Advertising Opinion South Africa

Native advertising works, and we can prove it!

Native advertising is on the up and up - estimates peg the value of the channel globally at $30bn and rising to nearly double that at $59bn in 2018.
Native advertising works, and we can prove it!
© Screenshot from The Content Vine - SA Native Ads Report 2015

This growth comes as no surprise. Here at The Content Vine, we run native advertising campaigns for clients, deliver on these and see the results first hand.

Native advertising formats on the whole provide exceptional performance – even when you use traditional advertising messaging. However, when you invest in unique content and editorial articles, you will really see your investments rewarded.

For instance, our results showed that articles outperformed ordinary ad messaging by nearly 30%, and saw some of the best content used by our clients outperform traditional ad messages by over 70%.

Whereas the content marketing tide has yet to really turn, it’s safe to say that native advertising is here and growing. There are reasons for this: native is more accessible, it’s easier to conceptualise, cheaper to execute and more straight forward to measure.

As proof that native advertising works, we’ve shared its findings and learnings in a benchmark report that you can access here.

For a better understanding or more details on the report, feel free to get in touch with me at moc.enivtnetnoceht@rahta.

About Athar Naser

I specialise in content marketing and native advertising - two areas that I have been involved in strategically and on a ground level for many years. My media career has spanned a variety of senior roles that have lead me to start my own content agency with my personal vision - one of high quality service, products and innovation. My clients now benefit from and are part of this vision.
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