When It Comes to Your Publication, Consider the Simple Things.

Alternate revenue streams, paywalls, sponsored content, versioning, big data, social media tracking… Today’s publishing environment is complicated. But you know what? It doesn’t always need to be. We can get so caught up in embracing the next new trend that we overlook Read More

3 Audience Trends to Watch

Media companies have figured out that in order to sustain a healthy business model, it’s all about distributing their unique, niched-out content through various channels. This includes print, digital, webinars, videos, podcasts, social media and more. As niche publishers, how do you best manage Read More

Is a Membership Model Right for You?

Don’t assume a membership is for you. Hey, what? Look, we love memberships, and so do many companies across media, events, retail, business services, and so on. But implementing a membership simply because it’s trendy, without doing any analysis, runs completely counter to what we stand Read More

6 Tools for Reader Connection (and Revenue)

Niche magazine publishers have a built-in advantage over publishers of mass-appeal magazines: Their readers aren’t just mildly interested in the content they offer. They’re passionate!  Niche magazines address specific professions and industries as well as hobbyists, enthusiasts, activists, and artists. This built-in niche Read More

Take Your Database in a New Direction

Tear down those old, traditional database silos of print and digital. Think instead about an integrated audience database. An integrated database is far more useful to you when you connect the dots between website, events, podcasts, webinars, enewsletters, print, mobile, video and ALL your magazine’s other content platforms. The Read More

Create Profitable Relationships with Your Audience

Here’s the cold, hard truth: Your paid audience revenue opportunities are only as good as your audience data strategy! Successful audience strategy requires the fine-tuned balance of a clean, up-to-date database combined with a solid understanding of how many times you can actually “hit up” your audience with Read More