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FedEx Jingle Studio Marries Viral Video with Facebook Marketing

Women on Business

ADVERTORIAL: Integrated marketing is so hot these days that when a representative from FedEx’s viral marketing team contacted me to ask if I’d discuss the new FedEx Jingle Studio campaign with the Women on Business audience, I was intrigued. This post is a paid advertorial sponsored by FedEx via Goviral (an AOL brand).

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

At the risk of this blog appearing as an advertorial for Harvard, I’ll gladly admit that Harvard Business Review was my favorite management resource. Most importantly, the implications and action steps became an ‘easy sell’ to my team. Here are the benefits I garnered from a decade of prolific reading: 1.

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Brand journalism 101: Tell a Better Story

Women on Business

Naysayers, on the other hand, begrudge brand journalism for its diminished objectivity and advertorial tone. Not every company has the budget to hire a trained journalist, however it is much easier to retain a level of objectivity and identify compelling story lines if your writer is fresh to the team.

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Success and Discomfort

CEO Blog

I was prepared for an advertorial. EG - one Archetype is "The Producer and Creative Team". 2 - Team is recruited for individual talent and what they add to the team. 3 - Creative team has full power. 2 - Team is recruited for individual talent and what they add to the team. We are parts of many.

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Is That a TV Show or Are You Trying to Sell Me Something?

Harvard Business Review

First there were advertorials and ad copy rendered in a publication's house font (usually but not always discreetly labeled "Paid Advertising"). The most infamous, of course, was the recent Scientology advertorial that was quickly yanked from The Atlantic's website. The publication has since revised its sponsored content policies.).

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We Need a Better Definition of "Native Advertising"

Harvard Business Review

Is it simply the fact that The Atlantic's editorial team created and curated the content with Porsche's approval? Ultimately, I would argue that this was not native advertising, but simply good content marketing or sponsored content that didn't smell like pure advertorial. Promoted tweets on Twitter is native advertising.

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What the Marketing Agency of the Future Will Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

An outsourced idea and creative team that could get the production done at a cost that was less than what it would cost the brand to have a permanent staff in place. It's a murky, unclear future for the marketing agency, but one thing is for certain: things are changing at an exponential pace. Over time, this role has changed.