Only five years after the advent of the tablet, strategies for successful digital magazine publishing are starting to sort themselves out and deliver measurable results. Of course at Mequoda, we're
Magazine pricing strategy has certainly evolved over the past decade. Back in 2013 we still believed that universal pricing was the best way to handle print, website, and tablet products.
If you’re making plans for your own digital publication, it behooves you to also plan how to make money from it with strategic digital magazine marketing.
After all, buying a list
If you're a publisher, or are selling a subscription-based information product, it's likely that at some point you'll be looking for a new membership site developer. We know this because
Are you still selling your magazine on one platform? Sure, print magazines smell good and even look good on a coffee table, but the most successful subscription and membership marketers
Headlines have been brimming lately with news publishers like The New York Times, The Guardian and Wired taking back their profits with paywalls and paid content. The New York Times
In the third quarter of 2020, the New York Times' digital subscription revenue surpassed its print revenue for the first time ever. With 5.7 million digital subscribers, they say they
The most effective blow-in cards of the 21st century aren't made of cardstock, they're digital. And since offering a sample of your magazine is less effort for the user when
More multiplatform publishers are seeing firsthand the value of subscription products and paywalls, which is why many new ones are launched. Today we're looking at some of these paywall and
Digital publishers will continue to establish and evolve their membership websites as products, tools, and software options lead to successful revenue streams. Today we're visiting publishers who have made new
Multiplatform publishing companies that have made the digital landscape their home are able to experience advantages that other traditional publishers have not. Doing this, however, requires having the right people
The millennial demographic is one publishers often wonder about. Considering millennials into an audience development plan is a great idea for publishers, and we're now seeing some interesting evolutions in
As digital publishers continue to iron out their audience and product strategies, the ones doing it the best are seeing growth in areas that matter: digital subscriptions and sales.
Our first
Ask yourself these seven questions before starting your journey towards digital magazine transformation
I'm going to go ahead and assume if you're reading this, you have a print publication who is
Condé Nast U.S. expands subscription business; Amazon's subscription service becomes an option; Subscription websites need to utilize ads that don't violate rules
Subscription websites expand in a multitude of ways. Of
Zink digital magazine relaunches; National Geographic launches digital network; Amazon looking at offering subscriptions to publishers
Not all the digital magazine content we report on involves launches. Sometimes we have relaunches
Digital magazine marketing will give you an afterlife
There are times in business when we feel like we've created something great, and we don't understand why it's not selling.
Back in 1967,
Master the art of marketing digital magazines and bundles by learning about why readers subscribe to digital magazines
Several years ago we ran a study that showed us the majority of
Magazines with the most mobile traffic have great mobile magazine websites and social-friendly content
The Association of Magazine Media recently stated that on average, magazine websites are getting 26% of their
Subscription publishers love to see surges, and that’s what’s happening at Washington Post, New York Times, and LA Times
We love to report on successes in the publishing world, and what
As the mobile publishing revolution has matured, I’ve been blogging about a lot of large, fancy digital magazines. Publications like New York, Forbes and The Atlantic have become leaders in
An uptick in digital newspaper subscriptions seen by major publications since the U.S. presidential election
Major newspapers approached the U.S. presidential election in an interesting way. Some of these newspapers, like
These new digital subscriptions are focused on building engagement with readers through different strategies
We continue to see new digital subscriptions arise among subscription websites. Some of these new subscriptions are
Economist tests social platforms and axes Pinterest and Tumblr, hones Twitter, and dives in LinkedIn.
According to Digiday, The Economist recently "axed its ailing Pinterest and Tumblr accounts while ramping up its commitment
A recent article from Mediapost claims 40% of millennials personally pay for news (print or digital). Pay for news, you say? We think, when looking at the ratio of print to
Spending on print ads to decline 8.7%, and the majors in newspaper publishing are planning for the future
A decade or two ago in newspaper publishing, it wasn't easy to get
These audience development models create marketing-qualified leads through freemiums that build larger, more monetizable email lists
“Audience development” is one of those terms that many people instinctively understand, but usually underestimate.
Multiplatform consumers give us a glimpse into digital and print magazines as consumption of digital grows year over year
In our annual American Magazine Reader Study & Handbook survey, we set out to understand
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
The media companies making news around magazine advertising trends include the Guardian, Financial Times, and more
Magazine advertising trends may not make for the most exciting material, but they're important to
Getting insight on digital marketing metrics from comScore, The Economist, the Atlantic Leap, and others
Getting a grasp on digital marketing metrics is crucial for multiplatform publishers looking to maximize the
Repurposing publisher content is a best practice that all Mequoda Members do as a matter of course.
You should try it, too.
It provides great value, requires minimal albeit dedicated investment of
Digital magazine sales surveyed among 14 of the top magazine publishers are skyrocketing on a single-copy level, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. Year-over-year website traffic is on
The successful user-driven startups of today are the ones who offer subscription-based services. As a magazine or newsletter publisher, you know a subscription-based business takes the revenue of one product
If you’ve been reading here about the journey from legacy print publishing to digital magazine publishing, it may sound almost too confusing to contemplate
The journey involves everything from creating a
The subscription model has a lot of perks and one of them is that subscriber churn rate is much lower than any other product you can offer. Customers don't usually
If you came to this website for help on how to create a magazine online, congratulations: You couldn't have picked a better place. That's just one goal the Mequoda System
It's no secret that Mequoda is the leading strategy-centric content management system provider for magazine and newsletter publishers looking to lock in on a multi-platform system. If it is news
Making sense of the latest magazine industry trends via top digital publishers: Rodale, Time Inc., Conde Nast, Hearst, IBT
So much news about magazine industry trends during the past month, in
For digital publishers not fully reliant on ads – which hopefully is you if you're aiming for high multiplatform performance – few components are as crucial as your subscription revenue
If you came here seeking digital publishing jobs to apply for, don't be disappointed that you don't see any listings in this post, because we've got something better for you:
Subscription publishing is another element of multiplatform strategy that digital magazines must stay attuned to, as the landscape seems to shift every week. Most recently, paywalls for online content have
Dedicating resources to an online magazine archive is a best practice for multiplatform publishers that we highly recommend, and a big key to success in the Mequoda Method.
Our favorite part
So is the underreporting of digital magazines sales the fault of publishers themselves, or should AAM's audit be modified to accommodate universal pricing and packaging?
We think it's time to accommodate.
Tell us, what's the best digital magazine, in your humble opinion?
The last time someone you knew won an award, did you agree that they were the best person to win?
The year 2015 has seen a positive net gain so far for digital publishing companies, with sustained good news offsetting any bad. Overall, the industry has become more nimble in
What's up with mobile apps and the people who use them? Anyone publishing a digital magazine, or planning to publish one, must keep up with app user statistics. Recent mobile
