10 Rules for Better Editorial Design
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Want to improve your game in publication layout? This article from Luke O'Neill offers 10 suggestions that will help you build up your editorial design skills. The first, and probably the most important, is to identify your audience and design for...
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Why Print Matters to Digital-Only Publishers
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Most of us might assume that digital-only publishers have little to no stake in the success or failure of printed titles. We might expect them to be blissfully unaffected by physical distribution issues at the newsstand, rising postal rates and...
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B2B Media Revenue up Nearly 5%
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The first quarter BIN 2014 reports are out from the Association of Business Information and Media Companies (ABM) and the news is good for B2B media companies and publishers according to this article in Publishing Executive. “ABM's report finds that overall...
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Study: Sponsored Content Has a Trust Problem
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Native advertising and sponsored content are big business these days, with the vast majority of publishers offering some kind of native ad opportunities, writes Joe Lazauskas of Contently, a content strategy firm. Yet a recent study points up the major shortcomings of...
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Issuu Takes Social Sharing to the Next Level
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Issuu is hot, and getting hotter. The world’s fastest growing digital publishing platform (according to a press release on Talking New Media) has just upped the game for social content sharing. Their new interactive Clip product gives readers “the ability...
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Newman! Mailman Fails to Deliver
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The comparisons are unavoidable. Newman, the mailman everyone loves to hate on Seinfeld, was vilified in one episode when he was caught hoarding mail rather than delivering it. It’s hard to believe, but one Kentucky mailman was sentenced to six...
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Big Cuts Coming at the USPS
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Will $10,000 be enough of an enticement to pack in a career a few years early? The USPS hopes so, as it offers 3,000 postmasters a bonus to either retire early or face potential layoffs next year. “Qualified postmasters --...
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Leverage Print Technology to Boost Ad Sales
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When you think of advances in advertising technology, print might not be the first medium that comes to mind. “At first glance, a printed magazine seems simple -- too simple to be worth discussing in an issue focused on publishing...
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Pinterest: The New Way We Window Shop
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Are you using Pinterest as part of your social media strategy? “If not, it’s still a huge opportunity for brand awareness and sales. The best part is, Pinterest has proven to be the most cost-effective for several industries,” writes Leo Widrich...
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Is Ad Space Enough for Advertisers?
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Has the publishing industry inadvertently devalued its own print ad space? Some industry experts think so, after years of giving advertisers list rentals, web ads and event sponsorship thrown into their annual ad proposals to sweeten the deal. “The value-add...
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