National Newspaper Association
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Great Ideas
NNA’s best and brightest publishers have made the Great Idea Exchange session of the Annual Convention a huge hit for more than a decade. These terrific success stories, along with other great ideas we find throughout the year, are available to NNA members 24/7. And, members are encouraged to submit and share their great ideas at any time to grow this valuable resource.
NNA Director of Creative Resources Robert M. Williams Jr. is available for consultation on how to create more revenue, help you deal with inevitable newspaper issues or be a sympathetic ear for NNA members looking for an experienced publisher to listen. Email him at robert@nna.org or call (912) 281-5438 from 10 a.m -3 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday.
Are there dollars going untapped in your community? Mark Spensley in Iowa has figured out how to tap into these $$$
Oct 5, 2020
Who are some of the busiest people in your community, doing millions of dollars in annual business — but very seldom do much advertising? If you named building contractors, give yourselves a gold ...
Great Idea Exchange Live! Fond Memories
Sep 10, 2020
The anniversary of the day you opened your doors is a momentous one for any operation. If it’s only been 12 months since you unlocked the door on your first day in business or a hundred years since ...
Who’s been ‘poaching’ on your territory lately?
Sep 9, 2020
From time to time, it pays to cruise around your community and stop in wherever customer traffic is heavy to see who has come into your town and poached on what should be YOUR advertising dollars. There ...
Veterans Day promotion creates ad revenue and juices up rack sales, plus a few other tips
Aug 25, 2020
The mood of our nation is probably right these days for something special to go along with Veterans Day coming up November 11 and now’s the time to get started. While virtually every community holds ...
Grant programs help local businesses, keep newspapers going
Aug 14, 2020
The pandemic has ushered in what is essentially a matching program to convince local advertisers to stay in newspapers and on their websites. In turn, the newspapers smartly tout their products as marketing ...
School opening and closing are good times to sell some plus revenue
Aug 3, 2020
Kim Ware, publisher of The Azle (Texas) News, was one of the first to respond to Williams' call, and she shared several ideas.
NNA to offer new member benefit focused on shared revenue ideas
Jul 28, 2020
The collective wisdom and experience of NNA members across the country, sharing their best revenue-generating (or cost-saving) ideas in a group setting has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...
Sheriff’s Annual Report to the Community Creates Dollars and Goodwill
Jul 22, 2020
The glossy magazine is compiled from statistics gathered by the sheriff and then composed, printed and distributed by the newspaper. It has been a tremendous hit among local residents and is credited by ...
Have the 'