UPM · JOURNAL
Signals from the network.
Notes on how the network runs: editorial standards, measurement, and the advertising model. Written for readers and partners, in plain language, by the people doing the work.
- Why niche audiences beat broad reachA million impressions sounds better than fifty thousand. It usually is not.
- How we label sponsored contentPaid work pays for the free reading. Here is exactly how we mark it, and what sponsors can never buy.
- What is a niche media network?Three publications, one owner, one set of standards. How the model works, and why it exists.
- Why a media network hosts eventsWe sell websites, so why rent rooms? What a day in person does for readers, editors and partners.
- What a weekly performance report should tell youImpressions are not a result. The numbers a weekly ad report should give you, and the questions to ask when one is missing.
- Display, sponsored or affiliate: picking the right formatThree ways to buy the same audience. Which format fits which goal, and what to pick for a first campaign.
- How we measure engagement without tracking youWe count what readers do on our pages. We never follow them anywhere else. Here is the difference, and why it matters.
- Why these three niches: tech, travel, petsA gadget site, a luxury travel site and a pet site walk into one company. The logic behind the portfolio.
- How we choose what to publishRejection is most of the job. The questions every story must answer before it makes the page.
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