Twenty years ago, I was a publishing student in Emerson College’s Writing, Literature, and Publishing program. I loved books and print, but—truth be told—I attended the program’s print publishing classes …
Lee talks about [1:37 secs] our metered paywall plugin for WordPress – Leaky Paywall Find out more: Learn more about monetizing WordPress websites at the wpinnovator podcast Leaky Paywall Thanks Lee!
Einstein Magazine was recently chosen by Folio as 2016 Winner of it’s category for digital publications. It uses our IssueM toolkit for WordPress to manage live web issues. We are very …
We’ve got exciting news. For the past few years, the ZEEN101 team has been hard at work in our super-secret underground laboratory planning, sketching, building, and refining the first all-in-one …
3 major features have been added to Leaky Paywall (along with UI improvements and bug-fixes): API integration for 3rd party payment gateways. You can now integrate with any payment system …
Metered paywall + 60 web issues = 10x more visitors from Google search and social sharing Atlantis Rising Magazine (ARM) is a digital publisher who takes full advantage of offering …
Q: How does a digital magazine keep their site’s issues, articles, and other content easy to navigate and offer up well-crafted subscription offers? A: Using great WordPress plugins that all work …
The Sunday Times uses a few different methods to entice readers to subscribe – all centering around it’s leaky paywall. Hop on over the this article: “How The Sunday Times …
For immediate release The #1 Metered Paywall for WordPress is Now Free In a welcome and unexpected move made early this year, ZEEN101 published their landmark—and formerly un-free—Leaky Paywall plugin …
If you are considering or implementing a metered paywall you need to read this article. The New Yorker magazine has some very compelling data about the success of it’s metered …
Knowing the value of your publication’s content is essential to long-term success – especially when your publication’s articles and stories are not readily available anywhere else. Archiving past news content …
Let anyone with @uniquedomain.url access your content. This plugin is perfect for selling subscriptions to companies and organizations. Once an organization is setup EG: @abccompany.anything or *.edu all their employees with a …
The new Auto-Archiver plugin for Leaky Paywall will automatically archive your articles/posts after X number of days. Only a premium level of subscribers will have access to your archived content. This is …
For People’s Pundit Daily (a digital magazine), the App expense and complexity is now history. PPD uses WordPress as their publishing platform, Leaky Paywall to allow readers to read a few free …
This extension integrates Leaky Paywall with MailChimp by letting you automatically add new subscribers to specific MailChimp lists based on what subscription level they purchase. This integration works with both …
We have been working hard on catching up on documentation. Here are some highlights: Leaky Paywall: How To Change the Subscription Details on a Subscribe Card Adding Fields To The …
Just a big FYI if you are looking for free support for IssueM head over to https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/issuem Reason 1: After starting our support in BBPress and then moving to HelpScout we …
Magazine: Lynchburg College Magazine WordPress Site: http://magazine.lynchburg.edu/ Lynchburg College, a small private college based in Lynchburg, Virginia is another great example of an college that publishes a magazine that’s taken …
Q: How do you take an existing online magazine (using WordPress and lots of custom functionality) and upgrade it with the most up to date subscription services for users and …
Create unlimited coupon codes. Assign them to individual subscription levels and more. Create as many coupons as you need Coupon Options Tip: use the Reporting Tool to filter coupon usage …
Harper’s is the second oldest print magazine in the United States and is making their way in the digital world. They recently decided to employ our Leaky Paywall to give …
Your reader has reached the end of their free article meter and your nag to subscribe pops into the article. What can you do to motivate readers to subscribe? Here …
Join publishing’s top two thought leaders BoSacks and Linda Ruth in a Live Chat on Twitter Thursday July 16th at 3 pm. Tweet your questions and comments using #MagBiz. For direct …
This major update covers a lot of ground as was fueled by your feedback and requests. Thank you! Here is what’s new: Multisite compatibility My Account page Custom welcome email …
“You must have an app.” No doubt all publishers have been told this at some stage probably as a singular statement of fact, rather than part of a cogent argument. …
The mantra of modern online publishing is create your content and leave it to your readers to decide where they want to consume it. It’s a noble sentiment but the …
Your audience is always willing to “pay” to read your publication. How much they are willing to pay is the unknown you must uncover. Let’s explore the possibilities and put …
You run a metered paywall. Your articles are getting found in Google search and they are getting shared in Facebook. Your readers arrive at your site and comb through more …
Profile DKonPittsburghSports is a Pittsburgh sports news site run by the award winning journalist Dejan Kovacevic (DK). DK offers readers 2 free articles using a metered paywall. The paywall is …
How Zeen101’s WordPress Leaky Paywall, IssueM Are Revolutionizing Internet Publishing – People’s Pundit Daily Since it’s release on May 27, 2003, the WordPress content management system (CMS) has evolved from …
Why are readers drawn to content decades or even centuries old? The answer is a simple one: Articles that were once popular as cutting-edge news are now highly valued for …
Online publishing is as nuanced and diverse as print. So what are the options for publishers going digital?
