Most media companies consider the primary benefits of self-service platforms as a means to reduce costs of selling, delivering ads, and marketing services to small businesses. But a new article in Editor & Publisher points out that a great user-interface for transactions actually adds value for the advertiser as well. E&P included “Amazonified” ad transactions on a key benefit [...]
TRUST: The #1 Advantage Media Companies Have to Win in the Local SMB Advertising Game The research matches what we already know on a gut level: Local media companies have a key advantage over “faceless” competitors for local ad dollars. In fact, a recent Kantar Millward Brown survey found, “Consumers are more receptive to traditional media than digital ads.” [...]
Three things you need for a successful self-serve program There is a huge buzz around self-serve advertising platforms. For example, on its last earnings call in April 2018, Facebook touted the accessibility of its ad platform. Many of its 6 million advertisers are SMBs (small to medium sized businesses)*. Local media companies are working to find profitable ways to [...]
What keeps you up at night? For digital executives at local media companies, it is often the profitability of their departments. The problem is not a new one. Digital services divisions were supposed to be able to reach into lost markets of small and medium size businesses, expanding market share and share of customer. Serving Small Business Years later, these [...]
Do you believe in data? Last week the iPublish Media team joined media and advertising leaders at the Local Media Association Digital Revenue Summit to discuss practical strategies to grow local digital advertising revenue and reduce operating costs for traditional newspaper and broadcast companies. "The market leaders from our benchmarking data look more like ad agencies than media companies," said [...]
SMB's use both Traditional and Digital Media The latest Borrell Associates Small Business Report shows that 74% of SMB’s use both traditional and digital media. 74% of SMB's used digital and traditional advertising together. In fact, 22% of SMB´s use only traditional media and 3% use only digital alone. So the largest market is businesses already buying across multiple [...]
What Do We Mean by Mixed Media Solution? The goal for self-service advertising is to provide customers with an easy to use and comprehensive media solution. Whether it is the individual trying to sell their vehicle, the real estate agent selling a property, or the funeral home providing obituary services for a family, today's media and newspaper [...]
iPublish Media 11 Yr Milestone iPublish Media Solutions LLC celebrated its 11th year in business on October 16th. iPublish Media is proud of the relationships they’ve built with leading newspapers and media companies to develop an industry leading self-service platform. iPublish Media software not only provides automated professional print solutions but also unsurpassed power and performance capabilities for digital [...]
As we all know the transformation to digital is underway. How fast, rapid or tsunamic it will become is still open to discussion and lots of speculation. There is clear evidence that advertisers, especially small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are shifting their ad and promotion buying habits to a more digital mix. This mix includes Facebook, digital display, search, websites, [...]
For the past several months we've been working with several customers to energize their strategy for real estate and achieve an advertising trifecta: Increase Revenue Streamline Operations Drive New Account Acquisition In our recent webinar, we shared how companies like Digital First Media and Christie's Real Estate provide premium print, digital and social media advertising channels to [...]
