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National and International Newspaper Web Development; Newspaper CMS; Paid Content & Ad Driven Models

Updated: May 10, 2009 - 8:38pm by Maine Web FX

Maine Web FX's Web Development Division is an international newspaper web development firm building dynamic, newspaper content management systems for the newspaper industry, while allowing for community and readership interaction. Going beyond the traditional and into the next generation of news portals, we provide web-based solutions for all newspapers from small town weeklies to daily regional and metro papers.

We are prepared to model a website around your newspaper business plan, whether you are putting full content of your publication online or creating a paid subscription service. We offer options for partial paid content, fully paid content, per article charges or a combination of all avenues. We are ready to meet the future of online news. It is now up to your newspaper to take that first step.

Working with newspapers throughout the United States and abroad, our team can help bring your print product to the Internet painlessly and professionally - we also offer cutting-edge technology to update and expand existing websites. Specifically programmed sites will allow you to easily manage your news, advertising and community-generated content from any computer in the world.

Interactive Dynamic Media: Customized newspaper web design, programming, development and marketing

Updated: May 10, 2009 - 7:34pm by Maine Web FX

Reports show newspapers are being driven out of business by the Internet. No longer is it acceptable, nor feasible, to merely have newspapers and other media outlets compete with the Internet - they must now be part of it.

The Associated Press writes:
News audiences are ditching television and newspapers and using the Internet as their main source of information, in a trend that could eventually see the demise of local papers, according to a new study.

"As online use has increased, the audiences of older media have declined," Harvard University professor Thomas Patterson said in a report. (See item: Internet Killed the Newspaper Star)

Our team has the expertise and experience to bring your newspaper to the forefront of interactive media on the web. We have consulted with papers from Arizona to Australia bringing readership while seamlessly integrating paid content plans.

A recent success story comes from a community newspaper in Vermont, which has lost readership to its print subscriptions since the boom on the Internet.

Maine Web FX's Newspaper Web Development Team: Taking Newspapers to the Future of the Online Revolution

Updated: May 10, 2009 - 8:29pm by Maine Web FX

The website management systems (CMS or newspaper CMS) we work with for newspaper web design have the flexibility for your newsroom, advertising department, and circulation departments to have a website that works together seamlessly: posting news, taking subscriptions, and submitting/tracking ads. Our sites are designed to work within your business plan. Now is the time to bring your publication fully online to ensure your paper survives in both print and web.

Newspapers and magazines we have worked with report the following:

• Increased traffic to their site (resulting in higher ad revenue within 6 months)
• Increased reader loyalty (more readers used the site more often)
• Higher classified ad sales (as the ease of buying online increased)
• Increased print subscriptions and online subscriptions
• Untapped Revenue: Continually higher ad revenue from web ads and RSS feeds

In short, our web designs and development have made newspapers money, opened up new ad markets and increased readership and loyalty.

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