
Cons
Can be a process at first
Scale can be an issue
Remember to
Train marketing and sales staff well
Use to differentiate and up sellUse to differentiate and up-sell
Google does the work.
Google DART and potentially other ad
servers can be rigged to serve native
content
Mousing over a sponsored story reveals a
call to the ad-server
This method is “presented by Capital One
Spark”
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Important Stuff.
Revenue important
People Important
Clients important
Displayed and executed correctly everyone wins.
Ways to Execute and…
Ad-Server (Mashable)
Third Party (Templated)y ( p )
CMS Integration (You, the publisher)
Naperville Sun
Wired
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