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1. Leveraging Competitive Intelligence
in Native Advertising
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Leveraging Competitive Intelligence
in Native Advertising
• Native Advertising & New Opportunities
• Content Discovery Networks
• Maximizing Success with Competitive Intelligence

3. What is Native Advertising?
“…a paid ad that is so cohesive with the
pages content, assimilated into the design,
and consistent with the platform behavior that
the viewer simply feels that it belongs. ”
- IAB Native Advertising Playbook

4. Founded on three main principals:

5. Why all the hype?
Native Ad Spend
• 2015 Native Ad Spend forecasted to reach $4.3 Billion
• Number will double by 2018
• Opportunities, opportunities, opportunities
According to eMarketer (2014)

6. Why is Native garnering so much ad spend?
• Because it works
• 70% prefer to learn about products through
content than traditional ads
• 32% would share Native Ad content
with friends and family
vs. 19% for banner ads
• Purchase intent is
53% Higher

7. How are Native Ads relevant to Affiliate Marketers?
Content Discovery Networks (CDN)

8. Top Content Discovery Networks

9. Who uses Content Discovery Networks?
• B2B/B2C Companies & Brands
• Lead Generation Companies
• News sites including Viral News and Quiz
Sites (Ad Arbitrage)
• Use Cases:
–Content Boosting
–Direct Response

10. Case Study #1: Huffingtonpost (Content Boosting)

11. Case Study #1: Huffingtonpost.com (Content Boosting)

12. Case Study #1: Huffingtonpost.com (Content Boosting)

13. Case Study #1: Huffingtonpost.com (Content Boosting)

14. Case Study #2: MegaBargains24.com (Direct Response)
• Online bidding service for branded products
• Vouchers, tips & tricks to save

15. Case Study #2: MegaBargains24.com (Direct Response)

16. Case Study #2: MegaBargains24.com (Direct Response)

17. Case Study #2: MegaBargains24.com (Direct Response)

18. Case Study #3: Ancestry.com (Direct Response)
• Genealogy research website
• Over 25,000 publishers employed

19. Case Study #3: Ancestry.com (Direct Response)

21. Case Study #4: viralnova.com (Viral News/Quizzes - Ad Arbitrage)

22. Case Study #4: viralnova.com (Viral News/Quizzes - Ad Arbitrage)

23. Case Study #4: viralnova.com (Viral News/Quizzes - Ad Arbitrage)

25. Results with competitive intelligence?
• Uncover and build upon the strategies & ad spend of successful brands
• Redefine your own strategies informed by current data
• Discover specific types of ad content that are most likely to go viral
• Analyze landing page copy and design strategy
• Understand the complete Native Advertising landscape across any niche
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