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Think quality before labelling in content marketing

By Tony Hallett / 03/04/2013

Does sponsored content have a labeling problem?, asked Digiday’s Josh Sternberg yesterday. No Josh, it simply has a quality problem. Content marketing in general and perhaps particularly native advertising, a…

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Get ready for the native ads backlash

By Tony Hallett / 27/03/2013

Did we just see the backlash against native advertising – perhaps against content marketing more generally – begin? Collective Content often complains that no one calls out all those bad…

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Content marketing – when even a tiny golf club starts doing it…

By Tony Hallett / 04/02/2013

My local golf club is nothing special. I like it but others wouldn’t – it spans an old common and is filled with taxi drivers many afternoons. But if even…

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Native ads and The Atlantic

By Tony Hallett / 21/01/2013

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…

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