Discover proven magazine strategies that help publishers take control of their digital future. From integrating tech tools in WordPress to building powerful email lists and choosing the right paywall model, this guide walks you through how to streamline operations, boost engagement, and unlock sustainable revenue.
Not getting the traction you want from your newsletters? You might be sending too little—discover the cadence that keeps your readers coming back for more.
Launching a paywall for the first time can feel intimidating. This blog walks through how four publishers—each starting from a different place—faced the fear, took the leap, and found what works.
Salem Reporter added a local events calendar with no promo—and it quickly started driving traffic, surfacing community events, and saving their team time.
What’s the right way to gate your content? We break down smart paywall setups and show how publishers are using them to drive paid subscriptions.
Planning to raise prices? Here’s how to communicate it clearly and keep your subscribers on board.
Monetizing your digital publication starts with a crucial decision: which paywall is right for your site?
A strong Black Friday doesn’t need to hurt long-term value. These Black Friday strategies protects your brand and builds subscriber trust.
Switching to Flowletter helped Mexico News Daily streamline their email workflow, improve reader access, and grow paid and free subscriptions.
Proven subscription revenue tactics from real publishers. Boost paid subscriptions with ad-free tiers, gift subs, group access, and more
The Boca Raton Tribune requested a critique of their subscription setup on their website. If you are looking to improve conversions, the video below should inspire updates to your own website.
WordPress paywalls can help generate revenue from online content, control access to premium content, and attract new free and paid subscribers.
Data control leads to audience growth and increased paid subscription conversions.
Pete and Tyler from Leaky Paywall and the Paywall Project reviewed the Relevant Magazine website independently, coming up with three things that could help build paid subscriptions.
Small Boats, a digital magazine publisher, was grappling with monetization and content organization. They needed a robust subscription system and a way to streamline their content by issue.
Salem Reporter’s registration wall generates 16x more signups than newsletter forms and converts 20% of free readers to paid subscribers. Here’s their formula.
Let’s explore how a leading publisher is future-proofing their traffic growth strategy in the age of paywalls
How do you build a compelling subscription landing page? We show off high converting examples.
Learn how a YouTuber musician sends his audience to his website and converts premium subscriptions
We take a deep dive into how the Key Biscayne Independant is surging audience growth, donations, and paid subscriptions.
Groups can be as unique as individuals. Find the four different ways to sell bulk subscriptions to different organizations.
AI and social media concerns are ramping up for publishers. So what do you do? We offer guidance.
Discover the benefits and considerations of Newspack and various paywall options for digital publishers.
AI and social media concerns are ramping up for publishers. So what do you do? We offer guidance.
We dive into a successful Facebook ads promotion to build subscriptions
We dive into successful holiday promotional subscription strategies for publishers
We dive into successful promotional subscription strategies for publishers
Publisher Mastermind – How to put Leaky Paywall Insights to work for your publication
Publisher Mastermind – Learn why and how to set up your free and subscriber-only newsletters
We dive into a case study on Salem Reporter, a local news publisher that has seen significant success in growing their revenue.
Paid digital subscriptions are becoming the largest share of revenue for publishers including the New York Times.
Publisher Mastermind with Q&A – Learn best practices for engaging and nurturing casual visitors on your website.
Piano is built for News Corp-sized publishers. If that’s not you, you’re paying for complexity you don’t use. Here’s how Mexico News Daily migrated to Leaky Paywall in under 60 days, then grew to 1.4M monthly visitors with a 9% free-to-paid conversion rate.
Pete drops by the podcast Scale, from the Powered By Coffee team to chat about paywall monetization strategies with Stewart Ritchie.
Easily create a paid newsletter in WordPress using Leaky Paywall, Newsletter Glue, and MailChimp.
How do you target different types of readers? What registration setups work better than others? Find out…
How do you target different types of readers? What registration setups work better than others? Find out…
How do you target different types of readers? What registration setups work better than others? Find out…
Have a free registration wall and want to improve paid conversions? A nurturing drip email campaign plays a key role.
In this videocast, Pete and Tyler discuss different types of free registration approaches and how some free registration setups work better than others.
Pay per article allows readers to purchase single articles. Offering a pay per article option can help drive readers to subscribe if both options are shown in tandem with each other.
It’s important to take control of data, be able to export it, transfer it easily from one system to another, etc., so that you have full access/control over your information & subscribers at all times.
It’s time to identify the articles that convert your new free and paid subscribers. By digging into this single metric, you can quickly learn more about what readers actually value and will pay for.
If you are looking for a native WordPress paywall platform to deliver a better subscriber experience, welcome to Leaky Paywall.
In this webinar Lesley Sim from Newsletter Glue provides newsletter tactics to help publishers that use WordPress succeed.
Pete and Tyler from Leaky Paywall and the Paywall Project reviewed the Relevant Magazine website independently, coming up with three things that could help build paid subscriptions.
Flipbooks (or e-editions) were an early development in field of digital publications. It was a logical step: they were a perfect replica of the print magazine, right down to the flipping pages (and sound effect).
As the digital world has advanced, flipbooks have fallen out of favor for many good reasons. But that doesn’t mean that they are completely obsolete.
We received a question from Flyer Magazine on how best to handle subscriber retention emails. After reviewing the website, the video below turned into a retention and new subscriber generation session.
Tyler Channel and I talk about trends that we have seen put into action as well as what publishers said they were planning on in 2023. This episode turned into a ‘recommended major themes’ discussion… actions that you should consider adopting this year.
Want to improve the growth of your paid subscriptions? Pete from Leaky Paywall just reviewed the local news site AndoverMAnews.com.
AI is changing everything. Here’s how to survive it.
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