There is a lot of good news for local newspapers as was shared at a recent webinar. Local advertising spending is finally on the rise for the first time since the Great Recession. There are now a total of 3.9 million more viable new businesses than in the last 30 months of pre-pandemic economy, according to Borrell & Associates. [...]
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 [...]
Westborough, VA, August 2, 2021 – The first French-English DIY ad portal created by iPublish Media Solutions in partnership with Sud Ouest Publicité, a group of five French newspapers, has launched with a unique marketing campaign. The custom DIY platform, white-labeled as Sopenads, allows businesses to design, buy and target multi-media ad packages online without a sales rep. “We [...]
Spotlight on James Allen, Senior Sales Engineer If you’ve met James Allen, the low-key senior sales engineer at iPublish Media, you probably have no idea about his background. James is both a veteran who jumped out of airplanes and a Dad who most recently converted an attic space into an air conditioned play-room for his ten-year old son. James’ [...]
With over 13 years in the self-service advertising business and over 600 AdPortals launched for newspapers, broadcasters, and real estate brokerages, the team at iPublish Media Solutions has observed different success rates at similar circulation newspapers using the exact same software. Success takes many forms: ROI, self-service adoption rate, upsells to clients discovered through self-service, lower cost of sales, [...]
There is at least one piece of good news for newspapers struggling through the shutdowns: Announcements may be making a comeback as a revenue category for newspapers. Graduation announcements are leading the way. This year students have been left out of proms and parties due to safety concerns and parents desperate to celebrate their kids’ accomplishments have been posting [...]
Self-serve advertising for SMBs is catching on fire with local media companies who understand its best use: As an efficient way to attract new customers. “This is the most misunderstood aspect of the DIY platforms,” according to Brian Gorman, co-founder of iPublish Media Solutions. The Value of Self-Service Traditionally, media companies who added a self-serve platform thought of it [...]
Facebook and Amazon have proven that automating the sale from marketing through e-commerce and distribution makes placing an order easier and more affordable. But aside from classifieds, available front-end advertising platforms for publishers often do not support an end-to-end solution. “A lot of software companies will support e-commerce, but they don’t build the ads. Or they have a front [...]
STRATEGIES FOR DRIVING REVENUE ACROSS VERTICALS: iPUBLISH VERTICALS PLUS On Monday, March 9, 2020 at #BorrellMiami LOAC conference, Brian Gorman, Chief Revenue Officer of iPublish Media Solutions, presented solutions for automated sales and fulfillment processes for digital advertising across verticals. Listen to the presentation, recorded live at Borrell's LOAC Conference. Live from #BorrellMiami Brian Gorman introduces Verticals PLUS! Posted [...]
Three Must-Have Objectives for Local Media in 2020 We’ve come a long way. In 2020, local media companies increasingly understand the rules of the game—invest in editorial and revenue growth, and automate everything else possible in the back end to reduce costs. Companies that forget one of the three legs of a stool get stuck in a binary trap—cut [...]
