13 Deals and the Reality-Based Platform of Print
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Like most marketers, Joe Lazauskas of Contently has platform on the brain. “Lately, it seems like I only talk about platforms,” he writes in “Why Print Still Matters.” “Facebook Live… LinkedIn Instant Articles… Google AMP… Chat bots! A new ‘platform’...
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The Cheese is Gone in the App Marketplace
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Customers love apps. Brands make apps. Match made in marketing heaven, right? Not so fast, according to Steve Newcomb in Advertising Age. He cautions that brand apps can be great, but for many, many brands they just aren’t worth the...
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Goodbye Pineapple, Hello Airbnb Magazine
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About a year ago there were hints in the air that Airbnb was partnering with Hearst on a new print magazine for the travel brand, and now the charter issue has been unveiled at an Airbnb host event in Los...
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Hope in the Impossible: Why One Reader Returned to Print News
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“I'm simply fed up with online news sites that provide more clutter and distractions than real content. They load slowly to boot.” That’s the sentiment of Rick Smith, the techwire editor of WRAL in Raleigh, N.C. Smith came to this...
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Feast on This: Milk Street Magazine from Christopher Kimball
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The iconic American foodie talks about why his new print magazine is the perfect place to engage his audience. Did you know that 97% of all cookbooks purchased are printed on paper? “You can cook off a screen or a...
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Glamour UK is Growing Up and Growing Smarter
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Glamour UK is now firmly a teenager, and it’s growing up to be quite the smarty. “Glamour [UK] is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a strategic shift in recognition of its readers’ evolving lives, enhancing the ways in which the brand...
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UK Luxury Mags and the Smell of Money
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“[It is] something to do with the sheen of the paper, the way that the ink sits on the page, the smell of money and desire that wafts off the page.” It’s called the “magazine moment.” It’s that certain something...
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The Revenge of Analog, Now at a Store Near You
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“I just like the feel of a book in my hands!” It’s undeniable; this is the line that comes up in almost any conversation about print books versus digital. And while we may pass it up as trite, it encapsulates...
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The Costly Mistake Brand Marketers are Hard-wired to Make
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Is there a collective human blind spot when it comes to legacy media? What publishers need to know about the people buying ads. As humans, we seek out the new, the unknown, the bright and shiny. This basic human trait,...
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Why Younger Audiences Are Spending More Time with Print Magazines; What Publishers Need to Know
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The value of print magazines in building trusted relationships with an audience cannot be matched by other channels…and younger readers continue to prefer print over digital for magazine consumption. That’s just two of the insights Bob Wooton, principal at Deconstruction,...
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