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Re: How an Association Heavily Dependent on Conference Revenue Survived the Pandemic

Dave Blankenship — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:18:28 -0000

Hooray for digital strategy! The horrible pandemic has no silver lining but we have seen a huge transition to focus on digital by our clients and new organizations that need to reduce traditional printing costs. We hope these digital tools will stay in place when we are back to meeting in person at events too.

Re: Mautic Acquired by Acquia, What About the Mautic Community?

Dave Blankenship — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 14:59:00 -0000

Really appreciate the resources of this site @Yosu Cadilla and this post confirms my hesitation in developing a new marketing segment for our clients based on this platform. I love the marketing automation capabilities and will continue with my development and testing to seek a path forward (or just to learn more in testing) but I want to find a strong community and not one where we can't even register to collaborate. The best chance for Mautic to make money from us is to provide a strong community edition that smaller clients can use and we can manage and elevate from that to higher needs and paid options that properly compensate the platform for production instance value. My hat's off to you Yosu, as I really appreciate the thoughtful resources you are putting together here and appreciate the basic guides.

Re: Are Digital Magazine Apps A Stepping-Stone to Paid Content?

Dave Blankenship — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 09:33:11 -0000

Non replica digital editions responsive for any device are something we're working to improve at VERTIQUL. We have good feedback this past year and utilizing the digital edition as a preview edition helps show what's inside the full issue. Everything is publisher (not platform) centric and branded.

Re: ElectronJS + resin.io: The Ultimate Guide

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 20:03:55 -0000

Thanks Chris. I've tried the community version of Screenly and found it very limited. I'm not opposed to a paid version but have all that functionality already in Foyer and have even found a nice way to run my Foyer Plugin (Wordpress) screens through Dakboard to include layers of vital data like news, time, weather across the digital signage. So electronjs pointing to ta launch URL on startup is all I need. When I get whitescreen I notice the resin console shows an error like
"31.05.18 16:32:50 (-0700) main [201:0531/233250.271819:ERROR:desktop_window_tree_h...(1882)] Not implemented reached in void views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::MapWindow(ui::WindowShowState)"

So I'm wondering if there's a local variable or monitor that I could use to watch this and trigger a restart on the device (which always clears the issue when I do this manually from your interface.)

I don't meant to turn this into a support thread. The capabilities here have me fired up to find the right person to run this. Thanks again!

Re: ElectronJS + resin.io: The Ultimate Guide

Dave Blankenship — Mon, 14 May 2018 13:12:04 -0000

Very nice! I've got this running on a few devices. My problem is that on some start boots and on occasion I get a white screen on the monitor. Is there any option via resin or installing another app that could give:
1) Confirm were not a blank black or white or even resin cube screen, or
2) Send push image once per hour or something that capture the image on the digital signage screen so we can confirm the monitor is working?

Re: The status and future of open source resin.io

Dave Blankenship — Thu, 03 May 2018 23:05:30 -0000

As an agency owner and not the person typically handling code, I was a little intimidated. I embarked upon a digital signage project and tested dozens of platform and tools. After seeing the value and power of the Resin.io platform and utility I see how it will be possible to control these devices. Keep up the great work and for those not sure about this platform - get a few items setup and you'll see the value!

Re: The Best Wireless Indoor Home Security Camera

Dave Blankenship — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:51:15 -0000

Product pictures are good but it would be nice to see an illustration of the market spectrum and quadrants for quality, popularity (assuming this also supports dependability), price, and features.

Overall value based on the consumer purchase intent can be achieved for different needs.

And, when updates to products are selected or new products added (even if not fully reviewed) they can be marked with a grid position that also fosters continued discussion.

Multiple matrixes would be awesome. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: The Best Wireless Indoor Home Security Camera

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:30:18 -0000

That’s an interesting use case. I’d even want to take it a step further to perhaps recognize a pattern of movement including trips to the kitchen and even night bathroom runs. Getting a notification when the pattern is broken or no movement at all and to perhaps use audio also and the lack of noise as a trigger. I was against a camera for elder monitoring initially but would certainly revisit if this utility was present. Please share if anyone has further thoughts or ideas.

Re: Why Marketers Can’t Count Out Print in 2018

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:31:43 -0000

Print magazines can utilize the print medium to greatly leverage their digital initiatives and vice versa.

Re: Publishers Say Email is #1 Revenue-Driving Technology

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:56:06 -0000

Since the enewsletters reach the audience weekly is obvious why this is a key dimension of the publishing business model. I'm disappointed that the digital edition (our formal periodic deliverable) isn't instrumental in the digital mix top segments for for revenue growth. Website (news, topics, events, community engagement, niche resource), Digital editions, social media and the weekly email newsletter(s) all need to work together for a true revenue maximization. Plus preview editions for paid/member only publications.
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Re: Inside JCK Magazine's Redesign

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 06:58:03 -0000

Impressive work Peter! Would love to collaborate on a digital program with JCK using https://vertiqul.com. Seems like the editorial design could really transform nicely in the vertical edition format beyond print layout.

