
Delivering a free paper to as many readers as possible is key to the business model. After all, the best way to deliver the best value to advertisers is to find more eyes to turn through the pages. The Centre Post does just that, by centering its website presence on the e-Edition and driving as many readers to the print pages as possible. This creates a much-needed exposure to print advertisers and also creates an online advertising revenue stream that The Post takes advantage of through its own sales efforts.
THE POSTThe e-Edition interface is built with HTML5 technology (rather than Adobe Flash), making its pages and features available on mobile devices. This is critical for a free paper whose distribution and accessibility is paramount.
All e-Edition traffic for The Post is transparent and available through Google Analytics. The reports are publisher-facing and important to support both circulation numbers and advertising sales.
Like The Kokomo Herald, The Post places ads into the e-Edition interface. The Post’s ads are sold locally and appear as a linked image of the advertiser's choosing.
The Post uses both Facebook and Twitter actively. Its social media posts are delivered through live feeds tied into the e-Edition interface, providing real-time information to reader.
With a searchable print archive and various supporting features, the e-Edition offers an additional value to print readers. The Republic-Times, consequently, charges an additional monthly subscription to all e-Edition users. Each day, the Republic-Times e-Edition is delivered on time and ready for reading, so that the morning coffee can be drank with a broadsheet folded out or a tablet device turned on. In a digital landscape that continues to evolve, the e-Edition is not just a convenience that your readers need but rather one they expect.
Waterloo Republic TimesDirxion supports The Waterloo Republic-Times with a simple subscription system that ties in automatic payments through PayPal. Subscriptions can be created with automatic renewals, creating a common subscription experience for other online services.
Each day, Dirxion sends the Republic-Times subscription database an email notification minutes after new pages are published. This helps drive traffic for the Republic-Times and makes sure readers don’t miss a new issue.
The e-Edition acts as a central hub of information, combining elements of the print, website and social media of a newspaper. Each e-Edition, including The Republic-Times, is given a custom design to support this notion and create a comfortable reader experience.
When made available, a newspaper archive is a rich mine of local history that holds hundreds of thousands of stories that often can't be found anywhere else. Without an archive, this history is frozen in time and unable to be found. Dirxion wants your readership to have access to this world that just needs to be thawed and brought back to life. Publish the archive on its own URL, lock its contents with a subscriber login and create a value around the search experience that gives a sense of adventure and discovery through the past of your community.
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