To There and Back Again – the New Life of Thomas Cook’s Excursionist
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The name Thomas Cook is iconic in the European travel industry. The brand’s 3,000 retail travel shops draw some 40 million consumers into their stores each year, most of them looking for information about their next big travel adventure. In...
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Folio:’s 3 Big Predictions for Magazine Media in 2019
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There are three essential mantras to keep in mind as we sally forth into 2019, according to Casey Welton in Folio:. Welton doesn’t see any industry-wide destabilization looming this year, although he’s quick to note “that doesn’t mean there won’t...
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The Million Dollar Question for Marketers
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If advertising in magazines is still proven to be more effective than other media, provides a brand safe environment with trusted, credible, fact-checked content and reaches larger audiences than even television, why aren’t marketers reflecting that in their media mixes?...
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It’s the Age of Experience, and Your Customers Want What they Want
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Last year we talked a lot about the synergy between print and digital; in fact they’ve been called the new marketing power couple. Marketers have learned the hard way that “easy” is not a good measuring stick for effective marketing, and the digital-only...
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Are You Listening Like Your Brand Depends On It? Because It Does
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It’s a new year, and it’s a new frontier when it comes to marketing with content. And if your focus is on filling up the content calendar, you might be missing the point entirely. “A lot has been written and...
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Media Brands Future-proof their Print Titles
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“I don’t think anyone thinks that ad revenue is going to dramatically increase in the future.” That quote, from EVP Gregory Gatto of Bonnier Media, spells out the reality of the changing magazine  business model, according to Beth Braverman in...
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Digital-first Publisher Wraps Their Audience in Printed Pages
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Back in 2007 a new blog called It’s Nice That launched, dedicated to “putting something out into the world that made people feel better about themselves,” as the brand’s Alistair Hanson explains to The Stack on Monocle.  It’s Nice That...
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How to Design Print Ads for Killer ROI
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As ad agency execs finally call out digital ads, advertisers are renewing their interest in print advertising. And for good reason – print offers a far more trusted platform than digital and social, and brands appreciate this sound base on...
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Four Key Things to Consider about the Rise in Branded Print
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I’ve been sharing a lot of news lately on brands that are starting their own print magazines. Many of these brands are – as we might expect – well established with plenty of name recognition, like Facebook’s print magazine Grow,...
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Mr. Magazine’s 2019 Industry Manifesto is Spot On
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In last year’s manifesto on the state of the magazine industry, Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni started off with a rousing declaration. “Magazines are money makers,” he said at the time. “Their words are eloquent and resonate with what magazines are...
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