Creating the best subscription website business models starts with understanding your minimum information units—both the free minimum information units you'll use to build a loyal audience and the premium minimum information
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
Portals are seen most often because not only are they a profitable model on their own, they’re also intended to build and feed an audience for affiliated premium subscription websites.
One of the most profitable subscription website business models is a magazine subscription website.
It's not because it's cheaper to build, or brings in substantially more revenue than other business models,
Our most-read subscription website publishing posts of last year show a continued interest in building profitable subscription websites and improving their speed and ranking.
Last year, publishers focused on increasing profitability
Although a text ad could refer to any ad consisting of text, we’re currently referring to those that are part of your conversion architecture. These ads are placed in the
These multiplatform publishing business models can be incorporated into your business at little extra cost, but with huge revenue potential
At the beginning of the year we highlighted three resolutions multiplatform publishers
A Mequoda Audience Development System is a physical, turn-key content management system that is customized to help publisher's attract new visitors, convert them into email subscribers, engage them, and finally,
A Mequoda subscription website Portal generates value from both users and sponsors
Mequoda has guided the development of more than a 300 successful niche media websites on a wide variety of niche media
How to create new products and passive income from old products as a multiplatform publisher
One of the most interesting rodents on the planet is the grasshopper mouse, native to the
Multiplatform publishers should explore new ancillary business models in 2017
In stock investing, most long-term investors agree that you need a diversified portfolio to succeed. If one sector takes a hit
Our most-read subscription website publishing posts of last year show an interest in building profitable subscription websites and improving the usability and site speed of existing websites.
In 2016, toward the
Our top-read multiplatform publishing posts of last year show an interest in native advertising and publishing expansion
This year has been a huge time of change in publishing, and we're excited
Coming up with the right content business model(s) can be the biggest stumbling block for those looking to grow a publishing business.
Choosing your content focus is a business-critical decision, as
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
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.
As we always say, a publisher’s minimum information unit (MIU) is the bedrock on which the best subscription business models are built. Any online publisher who doesn’t bother to understand
In-person anything is better than phone or email anything. A cold call could turn into a friendly conversation about the latest Game of Thrones, whereas a cold email could just
Your content management system is, simply stated, the system used to manage the content on your web site … but it’s so much more than just that. Choosing a CMS
Our most-read subscription website publishing posts of 2015 reveal a desire for better understanding of building, publishing and pricing subscription websites
This year in our Subscription Website Publishing articles we've tackled everything
Each of these newsletter subscription websites illustrate how to collect and convert website visitors into paid digital subscribers
If you sell a print newsletter, considering a newsletter subscription website is a
For print magazines and newsletters, subscription websites offer a plethora of ways to gain publishing revenue with little upfront cost
Legacy publications should be ultra focused on how to create dynamic
Subscription website business models have evolved exponentially in just a few years
Once upon a time, there were a few different versions of subscription websites that Mequoda defined. We wrote about
Discover how ConsumerReports.org and Lynda.com are utilizing the reference subscription website model
A reference subscription website archetype allows paid subscribers continued access to a library of content that is updated constantly
Each subscription website business model we write about has a distinct combination of characteristics
When Mequoda writes about subscription website business models, we always include a chart that outlines eight different
Portals are seen most often because not only are they a profitable model on their own, they’re also intended to build and feed an audience for affiliated premium subscription websites.
A magazine or newsletter subscription site paired with a portal subscription website leads to publishing success
If you've been reading this blog long enough, you're quite familiar with the Mequoda Method
The classroom website is one of 10 website business models that Mequoda currently supports. There are six premium (paid) archetypes, including the classroom model, and four affinity (free) archetypes.
Some of the most successful publishers let their users generate more than 99 percent of their content. The publishers who can do this become masters at building communities that draw
Are you missing any of these cha-ching worthy event website elements?
Publishers aren't strangers to events. B2B publishers often get more involved in audio conferences and webinars, but both consumer- and
No matter how many website awards there are out there, no one website could ever win the battle for best website design of all, because there are so many factors
Knowing how to build a website isn't just about design, it's about the business models behind every tab
If you've read Mequoda Daily before (I hope you have!) then you know
If you publishing any kind of periodical, then you're no stranger to subscription websites. This year we published more than fifty new posts about subscription website publishing.
The subscription website publishing posts below get into subscription website best practices in design and monetization. They also dive into the many different archetypes that we've identified.
March 14, 2014 - BOSTON — A complete, painstakingly documented handbook on audience development for Internet publishers has just been released. The 260-page handbook, Organic Audience Development Strategy: 68 Audience
When the Internet burst on the scene and magazine publishers decided to get on the bandwagon, a lot of people simply shoveled their content up to the Web and called
January 31, 2014 - BOSTON — Subscription website publishing is one of the hottest entrepreneurial ventures on the Internet, both for novices and for legacy publishers struggling to make the
TheLadders.com, Match.com and SSWUG.org utilize membership subscription websites to properly serve their audiences
The membership subscription website archetype is a very complicated model. It may be structured as a pure-play site,
Subscription websites are at the core of modern online publishing and have even been considered the Holy Grail of the industry.
The popularity surrounding subscription websites stems from the fact that
The newsletter subscription website model is simple, clean and editorially-focused
Newsletter publishers, particularly those on the B-to-B side but also those with consumer titles in the finance and health fields, were
I want to usher in 2013 by sharing some of my top articles from this past year. Each of these articles received a favorable amount of social interaction, so in
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Subscription websites have become
This free report from Mequoda Group discusses how online publishers can begin building subscription websites
(Nationwide)---There is a renewed interest in subscription websites. Online publishers and content marketers are seeing the
New evidence that subscription website models are valuable
We’ve discussed it before. Online consumers are willing to pay for content online, especially if it’s premium content.
The days of assuming everything online
Choosing the right business model and supporting infrastructure for any business is a key strategy for business success.
Mequoda uses the term "archetype" to help understand and categorize kinds of sites.
