Building an Online Job Board
B-to-b publishers have a unique opportunity to capture more revenue via online job boards. The vertical niches these publishers occupy inherently offer a targeted audience of job seekers and employers.
Articles by Caysey Welton
Is Database Marketing Too Complex for Most Marketers?
Event Integrity
Online may get the buzz but on the b-to-b side, events will get the dollars in 2007. American Business Media is forecasting 6 to 8 percent growth to $11 billion in events, making that category roughly equal to magazines as a revenue generator.
Custom, Like Traditional Publishing, Should be Built on Content
Content is king in both traditional and custom publishing, according to a group of publishers speaking at a January American Business Media-sponsored breakfast.
Can Paper Weight and Trim Size Lead To Profits?
Much of the 2007 Primex conference focused not on cutting edge digital production technologies but instead on the mounting environmental pressures on magazine publishing, from both cost and from environmental groups. In order to boost profits, the meeting floated the idea of reducing basis weights 8 to 15 percent and cutting in half the number of different trim size variations.
The Entrepreneurship Issue
Traditionally, at least over the last three years, our March issue has focused on entrepreneurship. But this year I had an opportunity to participate in a roundtable organized by Aspire Media's Clay Hall at the Consumer Electronics Show, and I decided that should be our cover story.
Special Report: Achieving a Bigger Payoff Through Targeted E-Mail Marketing Solutions
In the past few years, e-mail marketing has evolved from a standalone strategy into a complementary component of larger marketing programs. E-mail blasts now serve as one part of a larger plan that incorporates events, microsites, mobile promotions, print campaigns and special online offers.
Organic Growth
As private equity continues to dominate the magazine industry, the priority is on identifying new acquisitions for a rapid revenue build-up, where a company can then be flipped in another three to five years.
Folio: Roundtable – Magazine Publishing in a Digital-Device World
PARTICIPANTS Clay Hall: CEO, Aspire Media Michela O'Connor Abrams: President, Dwell Magazine Don Peschke: CEO, August Home Publishing Dan Wiesner: CEO, Wiesner Publishing Terry Snow: CEO, World Publications Steve Laliberte: President, iProduction Tony Silber: Editor and Publisher, Folio:
Face Up – Texas Monthly
This Month: Texas MonthlyIssue: January 2007Frequency: MonthlyLaunched: 1973Circ: 300,000Editor: Evan SmithPublisher: Emmis CommunicationsArt Director: T.J. TuckerPhoto Editor: Leslie BaldwinPhoto Illustrator: Darren BraunPhotograph: AP/Charles Dharapak
