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,
September 1, 2016 – BOSTON — The 2016 Mequoda American Magazine Reader Study & Handbook, conducted in Q2 2016, one year after their 2015 study, polled 3,241 US adults with
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
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How to use anxiety in your sales letter landing page copywriting
Someone once reduced all human motivation to the simple pleasure/pain principle.
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Publishing digital magazines is not a "set it and forget it" enterprise, and monitoring the latest trends is a must
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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
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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
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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
Which social publishers are performing especially well as of the first half of 2016? Well, the Association of Magazine Media 360° is glad we asked – they recently released their
Second-time magazine subscribers may turn out to be even more profitable than they were their first time around
Peter Drucker wrote, "The most important thing in communication is to hear what
There are two new advertising revenue models in town – and you probably didn't even know they existed
Since magazine, newspaper, and newsletter publishers turned to the web, there have been
What is premium publishing? Premium publishing is what happens when media companies prioritize high-quality content – and then produce the infrastructure to support it. Premium publishing means monetization. Paywalls, subscriptions,
Don't leave money on the table by skipping over new multiplatform magazine revenue models
You probably know that ad-driven magazines have someone in charge of driving more revenue, usually someone with
If you're publishing on social media – and if you're not, contact us immediately for a free 30-minute conversation, things just got real! – you know that the goal posts
The calendar content business model can provide a useful, linkable resource that keeps visitors coming back
It's necessary to know the most ideal business model(s) for publishers, to be able to
Parsing publishing data has become de rigueur, but doing it well is still an elusive art.
The payoff is worth it, however, when it comes to audience development, analytics, and more
If you maintain a keyword universe like we do for our clients, you may want to follow our lead on this update
Mequoda is built on a structure of best practices. Best
Print and digital publishing ... diametrically opposed? By no means! In fact, when it comes to multiplatform publishing, Mequoda Members know that a print product is an important piece of
Sponsored content should provide value for the reader at the same time as it creates a positive perception of the sponsor
There's 23 Stories (Conde Nast), Courageous (CNN), Catapult Creative Labs (Active
Online content distribution grows more sophisticated by the week, with new channels, services, and technologies giving rise to an ever-evolving multiplatform publishing strategy.
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Build your multiplatform magazine marketing team that can grow an audience and subscribers at the same time
Publishers have been making organizational changes to deal with the realities of the modern
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This is a cautionary tale about online publishing strategies … a parable, if you will. It involves no actual Biblical references, and no real-life publishers were
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
The freebie content business model is one website we build for all of our Mequoda Gold Members
Choosing your content focus is a business-critical decision, as the focus you choose pretty
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
The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) released its Top 10 magazine brands for the first half of 2016 on July 28, along with its most current audience data taken from
There are two types of magazine ads that successful multiplatform publishers bundle into their multiplatform rate cards. Each item on the rate card has a value associated with it. Bought
The digital media companies making magazine publishing news include GQ, Slate, Meredith, and more
We monitor magazine publishing news on your behalf because every day brings new big things in the
A successful multiplatform magazine requires a capable content team
What makes a legacy publishing company a unique and challenging organization is that many of the traditional divisions among different parts of
Magazine expansion is a key to magazine survival and success. Building on your product is a key tenet of multiplatform publishing strategy. The question is, how do you pull it
Before any Mequoda client will build a subscription website, they first identify the most fundamental content their users will digest
At Mequoda, we talk a lot about your minimum information unit,
Website architecture refers to the funnel that leads your customers from a page, to a point of interest, like a "buy now" button, or an email subscription form. It refers
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
The social algorithm ecosystem is becoming just as important to watch and analyze as search algorithms
Have you ever had someone in your life who asks you to do something, but
SimilarWeb data determines that organic SEO for publishers is a strong play
Organic SEO for publishers is a key component of the Mequoda Method, one that can even permeate social media
Magazine covers can make or break sales on traditional and digital newsstands – are you leveraging current subscribers for input?
I subscribe to magazines and email newsletters of magazines for dozens
Checking in on the New York Times, Financial Times, and Bloomberg native agency efforts – and what it means for digital magazines
So maybe you're not quite ready to launch your
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Having a startup magazine in the finance and health publishing niche used to be a slow crawl to success, but has Google changed that?
Publishers are seeing big increases and decreases
If you're running a digital magazine, VR, or virtual reality, is not at the forefront of your mind right now. You've got daily content concerns, tech to catch up with,
If you're not there, your competitors will be.
Registration for our upcoming one-day Digital Magazine Publishing Workshop on August 2 closes today. If you miss it, what do you plan to do instead to grow
Before building out new website business models, inventory your existing content assets
Author and efficiency expert Stephen Covey writes about how difficult it is to reach goals that you don’t have.
While it's true we've made our reputation with digital publishers, remember that many of them started as print publishers, and we helped them make the transition by instilling multiplatform strategy