The classified content business model is the modern day equivalent of what used to appear in the back of many newspapers and B2B magazines
Listings for products, services, and jobs are
No publisher can hope to have a successful subscription based website without getting the marketing right. So if you have, or plan to launch, one of our three subscription website
You don't have to pick a primary or favorite digital magazine publishing platform – as we see from leading media companies, multiplatform strategy leaves it wide open, and the more
Audience development is one of those terms that many people instinctively understand, but usually underestimate
Although media professionals have worked in audience development for years, most have not bothered to define all the things
For digital magazines, readership data holds a world of possibility within all of those numbers, clicks, and submissions of info. The problem for publishers is figuring out how exactly to
Exclusivity is the name of the game when it comes to multiplatform magazine sponsorships
If you have children, or even when you were a child you remember, that no child ever
Mequoda is big into identifying and quantifying things so we can study them, understand them and use them to enhance our clients’ publishing businesses. And with digital publishing starting to
Online publishing strategies have grown exponentially since digital magazines have transformed the industry. It is, after all multiplatform strategy, and media companies are wise to maximize as many channels as
Spend some time in your archives to discover magazine promotions and copy that can be recycled
There's something about antiques that can make you nostalgic, even if you weren't alive during
How to evolve into a rockstar multiplatform publisher by outsourcing these three jobs
Two keys to organizational success as a multiplatform publisher are streamlining the on-staff team members to focus on
Part of Countryside Magazine Network's success can be attributed to the rise of conscious and sustainable living in recent years, but an even larger part is due to their ability
The directory content business model is a three-fer
The directory content business has some pretty unique benefits. If executed correctly, this model can be a win-win-win for any ambitious publisher. Not
Branding comes into play when choosing colors for your website. Most brands stick with their main colors. However, some businesses go through an entire rebranding when they launch or
Your digital magazine website is like a basketball team, always on defense and offense simultaneously.
For a basketball team, protecting the goal keys the transition to scoring success. A rebound, a
Retail can be used to boost your audience development efforts, because newsstands come with their own marketplaces
There are seven major Audience Development models we have identified: search, social, syndication, email,
Our friends at PubExec.com provide an online digital publishing forecast for next year; plus, what some magazines aren't getting about Facebook
If there's one thing we know about online digital publishing,
The latest updates about still evolving relationship between programmatic, publishers
On the eve of its programmatic publishers conference earlier this month, minOnline.com featured several articles on programmatic advertising, including a few
These organizational teams are key components for building a highly effective and efficient multiplatform publishing business
Building a multiplatform publishing business is never easy, but it is practically impossible without the
What Coke has soaked up from publishing sites; plus, Joe Ripp steps down, and The Daily Beast drives website traffic
In digital publishing, sites are where it all starts. But they
This content business model drives interest in live events while also driving revenue from attendees and sponsors
Who would have imagined in the internet age that people would still yearn for
A recent Digiday story on publishers' new approach to site redesign reveals that in place of the customary massive overhauls every few years, magazines are now outfitting their portals with
ACEM, a foundational part of the Mequoda Method, stands for "Attracting, Capturing, Engaging, and Monetizing" digital magazine readers. Of course, the key to doing those last three is retaining audience
Every successful niche publisher we know uses email as the central resource of their audience development toolbox
As you know, our clients are some of the most incredible before/after examples of
Digital magazines are decoding new web publishing platforms, but does it all just come down to content distribution strategy?
Well, the answer to that question is yes, but the execution is
Use this road map following Mequoda's CAROTME framework to establish an economic strategy for your multiplatform magazine
Single-platform legacy media companies are widely out of favor with buyers and investors. That’s
Sometimes media revenue streams flow, and sometimes they dry up
How are you generating media revenue? I hope your response isn't limited to one answer. Please, take all the time you
Hire your multiplatform management team to lead revenue and avoid getting caught in the hamster wheel of trying to reach revenue goals before growing
Building a multiplatform publishing business is never
Because we quantify everything, Mequoda has identified nine (coincidentally) deadly subscription website mistakes that are commonly made when publishers build their online presence.
When syndication is used for audience development, magazine publishers should be wary of duplicate content
Publishers have a long history of building audiences around specific topics, or niches. But the internet
If you're not bundling these three drastically underused sponsorship package add-ons, then you're leaving money on the table
Multiplatform publishers are in a great position to sell sponsorship packages that combine
Our mission in life is to get more people to read magazines online, so this round of recent news is well received
Your goal and our goal? Make it irresistible for
Your systems team must always have one foot in the present and one in the future, understanding how all existing technologies span and intercept to create a content marketing system
Publishers
We're proud to number a nice mix of successful B2B and B2C magazines among our Mequoda Members. This reflects the potency of the niche strategy + multiplatform publishing combination –
Now here's a monster development from those diabolical search masters at Google: A couple of weeks back, news broke that the company would be cracking down on mobile pop-ups and
Every publisher should develop an audience development program specifically for social that stretches throughout the year
Previously, the only purpose of building an audience was to sell print subscriptions. Now, publishers
Convince magazine advertisers to "invest" in your ads and native content, then show them the numbers.
If you're a new magazine, or even just new to digital magazines, you already know
To create the perfect online ad, marketers and publishing companies must consider a multitude of factors. Which metrics to key, where to place the ad, when to deploy it, how
The book content business model can give you a variety of items to sell that can be sold digitally for a large profit
When developing strategic plans for CAROTME (content, audience,
We make it our business to help you publish successful magazines. How do we do it? Well, it's not a big secret, and we certainly don't keep it from our
If your audience development strategy doesn't incorporate search, you're not thinking of the long term
When you are a Mequoda publisher, the goal of audience development is to get people on
How to use anxiety in your sales letter landing page copywriting
Someone once reduced all human motivation to the simple pleasure/pain principle.
“You either want something you don’t have, or you have
Publishing digital magazines is not a "set it and forget it" enterprise, and monitoring the latest trends is a must
Our mission in life is to help you with publishing digital
It's easy to drive the same road with your multiplatform magazine, but it's fruitful to spend time on strategy and analytics to keep yourself accountable for growth
Many CEOs readily admit
By now, you know that native publishing is sweeping the industry, as digital magazines continue to cultivate additional revenue generators and provide more elegant options for both marketers and audience.
Your multiplatform magazine team isn't complete without a functional operations unit
Teams that take time to create efficient group work processes can become extremely effective at furthering the actual work of
Parse.ly releases report on friends and family algorithm that's worth sharing to your favorite Facebook publisher; plus, metrics and Messenger
If you're a Facebook publisher, you know as well as anyone
The community content business model can bring in users and keep them on your site
When developing your strategic plans for CAROTME (content, audience, revenue, organization, technology, measurement, and economics), it's
Another day, another round of ad blocking news. But this time, we bear some good tidings. '
Turns out digital magazines aren't the only ones suffering casualties when it comes to
Build an email list by creating free downloads that fit the content theme you are already selling
Freemiums have become the ultimate way to build an email list. The difference in
