Independent Publishing - Articles Archive
from December 11, 2008 to October 30, 2008

Classified ads for jobs offer bloggers a new way to monetize their websites. Job boards like Personforce, JobThread, SimplyHired, and JobCoin offer independent web publishers an interesting new revenue making opportunity - an opportunity with the potential to add anything from a few dollars to a ... read more

One of the main steps to become a successful online publisher is to build a strong online identity. The more you establish yourself as a reliable source of information, the more the people will seek you for help and visit your site. In this short video tutorial, ... read more

Want to know more about MasterNewMedia? In this monthly web traffic and demographics report, we showcase all of the most relevant data, trends and indicators for the number of visitors, page views and reader profiles collected across many of the major online traffic and trend tracking ... read more

Apture is a new tool for bloggers and online publishers that can add interactive multimedia links and embeds to their site with a single click. Apture takes the traditional act of linking to a whole new level and provides your site with greater functionality and depth ... read more

FeedJournal and Tabbloid are two innovative web services that allow you to turn any RSS feed into a customized PDF newspaper. You can then either print out and read your newspaper, or consult it on your computer or mobile device when you're not connected to the ... read more

If you have been following the story of the MasterNewMedia internship program, you know already that at the end of the summer I have selected two new candidates to jump into this unique learning and working opportunity. In their learning path leading to a professional publishing ... read more

Social media optimization is a marketing approach utilized to increase the visibility of your site by leveraging the power of social media and online communities. Social media optimization is a term originally introduced by Rohit Bhargava back in 2006. Rohit writes: "For years now, Search Engine Optimization ... read more

Looking for a solution that allows you to share high definition video with your friends or others? Tired of the restrictions that YouTube places on the quality, size, and length of the videos that you upload? In today’s Sharewood Guide, I will be reviewing eleven high ... read more

Why, after having worked for many years for several large international organizations did I decide to jump into the online independent publishing frenzy and make it my full-time activity? In this short video, I share with you the basic reasons and motivations that have led me ... read more

As content can be copied indefinitely and distributed instantaneously across the web, web publishers need to cooperate and partner with their peers to create free content distribution networks - collections of blogs and web sites where they can freely syndicate and republish their original content. Why? In ... read more

As passion, integrity and authority are among some of the key selection criteria used, it is with great pride that I can officially announce that MasterNewMedia has become part of the Federated Media Publishing and advertising network. Federated Media, headed by John Battelle is the premiere ... read more

In news publishing, newsmastering is the content production process, first evangelized by Robin Good in 2004, that involves collecting, filtering and selecting topic-specific news stories, resources, tools from all of the relevant content sources out there while delivering the resulting highly focused news channels, the so-called ... read more

Curious to find out more about my internship program for would-be professional web publishers? Daniele Bazzano, senior intern here at MasterNewMedia, shares with you on video what it is like to be learning by doing what professional web publishing is all about. Is it really that ... read more

Ad optimization and management can increase your ad revenue by as much as 150% (as PubMatic did with BikerOrNot). Or at least that is what companies offering ad optimization and management solutions are saying. If you are a professional blogger, you already understand that monetizing your ... read more

Video metadata can break or make your online video success opportunities. By understanding what video metadata is and how it needs to be used, you can significantly affect the way your video content is managed, distributed and found online. But should metadata be authored by ... read more

Video metadata has become a strategically critical factor in the successful creation and distribution of video content on the Internet. As major search engines can't yet make sense of what is being said inside a video or where and who is being portrayed, unless you take ... read more

Web traffic trends for October 2008 on MasterNewMedia showcase an upward swinging curve, not specifically connected to the issues, news, announcements or type of content I have chosen to publish, but more likely fueled by a general heavier usage inside professional, enterprise and educational settings. The ... read more

As Microsoft has recently announced its plan to customize the Windows operating system for cloud computing, it is likely that a number of profound changes will affect the way enterprise servers and major content distributors will need to act if they want to keep competing in ... read more

About two months ago, Robin Good sent out a call for new interns at MasterNewMedia. And I am one of those who answered that call. What you are about to read is a personal reflection on what it is like to intern here. Although Robin did ... read more

Every wiki platform has its own advantages and disadvantages. There are tens of different wiki solutions out there, and it can be a daunting task to choose the wiki platform that will best suit your needs. What characteristics are most important when deciding on your wiki ... read more