If you've considered starting an online magazine, or are a legacy print magazine considering going digital, you've asked this question: How do online magazines generate revenue? And the answer is
Creating the best subscription website business models starts with understanding your minimum information units—both the free minimum information units you'll use to build a loyal audience and the premium minimum information
Digital magazine publishing software is important; which option are you using?
Publishers have been trying digital magazine publishing software during the last few years in hopes of creating the best digital
It’s amazing to look back to just a year or so ago, when digital magazines were still something of a novelty. Today, it’s a given that print publishers will soon
When you think of the top magazine companies, you probably imagine Time, Cosmopolitan, or Better Homes & Gardens. If you publish a magazine, try to instead think of the magazine
As you know, having an online portal for your information is essential for growth. Using the web to publish and distribute content and not just serve as an extension of
Think selling magazines is hard? Look at Netflix. They've been able to get customers to pay $9+ per month as a membership website for over a decade. Disney+ signed up
At Mequoda, we’ve crunched the numbers and discovered how beautifully email newsletters work to drive revenue. It’s not the traffic that comes to your site, which is the prevailing view
Online magazine design has taken a number of steps forward in recent years, starting with the launch of the first-ever web magazine in 2014 called I Like Crochet. An online
From time to time, it’s a good idea to sit down and think about the value proposition you provide prospective buyers in your subscription marketing efforts. When you are running a
Are you still selling your magazine on one platform? Sure, print magazines smell good and even look good on a coffee table, but the most successful subscription and membership marketers we
Last week I was emailing back and forth with my friend and colleague Jack Edmonston, who often sends interesting news my way with some thoughts to pontificate on. This time
Few things fascinate subscription website publishers more than the relationship between cost and revenue for the various operational centers inside their business. We have long known for instance, that editorial
If you're a publisher, or are selling a subscription-based information product, it's likely that at some point you'll be looking for a new membership site developer. We know this because
We are big proponents of both web magazines and web libraries, plus various collections and special issues that can be derived from them to create robust membership products.
We recently had the
Some of your customers will want one of your products, and others will want more. But how many will buy the first and never return, and how can you generate
Over the past two decades, we’ve guided more than 300 niche publishers through the process of transforming themselves from legacy print publishers into multiplatform operations that often dominate their industry
If you think that your website should be the main driver of your revenue, think again. Email subscribers are responsible for between 60 and 80% of all digital revenue generation, while
When most people think of digital magazines, they narrow their focus on digital magazine apps that can be found in a digital newsstand or app store, but data shows that
Mequoda is a term to describe a method for designing and managing successful subscription marketing systems. Short for “media quote daily,” Mequoda is an approach to building these systems based
Multiplatform publishers are always looking for new ways to increase online revenues and profits. If you're currently seeking new platforms and opportunities, consider these three ancillary media platforms for generating
When we look at the most successful multiplatform publishers we know intimately, like our publishing partners and close colleagues, we are usually able to determine what sets them apart from
Why would you give away content for free, in order to make money? Sounds crazy, but that's how the smartest publishers we know have grown at an exponential speed.
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"You live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the
Whenever we work with a new publishing partner, there are four words they become familiar with very quickly.
In this week's strategy spotlight with Don Nicholas, Chairman & CEO of Mequoda,
When you go shopping for a new car, you're generally limited to the inventory on the lot. You might want gullwing doors like a Delorean or a new Tesla, but
In 2017, all major publishers and most independents have a website portal. What 95% don’t have is a web magazine. But those who do are flourishing.
In today's Strategy Spotlight, Don
This week we're focusing on engagement, in How Can Engagement (E) Be Improved? The ‘E’ in the Mequoda Method's ACEM, is really about retention, and the idea that if you’re
Premium newsletters and advisory services represent the pinnacle of subscription marketing, often commanding annual membership or subscription fees that are much higher than magazines.
ACEM doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but if you've been following along for awhile, you know this acronym is baked into everything we do here at Mequoda.
It’s entirely possible that your publishing business is worth much more than you might think. You might be trapped thinking about your company like a print publisher, and because of
In the last three to five years we stumbled upon a process we now call blockbuster management. Our blockbuster management program acknowledges that any given website over time might have
Web magazine consumers like to read their magazines like they read their news - online.
Users are becoming more accustomed to viewing magazine content in the form of web magazines. Web
ACEM doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but if you've been following along for awhile, you know this acronym is baked into everything we do here at Mequoda.
You hear us talk about the Mequoda Method, and how we've developed it by watching the world's most successful publishers transition from print to the digital world, but there's so
Mequoda ran its first ever digital magazine consumer study in 2014, polling US adults with Internet access. At the time, the biggest finding was that 20% of respondents reported currently
When choosing CMS development services for your organization, consider how much retrofitting will be involved to get your premium membership website running and how much familiarity you have with third-party fulfillment systems.
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39 ways to increase your Internet audience, revenue, and profits through new multiplatform membership programs
We currently operate more than a dozen membership marketing systems in partnership with some of the country's leading content
Whenever we work with a new client, there are four words they become familiar with very quickly.
In this week's strategy spotlight with Don Nicholas, Chairman & CEO of Mequoda, explains
What's "free" to the naked eye isn't exactly free. It costs money to produce a product, even when it's recycled. And for the user, they pay either with their eyeballs
A multi-platform website enables a publisher to create dynamic content on multiple platforms. Some of these platforms might be online streaming through a membership library of training videos, or it
The most effective blow-in cards of the 21st century aren't made of cardstock, they're digital. And since offering a sample of your magazine is less effort for the user when
Publishers who are generating revenue through multiple platforms may include events on their list of products. If you're in the B2B publishing niche, you may see your competitors throwing roundtable
We're seeing new developments from some multiplatform publishing giants, including Hearst and The Wall Street Journal, that involve a focus on content and digital experience.
Only five years after the advent of the tablet, strategies for successful digital magazine publishing are starting to sort themselves out and deliver measurable results. Of course at Mequoda, we're
A couple of years ago, Don outlined the attributes of a premium content subscription: not a website itself, but the thing that customers buy – the content subscription.
In updating this
Another major multiplatform publisher is in the process of making moves to unload some of its magazine titles. Today we look at Condé Nast, the company's move to sell popular
