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American Newspapers and the Internet: Threat or Opportunity?

American Newspapers and the Internet: Threat or Opportunity?. Erin Teeling, The Bivings Group September 28, 2007. The Situation. The Problem: Newspapers losing audience The Solution: Learn how to build an engaged online audience “ATMM”. The Process: Step 1. Assess Your Audience

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American Newspapers and the Internet: Threat or Opportunity?

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  1. American Newspapers and the Internet: Threat or Opportunity? Erin Teeling, The Bivings Group September 28, 2007

  2. The Situation • The Problem: Newspapers losing audience • The Solution: Learn how to build an engaged online audience • “ATMM”

  3. The Process: Step 1 • Assess Your Audience • Where are they going? • What are they doing? • How can you keep them engaged?

  4. The Process: Step 2 • Take Inventory • How old is your platform? • What are you offering? • What type of communication avenues do you make available?

  5. The Process: Step 3 • Modernize • Use Web 2.0 to revamp traffic and stickiness

  6. Modernization GraphicalRedesign

  7. Modernization • Tapping Your Crossover Audience

  8. Complementing Print on the Web • Databases of Information

  9. Complementing Print on the Web • Blogs

  10. Complementing Print on the Web • Comments

  11. Complementing Print on the Web • User-Generated Content

  12. Complementing Print on the Web • Flexibility of Content • Alternative Content Views

  13. Complementing Print on the Web • Social Networking • Allow users to connect with one another and their communities

  14. Complementing Print on the Web • Allow newspaper website to evolve beyond the print product • Community Portal vs. online repository

  15. The Process: Step 4 • Monetize • Converting page views into dollars

  16. Monetization • RSS Feeds: A Missed Opportunity and Growing Trend

  17. Monetization • How valuable is your content? • How unique is your content? • What is its “expiration date?”

  18. Monetization • Advertising and Classifieds

  19. The Remedy? • There is no one-size fits all remedy for the newspaper industry. • Each newspaper needs a unique plan. • We are beyond the opportunity for “band-aid improvements”

  20. Industry Status

  21. The Facts • Sites with more features, unique content, and better functionality to better than sites without these features.

  22. Who’s Getting it Right? • Knoxville News Sentinel • Fresno Bee • Austin American Statesman • Tennessean • San Jose Mercury News • New York Times • Washington Post • USA Today • Houston Chronicle • Denver Post

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  33. Conclusion • The Internet, while a direct competitor, holds many opportunities for newspaper websites • Look for new and creative ways of doing things • Identify actual competitors and learn from them

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