Tag Archives: branded content

New York Times Catches Up (Sort Of) To Sneak Adtack

For months now the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has been on sponsored content like Brown on Williamson. Now the New York Times has jumped on the brandwagon. Sponsors Now Pay for Online Articles, Not Just Ads Articles in a series on Mashable.com … Continue reading

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Here’s How You Handle Sponsored Content

The hardtracking staff has written ad(!) nauseum about how deceptive the new wave of branded content in general and native advertising in particular tends to be. Not so in the case of media maven Jim Romenesko. Sponsored content posts on his blog are no ads in sheep’s clothing. Here’s … Continue reading

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Saddest Headline Ever: Journalists Take Refuge In The World Of Branded Content

From our Over to the Dark Side desk New York Observer reporter Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke chronicles the increasing migration of journalists to the stealth marketing industry: Journalists Take Refuge in the World of Branded Content Until December, Melissa Lafsky Wall was the editor of Newsweek’s … Continue reading

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The Winter Of Our This Content

Branded content – the packaging of marketing material as editorial or entertainment content – is all the rage these days, although no one’s very angry about it. From Advertising Age: Solving the Content Creation Conundrum More Spending Is Flowing Toward Content … Continue reading

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The Branded Content Boiler Room

This is the face of branded content as depicted by a weekly newsletter from the Custom Content Council, “the leading professional organization for branded content and content marketing in North America.” Content Marketing: A process for evaluating content channels When engaging … Continue reading

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Marketers Very Content With Branded Content

The rush toward ads in sheep’s clothing continues apace, as this report from MediaPost’s Center for Media Research indicates: Aggressive Marketing Spending on Branded Content According to a new survey, “The Spending Study: A Look at How Corporate America Invests in Branded … Continue reading

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Branded Content, UK Style

From the Sneak Adtack International desk Given all the ads in sheep’s clothing we see here in America, it’s easy to think the US has a monopoly on stealth marketing. Not so, according to this post on The Wall blog in the UK: … Continue reading

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State-Of-The-Cuisinart Marketing (II): Obama Campaign Buys Into BuzzFeed’s Branded Content

The Nieman Journalism Lab helpfully illustrates what the hardtracking staff noted yesterday about the blurring of the line between advertising and editorial content. BuzzFeed adapts its branded content approach to political advertising, and Obama’s in Obama for America becomes the first political group to … Continue reading

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The Sneak In Review (Branded Content Edition)

Check out Sneak Adtack’s weekly roundup for the latest in stealth marketing/branded content from Macy’s and Nine West.  

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Around The World In 80 Product “Plate”ments

Television shows are increasingly content with branded content, as the New York Times reports: This Time the Co-Brand Makes It Into the Title AS marketers increasingly embrace branded entertainment — embedding products in the plots of television shows and movies, making … Continue reading

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