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January 29

GP Hughes commented on GP Hughes's blog post 'geography helps as Paulding.com hits new audience record'

Jane: Staff ... wish I had a 'staff' :) ... I've got two lady sales reps who filled the vacuum (it helps them be known to be on camera), a young man who comes in on Fridays to read the news (Good general American accent) and myself. We have a few o…

September 25, 2009

Jane Stevens commented on GP Hughes's blog post 'geography helps as Paulding.com hits new audience record'

Wow. Great job! I bet this will bump up your regular traffic, too, don't you think? How many staff members do you have? In which areas?

September 25, 2009

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geography helps as Paulding.com hits new audience record

September 23, 2009

GP Hughes commented on Dorian Benkoil's blog post 'Direct Sales are a Whole ‘Nother Type of Money'

Dorian: Let me weigh in with a few opinions on this general topic. I've borrowed your headings: * E-commerce. What products might you sell? Logo hats, mugs, pens, etc. In general these items fall in the category of specialty advertising items. I…

July 28, 2009

GP Hughes commented on Dorian Benkoil's blog post 'When Running Ads Gets More Complicated'

I see I failed to point out that I don't think I've had a sales person go through the phone book making pitches. I will relate a sale that came in today, because it is typical. I got a call from a roofing company that had looked up their name on go…

July 22, 2009

GP Hughes commented on Dorian Benkoil's blog post 'When Running Ads Gets More Complicated'

I'm sorry ... I missed your reply (silly software ;) ) To answer your questions. The site is http://www.paulding.com The initial effort was largely from the readership. We initially had an ad sales person (part time) that had been out selling bann…

July 22, 2009

GP Hughes and Dorian Benkoil are now friends

July 13, 2009

GP Hughes commented on Dorian Benkoil's blog post 'When Running Ads Gets More Complicated'

Dorian: I reject the ad-network approach. Instead, what I did - and I feel it saved my site from failure - was to make a commitment to the local advertisers to not run "google ads" or other ads that provide network availabilities. That commitment…

June 22, 2009

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June 10, 2009

GP Hughes commented on Jane Stevens's group 'Business Assessment Tools'

Okay... I thought I was responding to the " Is Free the right price for news" topic . Since there is no edit function (I hate that about this software because I always have to re-write) ... I'll dispense with additional points of wisdom :)

May 26, 2009

GP Hughes commented on Jane Stevens's group 'Business Assessment Tools'

This is a great topic. First, let me suggest that the answer to all the problems are solved by the melding of social networks with a hyperlocal news mission. I know that a lot of journo folks dismiss the idea because of ... well for the same reaso…

May 26, 2009

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Business Assessment Tools

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.

May 26, 2009

GP Hughes commented on Amy Senk's blog post 'The Can of Worms That is Reader Comments'

First off, you are not responsible for the comments. Under the Federal Computer Decency act, section 230 C ... those who post are responsible for their own comments. Second, if you do see a libelous statement, as admin of the site and someone knowl…

May 26, 2009

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What kind of org do you work for?

news organization

What do you do?

journalist, businessperson

What strengths/expertise do you have to offer?

I have a relatively successful hyperlocal media site

What kind of help/insight do you hope to get from this community?

I expect to give more than receive although there are ways that cooperation can enhance all our efforts.

I think we should use the RJI Collaboratory incubator to develop:

Building blocks for geographic- or topic-based local Web news sites, "How-To" handbook

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geography helps as Paulding.com hits new audience record

Paulding county Georgia is seeking recognition as a disaster area after a rainstorm dropped 20 inches of water on to this Appalachian foothill community just 35 miles northwest of Atlanta.

The county, which has only recently been included in the transportation plans for the Atlanta metro - its formal planning district remains centered in Rome Georgia largely because of its foothills associations and historic size (the county has grown from 25,000 residents in 1980 to 135,000 2010) - is gaining… Continue

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