Ev Williams' Medium – the long-form digital publishing platform that launched a couple of years back – has steadily grown in both audience and users, crossing off each item on
While Digiday is careful to point out that content still trumps follower counts, it also reminds us that publishers need as many arrows in the quiver as they can fit
HootSuite is a (mostly free) online web service and app that helps manage all of your social media accounts from one place. I say “mostly free” because they offer free
When it comes to pushing publishers' numbers up, Pinterest is slowly but surely catching up with Facebook and Twitter.
Digiday reports that the social media site has provided Hearst properties –
Recruitment Advisor has posted a fun article about the audience development campaign that's underway for the newspaper at the San Quentin correctional facility.
A look at the correlation between social sharing and links provides welcomed results
The relationship between SEO and social media is evolving. We can see this in changes Google has made
There are too many social media tools for any one community manager to keep up with. Try Googling the word "unfollow" and you'll find dozens of apps with the sole
Lessons Learned From UK Publishers Study
The recent UK Publishing Email Benchmarking Survey conducted by Adestra shows some interesting results, according to a post on InPublishing by Henry Hyder-Smith. He
For online business owners, 2011 brought many new operational considerations.
As an industry, publishers cannot wait to see what the next “big thing” will be in 2012.
Instead of waiting for
Do you know how much attention an active, engaging social media strategy deserves? The numbers suggested by social media specialists may surprise you…
However, the associated time, when assigned by people
How productive are your products from a multi-platform strategy?
I am not just referring to how each sells individually…I’m talking about their overall productivity.
For instance, think about one of
Rachel Yeomans, Marketing Director, Social Media, Astek, Chicago
SIPA: What was your first job out of college and how did you get into this business?
RACHEL: I graduated in Journalism with
Integrating Social Media With Your Editorial
Back at the SIPA UK Conference in the summer—yes, think warm temperatures and lots of daylight—Sona Hathi of Melcrum and Mark Johnson of The Economist
Take social media users and turn them into your biggest source of online traffic and audience development
Social media traffic is the easiest source of traffic there is—once you have a
Discover the probable path your online business is headed on
If you are looking to expand upon your current business, create new aspects of it or develop an entirely new online
Ten steps to turning editors into digital brand evangelists
There's no denying that every company needs a social media strategy, a company-wide policy and at least one person at the helm
Social media is a collaboration of all the tools that the consumers of today use on a regular basis. Blogs are being written and read more often than print media,
Social media mistakes that even the biggest publishing companies are still making
Social media isn't as easy as it sounds. Social networks are updating and upgrading their platforms faster than lightning,
Growing your digital media strategy to match the future needs of your customers
In the last year, the sales of eBooks have grown 169.4% to $164.1M, while the combined categories of
Social Media and the Law: Time to Get With the Program
Take a look at these recent examples of companies' brushes with social media and the law from the website Virtual
Join our Twitter for Editors webinar today and discover what the most successful publishers on Twitter have in common
In yesterday’s Mequoda Daily, we discussed the seven Twitter goals online editors
Group Buying Deals May Be Worth a Try
A SIPA Marketing Listserve post earlier this year referred to a Groupon “Daily Deal” in the Boston area that day: “$39 for a
Providing great, shareable content leads to developing readers as online business partners
The evolution of the Internet has led to emergence of many types of marketing.
Content marketing is a popular topic
In 2011, we're no longer asking if social media is a platform we want to use. Instead, we're deciding which social media strategy we want to use. If we're servicing
How the Social Media Marketing Workshop at the Mequoda Summit West 2011 goes beyond typical social media courses
Recently I taught in London at FIPP’s Digital Publishing Course. Towards the end
Discover three popular types of social network subscription website models
A social network subscription website is a powerful networking tool that relies primarily on user-generated content.
Social network subscription websites are used
Facebook gives companies a few updates to their social media strategy
Late last week, Facebook rolled out a number of changes across their social network. Most importantly, they rolled out some
Why StumbleUpon might be just as important to content marketing as Facebook and Twitter
Late last night, Garrett Camp, Founder and CEO of the bookmark-sharing social network StumbleUpon announced on Twitter
Tips for scheduling tweets and keeping up with your social media strategy during the holidays
Many offices shut down for the holidays, sometimes for an entire week. Unfortunately, the world still
Playboy gets a social media strategy with Facebook
As button-up and straight-laced as we like to be, this won't be the first time we've written about Playboy. Hey, they're a publisher
According to a new Nielsen study, women like sharing online video, especially funny or entertaining ones
Apparently, women between 25 and 44 have very similar priorities. We are viewing and
Will the new MySpace help users forget the old MySpace
MySpace will now focus on social entertainment for Generation Y. They want to expand to include music, celebrities, movies,
If you’re an online publisher, Google should be driving over 50% of your traffic
It’s a love hate relationship with Google. On one hand, you need Google to like your
What companies need to know about a social media strategy
It isn’t news that social media is popular. But what do companies actually know about social media?
Sure, it’s a great way
What is Gen C and how do they fit within your social media strategy?
Yes, there is a new generation that we must recognize - Gen C. This group represents
