Branding campaign in Clute, Texas: 'We Know Where You Live'
As The Facts celebrates its 100th year in business, it has undertaken a comprehensive branding campaign using house ads, paid advertising in special community publications, and other advertising and outreach. The campaign was built around the slogan, "We know where you live."
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New ads highlight value of newspaper advertising
SNPA members are encouraged to download and run these new ads from the Newspaper Association of America, which focus on the power of newspaper advertising.
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It's time to debunk the myths about newspapers!
A new series of ads that take a light-hearted approach to the myths surrounding newspaper readership are available for download. SNPA hopes all member newspapers will run these ads into the next year!
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Iconic clip from Young Frankenstein becomes opening line of campaign
"It's Alive" campaign emphasizes that The Brunswick News is a living entity thrumming with the pulse of the community.
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What works for McDonald's, works for classifieds, too
Stealing the value meal concept from McDonald's and the "Have it your way" slogan from Burger King, Creative Circle created some winning house ads for several of its classified redesign clients that saved time in the call center and increased upsell sales at the same time.
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Convincing readers to pay for valued content
A month before the Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin (Bridgewater, N.S.) launched its new user pay system, the newspaper ran a series of ads to help viewers see the value in paying for award-winning content.
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Industry Insight: Why newsroom metrics should have an expiration date
You get what you measure.
Count the number of bylines a newspaper reporter produces, and you'll likely get more bylines. Track page views closely, and your newsroom will be far more attune to what is driving page views and how to get more of them.
What a news organization includes in the set of metrics that leadership and staff monitor regularly can have some unintended consequences. Distraction from things that are more important, if nothing else. Google Analytics can measure a lot of different things, and there's a temptation to include as many ways of measuring audience as one can cram into a spreadsheet. In the process, staff can get hung up on measuring changes in process instead of changes in outcomes.
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MorePost and Courier acquires Steeplechase of Charleston
The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C., is getting into the horse racing business, acquiring the ownership rights to Steeplechase of Charleston.
P.J. Browning, publisher of The Post and Courier, said at a Thursday announcement at The Dewberry that acquiring the event helps the media company to diversify its portfolio and invest in its community.
"It makes good business sense for all of us here to pay attention to the ways in which Charleston residents and visitors alike embrace our unique events," Browning said. "Thousands of people attend festivals around town each year, and there's every reason that this can and should happen with Steeplechase."
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