This is a first for bizjournals, who chose PageSuite’s software to deliver their digital editions, having implemented a successful roll out of their titles throughout June.
Bizjournals are distributed across 41 major cities, covering 40 industries, and now through digital editions, are accessible across the world even before the print edition hits readers’ desks. Eric Mick of bizjournals explains, “We plan to use the digital edition to grow our subscriber base and offer new interactive ad opportunities to our advertisers. PageSuite has provided us with a cost effective way to distribute the business journal to new and existing customers.”
“Our production teams have found the software to be very flexible and user friendly and our subscribers love the new way to read the paper.” Readers will be able to bookmark interesting articles, export, print and save content, read archived editions and search every title with PageSuite’s new keyword and phrase tool.
The nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers have also commented, “PageSuite has been extremely helpful and responsive during this phase of initial set-up and they are very easy to work with.” PageSuite already publishes digital editions for some of the world’s biggest newspapers including Metro Canada, Metro UK & Ireland, San Francisco Examiner, Express Newspapers, The Guardian Weekly & Brazil’s largest daily newspaper Zero Hora.
PageSuite claim that their digital editions receive up to 30,000 visits per hour, with some publishers sending up to 150,000 e-alerts per day, analysing hundreds of thousands of reader habits per week and generating over 800% ROI every month!
About PageSuite
PageSuite says: “Set up in 2005, PageSuite Limited is a UK based software development company with over 30 years of publishing experience. PageSuite Limited launched the first version of PageSuite in 2005, introducing a new and innovative product to the publishing market.
PageSuite has quickly established a reputation for innovative, cost-effective digital edition solutions that are reliable coupled with a responsive professional on-hand support service. It is the UK’s market leader for digital regional newspapers securing 8 out of the 10 UK’s regional press publishers.
PageSuite has considerable expertise in delivering bespoke online solutions for publishers worldwide, with six million pages read online. The successful market leader with 5,000 titles worldwide for clients such as Clarity Media Group, Incisive, News International, Ernst and Young and Newsquest. With 70,000 high quality, interactive page turning publications, with our editions being read by 30,000 customers every hour.
Award-winning for its innovative excellence, PageSuite aims to transform traditional print publications by providing an online publishing service that offers an excellent, revenue generating solution; offering a wider distribution with an online presence.”
About American City Business Journals
ACBJ says: “Bizjournals is the online media division of American City Business Journals, the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. It operates the Web sites for each of the company's 40 print business journals and operates a web-only site with local business news and information for Los Angeles.
The national bizjournals site features local business news from around the nation, updated throughout the day, top business stories from American City's print editions, industry-specific news from more than 40 industries, advice columns, and a full menu of tools to help business owners and operators manage their businesses more successfully. There's also easy navigation to each of the 42 local business sites.
Characterized among the "Best of the Web" by Forbes magazine, bizjournals archive contains 1.25 million business news articles published since 1996. Bizjournals' sites have more than 8 million unique monthly visitors.”
