How do online ads get attention

The opportunities for content placement are growing because online publishers need to make money! Content Marketing is the key to a powerful SEO campaign and an active, engaging social media presence. However, the banner ads on newspaper and magazine websites are not doing the job. The average click-through rate is about .1 percent. (Source: DoubleClick). Online publishers, including such big names as The New York Times, Buzzfeed and Vanity Fair, are hoping Native Advertising will boost click through rates and increase revenue.

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The objective of Native Advertising is to supplement an article with helpful information from a paid sponsor. Like other forms of content marketing, native ads do not directly promote the sponsor’s product or service. The expectation is that a reader will want to engage with the sponsored content because, unlike a banner ad, a native ad contains information that is relevant to the article that has already attracted the reader’s attention.

While a small business probably can’t afford a native ad placement on The New York Time’s website, there are affordable options. About 73 percent of online publishers and media companies offer some kind of native advertising program. (Source: eMarketer)

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