Reaching Friends and Family How do you put a price on love, on connection and on memories? Families placing obituaries, planning funerals, making arrangements have so much to think about. When it comes to sharing the news - newspapers, calls, emails, social media (they may have access to the Facebook account of the deceased) - those methods do not [...]
Traditional Facebook Posts Only Reach a Fraction of Friends Families have been using Facebook to notify friends, relatives, and others about the death of a loved one for years. The biggest challenge, according to Facebook, is users who rely on a traditional Facebook “post” generally reach only 10% to 40% percent of their friends on the platform. Globally recognized [...]
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 [...]
Westborough, MA, September 9, 2019 - Gatehouse Media confirmed that they added more than $1 million in new revenue in 2018 publishing obituary special sections using iPublish Media’s Adportal Tributes software. Gatehouse wanted to monetize the obituary franchise with a print publication that would bring value to both the communities they serve, and their funeral home partners. They could not [...]
Newspapers realize the enormous value of their obituaries franchise starting with the money at stake — almost $1 billion in revenues, with more to be had. So how do you determine the size of the opportunity in your market? With over 600,000 paid obituaries processed in 2018, iPublish Media Solutions reveals how to benchmark potential in your market, and [...]
Obituaries play a vital role at newspapers and in the communities we serve. This is one area where technology can improve on the previous ways of gathering information for obituaries. Today’s custom obituary software that takes self-serve entries, automates pagination and provides other options is both a cost-saver and revenue producer for newspapers; but more importantly, the right software [...]
