More on STAMP, an AMP powered Snapchat discover clone androidpolice.com/2017/08/04/goo…
“AMP galleries/slideshows are too generic looking and don’t fit together with Wired’s look” @whyisjake
“Wired likes Google AMP. +25% CTR, +63% CTR on ads, 175K articles.” @whyisjake
“Started injecting newsletter signup promos in Apple News as ads so they can be tracked because newsletters make money” @whyisjake
“Thought readers would flip if we inject a ton of ads. Turns out not aggressive enough. Need to throw in a lot of ads” – @whyisjake
“We’re not making a lot of money with Apple News.” – @whyisjake
Lots of work, very little payback.
“39% of Wired readers are using ad blockers. THAT’S A LOT!” – @whyisjake
“If someone gets on an email list they are 10x more likely become a paid subscriber at Wired.” – @whyisjake
“Everyone should be publishing newsletters. Why? Newsletters make money!” – @whyisjake
2012 revenue model for the web:
– Put ads on site
– Some people will click on them
– Drive traffic to increase ad clicks
Platform and content control is even more important in a multi-channel publishing world. Open platforms protect publishers.
The CMS is the hub of a multichannel strategy.
Other examples of secondary channels on the web: Email, RSS, WAP (before the modern mobile web)
The web started as just another secondary channel for content. i.e. Print = primary, web = secondary
Multi-channel distribution isn’t new i.e. Associated Press
@rsm This is how we handle cleaning up Google Docs formatting and stray spans gist.github.com/kingkool68/4da4c…
11:15am in the unconference track I’ll be talking about running WordPress on Amazon Web Services. See you there #wcpub
@DanLevyThinks @meagan383 This is for Tribune media local news TV websites. I think it shows.