Connected TV has stormed the scene over the past few years, becoming a high-impact and effective marketing touchpoint for advertisers. The sight, sound, and motion of the TV screen combined with the digital roots of paid search and social elevate...

January 25, 2023

Marketers experience a brand very differently to consumers. On the brand side, advertisers often assemble their marketing plans between channels, with delineations drawn when one channel ‘ends’ and another begins. However, it looks much different from a customer viewpoint. This...

February 24, 2023

Prime Day has quietly climbed into the ranks of summer's biggest shopping moments, and 2026 made the case louder than ever. In our summer Prime Day 2025 recap, we found that Amazon's biggest shopping event had evolved into a performance...

July 22, 2026

Summer can mean relaxation and downtime for many people, but for advertisers looking to carry momentum into H2, it should mean the opposite. From shifting consumer habits to cultural events commanding massive audiences, this summer in particular will be packed...

April 17, 2026

TV advertisers have a new bottom line: outcomes. Where once TV advertising was all about the upper-funnel, now sales, conversions, site visits, and store traffic are pulling focus from legacy metrics like gross rating points. More than a quarter of...

April 17, 2026

You’ve likely read about Connected TV’s high average completion rate and how it complements second-screen viewing behavior. But what about its effect on web traffic and user engagement? If you’re an avid MNTN Research reader, then you’re already well acquainted...

December 9, 2024

Advertising just isn’t what it used to be. The art of advertising used to be a kind of dark art, a mysterious practice that only the sages at advertising agencies could conjure successfully. In those old days, only the best...

November 26, 2024

“Nobody reads advertising. People read what interests them, and sometimes it’s an ad,” said Howard Gossage, innovator and OG from the Mad Men era of advertising. We all know that brands with a powerful story to tell (and products to...

September 20, 2024