These are the slides from a presentation by James Jardine, Founder of Jamatto, to the members of the Association for Interactive Media and Micropayments (AIMM) in January 2018.
2. The publishing industry faces two major threats
Ad revenues are under increasing
pressure
• The rise of adblocking
• Competition from tech giants
• Consumer privacy concerns
• Increased regulation
Consumers are less inclined to
subscribe to a single newspaper
• Moving from print to digital
• Decline in brand awareness
• Proliferation of news sources
• Competition for attention
3. *Juniper Research report ‘Worldwide Digital Advertising: 2016-2020’
• More than 200 million active users
• 5% to 65% of publishers’ audiences*
• $27 billion in lost revenue by 2020
• Protect your ad revenues
• Learn what content audiences pay for
• Great RPMs: $2 to $20 per 1000 views
Adblock relief:
A short term revenue fix
4. Microsubscriptions:
Bridging the gap between free and subscription
SUBSCRIPTIONS: BOOST CONVERSIONS
OVER
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MICROSUBSCRIPTION
PURCHASERS go on to
PURCHASE 1MONTH+ SUBSCRIPTIONS
MONETIZE ALL YOUR CUSTOMER TYPES
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HOURLY DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY ONCE
FREQUENCY OF VISIT
SUBSCRIPTIONS MICROSUBSCRIPTIONS PAY-AS-YOU-GO
MONETIZATION MECHANISM
5. Pop up a soft paywall
to just those readers
running an adblocker.
Use their purchasing
habits to inform the
types of content for
which readers are
willing to pay.
Deploy journalism
resources to focus on
producing more valued
content.
Impressions?
Dwell-time?
Ad clicks?
Shares?
?!
Or what consumers are
actually willing to pay for?
Newsroom optimisation:
What metric should publishers use to allocate
journalists most efficiently?