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Data, Trust & Transparency in Content Advertising Featuring Goldman Sachs at #SMWNYC

Posted on by Tess Kaytmaz

Marketers and publishers are using more and more innovative methods to create, deliver and disguise digital advertising. Native advertising is the latest under scrutiny from the FTC, which released new guidelines last month, but it won’t be the last as more examples come to light where advertising is indistinguishable by consumers from content.

Amanda Rubin (Global Co-Head of Brand and Content Strategy at Goldman Sachs), will participate in this session at SMW New York with Barbara Basney (VP of Global Advertising, Brand Content, and Media at Xerox Corporation) and Tonia Ries (SVP and Executive Director, Edelman) to discuss the age of native advertising, and what exactly is the transparency experience for consumers.

“Making The Invisible Visible: The Evolving Roles of Data, Trust And Transparency In Advertising And Publishing” will take place on Tuesday, February 23rd at 5:30pm at the TimesCenter (FWD Stage).

★ Register today by purchasing your pass ★

About Amanda Rubin

“Amanda is global co-head of Brand and Content Strategy in the Executive Office. The group is responsible for creating and highlighting content that focuses on Goldman Sachs’ analysis and work related to economies, markets and clients. The group leverages various communications channels, including advertising and digital platforms, to reach across the firm’s core external constituencies, including clients, investors and the public.

Amanda joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 in the Brand Marketing and Digital Strategy Group, focusing on the firm’s corporate brand, including advertising campaigns, the external website, social media presence and marketing efforts for corporate engagement and recruiting initiatives. From 2010 to 2014, she served as co-chair of the Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit and Executive Office Women’s Network. Amanda was named managing director in 2012.

Prior to joining the firm, Amanda worked at Chiat Day, Ogilvy & Mather, and DDB Needham Worldwide. While at those firms, she worked with industry leaders such as American Express, Bank of New York and Digital Equipment Corporation.” (via Forrester)

View The Initial Program Of Events for SMW New York

Social Media Week New York, now in it’s 8th year, brings together thousands of professionals in marketing, media and technology. We’re excited to announce the initial schedule and speaker lineup for SMW New York, which takes place this February 22-26.

Join us across our two official venues, and hear from organizations such as Ogilvy, Starcom MediaVest, MRY, Forbes, Mashable, MTV, The Economist, GE, Pinterest, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Spotify and many more!

Register for SMW New York

If you’d like to hear from visionary speakers, and join the thousands of attendees that come to Social Media Week in New York each year, register today by purchasing your pass.

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SMWNYC Recap: Day 2 From Social@Ogilvy

Posted on by Heather Taylor

Day Two at Social Media Week started off with a bang – Eli Pariser took to the stage to talk all things Upworthy, for the first time since the site has become viewed by over 60 billion people a month.

Here are the 5 takeaways the Social@Ogilvy team have from day two…what were yours?

  1. What’s trending isn’t always important
    Good news organizations (and brands) bring together aspirational and behavioral signals to balance their content. Both need to be treated equally and both need to be fed. This includes looking at what people do (share, click, create community action) and what they say.

    Is the content both compelling and substantive? The answer should be yes. And importantly, companies like Upworthy are looking at a new engagement metric they’re calling attention minutes and are going to the community to get their feedback on what they want the future of content to be.

    By reading behavior in the context of aspirations, we should now look at content in terms of “Am I doing it right?” and not “Are they interested?”

  2. Data will rule – but we won’t care
    Data is becoming more relevant and accessible and more tailored to our personal interests. By 2020, we might see Google Now-like technology permeate our lives, making data available before we ask for it, and helping us keep track of our habits and routines. Our main function will be to optimize the feed, or adjust it in the moment.

    Any app that’s relevant to you will be able to provide alerts or info, relevant to you, at a key time, possibly before you ask for it. For example: Your fitness-activity monitor, which knows you go running every Tuesday and Thursday, will let you know one of the streets on your route is closed due to construction and will know how to adjust your route, while keeping your distance, elevation, and other metrics generally the same.

