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Well, the business has been original content creation (local news reporting) for about 2 years now, but he is wanting to use his experince with Drupal to start a new revenue stream by helping develop new sites for journalists/publishers who would ne…
That's Great! Good luck with your "Grand Opening!"
How are you structuring your daily deals? Are you following the Groupon model exactly, and how are you advertising them? I have been trying to get the structure/design part to work on our site, and…
Please clarify: Is original content creation (ie, reporting) the crux of this business, or is it website development for other content generators?
It's just one editor and one ad sales person that are paid. I'm a friend of the publisher and I help in my spare time with sales consulting and strategy (at no cost). He's looking to add startup sevices for other journalists who want to startup thei…
About my project:
The Jackson Heights (NY) Herald will cover politics, business, development, transportation and life in this Queens neighborhood. Because of family commitments, I've launched the project as a beta only. There is an active Twitter f…
I think display ads, subscriptions and daily deals are a good mix of revenue streams. And I agree that there's really no need to undercut print-ad rates (at least not too much), as online news really is a different product and not in direct competit…
Good to hear that you're diversifying your revenue streams.
Where have you sought grants and donations? Large organizations? Small donors? Have you sought 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status?
Also, have you included WordPress consulting in your business p…
Hi Jennifer, At www.countynewslive.com, our approach has been to compete directly with our dying weekly local paper and treat our online paper as a regular daily newspaper, only online (without the actual paper). We have had tremendous success in ou…
related to National Association of Hispanic Journalists E-J Series; anyone can join.
Free themes are not often the best choice as they may have limited options and required more custom work to go the extra mile. And there are plenty of affordable options out there ($19-$75). either choice however will produce better results if you c…
Hello, my name is Patricio and I'm a Journalist and self-taught Wordpress developer. I also teach WP, as well as Digital Journalism, Multimedia production and content distribution via Social Media. So If you have basic Wordpress and/or Digital Journ…
Hi Jennifer,
While I've not concentrated in revenue but rather content, and community contributors. My site offers the standard banner and links. Eventually I would like to do sponsored biz profiles but would need a separate section and unit to wor…
If you are in the NYC area, you are invited to "Bronx Blogger Fiesta: A Community Mixer" tomorrow at the PeaceLove Cafe. This is a networking event for bloggers, entrepreneurs, artists, community members...
More info here
An exploration of the mission, meaning and methods of true journalism.
The goal is to find models (templates) for journalists who want to start sites or blogs to profitably cover local news.
This is a project to develop a local business and advertising assessment tool for jurnos who want to find out if a local Web-based news organization could be financially supported by local ads and other revenue streams.
updated: Local Media ONLINE Competition report.
AUG 30, 2010
I'm glad to see that some E-J participants are moving forward with their startup projects (as am I).
What kind of revenue streams have you considered for your projects? What made you choose particular revenue streams over others?
Just updated my Local Media Online Competition report.AUG 30, 2010
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Hello, my name is Patricio and I'm a Journalist and self-taught Wordpress developer. I also teach WP, as well as Digital Journalism, Multimedia production and content distribution via Social Media. So If you have basic Wordpress and/or Digital Journalism related questions, I thought I may create here a depository of FAQ's. My latest project http://lakefrontsa.com, my Hyperlocal project http://alamocitytimes.com and… Continue
Posted by Patricio on August 30, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
Come join us at 'Bronx Blogger Fiesta: A Community Mixer'
If you are in the NYC area, you are invited to "Bronx Blogger Fiesta: A Community Mixer" tomorrow at the PeaceLove Cafe. This is a networking event for bloggers, entrepreneurs, artists, community members...
More info here
Posted by Clarisel Gonzalez on August 30, 2010 at 8:48am
Update: Local online media competition 8.30.2010
Posted by Mel Taylor on August 30, 2010 at 7:09am
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