Publication: Kaleidoscope Magazine Formats: Web, Download, Print [limited] Q: What do you get when you put a university’s alumni magazine online? A: A magazine where alumni can search for content …
Your choice of platform today can make or break your publication. With 1000’s of publishing solutions available, it can be an overwhelming decision. There is some good news in that today we …
Run a Shopify store and need to to let buyers buy a subscription to your publication through Shopify? or… need to sell a product that comes with a subscription? Now …
Being economical with links and using issue-based publishing are key components in The Economist’s digital strategy. Should they be part of yours too?
HOBNOB magazine wants to help you throw better parties Really… and it’s pretty cool. Their secret is packaging how-to articles (based on a party theme) into “issues” that you can …
Ad Dropper makes it a snap to add, manage, and track ads anywhere on your WordPress site Some fast features: Create multiple ad zones: header, footer, sidebar, and in-content Create any …
The short answer is yes… because your apps make it easier to read your content and brings your reader closer to you, the publisher. According to Nielson: 89% of media consumption …
So you’ve built your digital publication. You have protected your content behind a metered paywall. A reader hits the end of his free articles and it’s time to tell him he needs to …
Generate more subscriptions to your publication by letting friends and family buy gift subscriptions! Grab the gift subscription plugin now. Features: Gifter can send a personal email note to the …
The Reporting Tool for Leaky Paywall is a free add-on that will let you filter and download (CSV file) the subscriber info you need. Open up your downloaded CSV file in …
I get asked pretty regularly: What is a good magazine or news theme to start a design with? The great news is there are many themes to chose from these days… …
My last post “Rediscovering the Sense and Economics of Publishing ‘Things’” was, I’m happy to say, well-received. We heard from publishers via email, Twitter, and phone calls that the post …
From what I’ve seen through my work here at zeen101, the publishing world right now is taking one large step backward—and, in my opinion—that’s the right direction. The lavish promises …
Publishers of every stripe have wrestled, at some point, with some variation of this question: Are we better off developing a slick app or a killer mobile website? Strong cases …
The IssueM 2.0 release is now available on WordPress.org or by updating in your WordPress admin panel. Many new improvements, bug fixes, and features were added to help make your …
For over 10 years, the student-run and non-profit Berkeley Science Review (BSR) magazine has been publishing articles from UC Berkeley graduate students. The magazine serves to highlight the groundbreaking research occurring …
Good advice from our very own Jesse McDougall. If you are running or considering adding sponsored content to your publication, do yourself a favor and follow Jesse’s 2 simple rules …
The Baffler online magazine (first printed issue was published in 1988) is a highly-visible and beautifully-illustrated magazine with a large readership. The magazine offers subscriptions in print, online, or both. To …
We’ve uploaded the latest version of IssueM (1.2.12) to the WordPress.org plugin repository. The most recent release includes some new features and functionality to improve your experience with IssueM. Front …
If you publish a magazine or news site online you will often be faced with decisions on how to improve the experience for your readers. The answer is quite simple: …
Get your hands on the right free photo fast. The problem with most free stock photo sites is they suck all your time just trying to find a good photo for an article. …
This post was inspired by an article over on Copyblogger by Sonia Simone titled, “The Right Way to Think About Google.” Simone offers five wonderful rules to help us blogger/publishers …
Here is a great example of a WordPress publication that features regular issues and also publishes a blog for in between news: The Field Educator What’s it about? It is …
There are many popular schools of thought when it comes to titling an article. Unfortunately, the trend we’re seeing lately relies too heavily on fishing: Pack ’em full of keywords …
This video made me laugh. It’s funny, really funny and makes me glad I have an HBO subscription so I can watch more John Oliver. John, in a completely satirical …
Publishing online today is like swimming through mud—difficult, unclear, tiring. Any print publisher of any stripe—book, news, magazine, school, corporate, etc.—looking to put content online is quickly overwhelmed by a …
The New Yorker is doing it, the New York Times is doing it, you can do it… and it’s pretty easy. Here’s how: Step 1: Reduce your header logo size …
Publishers and authors do not need an army of geeks in order to create and execute effective content marketing campaigns. That said, content marketing does require a few things in …
With all the discussion and growth of native advertising, we thought it was time for us to provide a simple yet effective plugin to flag an article as “Sponsored” or “Promoted” …
A fishing publication asked me today how should I go about sharing an article with my readership?
It’s a great question and yes you do want to share (or curate) articles from other sources… and it’s simple.
Easy and powerful. If you are writing copy you need to always link to sources. Linking properly is key to humans clicking and Google ranking your stories in search
Native advertising is like the old advertorial… it’s publishing an article that is really an advertisement. The ad is native to your stream of articles or blog posts. Why is this so popular now? Read on to find out!
Building your magazine’s subscriber base via email is job #1. The tools today also let you completely automate the task of sending your stories to your subscribers. Watch this video …
You need to run and make sure your publication is mobile optimized… now. Another shocker as of December: Mobile browsers now make up 20% of all internet traffic. And to top it off: 60% of smartphone use is at home.
