Rap Genius is a popular music lyric database site that has grown quite popular in the last year. However, Rap Genius did something incredibly bad for its SEO earlier in
We often hear about predictions for digital magazines; how they will grow, the revenue generation expected throughout the industry and the time frames associated with these numbers. These predictions are
Ad Age has a new report on the relationship of editorial staff and advertisers. Michael Sebastian reports, "Many publishers embracing sponsored content defend the integrity of their ad/edit walls by
Website redesigns and facelifts have become a digital publishing trend for the summer. Here are a few highlighted redesigns.
Capital New York has all the details on the New York Post's
New print on demand opportunities are were presented to magazine publishers at Retail Marketplace 2013 according to IPDA Publishing & Retail news. Ingram Content Group (ICG) presented options to help
According to Pew Internet & American Life Project's May survey, tablet ownership is on the rise and looks like a trend that's going to continue. In the month of May,
According to PwC, as reported by Subscription Site Central, “The US newspaper industry is expected to decline by 2.5% over the next five years, while the music and consumer magazine
In a recent article over on Magazine.org by Mary Berner, she states that Becky Lang is dead wrong about the future of magazines with a multitude of statistics that say
Site Speed Most Important for SEO?
A recent article published over on Brafton.com reports that news content readers say they won't read your website if it isn't fast. With 47 percent of
Knitting Daily, a crafting website that anchors Interweave Knits, is a Mequoda best-practice website. Over the next few months I'll be analyzing the editorial calendars of publishers, and given that
The Internet is swimming in articles and blogs in which pundits opine that the tablet revolution isn’t that big a deal for the magazine industry. Nothing to see here, they
A hybrid website can be many things to a large online audience
Publishers have good reason to create a hybrid website. On one had, the hybrid allows them to operate a
Digital magazine publishing success considers tablet growth and mobile sites too
Digital magazine software initially focused on the app. Although this is still a prominent part of digital magazine publishing, many
What began with devices has now turned to software.
Digital magazine publishing software is evolving to focus on a better user experience. In turn, online publishers are partnering with platforms that
23% of tablet users currently prefer to read digital magazines on their tablets as opposed to print -- by 2020, 65% of all U.S. Adult Internet users will feel the
Did you ever think that consumers would prefer digital magazines over print magazines? We do, and we think it'll happen within the next seven years.
And that judgement isn't even based
Do you know why subscribers choose print over digital, and vice versa? A landing page a/b test can only tell you the details about copy that converts, but it doesn't
Digital magazine publishing receives data on how mobile devices are used
What are some of the most pressing questions you have about mobile device usage? As digital magazine publishing heads to
How presentation is evolving to make life easier for digital magazine consumers
Digital magazine publishing success relies on consistent adoption by audience members. In order to do this, connections need to
Pure digital magazine publishing continues to grow amid digital medium expansion
Last week we shared a few stories on the growth of digital magazine publishing, which includes the transition away from
The Digital Publishing Bootcamp will provide an exclusive look at survey results from digital natives
Positioning your business to satisfy the media consumption habits of digital natives – those born after
A brief glance at the evolution of digital magazine publishing
What’s there to say about the digital publishing industry? It’s been booming as of late, when prior, it had been lifeless.
Five fun facts about the Apple iPad and digital magazines
When we launched Blue Dolphin Magazines in September 2000, our state-of-the-art online magazine superstore went live with about 300 titles. It
Discover the media habits of digital natives uncovered by our Digital Native Survey
The Digital Native Survey was created to help publishers get a better understanding of the media consumption habits
Our Digital Native Survey highlights the important information that affects the habits of publishers and online business owners.
Have you ever wondered if your media brand is set up to
Discover what magazines with the most likes on Facebook are doing
What does your Facebook strategy entail? Is it working for your organization?
Amanda MacArthur, Mequoda Group’s Social Media Specialist, has written
A study on consumer response to ads on both tablets and eReaders shows that tablet ads attract more attention
Which device do you think would engagement and attract consumers more with
8 insights on expectation and behavior associated with digital magazines
Digital magazines aren’t being treated like traditional magazines.
A recent consumer research study conducted by Bonnier R&D and ad agency CP+B was
If you thought your daily online publishing strategy was tough, try daily video publishing
When print magazines first entered the digital realm, they were—to put it lightly—not getting the concept of
Landing page templates that use technology should enhance the sales message, not replace it
Ten years ago, Internet users were completely comfortable and happy to use the web as a reading
Concerns that need to be addressed by publishers
The point of the digital magazine revolution appears to still be unclear to some.
For instance, I recently read an article entitled “A Race
7 ways to increase engagement
Using social media to build relationships has been a strategy many print publishers have adopted.
As digital content becomes more popular, bridging the gap between print and
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In the Mequoda Daily yesterday, we discussed five main ways to promote your freemiums.
Following
President Obama signed the "Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act", so here are the rules that apply to us.
A Subscription Website is an online information product. It is a gated, content-based
Discover the “Holy Grail” of the periodical publishing industry. Learn the secrets to publishing profitable subscription websites from Phil Ash and Don Nicholas.
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Digital editions are quickly creeping up on the magazine industry. If you are a magazine publisher and haven't looked down this avenue, you might have another thing coming. You might
Ceramic Arts Daily - Mequoda Online Publisher of the Year
Today we are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2007 Mequoda Publisher of the Year award goes to Ceramic
Take a look at the five nominees for the Mequoda Publisher of the Year
Today we are excited to announce the nominees for the 2007 Mequoda Publisher of the Year award.
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
Rising postal rates, increasing printing costs, research showing "screenagers" not reading anything in print– all legitimate reasons to keep magazine publishers up at night.But as we stand by and watch
I've been attending the annual American Magazine Conference since 1985, back when the conference was about magazines and brand extensions that created "ancillary revenues."In 2006, things have become much more
They hinted at it last year, but this year, their position was much more firm. Two of the industry's leading publishing executives, along with almost every panelist and speaker, took
CooksIllustrated.com has Earned High Marks in Relationship Building and Readability. Other Areas Such as Community Building Display a Good Infrastructure that Could Really be Impressive with a Little More Promotion.
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Consumer Reports revenues top $190M in 2005 by pursuing a simple integrated media strategy driven by three simple concepts and the world's largest membership website.John Sateja is a happy guy.
