September, 2021 - - Page 2

Industry Interview: Pason Gaddis of Florida Weekly

Industry Interview: Pason Gaddis of Florida Weekly

Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson was recently joined by Pason Gaddis and Jim Dickerson, two-thirds of the leadership team at Florida Media Group, LLC — the publishers behind one of Florida’s largest weekly news magazines, Florida Weekly. In Part 1 of the Interview, the trio discusses an exciting new project Florida Weekly is working on that involves using touchless mobile displays to feature their own news content in various […]

East Aurora Advertiser podcast episode exemplifies use of audio

East Aurora Advertiser podcast episode exemplifies use of audio

Last week, Grant Hamilton of Neighbor-to-Neighbor News — the publishing group behind the East Aurora Advertiser and several other community newspapers in the Western New York region — published a new podcast episode that we feel perfectly exemplifies the use of audio technology in the news publishing world. (You may remember Grant from the Industry Interview we published just a couple of weeks ago, where he detailed his experience with […]

Google Docs Add-on

Google Docs Add-on

The Google Docs Add-On allows you to connect your Google Docs account with your Our-Hometown website so that you can easily publish content directly from your Google Docs workspace to the web without having to switch between multiple platforms or copy and paste content.

Reverse Publishing

Reverse Publishing

The Our-Hometown Reverse Publishing tool addresses this approach by allowing you to draft, edit, and publish content directly to your website first, and then export a single article, a category, section or an entire edition for quick and easy import into an Adobe InDesign document for print layout.

News Brief: Google News update could mean more traffic for newspapers

News Brief: Google News update could mean more traffic for newspapers

Google recently announced that they are changing the way they share content through the Google News program, and it could have big impact on the traffic your website is seeing. Traditionally, Google News has used RSS feeds to collect news content from news publishers and render it directly within the Google News application or on Google’s website. While this resulted in more eyes on the shared content and perhaps some […]

E-Edition Reader

E-Edition Reader

All Our-Hometown websites have the option of offering a print replica or e-edition of your newspaper, providing a bridge for those readers who prefer a traditional page-based experience, while also introducing them to additional features only available on our digital platform.

WebAds Feature

WebAds Feature

WebAds from Our-Hometown gives you the ability to monitor all of your digital advertising with the same dashboard as the other features of your publication’s website. Our customizable ad blocks are capable of displaying high-resolution ads in all iAB standard types and sizes across every page of your site. WebAds blocks can rotate through multiple ads in one slot or populate a grid, as well as feature an individual advertiser […]

Our-Hometown launching beta test of Official Ad Network

Our-Hometown launching beta test of Official Ad Network

At Our-Hometown Inc., we are always looking for new and innovative ways to help our customers generate revenue through their websites. Today, we are pleased to continue that trend with the announcement of our upcoming Official Our-Hometown Ad Network! Publishers using the Our-Hometown Ad Network will have ads automatically distributed throughout their website, each optimized for desktop or mobile viewing depending on the device the reader is using. All standard ad sizes […]

Naviga CircPro Integration

Naviga CircPro Integration

The Our-Hometown engineering team working directly with Naviga, has built integrations between MemberPress and the CircPro platform allowing for automatic synchronization of subscriber data.

E&P Webinar Recap – Apps and Audio News for Mobile Readers

E&P Webinar Recap – Apps and Audio News for Mobile Readers

Please see below for the recording from this month’s webinar on “Apps and Audio News for Mobile Readers” brought to you by Editor & Publisher, and Our Hometown. The playlist below serves as an overview for any publisher looking to connect with readers on Mobile through Apps and Audio Articles. Our mobile features can be integrated with Our Hometown’s WordPress sites or can be set up as with a 3rd […]

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