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Then Facebook
Happened And Feeds
Were Born.
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And Even Had The
Same Old Ads For A
While.
But Columns and
Clutter Aren’t Well
Suited for Small
Screens.
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So They Made The
Feed a Single Stream
of Content
(Initially with no ads but a lot of extra white
space)
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And They Sold Lots
and Lots of Ads.
($1.8B in 2010)
All of Which Were Ads
That Fit In.
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Twitter Passes 50M
Users and Sells First
Ads. Biz Stone Says the
Ads are Just “Ordinary
Tweets.” (ads that fit
in)
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The Term “Native”
Was Coined to
Describe This New
Monetization
Paradigm
12. Native Became the Predominant Ad Strategy for
Social Feeds
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Today, Millennials Consume Almost All Their Content In Feeds
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Browsing a Social or
Content Feed
Search Shared
(directly via email, text)
2%
8%
91%
Source: Sharethrough Native Advertising Perception & Attitudes 2016
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BUSINESS INSIDER, 2015
Brands and
Publishers Are
Shifting to Feeds
Native Advertising Will Be A $4.7B+
Market For Content Publishers This
Year
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21. Publishers Now
Prioritizing Their In-
Feed Inventory
Adoption of Native SSPs and
Standardization of Native Units is
Increasing the Prominence of Native
Placements
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$
2011
Publisher-Sold
Sponsored Content
Programs
2013
Native Click-To-Play
Video on Social and
Content Sites
2015
Native Instant-Play
Video Becoming A
Standard Ad Format
2017
Open RTB For
Display, Video and
Cards/Articles
2012
Sponsored Stories,
Posts & Updates on
Most Social Media
Platforms
2014
Publishers &
Platforms Introduce
Native Content Cards
& Instant Articles
2016
The OpenRTB 2.3
specification provides
support for native ads
& Native Display
Native Evolution: Beyond Sponsored Content
2017: Any Creative Type. Any Media Strategy. Any Buying Format.
23. RISE OF NATIVE ADVERTISING
Promise of Native Ads
Will Be Fulfilled in
2017.
The best modern ad tech on the best
environments for advertisers.
On Trusted
Publishers
Advertisers Have
Always Loved
Modern Native Ad
Products
Delivered
Programmatically
Via Modern Ad Tech
24. Trends In Native Ads
Heading into 2017
Programmatic and Video Will Fuel Native
Growth in 2017
Ushering in The Native Video Era
The Rise of Native Programmatic
Native Starts Eating Display
1
2
3
25. 50% 76% 75% 90% 100%
More Than Half Of Videos Now Consumed in Mobile Feeds
Video Consumption Habits Are Ushering In The Post-Preroll Era
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Native Video (In-feed +
Autoplay) Is Now The
Expected Experience
Source: Sharethrough Native Advertising Perception & Attitudes, 2016, Sources: Twitter, June 2015
of Millennials Find
Autoplay Videos
Convenient
79%
of Millennials Read
Headlines While Watching
Silent Autoplay Videos
70%
Lift in brand recall for
instant play versus other
video formats
+14%
27. PRESENTATION NAME - XX/XX
Video Is The Fastest
Growing Native Ad Format
Percent Of Ad Impressions From Video
56%29% 59% 100%
28. Source: Sharethrough Platform Data, Q1 2016
Bran
dVideos
Branded EditorialTV Spots
Promoted Press
Im
ages
Ot
her
56%
TV And Pre-Roll Creative
Driving Surge in Native
Video Demand
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29. ADVERTISER PUBLISHERDSPAGENCY TRADING DESKS NATIVE SSPS
PERFORMANCE BUYERS
2017: Programmatic Native Ecosystem Complete
Programmatic Buying and Ad Ops Will Mirror Display & Pre-Roll
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+800%
More than 2,100 Exchange
Buyers in 2016: 800% YoY
growth
261
2,139
0
2
4
6
8
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Buyers On The Sharethrough Exchange
261
2,139
2,500
1,500
1,000
500
Demand: DSP Buyers
Bringing Exponential
Demand To Exchange
Source: Sharethrough Platform Data, Q3 2016
31. +380%
YoY growth in publishers live on the
Sharethrough Exchange
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Supply: Publisher SSP
Adoption Increasing
Supply and Ease-of-
Buying
500
288
1,092
1,000
750
500
1,200
0
4.5
9
13.5
18
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Unique Sites & Apps On Sharethrough ExchangeSource: Sharethrough Platform Data, Q3 2016
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Display Budgets Are
Shifting To Native
Open RTB has opened up native to
trade desks and other performance
buyers
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Mobile Video Native Social Display
25%
45%
50%51%
60%
Digital Advertising Spend Growth Rates 2015
Source: IAB 2015
33. Native Display Ads Receive Twice As Much
Visual Attention As Banners
Out of Feed Banner In-Feed Banner
Nielsen/Sharethrough, “A Neuroscience Perspective,” 2015 and 2013 IPG Media Labs Brand Study
Native In-feed
2X MORE
visual focus than
banners and are read in
the same way as
editorial
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34. Source: Sharethrough Platform Data, Q2 2016; IPG Media Labs and Sharethrough: Exploring The Effectiveness of Native Ads
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10X HIGHER
Because native display ads are
always viewable and fit in; CTRs
are up to 10x higher than display
ads
18% LIFT
Reading headlines improves quality
of clicks; resulting in a lift in an 18 %
lift in purchase intent compared to
non-native display
+
Headlines Are The New Tagline
Programmatic Buying Enabling Display 2.0
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All 50 of the Ad Age 50 Top Brands Use Sharethrough
200+ Employees
10 Offices in the US, Canada, the UK,
and Japan
Founding Chair, IAB Native Advertising
Committee
196 Million
US Uniques
76%
US Reach