Tag: Internet Business Models

3 major focal points for digital publishers

Website traffic remains fundamental to digital publishers’ success, regardless of the Internet business models they utilize.

What are you doing to drive website traffic? How are you converting this traffic to more manageable relationships?

There are three major methods digital publishers are actively using to drive website visitors and convert them … Continue

Don Nicholas recently interviewed Clay Hall, the founder of Aspire Media. Earlier this summer Aspire Media was sold to F+W Media, and the interview focused on key questions related to running a digital media company in current times. Take a look at this interview with Clay Hall, in case you missed his insight on managing … Continue

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17 strategic questions that your next digital publishing business plan must answer

I got a call last week from a colleague who has been thinking about launching his own digital publishing business for several years. Like most of the people who come to me for help, he has assets. Over the years, I’ve discovered that assets … Continue

For consumer marketers, there is perhaps no better audience development program than one anchored by a well-run audience development blog

I almost never meet a publisher who tells me their audience could not be larger. And for the most part, they are absolutely correct. Most niche media publishers never reach more than three to five percent … Continue

Independent publishers have been struggling for more than a decade to monetize blogs, portals, and communities; digital books and magazines are changing their Internet business models from sponsor to user driven.

At our recent Digital Content Marketing Bootcamp in New York City, Kim and I were happily surprised at the number of entrepreneurs in attendance. More … Continue

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A day after Thanksgiving and we are feeling the joy of the holidays here at the Mequoda Daily.

While many others are getting a jump on their holiday shopping, we are supplying some content for those of you who decided to … Continue

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Our Internet Business Models and Strategies free report discusses nine of them

Look around the Internet landscape. What types of online business models do you see generating revenue?

Online publishers and content marketers are utilizing an array of Internet business models to make money online these days. From subscription services to online advertising, a diversified set of … Continue

There is incredible value in live events for publishers

Do you have premier customers with a seemingly insatiable appetite for your niche content? If so, you may want to consider adding a live event in a desirable destination.

The Mequoda Research Group has identified nine methods used by successful publishers for making money online. Number … Continue

Digital events are quickly becoming a highly profitable Internet Business Model

The Mequoda Research Group has identified nine methods used by successful publishers for making money online:

The 9 Online Content Business Models include: … Continue

This free report from Mequoda Group discusses how selling sponsorships can be used as one Internet Business Model that’ll help develop your online media business

(Nationwide)—Multi-faceted sponsorship opportunities are valuable commodities for online publishers. For instance, if a publisher has a core of editorial topics, they can potentially sell sponsorships for each individual topic.

The best way … Continue

9 essential tips to turn your print publication into an online media business … Continue

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Using the power of free content to build internet business models that work
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Is converting to online publishing a good excuse or good business model?

Are the days of old really gone, no more morning paper and cup a joe? Will all print publications convert to online subscriptions and RSS feeds? Well, if they haven’t started maybe they should.

In the last year, over 400 traditional newspapers, such … Continue

Ten free whitepapers for turning your print publishing company into a successful online publishing company
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FREE White Paper: Learn the 9 Online Content Business Models To Turn Your Print Publication into an Online Media Business by downloading our FREE Internet Business Models and Strategies white paper. … Continue

When newspaper publishers close their doors, have they considered their ever-growing digital options?

It’s all doom and gloom in the newspaper industry right now, from the news that four Michigan Markets will lose their newspapers, to the bill being introduced that asks newspapers be declared non-profit. … Continue

Use PDF files to improve your site’s landing page rankings with Google

Help build your niche brand with this eight-step link-building technique … Continue

Seven questions you must answer to avoid leaving money on the table
How an online market analysis can reveal friendly competitors, potential marketing partners, and new business opportunities…

In traditional bricks and mortar businesses, there is a theory of management called MBWA. It stands for “management by walking around.” … Continue

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Learn the 9 Online Content Business Models To Turn Your Print Publication into an Online Media Business by downloading our FREE Internet Business Models and Strategies white paper. … Continue

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Treat the Internet as a unique medium with multiple platforms

Content delivery has constantly evolved over the centuries—and it is not going to stop now.

There was word of mouth and tall tales, then public forums, written word, moveable type, printing presses—all the way up to television and the Internet.

What has remained constant is that every new … Continue

Hybrid Websites come in many variations as they successfully and often unsuccessfully merge functionality from two or more of the other website archetypes and sub archetypes into a single (often confusing) user interface. … Continue

Brand Websites are used by all manner of non-online product and service organizations to build brand preference for the organization’s offline products and services. Brand Websites exist to alert consumers to online and brick and mortar retailers where purchases can occur. … Continue

Lead Generation Websites generate revenue by providing sponsors with qualified leads. Users shop for products and services in an effort to save time and money, while the seller pays for content creation and co-branding value. Plus, the seller pays a transaction fee for each qualified lead. … Continue

Classified websites generate revenue by facilitating commercial transactions between buyers and sellers of products or services. There are at least four major variations of the Classified Website Archetype; Classified Retail Websites, Classified Directory Websites, Classified Employment Websites and Classified Service Websites, all of which we will discuss in this chapter. … Continue

Every Retail Media Website has two business goals. First, the website must allow users to buy products. Second, the website must begin a user relationship with both buyers and non-buyers that will lead to future sales. … Continue

A membership website is a user driven, content-based website satellite that generates the majority of its revenues from user access fees. This website business model is similar to a book club, professional association or user group that accepts little or no advertising, relying primarily on user support. … Continue

Mequoda views Internet Hubs as one of the most important website archetypes available to a publisher. Without a well-designed, well-marketed Internet Hub, an online publisher is forced to rely on other websites and other media to drive targeted website traffic. … Continue

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. An archetype is a pattern or design upon which all other similar things are patterned. The Mequoda Research Team has analyzed more than 2,000 media … Continue

How’s your Internet Publishing Strategy doing? Fifteen years after Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, most publishers are still struggling to cope with a permission marketing world where consumers have all the power.

If you’ve made the shift, congratulations and welcome to the brave new world of niche media empires, media agnostic publishing and user-centric … Continue

Download an easy-to-use Excel-based modeling and budgeting tool to guide your online marketing and publishing efforts to higher profits. … Continue