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Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition

Growing Online Revenue – Advertising, Sales and Classifieds

The seminar, held in Moscow for Russian and Ukrainian media advertising sales and marketing executives, focused on the issues and opportunities facing traditional media as they begin to develop, market and sell advertising-supported online…

//September 29 / 2012 //read more

Malaysiakini doubles revenue with premium ad strategies

In the past year, independent news website Malaysiakini has been able to double its revenue, from an already healthy base, through a relentless pursuit of premium advertising. Malaysiakini’s senior advertising manager, Chia Ting Ting,…

//September 28 / 2012 //read more

Schibsted finds ad success through data-driven targeting

Digital advertising revenue has risen globally by 55 percent in the last five years, but much of that increase has gone to search engines and social networks. To compete for this rising pool of revenue, news organisations need to provide…

//September 28 / 2012 //read more

Required reading: Newspapers turn to video for new revenue opportunities

In the latest installment of our Required Reading feature, we focus on television and digital video as well as some of the latest trends and tools in mobile and social media. Online advertising may overtake television advertising in the US…

//September 7 / 2012 //read more

News groups must deliver advertising innovation to survive

Digital technology is disrupting not only news organisations but also other businesses that have traditionally advertised with news groups. To respond, news groups need to deliver better performing advertising or face competition from…

//August 31 / 2012 //read more

Using ad networks as a base for your digital revenue

Ad networks are an important part of your digital advertising mix especially when you’ve just launched a new website or new digital product. They provide much needed revenue to your site until it reaches the point where traffic will…

//August 28 / 2012 //read more

Measuring and optimising Google AdSense campaigns

Google’s advertising network, AdSense, has a number of services available to help you measure how effective the ad campaigns earning revenue for your site are performing, and insights into how to make them perform better. We go through…

//August 28 / 2012 //read more

How to get started with Google AdSense

Ad networks can be an important element to building revenue for your site. In many markets, Google AdSense is the dominant ad network. This step-by-step guide shows you how to setup an AdSense account and put your first ad on your website.

//August 28 / 2012 //read more

South Africa: Digital first doesn’t mean digital only

Digital first is one the hottest phrases in journalism, but with South Africa’s Business Day launching not just a digital first editorial strategy but also a metered paywall, media watchers in the country say success is as much about a…

//August 9 / 2012 //read more

Firstpost: ‘Breaking views’ break through India’s cluttered online news market

To give you a practical example of how to launch a digital news product, we profile Firstpost, a news site launched in May 2011 by India’s Network18. We speak to Firstpost’s Durga Raghunath on the editorial and business thinking behind the…

//July 31 / 2012 //read more