Find big revenue success this spring
While your paper likely has a long list of annual goals, it's a good bet that increasing revenue is floating near the top. During the months of March, April and May, there are so many excellent opportunities for driving significant revenue from advertisers perfectly poised for the spring months.
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MOREHow to maximize your sponsor's exposure
Every time an advertiser partners with you is a new opportunity to prove the value of sponsoring your engagement campaigns. It's important to make sure you're doing everything you can to maximize their investment because, we all know, a happy customer is a returning customer.
Here's a comprehensive list of all the assets you should leverage to add value to your sponsorship packages.
MORETownNews.com expands line-up with acquisition of Calkins Digital OTT suite
The addition of Calkins Digital’s best-in-class over-the-top video technology empowers TownNews.com partners to deliver content directly to Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and iOS and Android devices.
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MOREPhoto contest drives 1,000+ leads for hospital
A cutest baby contest grows hospital's email database by over 4,000 users and drives over 16,000 votes.
MOREWhy you should moderate comments: Editors share their advice
If you ask any editor in a newsroom what one of their biggest issues is, chances are online comments would be toward the top of the list.
Between a Facebook page and a newspaper.com site, readers can leave hundreds of comments a day. And moderating them can take time. The comments themselves can also descend into name calling or unnecessary political debates.
Here is some advice for editors who spend time interacting with readers in the comment section.
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Follow our three steps to create a plan to turn the biggest retail season of the year into your biggest revenue season yet.
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A strong loyalty email strategy will lead to an increase in click-throughs and a highly engaged, active audience.
MORECollege football photo contest drives $18K for paper
A fully-integrated marketing campaign emphasizing social media, website ads and print components leads to lots of brand exposure for advertisers.
MOREChristmas contest drives $9K revenue and 1,400+ opt-ins
Scared of Santa contests always draw a great crowd! But the Southeast Missourian also knew some families might have a picture-perfect photo with Santa. Since they didn't want to exclude them from the fun, this contest became: Scared of Santa (or Not!).
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MoreVideo as revenue: Start with listening
Alabama Media Group launched Red Clay Media in 2017 as a video-driven revenue stream. It began with videos created in the newsroom that inspired engagement from their readers. Today it is a thriving video arm with three distinct brands that focus on feel good, inspirational and comedic southern content.
Kat Duncan spoke with Elizabeth Hoekenga Whitmire, senior director of audience development for Alabama Media Group and Red Clay Media, to learn more about how they've conquered what many newsrooms are still struggling with – making money with video content.
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