Never, ever violate your readers’ trust by publishing even a single native ad that is no more than a hard sell, or risk losing all the readers you fool and hundreds of their friends. For native advertising, 2016 is a make-or-break year. Wait! What? Native advertising is exploding,...
It’s not rocket science, folks: Go mobile-only and replace those stupid desktop ads with mobile-friendly formats and contextually relevant ad messages If you had a crystal ball that showed you who would win the next World Cup, would you bet on that team? Damn right! Of course, there...
Blendle has proven that young people really will pay for content, and they really will read it on their smartphones, but only quality content, and only if they can get their money back if they don’t like what you sold them. How many prophets have we...
Get over it: You don’t need to own the platform where your content appears if you can spread it wider and more profitably elsewhere...
The Financial Mail in South Africa, the leading business weekly magazine, has undergone a unique reinvention in collaboration with INNOVATION led by A. Martin. There is clear delineation between the four main sections of the magazine, with each section adhering to a different stylistic ‘mood.’ This...
Data is the Swiss Army knife of publishing. One gadget that solves multiple problems. Data can help publishers, editors and ad directors answer, among others, the questions of: • How to replace the failing advertising-based media business model • How to develop content that leads to increased audience engagement • How to attract,...
Fighting ad blocking companies and consumers is like blaming the messenger; publishers should fix their user experience to stop abusing readers with ads that slow browsers, assault readers’ eyes and ears, secretly harvest personal data, and dump malware on their computers. Who’s to blame for the...
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