It's not just magazine, newsletter and newspaper publishers who seek custom CMS development services. Content management systems are built for most media businesses, even those who may not consider themselves
A Mequoda subscription website Portal generates value from both users and sponsors
Mequoda has guided the development of more than a 300 successful niche media websites on a wide variety of niche media
There's a never-ending stream of new tools that pop up every day to help us become better web developers. We have a dashboard of tools we look to for ideas,
I bet you have great content.
Many niche publishers do. And, at Mequoda, we are deeply appreciative of the work that independent publishers do every day. Not only that, but we
Pretty soon, most magazines won’t just be managing editorial teams in-house—they’ll be managing more editors remotely. Here’s how to make the virtual world work for your publication.
Managing editorial teams in-person
“He who fails to plan is planning to fail.”
Winston Churchill called it, all right.
And it strikes me that trying to succeed in the magazine publishing industry is a lot like
One of the lesser known, but important plugins used within your Mequoda System is a caching plugin. A caching plugin helps your site run faster, so that when a visitor
Increase email revenue by determining your ideal revenue per subscriber, and then using service journalism to keep them on a path toward monetization
A Mequoda online publishing and marketing system measures
Subscription marketing is entering a new golden age. The trouble is, with so many new sources, niche publishers like you can’t always keep up on their own.
Legacy sources like direct
Think selling magazines is hard? Look at Netflix. Their offer is that you can try out their video streaming service for 30 days, then pay $8 a month. Not $10 or
Creating a magazine layout that includes interactivity is one more key toward selling more digital magazine subscriptions
It's true that users prefer familiarity in digital magazines. As soon as you begin
It's time to solve the HTTP vs HTTPS debate: yes, you should update your whole site to https because Google says so
It's the age-old question: HTTP vs HTTPS? Until now,
How to make highly converting Floaters, pop-ups and mobile interstitial ads SEO-friendly
As you probably know, earlier this month, Google told publishers everywhere that they would begin penalizing them for pop-ups
Do you have a solid business plan for success in multiplatform publishing?
Unless you answered "You better believe it, pal!" to that question, I have another question for you.
How do you
Last year Mequoda launched seven new systems, went agile, and upgraded fulfillment options for our state-of-the-art CXMS
The history books will never look back at 2016 as an uneventful year. We
As many of you may have heard, Google is ramping up its campaign to improve Internet security.
To Google, this means using HTTPS, also known as Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, which
The one-time cost of building a magazine subscription website could reduce overhead indefinitely
For $3 per month or $36 per year, there is subscription service called The Sink that will automatically
8 steps for writing and structuring a SEO-friendly URL that is easy to read by humans and search engines
I'll bet you didn't know there were so many types of URLs. Vanity
Over the past two decades, the Mequoda consulting team has worked with more than 300 niche media brands to help them grow their audience, revenue and profits. Several of them
Magazine events bring in user and sponsor revenue, and many publishers have made a profitable business model out of them.
When we talk about multiplatform publishing, it's easy to jump right
Resolve to investigate the possibility of added revenue with a club-style business model in 2017
Every publisher and subscription marketer should recommit in 2017 to customer relationship building and asset leveraging—after
Intent, alignment, and engagement take the stage in 2017 for audience development professionals
I don't know about you, but I'm eager to see how audience development changes in 2017. Over the
Will you prioritize upgrading the tools that will save you time, money, and your future?
"You live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important,
Recall the first best friend you made. Maybe it was on the bus, or at an arcade, or maybe you bumped into one another at the roller skating rink.
You were
The most important SEO tip of the month is suppressing floaters and OFIEs for mobile phone users
By now most of you know that Google has decreed popups and interstitial ads, which
Our most-read subscription website publishing posts of last year show an interest in building profitable subscription websites and improving the usability and site speed of existing websites.
In 2016, toward the
What to look for in a social media management system from Haven Nexus, to Hootsuite, SproutSocial and TweetDeck
As a publisher, you're publishing multiple pieces of content every day. Most Mequoda
Our top-read audience development posts of last year show an interest in subject lines and the power of email newsletters.
Despite the rise of social networks, most publishers we know still
Social media users are highly engaged – but if you want to master social media for magazines, you must approach each network differently
Most publishers we've talked to say social media
Your magazine and newsletter content is incredibly valuable.
There are, in fact, 10 well-documented content business models that can be used to build and grow your audience, revenue, and profitability. When
Our top-read digital magazine publishing posts of last year show an interest in creating, marketing, and monetizing digital magazines and newsletters
In 2016, publishers couldn't stop talking about the possibilities of
As the mobile publishing revolution has matured, I’ve been blogging about a lot of large, fancy digital magazines. Publications like New York, Forbes and The Atlantic have become leaders in
What to look for in an online shopping cart system, from Haven Nexus, to Shopify to WooCommerce
Ecommerce has become a core part of any multi-platform publishing business. Even publishers who
Are people finding and clicking on your email call to action, or is your click-through rate dwindling?
The Dalai Lama said, "In order to carry a positive action we must develop
Search engine optimization is kind of a game, right? It's an important game – a necessary one for any publisher – but mostly it's just us trying to play by
Perhaps you’ve heard about Mequoda’s Haven Nexus Customer Experience Management System. After all, it’s the only technology you can get from the same company that can deliver a proven strategic
When a print magazine closes, a world of opportunity opens for its portal
A few weeks ago Conde Nast announced that they'd be closing the print arm of Self magazine. And after
Can you assign dollars and dimes to a free digital newsstand?
There's no doubt that publishing your digital magazine on a tablet, so that it can be downloaded in some of
One really profitable revenue stream is a good thing. Two really great revenue streams is even better. Multiplatform publishers for the win!
Most niche publishers we know have books as part
If you publish a monthly magazine and each issue includes 50 articles, you have content for 600 blog posts. That's almost two years worth of blog content, or a twice
By now most of you know that Google has decreed popups and interstitial ads, which include Mequoda Best Practice floaters, to be outlawed on mobile phones as of January 10,
By all means, launch many content business models and diversify your publishing portfolio. But start with your magazine experience through your magazine subscription website.
We're in a recession. Maybe you're feeling
Since Mequoda's inception, we've helped create 14 publishing superstars. We're looking for the 15th. And the 16th, and the 17th ...
Wondering if you're the kind of publisher we're looking for?
Multiplatform publishers are finding ways to turn magazine publishing into a profitable business model once again
If there's one thing you might know about us, it's that we think publishers should
How we're adjusting our keyword optimization best practices to accommodate changes in the Google algorithm and Keyword Planner
It had been awhile since Google played around with its search algorithms, so
How to make money with video on your own subscription website and beyond
Many multiplatform publishers have turned to e-learning platforms to make money with video and help subscribers either increase their skills
What to look for in live event management software from Haven Nexus, to Bizzabo, CVent, EventBrite and Event Ready.
As publishers have struggled with print revenues during the last 10 years,
As many of you may have noticed, changes have come to your Google Visibility Report.
It had been awhile since Google played around with its search algorithms, so we all knew
What to look for in lead management software, from Haven Nexus to Eloqua, Marketo, Hubspot and others
Make money by giving content away.
That statement sounds odd to many people in publishing
How to make the most of your magazine portal every day with the tools you have in front of you
Every magazine publisher should have a free portal. It's the backbone