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May
At Our-Hometown, the security of our customers’ websites and data is our highest priority, and our engineers are constantly working to make sure our platform is up to date with the latest security protocols to defend against cyber threats. One of these protocols is known as Two-Factor Authentication, and you’ve probably already seen it in use on many of your favorite websites. Two-Factor Authentication, or 2FA, still requires users to […]
3
May
Kevin hasn’t been this excited about hardware in a long time Our friend and regular contributor Kevin Slimp, also known as “The News Guru”, has provided the following guest column for Our-Hometown readers! Enjoy the latest from Kevin below. If you’ve been around the newspaper business for 20 years or so, you might remember when a lot of folks referred to me as the “tech guru” of the newspaper world. […]
18
Apr
Our-Hometown, Inc. and the Virginia Press Association teamed up earlier this year to launch Our-Hometown’s first Digital Initiative. The Digital Initiative is a program aimed at helping traditional print newspapers transition to a modern digital model, complete with a new mobile-friendly website that introduces several new opportunities for generating revenue. Newspapers that are members of the Virginia Press Association are eligible to enroll in the program, which offers Our-Hometown’s WordPress […]
12
Apr
Our Hometown President & CEO Matt Larson joined our friends at Online Media Campus on Thursday, April 7th at 2 PM EST for another LIVE WEBINAR event: “Serving the Growing Mobile Audience – Tips on Responsive Websites and Native App Design.” During the discussion, Matt outlined some tips and tricks for attracting a mobile audience and gave advice on designing websites and apps that are mobile-friendly. Check out the video recap or […]
16
Mar
Our-Hometown is happy to announce another LIVE WEBINAR EVENT coming up in April: “Social Media Marketing for Newspapers.” In this webinar, Our-Hometown president & CEO Matt Larson will discuss the basics of growing an audience on social media and provide some techniques for converting that audience into digital subscribers to your content. Learn what you need to consider in order to map out and execute a successful social media marketing […]
9
Mar
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 2PM EST for another LIVE WEBINAR event: “Serving the Growing Mobile Audience – Tips on Responsive Websites and Native App Design.” The presentation will focus on optimizing your website for the best reader experience on mobile devices, including the benefits of using a native iOS/Android […]
4
Mar
The following is a guest column contributed by Mr. Kevin Slimp, aka the “News Guru” and host of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series. It’s late as I write this column, just around midnight. There’s nothing unusual about that. I tend to write my columns, stories, and books late in the evening. Apparently, that’s not the norm for most famous writers in history. Maybe I should take a clue from them. […]
23
Feb
Our-Hometown, Inc. is happy to announce that our partnership with Mr. Kevin Slimp has been extended once again, guaranteeing all Our-Hometown customers FREE entry to his upcoming webinars! Kevin Slimp is a stalwart in the industry, spending much of his time educating news publishers on best practices across a wide array of different tools and software and helping them to improve their publications in whatever ways possible. Slimp holds a […]
23
Feb
The Clarke County Democrat recently became one of our first customers to incorporate full Audio Articles functionality within their iOS & Android applications! Audio Articles is an exciting feature available to Our-Hometown customers that automatically converts your published articles into audio files that are played back to the reader, freeing up their hands for multi-tasking while consuming the news. Each Audio Article is automatically assigned to a Playlist of articles […]
16
Feb
Our-Hometown’s support team is often asked how to track statistics for an advertisement or banner that is included inside of a newsletter, or if it is even possible to do so. It is important to be able to provide stats for these newsletter banners and advertisements so that you can provide reports to advertisers and potential advertisers inquiring about an open ad slot. We’re happy to report that it is […]
