Since 2006 we have held these fourteen guidelines as the most fundamental principles of the best website design.
Every website is unique to its own audience, so you can't include things
Successful website homepage design allows visitors to achieve their goals
Is your website properly designed to meet the expectations of your visitors? Often times websites encourage visitors to take an additional
Knowing how to start an online magazine requires first understanding the differences between an online magazine and the dozens of other publishing models available to you in the 21st century.
These
Data analytics are critical for the success of your multiplatform publishing business. Your website, email and social media efforts are all used to promote your content and make more money
Digital magazine publishers stay competitive and relevant to their audiences by presenting the best experiences possible. We watch constantly as experiments are made in the digital publishing industry to reach
Digital magazine publishers are putting more emphasis on digital audience growth, and doing it through a variety of methods including internal content, acquisitions, and third-party content partners.
Many audience development strategies get new life breathed into them, enhancing their abilities to develop and reach new audiences in different ways. Today's news looks at this, and how publishers
Over the last year, we've made major steps to make your Mequoda System run as quickly as possible by increasing site speed and decreasing load times. The benefits aren't just
Subscription websites can be a major revenue stream for savvy digital publishers. Today we're looking at some examples of this from major publishers.
We begin with The Atlantic, a subscription website
It's no surprise that fast loading websites are necessary components to a strong online presence. We're seeing search engines and social media sites respond to users' desire to engage with
MPP expanding American market; TNG acquires Ingram Periodicals; Digital publishing becoming a priority for Reader's Digest
Digital publishing transforms in a variety of ways, from new technology in the digital age,
One of the lesser known, but important plugins used within your Mequoda System is a caching plugin. A caching plugin helps your site run faster, so that when a visitor
Time enhances user experience for golfers; Surfing folds for digital; Conde Nast launches new publisher website Healthyish
Enhancements to publisher websites come with new ideas for reaching and engaging audiences.
We’re seeing
What to look for in an online shopping cart system, from Haven Nexus, to Shopify to WooCommerce
Ecommerce has become a core part of any multi-platform publishing business. Even publishers who
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
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
The publishers making news when it comes to monetizing digital content include Quartz, Fortean Times, and Dennis
Is there anything more important than monetizing digital content for magazines looking to embrace
Multimedia publishing demands multiplatform strategy, and Ebony is embracing it; plus, NYT latest to consider ad-free model
Multimedia publishing is remaking the industry, fueled by multiplatform strategy, content like video and
TIME magazine is seeing growth in print and digital due mostly to a strong pursuit of native ads in editorial and video, plus staffing updates and multiplatform publishing
Last year, TIME's print
Among publishing executives, is there anyone more admirable than Maria Rodale? Of course, we all have our favorites, but for us, Rodale's new media innovation, multiplatform strategy instincts, niche content
Multi-channel publishing, multiplatform publishing, content distribution strategy: Whatever the label, proactive media companies meeting their readers on their own turf are emerging more and more as the best digital magazines.
Quantifying video metrics is a wide open enterprise for all, including publishers; plus, innovation and analytics from the experts
Views, visits, traffic, clicks, opens, time spent with media ... charting response
Online video publishing, especially when taken in tandem with mobile advertising, is arguably the most alluring revenue opportunity to come along for digital magazines in a long time.
But, like any
Publishers, especially in the B2B space, have always helped their audience by providing career development advice, and by promoting opportunities in need of qualified professionals. Often, publications will provide expert
Mastering what the Internet of Things offers can go a long way for B2B magazines when it comes to driving revenue; plus, publishers' archives, Facebook Instant Articles, and more
There's a
Magazine platforms mean everything to your business model, which means they mean everything to ours, too. We've built our business on multiplatform publishing, which includes everything from a portal to
Among all of the challenges facing digital publishers, international expansion is understandably on the back burner, but don't sleep on the possible new revenue stream. Social media has shown that
Becoming an ecommerce publisher continues to attract publishing executives looking for alternate revenue streams rooted in their content and niche audiences. Selling products isn't selling out; developing an ecommerce content
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
Magazine ecommerce represents a major opportunity for digital publishers, provided you have the tech and infrastructure to pull it off – or can crank it up in the coming years.
Here's
As any compromised comment section can tell us, there are a whole lot of ways to make money on the Internet! Online magazine revenue streams comprise some solid volume in
The larger projects online publishers face when becoming multiplatform publishers are often broken into multiple phases to keep the work manageable and the project moving along. Phasing brings focus to
The publisher-advertiser dynamic has always been a fragile one, but it needn't be a fractious one. After all, it's a symbiotic relationship, and the success of each, in theory, depends
The digital media industry trends dominating the headlines at the end of 2015 share some overlap with the digital media industry trends we started the year with -- monetizing mobile
The benefits of online advertising are undeniable, but for better or worse, realizing them can be an exercise in patience and persistence because of the wide-open state of affairs in
We've made it clear over the years how much we admire America's Test Kitchen, practically our neighbor here in the Boston area. We admire them because they've achieved great
Tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 3, marks MinOnline's 13th annual Most Intriguing and Hottest Launches Awards Celebration, while Friday, Dec. 4, marks the entry deadline for its Best of the Web Awards.
ALM, Hearst, Google, Apple, Texture, Time Inc. are the media companies and digital magazines leading the shift in publishing metrics
Much like old-school counting statistics in baseball, old-school publishing metrics like
The top digital publishers have risen – and stay – there because they're willing to experiment, evolve, and tread along the cutting edge of industry-wide best practices while pushing out
There's no doubt that niche content is the name of the game, at least if you're playing the game using the Mequoda Method. But digital magazines can't expect to slap
Are you generating all of the digital advertising revenue you're capable of? If so, what's your secret? If not, join the club.
Mequoda Members know that relying solely on digital magazine
One of the most significant advantages of a multiplatform strategy is that new digital magazine platform options pop up frequently: They make for a renewable resource that will likely never
As websites become more and more sophisticated, the look and feel of portals has become slicker but it many cases more confusing as media companies attempt to use every trick,
There aren't many industries as exciting these days as media and publishing, which rivals even the tech sector for growth opportunity.
Each week brings with it a new advancement, revenue stream,
If you're a mobile publisher trying to monetize an already challenging platform for digital magazines, no two words strike more fear into your heart than "ad blocking."
Ad blocking programs are
Sometimes, you just need the numbers, right? When it comes to making decisions that could be the difference between flourishing or folding, data is a commodity. Device usage, performance metrics,
Big data is a big term, but there's not a lot behind the concept itself, and no need to complicate it – collect the information that consumers provide and use
Bryan Welch's successor, Bill Uhler, aims for more publishing events and ecommerce content strategy; plus, an industry update halfway through the year
Publishing events comprise a big piece of the puzzle
