Our first stop of the conference season is to Fort Worth, Texas for the 2020 Mega-Conference starting February 17, 2020. We are looking forward to sharing new innovations with long-time colleagues and friends, and to meeting new ones. Make the most of your Mega-Conference - here are the 5 things we suggest you not miss during the conference. If [...]
Over the next several weeks iPublish Media Solutions will share our 10 best tips for selecting the best technology partners for your business. This is the first in a series, based on lessons learned during more than a decade of media partnerships. Question #1: What are your company’s core objectives? AKA: How to avoid "bright shiny object" [...]
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 [...]
Legacy.com Acquires iPublish Media Solutions Acquisition supports Legacy’s increased investment in newspapers and funeral homes Chicago, IL (January 15, 2020) - Legacy.com, Inc., the leading provider of online obituary solutions in the U.S., has acquired iPublish Media Solutions, the most widely used self-serve platform for placement of obituaries and other announcements in U.S. newspapers. Legacy.com has been an innovator [...]
The start of a new year brings upon the start of Conference season. iPublish Media Solutions is looking forward to attending several top digital and newspaper conferences the first part of this year. Between networking with old friends, meeting new friends, picking up top tips from keynote speakers, and sharing ways AdPortal can support revenue goals and reduce operation [...]
Four 2020 trends to benefit your sales organization One of the most promising trends in the media industry may not sound exciting until you realize the full potential: automation. The elimination (or consolidation) of processes that used to take multiple steps and many man-hours are reduced to minutes. Additionally, many common errors in manual processes are eliminated by software [...]
As we near the end of 2019, we want to thank all of our partners and recognize our new partner launches. So many companies have given us their confidence to help them grow revenue, reduce costs, and ease operations. Our new partner portals join over 570+ active AdPortals publishers around the world, who integrate AdPortals with their front-end system, credit [...]
For the year-end, we thought we’d try a “culture blog” - letting you in on what the people in our company are really about, what we care about and how we interact. The truth about smaller companies is that they don’t often talk about culture and core values — they just “exist.” So talking about culture definitely requires some [...]
During the holidays we look forward to spending time with family, eating special meals, maybe even taking a wonderful vacation. It can also be a stressful time - the office may be short-staffed or busy with multiple commitments. There is enough to do without having to follow up with advertisers to make sure their ads get submitted on time. [...]
2020 Forecast Recent forecasts on advertising spending for 2020 includes a couple of important takeaways for local media managers making strategic plans for next year. Topping the charts for increased spending in 2020 are auto and real estate, each of which are forecasted to be up by a little more than 3% next year, with about 20% of realtors [...]
