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Top 20 Online Publishing Books to Read in 2009

Friday, March 27th, 2009

How does a book make our list of “Top 20 Online Publishing Books”?

Over the past couple of months, we’ve been busily scouring Amazon.com for books on the topic of online publishing. There are 5,000+ books on Amazon that one could read to better their online publishing business. … Continue Reading »

Online Publishing Book Review: Content Rich by Jon Wuebben

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Finding a Balance with Online Publishing – The Free vs. Paid Conundrum.

Your book is done. Your website is up. How do you build book sales and web traffic simultaneously? How do you determine how much of your book is available online without purchasing it? After all, this is a business … Continue Reading »

Online Publishing Book Review: Search Engine Optimization by Kristopher B. Jones

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Once you have identified your target audience or demographic, you must streamline your online marketing strategy. Understanding Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is vital. For a basic overview and useful tips, … Continue Reading »

Landing Page Tracking: 3 Online Tools

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Remember those “hit counters” you used to see on the bottom of websites (I’m digging back to 1999 here) that told the site owner how many people visited their website? Back then, it was exciting just to know that people did visit your website, but it’s 2008 now and there … Continue Reading »

Subject Line Spam Trigger Words

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Put this list of no-no’s next to your desk and check it often … Continue Reading »

Profiting in the New Publishing Environment

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Join Don and Kim at the SiPA conference in DC and learn all the latest trends and best practices in this new publishing environment … Continue Reading »

Murdoch announces his Wall Street Journal online publishing strategy

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Why settle for one million subscribers, when the revised online publishing strategy by the News Corp. Chairman expects 10-15 million?

When you pay $5.2 billion for the leading financial daily and one of the most widely read U.S. newspapers with a circulation of more than 1.7 million, you’d better have an … Continue Reading »

Notes and Quotes from the American Magazine Conference

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Branding, Convergence and Digital Growth, Dubbed “The MagaBrand Revolution,” were the Big Themes at this Year’s American Magazine Conference in Boca Raton

New Media Trends – Ok, so maybe not every editor attending the 2007 American Magazine Conference is now willing to call what they print each month a “MagaBrand,” but … Continue Reading »

Strategically Choosing Blog Post Topics

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Use this tool to see what is on searchers’ minds

Blogging works best when it’s done daily, and that takes a lot of information. One endless source of info—the news—is a great way to excite your readers while educating yourself. But how do you know which types of news excite and … Continue Reading »

Job Posting: Senior Online Editor Needed for Food Publisher

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Today we bring you a job posting from the Eating Well Media Group. They are a fast-growing, independent communications company that produces an award-winning national consumer magazine, high-quality food and nutrition-related books, a content-rich website, e-mail newsletters, and serves content to strategic partners with other electronic media. … Continue Reading »

Live from AMC: Online Staffing Still a Struggle for Many Magazine Publishers

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

I’m writing live from the American Magazine Conference, hosted by the Magazine Publishers of America in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference kicked off on Sunday with an MPA-IMAG meeting where, similar to their May conference in NYC, staffing remains a concern. … Continue Reading »

Getting Started With a Co-Reg Campaign

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Launching a co-registration campaign is not difficult. The publisher supplies their co-registration partner with his company’s logotype (60 x 120 pixels) and about 10-20 words of concisely written web advertising copy. … Continue Reading »

Pepsi.com Brand Marketing Website Case Study

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Pepsi.com, a Very Successful Brand Site, Chose a Target Audience, Explored the Audience’s Needs, Determined Their Own Business Goals, and Designed a Smash Hit of a Site

The first question everyone asks: “Why would anyone go to Pepsi.com?” This is because we mostly think of the Web as a distribution vehicle. … Continue Reading »

PerryMarshall.com’s The Definitive Guide to Google Adwords Landing Page Review

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

With a few judicious tweaks to this sales letter landing page, he might sell even more.

Perry Marshall is something of a Renaissance man—engineer, advertising copywriter, technical writer, marketer and philosopher.

Among Internet marketers, he has ascended to the rank of high priest of Google AdWords. As one of the world’s leading … Continue Reading »

Fodors Travel Mequoda Case Study

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Venerable guidebook publisher, an early adopter of the Web, continues to refine its Internet strategy. Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House, Inc., has been recognized as the premier guidebook publisher for more than 70 years. Today, the Fodor’s Travel brand exists firmly in print, online, and on mobile … Continue Reading »