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Featured · New Channels·5 min read·August 21, 2026

Five Things People Still Believe About Streaming TV Ads

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5
Myths, one at a time
3
Channels most vendors skip
New Channels · 5 min

Reddit, TikTok, and the Billboard Down the Road

Three channels with real local intent and low competition, and why the people running your ads probably are not using them.

June 13, 2026
TV
For a social budget
New Channels · 4 min

Your Ad on the Living Room TV, on a Facebook Budget

Streaming inventory made television a targeted, measurable, small-budget channel. Most local businesses still assume it is ou…

June 11, 2026
ZIP
Level targeting on screens
New Channels · 5 min

Billboards Are Programmatic Now

Digital out-of-home is now bought like display: by impression, by ZIP code, by daypart, in budgets a local business can actua…

April 30, 2026
$8
CPM on streaming audio
New Channels · 5 min

The Cheapest Uncontested Attention You Can Buy

Streaming audio and podcasts reach people with no screen to scroll and nothing else competing. It is inexpensive, and almost…

April 16, 2026
1
Question that decides it
New Channels · 5 min

Retail Media: Worth It, or Not Your Fight?

Retail media is the fastest-growing ad category in the industry and irrelevant to most local businesses. Here is the line.

April 2, 2026
1
Question, repeated forever
New Channels · 5 min

Reddit Is Where People Ask Who to Call

Every city has a subreddit, and in it people ask for recommendations in plain language every day. Almost no local business ad…

October 23, 2025
3
Placements in one buy
New Channels · 5 min

The Ad Formats That Find People Before They Search

Discovery and demand-generation formats put visual ads in feeds, video, and inboxes through the same account as your search c…

September 30, 2025
$25
Typical CPM on connected TV
New Channels · 10 min

Streaming TV Advertising: What It Is and What It Costs

Connected TV in plain numbers: what you are buying, what it costs per thousand impressions, what creative you need, and how t…

September 18, 2025
2
Cases where it makes sense
New Channels · 5 min

Should a Local Business Advertise on Amazon?

For most local service businesses the answer is no, and the reasoning is worth understanding because it applies to every fash…

September 16, 2025

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