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Defining your exit strategy to build a legacy
It felt odd to consider “exit strategy” at the recent Community Journalism Executive Training program (CJET), which brought nearly three dozen news organizations to Los Angeles for two days of intense, hands-on work developing specific business strategies and action plans. After … Continue reading
Posted in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Getting Started, Sustainability, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged business, independent publishers, Investigative News Network, Knight Digital Media Center, Knight Foundation, Rusty Coats, The Journalism Accelerator, The McCormick Foundation, The Patterson Foundation
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Support Us: How to ask your news audience for money
Indie online news sites can ask their audiences for money by stating very simply: “Support Us.” ”I believe there is value in what we do and readers should pay for it,’ said David Boraks of DavidsonNews.Net and Corneliusnews.net. In … Continue reading
Posted in BlockbyBlock, CRM, Getting Started, Marketing, Memberships, Revenue, Sales
Tagged Bay Citizen, David Boraks, Kelly Gilfillan, NewHavenIndependent, PayPal, Really Simple Systems, Salesforce.com, StLouisBeacon, Sugar CRM, TexasTribune, Tracey Taylor, Zoho, Zoho Office Suite
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Don’t go it alone when looking for a Web host
When you’re looking for a Web host, don’t go it alone. This is one case where word of mouth beats out the usual methods of Web search. Lots of folks are looking for hosts, and in turn lots of hosts … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Started
Tagged DreamHost, Drupal, Drupla, Enginehosting, Inmotionhosting, LimeRed Studio, LunarPages, Rackspace, TechSoup, WordPress
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