There is no right or wrong way to publish. Consider whether your audience demands information as it happens (blogging) or whether curating and packaging articles into issues serves them better. …
Make sure that you look in every corner of your organization to spot promotional opportunities to get the word out about your website address.
Visitors land on your online magazine every day. Make sure you understand what they like and don’t like about your publication. This will help you make decisions on how to …
Find out how to quickly uncover domain names that are available and would suit your publication. If you are just starting out with an online magazine, you need to make …
What if your advertisers could compete for the #1 spot on your publication’s homepage? The homepage of your news or magazine site holds great value for your advertisers, so why …
Dartmouth College recently rebranded it’s main Dartmouth.edu site and naturally needed to redesign it’s main news portal for the campus (now.dartmouth.edu). We were put to the task. A Woo Canvas …
Grab a pencil and some paper… This story starts with a person I call the frenzied editor. Not long ago I walked into the office of this publisher who was …
Join Sean Plottner, the Editor of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, and I for an inside look at running an alumni magazine at one America’s most prestigious colleges. It’s 26 minutes and …
I see a trend. The Apple Newsstand (found within iTunes’ App Store) is now selling quite a lot of magazines and is showing price points for publications. Many are at $1.99/mo.
A slow website is a problem for all publishers. Learn how to improve your site’s speed by reducing image sizes.
Your articles are more important than your homepage. Why? Because we humans search for answers to specific questions online. And that sends us to a specific article that answers that …
Your stories are great but how to you take them further? What about audio, video, webinars and e-books? Watch this video to learn about the types of powerful content you …
(Rather watch the video this article based on? It’s at the bottom) What are the biggest benefits of publishing your magazine or news site online today? Let’s define what a web …
…unless you have a large community and readership. Forget ads and create products to sell Your biggest strength as a magazine or news publisher is that you have a community …
Problem: How do you increase the number readers to your online magazine? Solution: Create articles that readers tell you they want 1. The typical way to get your publication ranking …
I see a trend. The trend is $1.99 per month. Why? Because the Apple Newsstand (found within iTunes’ App Store) is now selling quite a lot of magazines and is …
Why WordPress? The war for attention online is brutal. Today, you absolutely positively must do these 5 things right: 1. Open your arms to Google search: let your articles get …
You need to read this article on how-to firm up your article formatting guidelines. Do you want to let your contributors write and format any way they want? Do you want to spend …
Stop being in the game of numbers and change to a game of members instead – Mr. Magazine This is the publishing truth. Your publication, whether it is digital, print …
There is a great discussion going on on Linkedin about this question which was posed by Lorraine Phillips in the Magazine discussion group. Here is her question: Can someone define …
Learn how to quickly create a linked banner ad and publish it into your sidebar. This method breaks down into a few simple steps: In your Dashboard create a draft …
Middlebury College recently rebuilt and launched their MiddleburyCampus.com news site. Their #1 point of pain was workflow as their current news site was slow and difficult to manage. Middlebury also publishes the …
The Times of London recently reversed themselves. They removed some of the paywall that they had put up which charges subscribers to read their news. The Times decided to offer …
The following is the introduction to my latest book #tweetsmart: 25 Twitter Projects to Help You Build Your Community (O’Reilly Media, 2012). This intro sums up my attitude toward Twitter …
I was talking to a couple of folks involved in real estate, a landscaper and a real estate broker. They both publish on their blog and they both realize that …
The problem: Google tells us that 70% of all readers land on your article pages or blog posts and not your homepage. This is an amazing statistic and I have …
Get on the right track with your WordPress magazine. Check out the videos in our Foundation Issue which will help make sure that your WordPress mag is setup to do …
So how did we get here? The story starts with Dartmouth College, who needed a way to put their Dartmouth Engineer Magazine and then Dartmouth Alumni Magazine online to reach alumni and current/prospective students. As …
A successful Australian publisher reveals that they have no less than 15 different revenue sources for their publications. Amazing, and yes this is what you have to do today to succeed online. …
Content marketing is a hot new term in the world of marketing. And, as it is when anything new and potentially revolutionary comes along, confusion and fear about this new …
Twitter—the wildly popular “micro-blogging” service—is making a giant impact on the internet, and joining the ranks of internet giants by doing so. If you’ve watched any cable news program in …
I realized the other day that I’ve now spent over ten years working with small business web sites. Has the internet even been around 10 years?! Was it really 13 …
Yes. I admit that I may be biased. My life-long interest in book publishing, my background in the industry, and my general love for books, may make me an unsuitable …
The world is all a-buzz right now (at least my corner of the world) about social media marketing and how to make Twitter or Facebook or YouTube or LinkedIn or …
Coca-Cola isn’t alerted by Rickie’s Convenience Mart every time you buy an ice cold bottle after walking past their signs at the local little league field. Nike can’t run the …
