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Content’s Evil Twin: Advertorial

B2B Memes

In other words, an advertorial. When I was in traditional publishing, I fought to set limits to advertorials, but ultimately had to tolerate them. In my liberated state, though, I can finally say it: Advertorials are evil. When I say advertorial , I’m not talking about all sponsored content that appears in a publication.

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Financial Services Can Earn Trust by Modeling Content After Customer Narratives

Content Standard

Financial services marketing teams know this better than most marketers, as they work in a space where trust is earned at a premium. “Trust. The essence of the relationship between bankers and customers, however, has not: do the right thing and re-earn their trust today.” One Currency. “Times have changed. .

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What Is Earned Media?

ClearVoice

Though they may pay their public relations professional, ethically, a journalist can’t accept funds from a company or person to feature them in their medium of choice. When I started my public relations career, earned media was all there was unless you counted advertorials and the like. What earned media is not.

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Under the Influence

Contently

The practice is another form of native advertising, except it relies on social media influencers rather than in-house advertorial. When you browse influencer marketing best practices, “trust” and “authenticity,” are two words that constantly appear. Subtle this is not. Blurring the lines.

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The State of Native Advertising: Are Pinterest’s Paid Promotions a Bad Idea?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

The classic examples are advertorials, usually full-page ads in magazine that are meant to look like articles – you know, the ones with “ADVERTISEMENT” or “PROMOTION” written discreetly in one corner. The FTC is asking whether native ads are ethical, but I’m wondering how long other types of ads will exist.

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Phony Testimonials and Dumb Social Proof

Writing on the Web

Nothing can back fire and destroy trust and credibility more quickly than phony testimonials, as well as vague or anonymous comments. If you protect client confidentiality, explain this and include the quote, with something that says because of ethical standards, client names cannot be revealed. Build trust by being trustworthy.

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Can Focusing on Content Marketing Help the ASJA Survive?

Contently

Cleaver is the first development chair of the ASJA Educational Foundation, which was founded in 2010 under the ASJA Charitable Trust. Content marketing is simply a new word for that despised 20th-century tool: advertorial,” she said. According to Cleaver, content marketing is a new name for a traditional format: the custom magazine.