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January, 2022 -
31
Jan
Redesigns. They’ve been on my mind a lot lately. When Ed Henninger, the undisputed guru of newspaper and magazine design, decided to retire three years ago (I never really thought he was serious), we had several conversations about his decision. I’ll never forget when he told me he was “done.” “I’m closing down my website. I’m getting rid of my Adobe software subscription. I’m going to give my large page […]
27
Jan
Today’s webinar on SEO for Newspapers is available for replay below. Special thanks to Michael Cottam, SEO Speaker and Consultant, for presenting today’s webinar. Michael covered the essentials for getting your newspaper website to rank high on Google search results. Watch the replay below to learn more about the Google “3 Pack”, importance of having consistent “NAP” (Name, address, phone number) across all platforms, and some of the ways you […]
25
Jan
With our SEO For Newspapers LIVE webinar set to take place Thursday at 12PM eastern time, we thought we’d stick with the Search Engine Optimization theme this week and invite our customers to update their Site Title and Site Description, which are two important fields used to help your website perform better on Google and other search engines. Most customers on our WordPress platform are already utilizing the Title and […]
21
Jan
Join The Webinar UPDATE: Lee Wolverton, the Vice President of News and Executive editor at HD Media Co., LLC — the plaintiff in the lawsuit — will be joining the webinar as a special guest panelist! Our-Hometown is excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a LIVE interview & AMA (Ask Me Anything) event with Paul T. Farrell Jr. of Farrell & Fuller, LLC and Bob Fitzsimmons of Fitzsimmons Law […]
18
Jan
MemberPress is the plug-in that powers digital subscriptions on the vast majority of Our-Hometown customers’ websites. It allows publishers to restrict their premium content to paid subscribers, while also providing all of the tools needed to create and manage various subscription options and collect payment from their customers.
10
Jan
Our-Hometown is thrilled to announce that Damian Radcliffe, the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism and a Professor of Practice at the University of Oregon will be joining us for a LIVE interview this Thursday, January 13th, at 1PM eastern time. Radcliffe’s work and research has been referenced frequently by our friends at Today in News Tech, and we’re excited for the opportunity to sit down with him and discuss […]
10
Jan
During last week’s Office Hours, President Matthew Larson and the rest of the Our-Hometown team discussed our recent blog post highlighting our major announcements and accomplishments of 2021. Watch and listen as the team recaps and reflects on the events of the past year in the video below. Be sure to join us each Wednesday for Office Hours!
10
Jan
Audio Articles: Playlists is the latest expansion to our innovative Audio Articles feature, taking listening to the news to the next level by introducing curated playlists for readers to easily tune in to the content that they love the most. If you didn’t already know, Audio Articles is an exciting tool developed by Our-Hometown that uses text-to-speech automation to transform your published text articles into audio files that a visitor […]
3
Jan
Over the past several years, Our-Hometown has evolved into much more than just a website provider for newspapers. In addition to all of the tools and features we’ve developed specifically for news publishers, we’re able to provide our customers with additional resources such as LIVE Webinars & Virtual Conferences, free training sessions, and direct connections with industry experts such as The News Guru, Kevin Slimp. You can expect more of […]