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
I continue to read with interest how free email newsletters are the hot new thing. A recent Digiday article shared that The New York Times, who has 15 million email
Losing subscribers without gaining new ones is a universal fear for any subscription-based organization, and rightly so. When a decrease in active subscribers leads to an overall decline in revenue,
Many publishers found themselves scrambling as Facebook's algorithm changed and impacted their levels of referral traffic from the social giant. However, as usual, the savvy publishers were quickly able to
Any time your website drops in Google, it's scary. But the one thing to know is that any drop in SEO traffic will be uniform. You won't lose traffic in one zone
Audience development through social media and search have been constantly evolving, which includes the increase or decrease in popularity for a variety of platforms. Today we're visiting news stories that
Your magazine SEO efforts will determine how much traffic arrives and eventually converts into subscribers - what are you doing to find and plug any holes in your website?
Google is
Publishers select a variety of audience development strategies depending on their market, the skills of their staff, and their content. Today we're looking at news on referral traffic, pertaining to
The best audience development news highlights new strategies or results on driving more traffic from new audiences. These also involve changes that take place through prominent audience development channels, like
Savvy multiplatform publishers keep an eye out for ways to optimize their audience development strategy when new opportunities arise. Today we're sharing news on publishers who are adding new elements
Many changes come to publishing websites. Some of these changes include more diverse ways of generating revenue while others focus on new plans for building bigger audiences and driving more
Driving website traffic happens beyond Facebook in the world of social; Meredith launches brand for Facebook and hubs; Google outlines Flexible Sampling for publishers
Driving website traffic is always on the
The newsletter platforms you may be familiar with are often print and PDF formats, as most newsletter publishers haven't gotten hip to the newsletter app format, and neither have their
It's no surprise that fast loading websites are necessary components to a strong online presence. We're seeing search engines and social media sites respond to users' desire to engage with
These multiplatform publishing business models can be incorporated into your business at little extra cost, but with huge revenue potential
At the beginning of the year we highlighted three resolutions multiplatform publishers
How to create new products and passive income from old products as a multiplatform publisher
One of the most interesting rodents on the planet is the grasshopper mouse, native to the
Multiplatform publishers should explore new ancillary business models in 2017
In stock investing, most long-term investors agree that you need a diversified portfolio to succeed. If one sector takes a hit
Major magazine publishers are getting hip to SEO, and just in time.
A couple weeks ago, Google's Penguin 4.0 update officially finished rolling out. Publishers who saw the biggest drops, if
Coming up with the right content business model(s) can be the biggest stumbling block for those looking to grow a publishing business.
Choosing your content focus is a business-critical decision, as
The calendar content business model can provide a useful, linkable resource that keeps visitors coming back
It's necessary to know the most ideal business model(s) for publishers, to be able to
Is there anything more mercurial than online publishing trends? Not many industries have a more evolving mindset, technologies, or revenue models.
On some days, this is a great thing, and on
Blendle, pay per article service, launched in beta recently, with top digital publishers onboard in a bid to battle ad blocking programs
Will readers pay per article to access quality content?
If you know the Mequoda Method, you know that Twitter publishing is important when it comes to multiplatform publishing. But how much does that importance depend on this social media
For digital publishers not fully reliant on ads – which hopefully is you if you're aiming for high multiplatform performance – few components are as crucial as your subscription revenue
If you want to drive traffic – and revenue – as a digital publisher, social media for magazines is no longer a religious discussion. It's a must-have component of your
If successful social media publishers can count on one thing, it's that they can count on nothing.
Magazines on social media must have a social media strategy in place, but they
Does it seem like there's been more news about native advertising trends lately? Well, that's because there has been. Sponsored content has skyrocketed in popularity, and the execution of these
The top digital publishers have risen – and stay – there because they're willing to experiment, evolve, and tread along the cutting edge of industry-wide best practices while pushing out
Do you know what to monitor in your website traffic report?
We're constantly reading and writing about how to drive website traffic, but how often do we discuss the website traffic
Some publishers have found Facebook to be a significant form of referral traffic, especially since Facebook has taken efforts to highlight publisher content.
We’ve been talking about the value of organic traffic for years. Audience members seem to trust it more and we’re seeing its value in terms of website referral traffic as
Facebook can be a major source of referral traffic, as long as the content is high quality and clearly not spam.
Publishers like POLITICO and Salon recognize that interaction with
While John R. MacArthur of Harper's is steadfast in his refusal to surrender to the web, fellow progressive liberal publisher Steve Katz has Mother Jones riding a wave generated largely
With Fitness reaching 2 million fans on Facebook in July – after just reaching 1 million in January – Digital Director Amanda Wolfe sat down with MediaShepherd to discuss the
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 –
If you're trying to make your content shareable, you may want to check out The Media Briefing's new post about BuzzFeed's five rules of creating sharable content. We'll dive into
Each year, as the Mequoda team gets together with our Gold Members at our annual Mequoda Gold Member Summit, there's a bit of magic in the air, it feels like
Discover blog design tips for better search engine optimization
At one time, blogs were mainly used as online personal journals.
Today, blogs are at the heart of many online content-based businesses. They
You can pay big bucks for SEO press release distribution, or you can learn how to do it yourself.
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