Tag: AndBeyond.Media

  • AndBeyond.Media wins programmatic monetisation mandate for Eenadu

    AndBeyond.Media wins programmatic monetisation mandate for Eenadu

    Mumbai: AndBeyond.Media has won the programmatic monetisation mandate for Eenadu. As part of this onboarding, AndBeyond.Media will work with Eenadu as a strategic partner to maximise their ad revenues via programmatic channels. This strategic partnership comes at a very opportune time as both the businesses have seen promising uptick in the last few months – with AndBeyond.Media now catering to 500+ premium publishers.

    As part of this alliance, AndBeyond.Media’s duties will include a managed header bidding solution along with offering high impact ad formats that can help to drive new incremental revenue streams for Eenadu. A holistic approach with the publisher will also help to create more competition on the ad stack for better performance, CPMs and fill rates.

    AndBeyond.Media chief business officer Pankil Mehta said, “We are delighted to have onboarded Eenadu and are excited to manage their programmatic ads solutions mandate. Being at the forefront of the latest and most advanced technology in terms of programmatic advertising, we are confident that we will be able to bestow the best-in-class products for Eenadu’s web assets. Our in-house team of seasoned professionals and our holistic platform with technology at its centre focuses on an integrated approach to optimise ad demand. With our expertise in offering programmatic advertising solutions to a number of publishers in the past, we have been able to drive guaranteed incremental revenue streams for Eenadu’s business and will continue to do so.”

    Eenadu GM Sushil Kumar Tyagi added, "Our business is forever growing and we believe the momentum of growth should not slow down. The need of the hour, hence, was to find the right partner to help better monetise and optimise the ads on our digital properties and for this, we are super thrilled to have partnered with AndBeyond.Media. This strategic and focused alliance with AndBeyond.Media has driven fruitful gains for our business.”

  • AndBeyond.Media, VidTent, WORD, Localyze & OneLoop come together under the Alchemy Group banner in a strategic collation to deliver solutions that solve for next-gen audiences

    AndBeyond.Media, VidTent, WORD, Localyze & OneLoop come together under the Alchemy Group banner in a strategic collation to deliver solutions that solve for next-gen audiences

    MUMBAI: The decision to house both legacy and new businesses under one roof comes after identifying a need in the market to solve for existing internet users as well as for new-age audiences in the digital ecosystem.

    AndBeyond.Media, a global On-Demand Native and Programmatic solutions business, along with VidTent & WORD formed a strategic collation under a new parent banner – Alchemy Group. Alchemy Group then launched two new business offerings in the Indian market; Localyze, that offers local language Transcreation & Media solutions and OneLoop that is an end to end Digital Audio Marketplace which together was the coming of five distinct businesses solving for diverse verticals. These brands aim to create a breakthrough in Digital Media, Video Content, Influencer Marketing, Localyzation services and Digital Audio.

    “Traditional digital marketing no longer makes the cut when trying to build brand stickiness amongst current & forthcoming audiences. All businesses under the Alchemy Group will have a laser focus towards ensuring offerings that can enable Brands, Publishers & Content Owners to communicate, reach and convince across all digital touchpoints, ensuring a consistent, holistic experience, no matter what digital medium, language, platform or format they interact with,” says Karan Gupta, CEO, Alchemy Group. “We want to take a strong proactive approach in building products and services that are future-ready & scalable to handle more advanced, tech savvy brands and consumers”.

    WORD was created with the goal to focus entirely on influencer marketing as a business so as to deliver high-impact, real experiences and campaigns through our private network of 30,000+ influencers.

    “Influencer marketing as a category has seen a meteoric rise in the past 2 years and shows no signs of slowing down. We are very bullish about our investment and growth in this category. Being in content is not easy and our aim is to solve that with WORD. Its offerings is the Group’s answer to the content and influencer marketing vertical. Since its launch in early 2018, WORD has carved a niche for itself in the new buzz-word of Marketing within the new-age channel of communication via strong Influencer advocates. We are currently working on expanding our

    product offerings from being an Agency to a more platform driven Marketplace model that has proven to be successful in many other Western markets that cater to all types of businesses in order to make Influencer Marketing accessible to brands irrespective of their campaign goal, budgets and a strong Micro / Macro Influencer base”, says Dharika Merchant, COO, Word & Alchemy Group.

    Solving for the BIG regional marketing communication need gap, Localyze will concentrate on delivering an end to end solution that will allow local and highly targeted regional messaging across all digital channels within the Indian regional language ecosystem.

    “Our focus is targeted specifically towards brands looking to expand into regional markets; it will provide a content-first approach where a team of domain experts and transcreators will work together to deliver the brand’s message across digital properties while making sure that the core message isn’t lost in translation. The localyzation solution along with our legacy of native ads and programmatic business (AndBeyond.Media) are able to deliver marketing communication without losing the tone & dialect with the reach across regional sites where the right audiences are present. This not only makes a customer more susceptible to a marketing message delivered in their local language, but also targets them with highly relevant advertising to break through the media clutter”, said Pankil Mehta, CBO, AndBeyond.Media, Localyze & Alchemy Group.

    The Group’s latest venture, OneLoop, recognizes voice and digital audio channels as a rapidly growing market. Its purpose is to bridge the gap in distribution and high performance monetization by offering an all-encompassing platform that offers high quality audio content to publishers and empower brands with an engaging way to deliver Innovative Audio ads to audiences where they are consuming the same.

