Media Link Software Academy
Promoting the Science of Advertising
Media Link Software grew out of a desire for Media Link Inc. to be able to better analyze the media landscape and relate the options to our clients. We continue to go out of our way to educate the ourselves and the next generation of professionals. As we turn the page to the exciting Media Link Software 2.0 chapter we wanted to collect our resources and make them easily available for anyone who wants to get better at media planning to grow.
A lot has changed since Media Link Software began as a fledgling startup in 2010. Back then, there was a duopoly in the media buying software business. Media Link Software began out of necessity, because neither of the big software companies catered to the boutique agency business. Now, there are several software options available, which…
Read MoreThe Media Link Software Team is thrilled to announce we have a new Content Specialist! Josh Boelter, welcome to our team! Josh Boelter is a writer, researcher and producer with experience in a variety of industries. Josh’s career has taken him from marketing communications at a Silicon Valley startup, to writing a weekly newspaper column,…
Read MoreThe Media Link Software Team is thrilled to announce we have a new Marketing Coordinator. Welcome to the team, Lauren! Lauren Alexis Wood is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Southern New Hampshire University. She comes to Media Link with an eclectic background spanning multiple industries. Having worked in healthcare, education and media…
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Necessity is the mother of invention. Media Link Software® founder and president Natalie Linville-Mass never intended to start a software company. She had enough on her plate running her own ad agency. Ultimately, it was her agency work that led her to the realization that she needed to start Media Link Software. At the time,…
Read MoreThe Media Link Software® Team is thrilled to announce we have officially found our Marketing Coordinator! Grace Bradley-Leon, welcome to our team! Grace is originally from Naperville, Illinois, and moved to the Quad Cities to start her first year at Augie and hasn’t left Rock Island, IL since. She is a recent Augustana College graduate…
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There are many benefits to purchasing software licenses over physical software products. Here are our top 4 reasons why we at Media Link Software® are taking advantage of this customer-centric approach to providing services: 1. Reliability Licensed software come with automated updates and patches. There is no need to constantly check for new versions and…
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With our home office located in the Quad Cities, Media Link Software® is part of an Illinois/Iowa bi-state market. So, we have political windows more often throughout the year and our political advertising seems to be twice as much as in other parts of the Country. So, needless to say its impact on available ad…
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OTT advertising is now penetrating local markets to a substantial degree. So, what is OTT and how do you evaluate its virtues in comparison to other forms of media? Over the Top (OTT) Television is long form video content distributed through the internet and bypassing cable, satellite or broadcast transmission. It is distinct from both…
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Since Media Link Software® entered the market in 2011, we have encountered a wide variety of different ways people plan their media buys. So, in this blog, we would like to outline some of the basics about the different media buying philosophies. Programmatic Media Buying Programmatic advertising uses an element of automation to decide where…
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