SXSW 2019

85 Years of Pivoting to Readers Revenue

Description:

Subscription-based paid content is just one tactic in a comprehensive business strategy. Unfortunately, too many publishers don’t see it as a tactic; they view it as the strategy. Pivoting to subscriptions is a move born, not out of consideration for target audiences, but purely out of desperation. But not for Libelle, the oldest women media brand of the Netherlands, which has a track record of making readers revenue for 85 years. 90% of our turnaround is based on readers. The subscription model and other revenue streams are going strong for years. We show how the oldest women media brand of the Nederlands is surviving the digital age with the ongoing pivot to readers revenue.


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Takeaways

  1. When it comes to innovation an ounce of execution is worth more than a ton of theory
  2. You are not a publisher you are a entrepeneur
  3. Give your audience what they want, and especially give them what they don't know they want.

Speakers

  • Carola Maassen van den Brink, Marketing Manager , Sanoma
  • Hilmar Mulder, Editor in chief Libelle, Sanoma

Organizer

Carola Maassen van den Brink, Marketing Manager , Sanoma


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Dual
  • Track: Media & Journalism
  • Track 2
  • Level: Advanced


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