Our Hometown Blog

Welcome to the first Virtual Office Hours with the Our Hometown Support team.

https://our-hometown.com/join-us-for-office-hours-this-friday-at-1pm/

Watch the full office hour video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLYBdP_qDek

See below for highlight links.

Top Stories:

Recap on our last Virtual Conference – Helping Local Businesses During Shutdown and Reopening

Video: https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=40

Blog Post: https://our-hometown.com/virtual-conference-recap-helping-local-businesses-from-shutdown-to-re-opening/

Next Virtual Conference Announcement – Digital to Print Publishing with Meg Norris

Video: https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=136

Blog Post: https://our-hometown.com/virtual-conference-digital-to-print-publishing-with-meg-norris/

What are Pending Transactions?

Video: https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=171

Blog Post: https://our-hometown.com/what-are-pending-transactions/

Latest Updates on your Dashboard

Video: https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=280

Blog Post: https://our-hometown.com/our-hometown-news-updates-are-now-on-your-dashboard/

Example – http://voicenewsnebraska.demo.our-hometown.com/wp-admin/

Audio Articles and Facebook Live Package

Video – https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=421

Example – https://www.wilsoncountynews.com/articles/c-r-122-residents-lose-home-to-fire/

New Feature Progress Report

Video – https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=523

Blog Post – https://our-hometown.com/new-feature-progress-report/

Glasgow Daily Times converts front print to digital only

Video – https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=815

Article – http://newspapers.org/stories/glasgow,4156528

McClatch Journalists in 7 newsrooms will continue working remotely – for now

Video – https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=877

Article – http://newspapers.org/stories/mcclatchy,4156529

Building a better email program

Video – https://youtu.be/WLYBdP_qDek?t=913

Blog Post – https://our-hometown.com/second-street-summit/

Full Video

FAQs:

1. 2 requests this week about changing a user name that appear in comments. User names can’t be changed but, the display name can be changed in the reader’s profile. I don’t believe readers have the ability to change their public display name but, publishers can by editing the reader’s profile. VIDEO –
2. This might be an upcoming topic for a newsletter or webinar: In light of CoVID-19, we all know that publishers have lost ad revenue as well as permanently losing some advertisers. But, they’re also seeing new advertisers – or “potential” new advertisers – as small businesses are realizing the benefits of advertising online during the pandemic. What creative ways are publishers using to harness the opportunity to gain new advertisers as businesses come back from the shutdown? (Will Cover In Another Office Hours)
3. new feature of being able to setup periodic reports from memberpress. VIDEO –
4. How to setup automated promotions in newsletters. VIDEO –

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