“If someone gets on an email list they are 10x more likely become a paid subscriber at Wired.” – @whyisjake

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“Everyone should be publishing newsletters. Why? Newsletters make money!” – @whyisjake

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2012 revenue model for the web:
– Put ads on site
– Some people will click on them
– Drive traffic to increase ad clicks

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First banner ad. 😂@BoardingArea @wordpressdotcom #wcpub #denver #blogging

Platform and content control is even more important in a multi-channel publishing world. Open platforms protect publishers.

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At 11:15 I’ll be leading an unconference session to discuss Gutenberg and what it means for publishers. #wcpub

The CMS is the hub of a multichannel strategy.

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Other examples of secondary channels on the web: Email, RSS, WAP (before the modern mobile web)

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The web started as just another secondary channel for content. i.e. Print = primary, web = secondary

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Multi-channel distribution isn’t new i.e. Associated Press

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Delish! twitter.com/livlab/status/898399…

Beautiful day in Denver.

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11:15am in the unconference track I’ll be talking about running WordPress on Amazon Web Services. See you there #wcpub

“31 sites, 42,000 articles published a month… 1 developer and 1 contract designer.” – @meagan383

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“‘Just look in the knowledge base’: Something that has never ever happened ever in the history of the world ” – @rsm

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“Every developers favorite solution to poblems: just teach everyone markdown!” — @rsm

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The hardware is the least interesting aspect of this. It will hang on a wall or TV stand so not a big deal. How does the software work? twitter.com/venyageskin1/status/…

I like this brutalist website pepperteam.ru/

Denver Airport Train Station. instagram.com/p/BX0qa6oFpIt/

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