A Case Study in New Media Publishing Peter Schumerth, Director of Marketing, ConversantLife.com Stan Jantz, CEO, ConversantLife.com - Presentation Transcript
Stan Jantz: Co-Founder, CEO Peter Schumerth: Director of Marketing
www.conversantlife.com/ecpa
What – A premier content and social media experience
How – With biblically-informed and culturally relevant blogs, video, podcasts, resources and news Who – Reaching spiritually-minded 18-34 year olds
Owned/Operated chain of bookstores
Co-authored over 50 books
Co-Founder of New Media company
Fresno Bible House
The Triangle Offense
See the world in GRAY
Habits are VERTICAL , not linear
Think GLOBAL
Highly SOCIAL
Highly EXPERIENTIAL
18-34 year olds
Timely, relevant, THINK HOURLY
Shorter bytes
Same message, different medium
Biblically-informed, but not authoritative
Find excellent communicators
Allow users to contribute
Write at least once a week
Think book, not diary
Be personal, not formal
Be relevant, timely - shorter bursts
Write with a Conversant voice
Engage your readers
Promote yourself – BE VIRAL!
Be a one-stop, flexible, scalable, searchable HUB
Importance of Quality
ABLE -ness: RSS-able, embed-able, email-able,
comment-able
Don’t replace community, incorporate it
Be Vertical: video, blog, podcast, iPhone, RSS
Products :
Books, curriculum, resources – Print & Digital
Relational Campaigns:
Blog/Branding Packages
Traditional Online Advertising:
Banner ads, RSS feeds, video content
“A lot of people think of publishing as printing books on paper between covers, those objects in bookstores. I always thought publishing was about, first of all, understanding what matters, figuring out how to gather information, and then gathering the readers who that information matters to.”
This session will show how ConversantLife.com devel more
This session will show how ConversantLife.com developed into a premiere New Media content hub and social media experience reaching spiritually minded 18-34 year-olds by providing a compelling blend of culturally relevant blogs, video and podcast content, as well as user-submitted news on faith and cultural topics. less
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