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Online Publishing Secret #2: Build a Mequoda Media Pyramid

Mequoda Media Pyramid is the core of Mequoda System

Building a Mequoda Media Pyramid is the core of the seven Mequoda System habits—an exercise through which you dig down and determine exactly how you’re going to run your company. In a Mequoda media enterprise, the commonality is not the platform; rather, it is the expertise in,

Mequoda Media Pyramid is the core of Mequoda System

Building a Mequoda Media Pyramid is the core of the seven Mequoda System habits—an exercise through which you dig down and determine exactly how you’re going to run your company. In a Mequoda media enterprise, the commonality is not the platform; rather, it is the expertise in, knowledge of and in-depth perspective about the subject at hand. And those capabilities can, and should, expand across several different kinds of media that are marketed to targeted, qualified prospects and distributed from a master production operation.

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The various media—whether products, subscriptions, events, services or something else—are marketed to increasingly specific audiences at progressively higher price levels that offer considerably more valuable margins to the publisher. That is the essence of the Mequoda Media Pyramid.

  • Media products have a natural hierarchy in terms of price, content and trust.
  • Outside media is a way to acquire new customers.
  • Use content to build a permission database.
  • Create many products in many formats.
  • Pull customers up the media pyramid to maximize profit.

By Don Nicholas

Founder & Executive Publisher

Don Nicholas serves as Executive Publisher for Food Gardening Network and GreenPrints. He is responsible for all creative, technical, and financial aspects of these multiplatform brands. As senior member of the editorial team, he provides structural guidance, sets standards, and coordinates activities with the technology and business teams. Don is an active gardener whose favorite crops include tomatoes, basil, blueberries, and corn. He and his wife Gail live and work in southern Massachusetts surrounded by forests, family farms, cranberry bogs, and nearby beaches. Don is also the Founder of Mequoda Systems, LLC, which operates and supports numerous online communities including I Like Crochet, I Like Knitting, and We Like Sewing.

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