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Death of display ads? Never say never
This post first appeared on 22 September 2015. A while back I asked my team at the large online publisher I worked at to imagine how the business would function…
Read MoreContent marketing landmarks: Michelin
The Michelin story should inspire any content marketing writer stuck with a brief for a less-than-sexy product. Sure, it’s easy to write sparkling copy to market fast cars, five-star hotels…
Read MoreWhat’s the definition of native advertising? And why it matters to brands and publishers
I should know the answer to this question. I wrote What is native advertising anyway? for a sponsored section of theguardian.com (how appropriate) and it’s still one of the main…
Read More11 best content marketing links (Q3 15)
Lazy Eyes: How we read online (Slate) So let’s start with a must-read. And that’s appropriate because this first post is all about the parts of a page or post (online…
Read More11 best content marketing links (Q2 15)
How PR is seizing the advantage in content marketing (The Drum) We have been making a lot of noise recently about how PR agencies can seize the content marketing opportunity…
Read MoreAdblock Plus owner Eyeo last week won the latest in a series of legal showdowns against those who say web users shouldn’t be allowed to use its ad blocking tool.…
Read MoreLast week at Cannes banner ads were as popular as a McDonald’s on la Croisette. One paradox: plenty of those doing the trash talking work at agencies and publishers that…
Read MoreHey Yahoo – it’s native not naïve advertising
Yahoo’s webmail service is still very popular. The last figures we saw put it neck and neck with Gmail. But Yahoo Mail has recently had some well-documented problems since its second…
Read MoreNative ads and The Atlantic
Last week’s screw-up by The Atlantic over its Church of Scientology sponsored content turned lots of heads. I think there are several reasons why this got above-average attention: 1. The…
Read MoreGoogle tells the Cambridge Satchel story
Over the past four months you might have seen a TV ad for Google’s Chrome browser featuring a UK-based satchel-maker and seller. In just over a minute it tells the story…
Read More2013? Content marketing? It’s simple…
There are plenty of predictions flying about for the year ahead. And nowhere more so than in media and marketing circles. What we’d like to say about content marketing is…
Read More20 top Collective Content Monday Tips from 2012
We’ve had fewer than six months of Monday Tips on the Collective Content Facebook page (because the page is only that old). That said, there have been some good ones.…
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