  3. Wearable tech continues to innovate
    Wearables help amplify our expression and provide control over the sea of data we generate and have the ability to turn any activity into play. By putting the consumer at the center of action and allowing them to see how their actions impact the data and benefits – create a lasting bind between the person and tech.

    Sports, fitness, wellness, heath are sizzling with opportunity in the wearable tech space. But, in addition to counting our steps and perspiration and pushing email notifications – there is great opportunity to aid integration into life of those who might have a disability or impairment.

    Old school keyboard and mouse cause carpal tunnel for millions and it’s even more challenging for those with a disability. Wearables are here to change that.

  4. The leaders of the next digital revolution will be unexpected
    Steve Case, CEO of Revolution, a Washington, D.C.-based investment firm he co-founded in 2005, is best known as one of the founders of America Online, launched when only when only 3% of personal-computer users were online.  AOL was the first Internet company to go public, in 1992, when it had only 200,000 users. “You just gotta persevere,” he said.

    To find innovation, it pays to look beyond Silicon Valley and New York City. “Good ideas can be anywhere,” Case said, citing hidden gems like Austin and parts of North Carolina. Young entrepreneurs live in a world of greater diversity and opportunity where the people behind the company matter less than the quality of the idea.

    To fully access troves of talent, America needs immigration reform to compete with countries with more lax laws, Case said.

  5. The death of CPM ad units is near
    Storytelling is exactly the same as it was 50 years ago. That’s how we like to consume information. The “way” we tell stories is what has changed. Can’t just put an ad on the internet because it doesn’t make sense.

    Native advertising has a great role to play in the solution, but makes up a very small amount of ads. We have developed banner blindness – so we can develop social sponsored blindness too.

    Advertisers should be scared by the prospect of Pandora One, Netflix – places where consumers pay to not see ads. Just because attention is there, doesn’t automatically mean advertising will follow. But if we do have the attention, the frequency model goes away. Everything changes.

Getting Personal: 140 Proof Makes Advertising Social Again

Posted on by Sara Adam

Ever wonder how much someone can learn about you from your social activity? 140 Proof has come up with a creative way to show you just what your social presence reveals about you. Bringing caricature artists, Dan Springer (aka, the “Caricature King”) and John Sprague along with them to Social Media Week, you will be able to see 140 Proof’s work in a personalized way.

140 Proof is a social advertising company that allows brands to send their messages to the people who are most likely to be interested in them. We keep talking about content marketing, but what if your following isn’t where you want it to be and you want to expand, reaching new users where they are? That is where 140 Proof comes in, a social advertising company that allows brands to create advertising content native to social media platforms that is inherently sharable.

274532334_640140 Proof allows brands to create an advertisement that looks just like a Facebook post or tweet (bonus: you can also add images and video) and push it out to the most relevant audience possible. They do this through their Blended Interest Graph technology; they find the most relevant users based on who they follow, what they like and many other interest signals. For example, if a brand wanted to target people who who are interested in comedy, they could advertise during the Daily Show or they could target people who had engaged with Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Ricky Gervais, Steve Martin, or checked into The Improve through social media, so they find the people most interested in engaging with the brand.

And we’re not the only ones who are impressed with these options. Some notable brands that use 140 Proof’s API include Victoria’s Secret, Nike, GM, Chevrolet and Microsoft. All of which makes us excited to have them join us at SMW NYC — and give you a chance to see it in action. At SMW, they are turning this incredible technology on attendees to create your unique personal social portrait.

So, join us and 140 Proof to analyze your interests based on your social activity and then have artists draw you with what you care about. So what will be more embarrassing: your most prominent facial feature or your loves as revealed by Twitter? All you have to do is bring your Twitter handle, visit the 140 Proof installation and you’ll walk away with your own social portrait. Get yours done, and then look for more by searching #MySocialPortrait.