Tyler Channel has a long history of helping small, local news publishers survive and thrive in the new digital world. The head of the Paywall Project and also head of Success here at Leaky Paywall, Tyler sat down with Pete to offer his wisdom on how local news publishers can succeed in the digital era, including two major success stories and a load of good tips.
Selling an ad-free subscription has given Swedish publisher Samnytt a significant boost in revenue.
Let’s answer the question: What should I set my paywall meter to? In other words, how many free articles should I give away before prompting a visitor to pay for a subscription? This is a question we get all the time from both news and magazine publishers.
Eric and Pete dive deep into free registrations and paid subscription strategies. Make sure you check out Eric’s High Value Publishing podcast (where this interview is also published).
Learn two ways to target and promote paid subscriptions to your free registered users
You’re giving away something for free. So you’re giving away your valuable content. So there’s a good match here between an advertiser to sponsor the free registration level and what you can tell anybody that’s new.
Get the rundown on boosting your revenue with the simple pricing of yours publication’s digital subscription, in this five minute video.
Get the rundown on why an email newsletter is important to your paid subscriptions and a tour of a successful newsletter, in under 3 minutes.
In this MACMA webinar, Pete offers a deep dive on digital subscription revenue, with a template for success based on best practices and publisher examples.
Invest 6 minutes to learn the most important step in growing your paid subscriber base. We have implemented this strategy throughout our publisher base and the results are impressive.
Adding a family plan increases your revenue options by offering readers a compelling alternative to password sharing.
This month’s update brings you a few quick updates just to make your life (and subscriptions) easier, as well as a new product preview.
Paywall Optimizer is a visual walkthrough of your subscription funnel, identifying issues and offering easy tactics for improvement.
This month, we have easy tactics for improving your subscription funnel, publisher success stories, updates for developers, and more.
Wilderness Living has built a slick, modern website with a strong, consistent user experience using no Big Tech providers.
This month, we go in depth on creating a user experience that converts casual readers to paid subscriptions, along with a few other tips.
Customer service is a major overhead expense that can be reduced by creating a dynamic menu.
Our formula for revving up your paid subscriptions and, with them, your revenue.
This month we have a deep dive how your email newsletter can grow paid subscriptions, along with tips and tools for your reader experience.
Covering the importance of your email newsletter.
A framework for how publishers can grow subscriptions: from email registrations and free levels to increased traffic and paying subscribers. (Video and transcript)
This month we have news on Leaky Paywall security updates, a way to fine-tune your meter, and successful examples from our publishers.
When it comes to creating a subscription/membership system in WordPress, there’s no shortage of plugins out there. Here at Zeen101, we are laser-focused on serving news and magazine publishers. Our Leaky Paywall product is more than your typical WordPress plugin. It’s an enterprise purpose-built solution designed to accelerate your paid subscriptions Let’s dive into specifics […]
The Texan has created an example of the perfect subscription page, with great cards, good benefits, and a compelling layou
When it comes to gating access to content, there’s no shortage of plugins out there designed to help make it happen. Here at Zeen101, we are laser-focused on serving news and magazine publishers. Our Leaky Paywall product is more than your typical WordPress plugin. It’s an enterprise purpose-built solution designed to accelerate your paid subscriptions. […]
IssueM can help local, real-time news publishers create quick-loading e-editions without cluttering their workflow.
With dozens of different WordPress-based plugins in the subscription/membership space, it can be hard to find exactly what you’re looking for. Here at Zeen101, we are laser-focused on news and magazine publishers. Our Leaky Paywall product is more than your standard WordPress plugin. It’s an enterprise purpose-built solution designed to 3x your subscription revenues. Let’s […]
Tips on subscriber behavior, fine-tuning your site, and integrations for partners you trust: get squared away before the holidays!
Understanding user behavior guides subscription messaging, but Western Standard has taken it a step further to aid in content creation.
Better tools help you gain more subscriptions. This month’s update is all about improving and enhancing existing tools for your benefit.
Leaky Paywall and WooCommerce make it easy to set up and sell your digital subscriptions, with a versatile collections of tools.
By adding a free registration level, Small Boats increased their email signups by 20% each month. Your email list is 10x more likely to subscribe.
This month we’ve got new tips, partners, integrations, and inspiration for your journey to subscription success.
Foreign Lobby is making the most of their content with a regular subscription, with donations, and with pay-per-post articles.
Paywall Podcast Episode 16 explores different ways to sell group subscriptions and explains how, when, and why you should use each one.
Rugby News has found a way to combine a free registration level, email-based bulk subscriptions, and advertising sponsorships into something new.
IP Blocker stops incognito browsers from bypassing your paywall. Add a free level registration and they join your subscription funnel.
This month, get tools and techniques for understanding subscriber behavior and pulling them into your subscriber funnel.
Having an app can increase your paid subscriptions by 10-30%. It opens up a whole new base of subscribers and improves reader experience.
The complete intro to IssueM, a publishing framework for every publisher. It creates searchable, shareable, mobile-friendly digital editions.
This month, learn how to generate revenue from tools you already have. Make the most of renewals and donations, build new products.
Learn how to create new, revenue-generating products with features that already exist on your site, in Episode 15 of the Paywall Podcast.
This episode of the Paywall Podcast walks you through the different ways of targeting your subscribers and what to say to them.
With Leaky Paywall, Tea Journey Magazine has found a way to make easy money with donations, with just a few clicks of a button.
Groups can be as unique as individuals. Find the four different ways to sell bulk subscriptions to different organizations.
The May update shares ways to increase subscriptions with new uses for existing tools: your paywall, your touchpoints, even your renewals.
Stone Soup, a magazine for and by children, offers individual, group, school, and gift subscriptions with Leaky Paywall and WooCommerce.
In this Paywall Podcast episode, Greg Grisolano of LandLine Media discusses the redesign that brought a legacy publication into the future.
The April update shows off increased functionality in WooCommerce, corporate and group accounts, custom fields, VAT tax rates, and more.
When your content is unique, it requires tailored protection. Setting a tightly-metered paywall with easy subscriber access is the key.