The Media Minute 06.09.2021

Email marketing is an art that takes plenty of time and patience to master. Most of the mastering comes from optimization, but in order to know what or how to optimize, you first need to understand the metrics used to determine the effectiveness and success of your emails.

Media owners may feel like their cups are half empty. Admittedly, it’s a tough business to be in right now. Certainly, the advertising industry is in the middle of a “Great Reset.” However, we must remember that change also means opportunity.

Page views and click-throughs are not enough anymore. To grow loyal audiences and develop the broadest range of monetization opportunities, you need the tools to build a deep understanding of what content works.

As much as consumers love valuable content, advertisers love it even more. And whether you’re sharing your content on page, on a screen, or through airwaves and cables, there are invaluable software systems out there devoted to helping you manage ad sales and ensure your content hits all targets.

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The Media Minute 06.02.2021

Reading the news has been a morning ritual for ages. If you haven’t jumped on the email newsletter train yet, do so immediately.

The innovations in marketing technologies and platforms over the past decade have been transformational for the marketing industry. For publishers, the latest and greatest in MarTech and software can be both groundbreaking and challenging.

Google Shares How it Ranks News Sources: Transparency is “A Major Factor”

Google recently shared new details about how it ranks news sources, with transparency being a major factor. The search giant provided more information about how it evaluates transparency to determine which publishers to prioritize across its products, like Google News and the top stories carousel in search results.

A CRM for magazine publishers takes the specific needs of publishers into account and includes industry-specific features, like subscription management, ad invoicing, and flat-planning. Here are five platforms worth considering.

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The Media Minute 05.25.2021

Marketers know that one of the most effective ways to reach a target audience in 2021 is through email. Take a look at the top 10 email newsletter templates and the advantages that come with each design.

As concerns about media transparency rise, marketers are becoming more selective about where they place their media investment. They are asking questions like: Where are my ads being shown? Are they being served to humans or lost to fraud? Are they delivering maximum ROI?

Google and Facebook are blamed for many of the problems plaguing publishing today. However, “the truth is that, for most publishers, Google and Facebook are probably the two businesses that can have the largest impact on their revenue, controlling the largest number of both eyeballs and ad dollars,” writes James Hewes, President & CEO, FIPP.

A CRM for magazine publishers takes the specific needs of publishers into account and includes industry-specific features, like subscription management, ad invoicing, and flat-planning. Here are five platforms worth considering.

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The Media Minute 05.19.2021

Email marketing is an art that takes plenty of time and patience to master. Most of the mastering comes from optimization, but in order to know what or how to optimize, you first need to understand the metrics used to determine the effectiveness and success of your emails.

Brand safety conversations often focus on advertiser concerns when publishers are trying to shield consumers from offensive or harmful creative.

The internet has profoundly transformed publishing in the last two decades. Digital is now seen as the future of the industry. However, “digital transformation demands much more than mere wagers and simple intentions,” notes a new guide from WAN-IFRA.

A CRM for magazine publishers takes the specific needs of publishers into account and includes industry-specific features, like subscription management, ad invoicing, and flat-planning. Here are five platforms worth considering.

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The Media Minute 05.12.2021

This article explains what content marketing is and how to use data from Google Analytics to enhance your strategy.

Everyone seems to be focused on the “new” data strategies that publishers can deploy in a post-cookie world. The New York Times set the agenda with their news about phasing out third party data and introducing their own proprietary first-party audience segments.

The Press Gazette reports that top English-language publishers are raking in subscriptions in the millions, but a recent report from Piano Media raises the specter of post COVID-19 churn.

A CRM for magazine publishers takes the specific needs of publishers into account and includes industry-specific features, like subscription management, ad invoicing, and flat-planning. Here are five platforms worth considering.

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The Media Minute 05.05.2021

Email subject lines are one of the most important elements of any marketing email. Here are the top email subject line best practices for digital marketing.

In the publishing world, Substack grew into a bit of a phenomenon. It’s a low-tech, self-publishing newsletter platform that attracted a number of high-profile journalists from the industry.

User adoption of Acceptable Ads is growing fast. It reached 218 million users in 2020, according to the 2021 PageFair Adblock Report by Blockthrough, an ad tech company.

A CRM for magazine publishers takes the specific needs of publishers into account and include industry-specific features, like subscription management, ad invoicing, and flat-planning. Here are five platforms worth considering.

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The Media Minute 04.28.2021

Understanding Google Analytics helps you produce content that your target audience wants to see. The platform provides actionable insights, like click-through and bounce rates, time spent on page, and more.

The pandemic triggered further consumer reliance on media for entertainment, information, and social connections. As consumers re-enter life outside the home, publishers are assessing how they’ll maintain strong post-COVID consumer relationships.

Marketers and advertisers are set to lose huge pools of data that build their data-driven marketing strategies. With opportunities among the threats, research shows that publishers are stepping up to fill the impending data void.

A CRM for magazine publishers takes the specific needs of publishers into account and include industry-specific features, like subscription management, ad invoicing, and flat-planning. Here are five platforms worth considering.

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The Media Minute 04.21.2021

Database marketing uses data in the right way. Learn here how to use database marketing strategies to leverage your customer database.

Last year, publishers navigated through reduced ad spend, axed campaigns, and overzealous keyword blocking. However, 2021 brings a new and arguably more significant challenge: the deprecation of third-party cookies and other universal identifiers.

Apple announced subscriptions for its Podcasts app, letting users pay creators directly and giving benefits like ad-free listening experiences, bonus content, and early access. It will launch next month.

A CRM for magazine publishers takes the specific needs of publishers into account and include industry-specific features, like subscription management, ad invoicing, and flat-planning. Here are five platforms worth considering.

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The Media Minute 04.15.2021

Digital marketers are always looking for new and innovative ways to streamline and develop strategies that are efficient and effective. The goal of every digital marketing strategy, no matter the industry, is to provide a solution to a customer’s problem.

Privacy regulations and browser updates are restricting the use of personal identifiers and customer data gathered via third-party cookies. Needless to say, this is causing huge disruption to the way the digital advertising industry works today.

In response to an initial coronavirus news, a number of outlets witnessed record traffic to their sites and growth in subscribers. At the same time, however, they had to contend with a major slump in advertising revenues as marketers shut their bank accounts.

One of the easiest ways to streamline these everyday tasks is by implementing a customer relationship management (CRM) software. If you’re in the publishing industry and looking to optimize your processes and boost profitability, read on.

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The Media Minute 04.06.2021

Every company focused on selling high-value products and services needs to become familiar with lead generation-based marketing practices, tools, and customer relationship management (CRM) software.

Header bidding is an essential component of most publishers’ ad monetization strategies, enabling better inventory fill rates and higher revenue.

2020 threw a new level of challenges at the advertising industry. A pandemic, politically charged social and cultural unrest, and a pending loss of identity (via third party cookies and IDFA) left media buyers and sellers playing catch-up.

In the third part of our How to Start a Magazine series, we’re giving you tips on marketing a magazine, growing your readership, and retaining existing subscribers.

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