Adapt to Win Your Niche

In the Oscar-winning documentary, “Free Solo”, climber Alex Honnold incredibly scales El Capitan in Yosemite. There was no straight path. It was crooked, jagged and looked insane. Sometimes the niche media business can seem like that–no clear path. Every publisher can tell us Read More

Where to Focus Revenue Growth in 2019

Ancillary publications, new digital products, live events, merchandise, oh my! Opportunities abound to diversify and grow your revenue by launching new products. So how do you sift out the gold nuggets from the gravel in your product ideas? Paul Reulbach (Publisher, Silicon Read More

Try This 3-Tiered Model to Jumpstart a Native Ad Program

Native advertising has become wildly popular – but mostly for social media giants such as Facebook. eMarketer forecasts that spending on native digital display ads will grow 36% in 2017 to surpass $22 billion – with social platforms accounting for about 84% Read More

The State of Digital Advertising: Opportunities for Niche Publishers!

Mark Thompson, CEO of The New York Times, recently declared the state of digital advertising is a ‘nightmarish joke’ and a dangerous environment for brands, due in part to the rise of fake news, the ridiculous amount of programmatic offerings, and the general lack Read More

Audience Disruption? Use It to Create Revenue!

Online access, e-commerce, Google, Facebook, Pinterest, oh my! Advances in the digital space have profoundly changed B2C media forever. Readers can now instantly search, receive content, and talk with advertisers directly online – how does your brand’s expertise fit in? Dealing with Read More

Niche Talk: Publisher Strategy with CEO Gary Redmond

Dedicated niche audience? Check. Print side of the business super-successful? Check. But what about digital products? What’s your strategic plan for digital for the next 2-3 years? Transitioning from a sole focus on print to expanding into the digital space can be daunting, all while stretching Read More