As 2022 comes to a close, we’d like to take a look back at all that we’ve accomplished this year.
Our Digital Initiative program reached new heights as we launched new websites for several newspapers across the country through our partnerships with the Virginia Press Association, Illinois Press Association, and the Kansas Newspaper Foundation. The program helps us to provide the basic necessities for newspapers to launch a digital product for an affordable price, paving the way for publishers to generate new streams of revenue online.
Our engineers have been hard at work this year, releasing our first official integrations with existing print circulation systems CircPro and SimpleCirc. This is a goal we have been working towards for quite some time, and we are thrilled to finally be able to offer these options to our customers.
We’ve also continued to expand and develop our Audio Articles product, focusing primarily on the Audio Articles Playlists feature and direct integration with our iOS and Android Applications.
Take a look at the timeline below to see some of our other notable announcements and releases throughout the year. Enjoy your holiday season and we will see you in 2023!
Digital Marketing in 2022 brought to you by Our-Hometown
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Google/Facebook Antitrust Lawsuit Interview REPLAY
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Kevin Slimp: Predicting the Future of Newspapers
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OHT & OMC Webinar: Serving the Growing Mobile Audience
Our Hometown, Inc.Our-Hometown is excited to announce that president & CEO Matt Larson will be joining our friends at Online Media Campus on Thursday, April 7th at…
VPA Digital Initiative – Video Overview
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Amelia Bulletin switches to WordPress through VPA Digital Initiative
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Our-Hometown partners with the Illinois Press Association for Digital Initiative
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Our Hometown, Inc.Supported by the Virginia Press Association Digital Initiative, The Crewe-Burkeville Journal has introduced a new website powered by Our-Hometown’s fully customized WordPress platform. Locally-owned and…
Migrating to Google Analytics 4
Christopher WindersRappahannock Times launches with VPA Digital Initiative
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Webinar Interview with VPA Directors on the Digital Initiative | July 28, 2022 [Replay]
Our Hometown, Inc.https://youtu.be/KjNpc8IpXz4 Our-Hometown is excited to present this WEBINAR INTERVIEW with the Directors of the Virginia Press Association — the innovators of the original Digital Initiative…
Restoration News Media launches new website for five newspapers
Our Hometown, Inc.Our-Hometown, Inc. is excited to welcome Restoration News Media and their five weekly newspapers — The Wilson Times, The Enterprise, The Johnstonian, The Butner-Creedmoor News…
The Daily Catch featured on NPR’s “Rough Translation” podcast
Our Hometown, Inc.The Daily Catch of Red Hook, NY was featured on National Public Radio (NPR)’s “Rough Translation” podcast last week, receiving praise for their tremendous reporting…
MemberPress & CircPro Integration pricing announced
Our Hometown, Inc.Our-Hometown is pleased to announce the pricing for our upcoming MemberPress & CircPro Integration feature, which automatically synchronizes digital subscriptions and orders placed through the…
Integrating MemberPress with Naviga’s CirculationPro software | Webinar Replay
Our Hometown, Inc.https://youtu.be/71kla0mJFBU Our-Hometown President and CEO Matt Larson is joined by lead engineer James Harley in this live webinar to introduce our newest feature: Integration with…
NextGEN Gallery plugin now available on our platform
Our Hometown, Inc.Kristen Weaver of the Wilson County News | Publisher Interview
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Christopher WindersAnnual Postal Reporting: Finding Your Digital Subscriber Numbers
Our Hometown, Inc.Newspapers nationwide are required to file an annual Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation with their local post office in order to maintain newspaper mailing…
Create new revenue opportunities with Audio Advertising
Our Hometown, Inc.Last week, we introduced a special promotion for Audio Articles, announcing that we are waiving the $250 Setup Fee associated with first-time setup for customers…
IMPORTANT: Protect your Stripe account from fraudulent activity
Our Hometown, Inc.Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform includes support for three popular payment gateways that allow your readers and customers to place orders and make payments online through…
Keven Zepezauer of Restoration NewsMedia | OHT Publisher Interview
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Your Google Business Profile: Best Practices
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Online payment trends in 2022
Christopher WindersFrom Finances Online’s 51 Key Online Payment Software Statistics You Must Learn: 2022 Data Analysis & Market Share: “This year’s findings from McKinsey’s Digital Payments…
Announcing new SimpleCirc Integration, now in Beta!
Christopher WindersPublishers using SimpleCirc to manage print subscribers, rejoice! We are happy to announce that we’re currently testing a new integration that allows for automatic updating…
Kevin Slimp: To-Do List for Newspapers as we Approach the New Year
Our Hometown, Inc.Our friend and industry expert Kevin Slimp — host of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series — has provided us the following guest column to distribute…
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