Re: Mercury Is the Inspectah Deck of Planets

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 17:22:35 -0000

Cheers to Mercury https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Introducing Dialog Magazine – Press Release

Dave Blankenship — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:16:12 -0000

Very exciting! Glad to be part of this amazing publishing team!

Re: Is Technology Dehumanizing Our Society — Or Are We?

Dave Blankenship — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:14:22 -0000

Got to enjoy the person sitting in front of you!

Re: A New Vision in Old Town

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 19:58:23 -0000

Wow. Design Matters. Details Matter. And I certainly feel the elevation of the quality of life.

Re: Reveal: cost of turning off ads

Dave Blankenship — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:44:54 -0000

I'm still looking for the magic cost number... I'm going to leave Disqus in suspense for 3 months waiting to find out if I'll pay or leave ads on. An eye for an eye I always say. (Never actually said that before but feels appropriate)

Re: Competing With the Screen for Kids’ Attention

Dave Blankenship — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:58:19 -0000

We are starting no-phone meals too! Typically we are only all together for dinner and it's been a good step!

Re: Our Plans for 2017

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:04:12 -0000

Great- I'll get my team on this and hope that curation is part of the new plans.

Re: Our Plans for 2017

Dave Blankenship — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:08:42 -0000

It's certainly an expected move. And while the pricing may force us to move certain clients to another tool we hope it's a chance to improve that control with open/close comment panels, better inline comment control, and the ability to produce a deliverable for audiences from curated comments as washing post is now doing: https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

It's these key aspects that produce the ROI we will sell to keep Disqus onboard. Don't forget your early and existing loyal users deserve to continue the existing product without fee. We made you who you are today.

Re: Ev Williams Thinks Digital Advertising Is Broken. Here’s Why He’s Wrong.

Dave Blankenship — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:32:01 -0000

The problem is both functional facilitation of advertising to reach the audience but also the publishing business strategy. Dozens of advertisers like me want to reach the audience reading this article. As publishers we need to put those advertiser resources into context. Both consultants and ad platforms that address this very problem want a chance to share their perspective and pitch. Why isn't that part of the web strategy. It doesn't even need to be a native plot. Add a section call RELATED RESOURCES below the RELATED CONTENT above and give us a chance to pay you less than the $2000 per month to buy a banner ad but more than the $0 per month for having no option in between. The cost of adding a new content type to this or any CMS could certainly be immediately returned with a dozen advertisers. And as an entry level ad program the publishers sales people can focus on selling and upgrading the dozens or hundreds of buyers guide advertisers instead of a cold placement to the generic run of site banner ad. PS - I'm not talking about a generic multiview type links directory, it must provide value as both a resource and sourcing tool and not become another yellow pages directory.

Re: The Media Briefing

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:12:47 -0000

The magazine experience doesn't require apps. https://vertiqul.com ~ We don't need the app to create a wonderful linear (and readable) deliverable for our audience.

Re: Election Amplifies Americans’ Distrust of “The Media.” Will Publishers Do Anything to Fix What’s Broken?

Dave Blankenship — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 09:15:52 -0000

Excellent article Denis! I've always placed hope in the publishing industry to transform their print brands to successful digital entities. The basics are that the content must reach the audience. Yours reached me and despite the page not rendering correctly on mobile I could read the article. I would have been happy to view more commercial content during the experience because the content here is something I knew every publisher should read. But they won't. A few hundred people will consume this knowledge. I know because I too created something of value for publishers this year (launched a modern digital solution) and those that engaged loved it. But what I'm realizing is that our publisher audience is overloaded with information sources- just like their own audiences. In addition to credibility in story titles we also need better taxonomy structures. This for example is a foundational article for publishers who are considering their overall publishing strategy. A must read! When our audiences are given a weighting and a better guide to digital content in the same.way.features can be.highlighted on a cover for the print experience, we will have.taken a step forward. Hope this article gets a giant Editor's Pick and Must Read tag on the homepage and is.the cover story for the next print issue.

Re: Magazine Printing - Magazine Launch

Dave Blankenship — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:20:21 -0000

MagazinePublisher dot com describes paper weight, "Paper is categorized by weight in pounds of a ream (500 sheets) of paper cut to a standard size, 25" x 38" for text paper, 20" x 26" for cover weight papers. For example - 500 sheets 25" x 38" of 70# coated paper will weigh 70 pounds.
Weight has not only an effect on the feel of the magazine (heavier paper will generally be thicker and less easy to fold) but also shipping/mailing costs of the final magazine. More weight costs more to ship/mail." For more visit http://www.magazinepublishe... / Magazine printers will typically quote on the standard specs - here's the items requested by this printing vendor: https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

Re: Circulation, Distribution, & Fullfillment

Dave Blankenship — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:12:54 -0000

Media buyers often require a circulation audit to confirm audience reach achievement of the media buy.

Re: Who Is Actually Responsible for Ad Fraud? Is It the Agencies?

Dave Blankenship — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 22:42:46 -0000

I do hope you saw my ad at the top of this page. But if not it also shows how we also become blind to execution. Thanks for good points Bob as I've not given this pain enough attention on both sides of the fence.