Archive for the 'Newspapers' Category

This is an idea I pitched the NAA on presenting almost 2 years ago. I found it as I was cleaning out a drawer so I scanned it to get some feedback. The pitch has some flaws in it but the idea is beginning to take form especially with Webvisible, ReachLocal and OrangeSoda making major [...]


It’s been a busy and very productive three weeks at the DPC. Besides doing all the basic things we need to do to make this a successful venture we have also been solidifying some partnerships that will help us prove our theory.
In a nutshell we believe that media companies don’t need fancy tools to succeed, [...]


This week, after speaking with Chris Tolles, Greg Sterling wrote post detailing his opinion on the what the newspaper would look like in the future.
Of course, I gave my opinion-
To get to the point you are describing the newspaper would have to know specifically what makes them unique (casinos in AC, etc) and then do [...]


There is a growing trend within the newspaper industry that I believe is very positive.  That trend is to sell their aggregate audience instead of selling product by product.
This strategy will definitely cause a lot of the sales people in the industry today to find new jobs because it is more complicated than selling the [...]


Getting every sales channel motivated to become the ‘Market Leader’ is very important. For the purpose of this post I am describing the sales channels as:

Print/Broadcast Sales Team (Geo and Category)
Digital Sales Team
Call Center

Not everyone on your sales team is ready to help you earn the ‘Market Leader’ status. From past experience, I would [...]