    Alchemy Group will constantly be at work to ideate and launch more innovative technologies in collaboration with domain experts to solve future need gaps in the market. “Alchemy Group was formed with the vision of solving for the next generation of users coming online and our aim is to have Alchemy bring together all of its businesses by Igniting Ideas, Building Bonds and Creating Magic ”, added Gupta.
     

  • AndBeyond.Media appoints Dharika Merchant as company president

    AndBeyond.Media appoints Dharika Merchant as company president

    MUMBAI: AndBeyond.Media, announced the appointment of former Affinity executive Dharika Merchant to serve as President of the company, effective today. In her role, Merchant – a specialist in business development, product strategy and operations, will be focused on driving the execution of AndBeyond.Media’s strategic plan for expanding the businesses reach globally, and scale new heights with innovation to deliver operational excellence.

    With in-depth industry experience, Dharika has had a long and successful track record overseeing and executing business strategy and expansion. She joins AndBeyond.Media from her long-standing stint at Affinity, where she spearheaded business teams and handled a multitude of product portfolios ranging from SEM, PPC and standard display to real-time bidding (RTB) and programmatic media buying. A digital maven with deep seeded skills in mobile marketing and media buying, she has provided her customer acquisition and relationship management expertise to a large spectrum of clients that include Direct Advertisers, Ad Networks, Affiliate Networks and Publishers, and has successfully helped businesses achieve their ambitions.

    “As AndBeyond.Media forays into this new chapter of global expansion, I am confident that Dharika will effectively lead the business and help scale the company’s growth to its fullest potential,” said Karan Gupta, Chief Executive Officer at AndBeyond.Media. “Her strong management background and extensive leadership experience makes her the right person to oversee AndBeyond.Media’s future growth plans. Through the various positions she has held over the years, Dharika has proven to be an accomplished and trusted leader and brings to this position a strong reputation for developing teams and inspiring businesses to go beyond the ordinary. Her wealth of experience will truly serve as an asset as we continue to accelerate growth and attain new milestones.”

    Talking about her new role Dharika Merchant, President, AndBeyond.Media said, “I’m thrilled to join AndBeyond.Media during this exciting time. AndBeyond.Media’s bespoke technology and solutions, I believe, are some of the finest innovative offerings in the programmatic advertising space. I look forward to working alongside Karan, Pankil and the company’s talented employees, and dedicated partners around the world to expand the reach of the business, drive greater value and challenge the limits of innovation”

    “Dharika has built an impressive record of accomplishments through the years. Her proven ability to deliver results makes her the perfect choice to help execute our strategic ambitions and drive scalable, sustainable growth,” added Pankil Mehta, Chief Business Officer, AndBeyond.Media.

    Merchant’s appointment comes closely on the heels of the appointment of Ashley King as VP Publisher Development and the launch of the New York City office – last week. These announcements come at a period of rapid expansion for the company’s business globally.

  • AndBeyond.Media appoints Dharika Merchant as company president

    AndBeyond.Media appoints Dharika Merchant as company president

    MUMBAI: AndBeyond.Media, announced the appointment of former Affinity executive Dharika Merchant to serve as President of the company, effective today. In her role, Merchant – a specialist in business development, product strategy and operations, will be focused on driving the execution of AndBeyond.Media’s strategic plan for expanding the businesses reach globally, and scale new heights with innovation to deliver operational excellence.

    With in-depth industry experience, Dharika has had a long and successful track record overseeing and executing business strategy and expansion. She joins AndBeyond.Media from her long-standing stint at Affinity, where she spearheaded business teams and handled a multitude of product portfolios ranging from SEM, PPC and standard display to real-time bidding (RTB) and programmatic media buying. A digital maven with deep seeded skills in mobile marketing and media buying, she has provided her customer acquisition and relationship management expertise to a large spectrum of clients that include Direct Advertisers, Ad Networks, Affiliate Networks and Publishers, and has successfully helped businesses achieve their ambitions.

    “As AndBeyond.Media forays into this new chapter of global expansion, I am confident that Dharika will effectively lead the business and help scale the company’s growth to its fullest potential,” said Karan Gupta, Chief Executive Officer at AndBeyond.Media. “Her strong management background and extensive leadership experience makes her the right person to oversee AndBeyond.Media’s future growth plans. Through the various positions she has held over the years, Dharika has proven to be an accomplished and trusted leader and brings to this position a strong reputation for developing teams and inspiring businesses to go beyond the ordinary. Her wealth of experience will truly serve as an asset as we continue to accelerate growth and attain new milestones.”

    Talking about her new role Dharika Merchant, President, AndBeyond.Media said, “I’m thrilled to join AndBeyond.Media during this exciting time. AndBeyond.Media’s bespoke technology and solutions, I believe, are some of the finest innovative offerings in the programmatic advertising space. I look forward to working alongside Karan, Pankil and the company’s talented employees, and dedicated partners around the world to expand the reach of the business, drive greater value and challenge the limits of innovation”

    “Dharika has built an impressive record of accomplishments through the years. Her proven ability to deliver results makes her the perfect choice to help execute our strategic ambitions and drive scalable, sustainable growth,” added Pankil Mehta, Chief Business Officer, AndBeyond.Media.

    Merchant’s appointment comes closely on the heels of the appointment of Ashley King as VP Publisher Development and the launch of the New York City office – last week. These announcements come at a period of rapid expansion for the company’s business globally.