Advertising & Sponsorship
Get in front of the right rooms.
Advertising and sponsorship across our media network. Print, digital, and event placements that reach engaged audiences, packaged to fit your goals and budget. Owned channels, real attention. Since 2001, with offices in Melville, NY and Boca Raton, FL.
The Inventory
The placements are ours to sell. So are the titles.
Every unit we sell runs on an ad server we built, inside two publications we publish ourselves. That is what makes a placement here a position in a real editorial page rather than a slot resold through a network we do not control, and it is why the reporting comes from our own server instead of a third-party tag.
Long Island Wave
Our regional lifestyle and news title, covering the businesses, restaurants, openings, and people shaping Long Island, from Montauk to Manhasset.
- 20,000+ monthly viewers
- Apple News
- Email newsletter
Creations Magazine
A holistic living title in its fourth decade, reaching wellness-minded readers in print through nearly 900 locations and online between issues.
- 80,000+ monthly readers
- 60,000+ print circulation
- 40 years
On stands nowAugust / September 2026, the 40th anniversary volume.Built In-House
An intelligent ad network runs both titles.
We did not bolt an ad exchange onto our publications. We built the ad server. Advertisers, creative, placements, and reporting all live in our own system on Cloudflare's edge, which means no Google ad tag, no auction taking a cut, and no third party sitting between a brand and the readers we spent years earning.
Every slot filled on the fly
Placements are not hardcoded. As a page is served, the network reads the slot, pulls the advertisers eligible for it, and rotates between them, so a position is shared fairly instead of belonging to whoever booked first.
The right shape, every time
Each placement declares the format it accepts, and the network matches creative to it. A wide banner is never squeezed into a square, and an Enhanced buy runs its banner and its box as two pieces of real inventory.
Numbers that actually happened
Impressions and clicks are recorded by our own server as they occur, not by a tracking pixel an ad blocker can drop. Reporting reflects what ran, broken out by placement.
First-party by design
There is no third-party ad tag anywhere on the site. Pages stay fast, the sites ship a strict content security policy, and reader data never leaves the publication.
Two packages. Standard places your creative in the square units across the site. Enhanced adds a wide banner and runs both, so your brand competes for every slot on the page. Each title keeps its own advertisers, its own creative, and its own numbers. Nothing is pooled, and nothing is resold through a network we do not control.
Attention Worth Buying
Placements that actually get seen.
We sell access to audiences we own and rooms we run, so your spend reaches people who are paying attention.
Print and digital.
Ad placements across our owned titles and digital properties.
- Print advertising
- Digital advertising
- Custom packages
Events and rooms.
Sponsor our expos and events for category visibility in person.
- Event sponsorship
- Category visibility
- In-room reach
Audience, Placement, Reporting
Three phases, one team.
From the first idea to the last detail, one team owns the work. No briefs handed off, no finger pointing.
Audience
Who you reach.
- Engaged readers
- Event attendees
- Email subscribers
- Lifestyle audiences
- Regional reach
- Audience data
Placement
Where you appear.
- Print ads
- Digital ads
- Email placements
- Event sponsorship
- Custom packages
- Multi-channel runs
Reporting
What you get.
- Impressions and reach
- Clicks and engagement
- Lead capture
- Performance reporting
- Optimization
- ROI review
How It Connects
One buy, many ways to reach.
Your goal sets the direction. We carry it through audience, placement, reporting, and results, all the way to every impression.
The same strategy and the same standard, from first step to every impression.
Why Wave
Strategy first, made in-house, built to perform.
We start with the goal and build toward it, with one team accountable from the plan to the result.
Strategy First
Every initiative has a goal and a number, not just output.
In-House, End to End
One team owns the work, no handoffs or outsourcing.
Built on Owned Media
You buy attention, not just space.
Measured and Iterated
We track what works and improve what does not.
What We Deliver
Ways to advertise.
Print Advertising
In our titles.
Digital Advertising
On our properties.
Email Placements
In subscriber inboxes.
Event Sponsorship
At our expos.
Custom Packages
Built to your goals.
Reporting
See the return.
Where It Fits
Brands that fit our channels.
How We Work
Strategy first, then build.
Every piece is built with intention, tied to a goal and a number. No filler, no autopilot.
Plan
We build a package to your goals.
Place
We run it across our channels.
Report
We track reach and results.
Common Questions
Questions clients ask.
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Let's Talk
Let's build your media package.
Book a call with a senior member of the team. We will share a relevant point of view for your business, no pressure and no jargon.