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Ad Ops Is Evolving: Key Trends Reshaping Media Operations Today
Ad operations are undergoing a quiet but meaningful transformation. While industry roadmaps tend to focus on where the market is headed at a macro level, the more interesting story is what’s already changing inside media organizations right now—often driven by...
Top 5 Challenges in Ad Ops (and How Automation Solves Them)
Advertising operations, often referred to as “ad ops,” are where strategy, execution, and revenue come together. But for many media teams, ad ops is also a major source of workflow friction. Manual steps, disconnected tools, and repetitive tasks slow down teams,...
How Ad Orbit’s Dashboards Improve Forecasting Accuracy
Forecasting advertising revenue has always been a balancing act. Media organizations need to predict future performance using incomplete information, changing demand, and inventory that’s constantly in motion. When forecasting is inaccurate, the consequences...
The Sales Blueprint: Dina Turner of Palm Beach Media Group
The Sales Blueprint: Dina Turner on Luxury Markets, Persistence, and the Power of Relationships In luxury advertising, persistence alone isn’t enough. How you persist matters. For Dina Turner, success comes from consistency, honesty, and knowing when to push — and...
Real-Time Booking vs. Traditional Ad Ops: A Look at How Media Teams Operate
Advertising operations sit at the intersection of revenue, inventory, and execution. As media organizations expand across channels and products, the operational model behind ad sales becomes just as important as the sales strategy itself. Two approaches dominate this...
The Sales Blueprint: Eileen Sperry of VistaMedia
The Sales Blueprint: Eileen Sperry on Building Relationships, Retaining 95% of Clients, and Why She Sends Girl Scout Cookies When you talk to Eileen Sperry, one thing becomes clear pretty quickly: consistency is her superpower. As an Advertising Account Executive at...
Contract-to-Cash Automation in Ad Ops
The Backbone of a Modern Media Business Contract-to-cash is the journey an advertising deal takes from the moment it’s sold to the moment revenue is collected. This includes contracts, insertion orders, trafficking, fulfillment, billing, and reconciliation. When this...
Why Q4 is the Best Time to Clean Up Ad Ops
The final stretch of the year is busy for every publisher. Campaigns are wrapping, renewals are closing, invoices are flying, and teams are already thinking about what next year needs to look like. That’s exactly why Q4 is the right time to step back and clean things...
The Sales Blueprint: Sam Edelman of BenefitHub
When you talk to Sam Edelman, one thing becomes clear right away: she moves fast. As a Senior Advertising Partnerships Manager at BenefitHub, Sam sits at the intersection of media, e-commerce, and performance marketing — connecting top consumer brands with millions of...
The Modern Media Team’s Guide to Ad Sales Software
In today’s fast-paced media environment, ad revenue is only as strong as the system behind it. If your team is still juggling spreadsheets, legacy tools, and fragmented workflows, it’s time to rethink your ad sales strategy. Modern ad operations software and ad sales...
The Missing Link in Direct Sales? Your CRM.
If your ad sales team is still juggling spreadsheets, siloed platforms, and “just checking in” emails, it might be time to rethink your CRM setup. Today’s direct sales model demands more than just hustle. It demands alignment — across your team, your campaigns, and...
Fixed Price or CPM Pricing? A Publisher’s Dilemma
Pricing your ad inventory isn’t just a finance decision — it’s a strategic one that can shape how you sell, who you attract, and how fast your revenue grows. Whether you’re offering direct-sold placements, newsletter sponsorships, or podcast inventory, one question...











