- Email Marketing & Automation
To Entice Email Signups, Publishers Must Prove their Personalization Prowess with Contextual Signups
The publishing industry appears to be going all-in on the power of email newsletters to engage audiences and drive business. First, Axios announced back in September that it was expanding its local news coverage with the launch of eight new city-specific newsletters. Now, The Atlantic has announced the launch of five new email offerings, in addition to more than a dozen other specialty e-mail…
- Advertising Technology
Publishers: Paywalls Need to Die. There’s a Better Way to Monetize
Paywalls have become commonplace in digital publishing, but they’re ineffective and create a barrier to the free press. Instead, publishers must use advertising to monetize new channels and give consumers the content they crave for free. Back in the 90s, when publishers began moving their content online, there emerged a range of strategies: only the major headlines for some, whole…
- Content Marketing
Top 3 Tech Strategies for Publishers in 2021
The past year has been difficult for publishers. Given the chaos of COVID-19, elections, and social turmoil, more people have consumed more news and entertainment over the last year than ever before. But their skepticism of the sources providing that information has also reached an all-time high, as the rising tide of misinformation pushed trust in social media and even…
- Content Marketing
3 Steps to a Strong Digital Strategy for Publishers that Drive Engagement & Revenue
As consumers have moved increasingly to online news consumption and have so many more options available, print publishers have seen their revenue plummet. And for many, it’s been tough to adapt to a digital strategy that actually works. Paywalls have been mostly a disaster, driving subscribers away toward the abundance of free content. Display ads and sponsored content have helped,…
- Advertising Technology
Google’s SameSite Upgrade Reinforces Why Publishers Need to Move Beyond Cookies for Audience Targeting
The launch of Google’s SameSite Upgrade in Chrome 80 on Tuesday, Feb. 4 signals yet another nail in the coffin for third-party browser cookies. Following on the heels of Firefox and Safari, which have already blocked third-party cookies by default, and Chrome’s existing cookie warning, the SameSite upgrade further clamps down on the use of effective third-party cookies for audience…
- Advertising Technology
Bypassing the Blockers: How to Get Your Ads Seen, Clicked On, and Acted Upon
In today’s marketing landscape, there are more media channels than ever before. On the positive side, that means more opportunities to get your message out. On the downside, there’s more competition than ever to capture audience attention. The proliferation of media means more ads, and those ads are more intrusive. It’s not just a print ad, a TV or radio…
