Our most-read subscription website publishing posts of 2015 reveal a desire for better understanding of building, publishing and pricing subscription websites
This year in our Subscription Website Publishing articles we've tackled everything
On desktop or mobile, ad blocking has emerged as the defining issue of digital publishing in 2015. This presents good news and bad news for online magazines looking to compete
Our most-read audience development posts of 2015 reveal a desire for better understanding of email marketing, search optimization and social media best practices
This year we've tackled everything from email marketing
The digital media industry trends dominating the headlines at the end of 2015 share some overlap with the digital media industry trends we started the year with -- monetizing mobile
Our most-read digital magazine publishing posts of 2015 reveal a desire for better understanding of creating, publishing, pricing and selling magazines
This year in our Digital Magazine Publishing articles we've tackled everything
For online publishers and visitors to our Free Advice blog, it might seem like digital magazine editions dominate the industry, because they're all you care about and all we write
Our most-read multiplatform publishing posts of 2015 reveal a desire for better understanding of sponsorships, organization and cross-platform development
This year we've tackled everything from online advertising models, content recycling and
Digital media ads are only one part of a multiplatform strategy amid subscriptions, events, white papers, and other products, of course, but they sure can serve as an important 0ne,
For some digital magazines, the effort to generate online ad revenue can evoke a verse from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: "Water, water everywhere, /
Publishers are paying more attention to social media optimization through their featured images and seeing higher reach
If you're simply choosing stock photos from a library and using them as the
They might not rival Major League Baseball's offseason hot stove of free agency and trades, but publishing deals at the end of 2015 are still making magazine industry news in
How magazine content monetization has gotten more profitable, if you publish it in the right places
Something we know from talking to niche publishers at the industry events we speak at,
For some companies with multiple properties, publisher networks just make sense as a way to centralize operations and standardize content across all platforms for the purposes of more attractive options
At Mequoda, one of our basic principles is to give things away. After all, how can people trust your content until they have a sample? And how will they ever
The promise of mobile magazine publishing is no mirage -- it's just not so easy to achieve in the midst of viewability, targeting, and tech issues. Monetizing mobile is the
Online publishing platforms or offline publishing platforms or any platforms in between, it doesn't matter: We're fans of a good many of them, and believe in a "more-the-merrier" approach because
Facebook Instant Articles are creating a platform for publishers to host ads on social networks, rather than placing them
Ever thought magazines would be placing native ads on social networks? Me
The benefits of online advertising are undeniable, but for better or worse, realizing them can be an exercise in patience and persistence because of the wide-open state of affairs in
Digital magazines are relying less on advertising by implementing paywalls that influence more subscriptions
Remember the days when digital editions of magazines were only available by paid subscriptions? You'd arrive at
Digital consumers are the end all be all for Internet publishing companies. Everything revenue-related runs through them. Digital consumers click, read, subscribe, and share. They are the goal.
Here's the good
We've made it clear over the years how much we admire America's Test Kitchen, practically our neighbor here in the Boston area. We admire them because they've achieved great
Websites are not magazines (most of the time). However, magazine content can be the basis of a successful periodical website that follows the basic rules of periodical website design and
As multiplatform publishing strategists who partner with many different kinds of media companies, we take a fairly liberal view of digital magazine platforms. That is to say, we consider digital
The Facebook flex and-or exclusion targeting can help you narrow down your target audience for Facebook ads like never before
Remember the days of putting your paid Facebook advertising budget money
Tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 3, marks MinOnline's 13th annual Most Intriguing and Hottest Launches Awards Celebration, while Friday, Dec. 4, marks the entry deadline for its Best of the Web Awards.
These six publishers are nailing sponsored content, but all in very different ways
Last week we talked about the guidelines for writing native content advertising, also known as sponsored content. Now
Regional magazines can cover several states or be hyperlocal, but regardless of their geographical reach, they operate with a hardwired niche strategy no matter what the topic, based purely on