We all use flip style digital editions but know that it’s not the experience we envision for our audience. Especially when we scale to a tablet or mobile device – and that’s almost half our audience in digital terms today. Why Don’t Read More
It seems like I fight an uphill battle with a handful of my clients who think print is dead. I include print advertising, among many other things, in their proposal every year and then spend an hour explaining to them why keeping Read More
Do you already assist advertisers who don’t have the time or expertise to design their own ads or write copy? You probably already have the existing staff. Why not offer a new way to serve all your clients and create a new revenue stream at the same time? Read More
Usually when I start a sentence with “Google has changed their rules,” I hear a lot of moans and groans. That’s because rule changes often mean loss of traffic and the need to correct course. Not in this case. The tech giant Read More
During the holidays last year, I was stuck watching America’s Next Top Appetizer Food Truck, or some such thing. The contestants had to prepare a meal for the judges (who saw that twist coming?). One of the judges arrived late and missed Read More
We now live in a world where publishers offer creative design and content services to their advertisers, and ad/marketing agencies publish custom magazines. So it makes perfect sense, then, that magazine printers are hosting publisher events. It’s about bringing together their clients in an innovative, Read More
As a marketer working for a magazine printing company with a venerable, lively lineage tracking back to 1793, I love a good magazine success story. Especially in this disruptive age of multitudinous content platforms and shrinking attention spans. And there are great Read More
What does LinkedIn mean to you as an ad sales professional? Is it a tedious necessity, or just a social media site where you have simply parked your profile and left it there—just so you can say you have a presence online? In Read More
Some day, whether in two months or five years from now, you might think about selling your niche media company. Or selling at least some of the properties within it. Where should you start? What has real value? Are “earn outs” a good idea? How can Read More
Now read this! I just finished a great biz book on totally revamping marketing outreach and revenue. This is a must-read for niche publishers! Joe Pulizzi, a recent keynote speaker for us in Chicago, has co-written a new book with Robert Rose Read More
