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The topic of email monetization is a hot one. It seems the age-old question for a myriad of publishers is this: How to make money off subscribers without scaring them away?

Millions of news stories are published every day. As The Atlantic reported, The Washington Post alone publishes an average of 1,200 stories a day and The New York Times publishes 230 stories a day. And those numbers are only growing.

Two major shifts are causing disruption in the publisher space: audience behaviors are changing and traditional ad revenue is dropping. 

Show, don’t tell. That’s the motto of any great communicator.

Consumers have spoken and their message is clear: They want ad personalization. 

Having an audience development strategy might seem like an obvious part of running a successful publication. And in some ways, it is.

Just like any other business, nonprofit organizations need clear marketing strategies that inspire audiences and align with their objectives. For most nonprofits, that #1 objective is to get more donations flowing in so they can deliver the services they value and promise. Email marketing for nonprofits is the key to achieving that goal.

It’s no surprise: the Internet has an ugly ads problem. In fact, over a quarter of US consumers use ad blockers, and 47% of them do so because their ads are annoying or irrelevant.

We’ve been using the phrase “multi-channel messaging” a lot lately, and many people have been asking us to clarify what that actually means. So, in this article, we will take a deep dive into this topic and clear up any questions you may have about it.

For publishers looking to monetize email newsletters, things don’t always go according to plan. In the online world, rarely does something stir up a private and personal feeling like an email, and it seems many forget its power.

More than half of all adults — 60 percent of them — subscribe to at least one email newsletter. And if the size of the audience isn’t enough to convince you that email marketing is valuable, consider the ROI.