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In the wake of the pandemic, many businesses have shifted their live events to online webinars - and many don't have the right skills or experience to make them a success. Live webinars are known to be powerful lead generation and engagement tools. They can drive...
Over the past few weeks, social distancing policies and travel restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 came into force in countries across the globe, impacting billions — journalists included. Almost overnight, news publishers had to find new ways of working that...
The onset of COVID-19 has forced many businesses to stop or tweak their go-to email marketing strategies. They needed to make sure that their content is appropriate, evaluate the execution, and make sure segments are still valid in the new disrupted market. We can...
Digital advertisers faced their first big brand safety issue a few years ago when it was found that major national brands’ ads on YouTube were placed next to ISIS recruitment videos. This resulted in brands' reputations unknowingly taking a big hit. Things have...
At the start of the outbreak, it was clear that media businesses would be facing devastating advertising losses - which is currently happening. This is mainly due to the fact that a huge part of the free publication’s advertising base is from events, entertainment and...
Google Analytics is one of the most powerful – and free – tools available today for publishers. At some point, the below mentioned metrics will be a pain point for publishers, therefore, really understanding your business’s baseline is crucial to monitoring your...
You've done all the work: professional and attractive website, fast loading speed, and great content. But somehow, you just can't get your visitors to actually subscribe. This is especially true for media companies, particularly newspapers. We know this can be very...
In today's digital age, there are numerous marketing techniques (such as videos, blogs, ebooks, etc.) that are commonly used by organizations to rank their business #1 on Google searches. Choosing a good strategy will not only help showcase your brand, but also helps...
News publishers, and specifically, Digital Media Officers have tons of data and analytics tools that they can use to measure "success". Choosing the most important Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is not obvious to most without clear input from other departments. At...
Google Analytics (GA) is by far the most used, go-to analytics tool for websites. It is key to understanding KPI's such as Pageviews, Unique Visitors, Bounce Rate etc. but it remains generic for general online presences such as e-commerce companies or corporate sites....
Collecting emails from your website's visitors is crucial if you are looking to grow and cultivate your audience. But this is not an easy task, considering that very few people are willing to give out their information for no good reason. Building a list is one...
For any news publisher, you know that a final, tedious part of the process is adding tags to your story before sending it out to the world. Traditionally, tags and keywords in articles have been used to help readers dig deeper into related stories and topics, and give...
When people think content, they often think creative. But in reality, great content is a blend of both creativity and data. A data-driven content strategy is more efficient as it saves time, money, and effort by delivering the right content to the right audience at...
In today’s digital age there is an enormous amount of missed opportunity across marketing channels. If you have good content (SEO) and good outreach (a form PR), you will be able 10x the results if you improve the synergy between the two. Public Relations (PR), when...
Algorithmic curation is now the most important factor when it comes to personalization and recommendations, and even more so when it comes to news websites. A recommendation system pretty much does a librarian's job: if the librarian knows you well, they know what...
Next time you’re online, pay attention to which headlines draw your attention (like the one you clicked on to read this). Chances are you’ve been sucked in by clickbait at some point even if you were annoyed by it - and that’s exactly what it is designed for. Is this...
Delivering a truly remarkable digital experience requires you to personalize your properties based on your users' persona and behavior. Classifying your visitors into different segments, identifying their unique needs and patterns across your digital properties, and...
AI is not just good for your online news website; it’s a must. While AI does a lot of good in our modern world, there comes, of course, a lot of negative sentiment along with it. Many people assume that the jobs that humans now do will be taken over by machines. The...
Almost all advertising dollars are going to the web and mobile devices, monopolized by the big tech giants, leaving scraps for news and media companies to grapple over. We have put together below 5 steps we believe are essential for publishers while developing a good...
Facebook Instant Articles (IA) is a mobile publishing format that enables news publishers to distribute articles to Facebook’s app that load and display up to 10 times faster than the standard mobile web. So, what’s all the hype about? Well, when you hear what some of...
