Hearst Communications will roll out AdPortal® Public Notices across the organization this year, automating the process in some cases and replacing existing automation software in others. The most recent launch at The Houston Chronicle is estimated to save 20 hours a week by cutting five to seven steps from an all-manual workflow, according to Clayton Wiseman, workflow consultant and [...]
The Publish Notice Resource Center released a great one sheet that makes a compelling case for why newspapers are the right choice for publishing notices required by law to be made public. Here are 5 great reasons why it is important for newspapers to continue to educate and inform local markets about Public Notices: Open meetings, Freedom of Information, and [...]
iPublish presented the AdPortal Public Notices platform at Florida Press Association’s conference this month to rave reviews. James Allen told attendees that the platform automates, rather than outsources, their public notices franchise. A key concern of Florida publishers is ensuring they will own these customer relationships in the future. When a newspaper outsources customer relationships to another company that [...]
After losing the requirement to publish public notices in Florida last year, Richard Karpel, Executive Director of the Public Notice Resource Center (PNRC), is telling newspapers to improve how they display public notices on their websites. In spite of research that shows that 66% of U.S. citizens surveyed believe public notices should be published in newspapers, and 55% rely [...]
While death rates are surging — 50% more people will die of old age (National Center for Health Statistics) over the next 30 years — traditional print obituary placements by funeral homes have been in decline. In fact, experts predict these declines to reach 20% by the end of 2023. The reason is simple: most newspaper orders are placed by [...]
Over the past decade, newspapers have asked for all kinds of new features in their self-serve AdPortal®, and we answered by continuously iterating our advertising platform to meet these priorities. Here are a few of your top concerns that are now standard features in iPublish AdPortal®: Leverage the call center Not only do customers now place DIY orders for [...]
A funny thing happened over the past few years as regional and national media organizations consolidated - call center representatives absorbed an increasing number of transactions and more responsibility. Today, these call-center teams are smaller than ever before and responsible for customer support, inbound order-taking, and outbound sales for a growing number of products, platforms, and packages. Additionally, these teams [...]
iPublish Media Solutions Partners with Nexta.io to Provide Expanded Digital Capabilities Westborough, MA and Tampa, FL (Aug 2, 2022) – Nexta.io and iPublish Media Solutions announce a partnership to provide newspapers and media companies with the ease-of-use and proven print capabilities of iPublish’s AdPortal with Nexta.io’s omnichannel digital marketing platform with a proprietary and AI-driven performance optimization engine and [...]
iPublish Media Solutions Partners with The Gleaner Company to Power Classifieds & Marketplace throughout the Caribbean Westborough, MA and Kingston, Jamaica (July 19, 2022) – iPublish Media Solutions and The Gleaner Company announce a partnership to provide newspapers throughout the Caribbean with a self-service classified solution and digital marketplace. The white-label platform streamlines the order-taking, design, fulfillment, display, and [...]
Most families appreciate having the extra distribution of their obituary on Facebook, especially as it alleviates the need to find and inform long lost friends, colleagues, and others from various stages of a loved ones life. For adult children, many of these friendships occurred before they were even born. However, families are also price sensitive, and having to make [...]
