Tag: Audience Development Strategies

Facebook offering more audience development strategies; Snapchat effectiveness in question; Twitter broadens live video scope
We’re seeing more publishers partnering with Facebook for distributing content as part of an audience development strategy. Part of this content strategy is focusing on Instant Articles and how more advertisements can be placed within Instant Articles. MediaPost reports, “Unveiled in

Imagine you own a landscaping company. You cut lawns, trim shrubs, design landscapes and you even shovel in the winter.

Now imagine you throw a dinner party where your brother brings home his new girlfriend. This is the tenth girl in 10 years who has sat at your dinner table, so you assume that you may never see the lovely woman again who we’ll call Sarah.

After dinner, Sarah mentions that she just bought a house and the yard is just awful.

So there you are, with a potential customer in your house. What do you do?

Forbes’ new audience development strategies include stories for social, podcasting, and focusing on millennials
We see audience development strategies frequently changing with new technologies and analytics. The leadership and direction of the publication is also an important part of the overall strategy.

Today we take a look at Forbes, which has been making changes to remain relevant

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As a leading contributor to the New York Times “Innovation Report” that was leaked back in May of 2014, Amy O’Leary worked at the fulcrum of a push forward in audience development strategies. In the midst of her move to editorial director at Upworthy, the Nieman Lab interviewed her for her take on the future of digital publishing.

How do you currently build your email list? For most publishers, there are two main drivers of email subscribers: 1) a measly “subscribe to our newsletter” box floating around the site, or 2) a check box on magazine subscription forms that opts them in.

Exciting, right? Subscribers must be flocking to your email list.

If this is you, I hate to break it to you but nobody wants to subscribe to your newsletter, especially when you say something as complacent as “subscribe to our newsletter.” People already have enough flooding their inboxes to sign up for something that offers no real benefit. As for the second one, nobody likes being auto-opted into things either.

March 14, 2014 – BOSTON — A complete, painstakingly documented handbook on audience development for Internet publishers has just been released. The 260-page handbook, Organic Audience Development Strategy: 68 Audience Development Strategies for Building a Robust Audience Development Plan, was written by Don Nicholas, a leading magazine industry consultant and CEO of Mequoda Group.

Review your audience development strategies after this recent Google change

Google unleashed another round of Panda updates last Monday. Google confirmed the update and announced that less than one percent of search queries were affected. This update has had less impact than past algorithm changes, particularly the Penguin update.

This update marks Google Panda version 3.9.1. The last update Google Panda 3.9 went live on July 24. If this pattern continues, we may see another Panda update around the end of September.

Every day digital magazine publishing potential is growing

It’s amazing to be an inside component in a growing industry. It isn’t an experience that happens too often, but ever since mobile devices entered the marketed place and started offering new and exciting functionality, digital magazine publishing potential has grown.

Audience development efforts should focus on popular activities

A recent article from Gartner uncovers five daily activities popular with tablet users. The survey shows that on average, more people are using tablets to read books (33%) than mobile PCs (13%) and mobile phones (7%).

The survey also shares an interesting take on consuming digital content over print content. According to Gartner, “The survey found that more than 50 percent of media tablet owners prefer to read news, magazines and books on screen, rather than on paper.”

Online editors and audience development professionals don’t just work the standard 9-5. Deadlines and new projects pop up and audience members make comments at random hours. Due to these elements, our jobs may take on sporadic duties.

And since we are in the business of providing timely, informative content, the frequency in publishing is important. If you publish too infrequently, your audience may look to competitors for constant information. It’s like reading or watching the news each day – people do it to stay informed about the most recent things relevant to their lives.

The new Audience Development Consulting Program will help you plan, target, and track your keyword campaigns

Online audience development has evolved, although not every online business owner realizes this yet.

This evolution isn’t just about the audience development strategies that exist online. It also includes the preparation, monitoring, and measuring that comes along with a well-devised audience development strategy.

7 on-page SEO elements you are in control of

There are many audience development strategies that can be used to find audience members, and allow audience members to find your content directly.

SEO is one of these audience development strategies.

Catch up on the Mequoda Daily’s blog posts for this past week

Audience development is a main focus of this live event, with dozens of tips and case studies offered

Audience development is rampant online, but which strategies are right for your brand? With all the media formats available, you need to understand your options and what would genuinely help build your audience.

Twitter and Facebook are clear choices – which we will address during the Social Media Optimization Master Class at the Mequoda Summit West 2012 – but there are lesser-known options too.

8 sources for audience development

Attracting interested visitors to your website is the first step in successful audience development.

Yesterday in a session at the Mequoda Summit East 2011, Kim Mateus, Chief Content Officer at Mequoda Group, presented a case study from Knitting Daily.