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Social Media Archives -
30
Mar
Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform uses the AddToAny plugin to add social sharing functionality to all Articles, Pages, Events and other Custom Post Types (when enabled). Each piece of content will feature a series of sharing icons that allow a reader to quickly share the content on their favorite social media networks, or via SMS and Email. The AddToAny icons are enabled on our websites by default, so you’ve likely seen […]
23
Feb
The Our-Hometown web platform utilizes the All in One SEO plug-in to provide a convenient interface to manage many aspects of the search engine optimization for your website. All in One SEO Setup All in One SEO provides a convenient wizard to guide you through the initial setup process, prompting for information about your website, including metadata, contact information, social links, and search appearance. All in One SEO Dashboard Step-by-Step: […]
19
Jan
Social media icons can display across all of your website content allowing visitors to share stories or posts they engage with to their favorite social network or via email links. However you may not want this feature available on some content. The following is a brief walkthrough on how to manage where these icons appear via your admin dashboard. Firstly the social media share icons appear in two main places: […]
10
Aug
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 and The Wake Weekly — to our Neighborhood of Publishers! We’ve worked closely with the team at Restoration News Media over the past few months to fine tune the website and ensure a smooth transition for both readers and staff, even developing some new features […]
15
Jun
When it comes to sending Newsletters on the Our-Hometown WordPress Platform, one of the most frequent requests we receive is for the ability to create a custom newsletter template that a publisher can reuse time and time again, only needing to make minor edits rather than construct an entire newsletter from scratch. This feature has been absent ever since the introduction of the Drag & Drop Composer, which replaced the […]
13
Apr
Our-Hometown’s Digital Initiative partnership with the Virginia Press Association has already helped transition several Virginia newspapers to modern, mobile-friendly websites that will help increase readership and provide exciting new revenue opportunities for publishers. After testing the concept with our friends at the VPA, we’re excited to officially announce the launch of the Our-Hometown Digital Initiative — now open to all Press Associations across the country! The goal of the Digital […]
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 […]
27
Dec
One of the exciting new features we introduced in 2021 is our Social Media Autopost tool, which instantly connects your website with your publication’s various social media profiles and allows you to quickly and easily share your content with followers on all of your favorite networks. The tool serve several purposes. The primary objective is to increase traffic to the website by sharing content often and directing readers back to […]
1
Nov
Join Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson later this month for another LIVE WEBINAR EVENT focusing on Reviving Newspapers in Digital News Deserts, hosted by our friends and partners at Online Media Campus. The presentation is scheduled for November 18th at 2PM EST. In the presentation, Larson will identify ways for newspapers to expand their digital outreach and take advantage of the massive online audience waiting to consume the news […]
31
Aug
Our-Hometown’s full-service model provides publishers with all the benefits of a digital publication without requiring the time and technical expertise of keeping a website up to date.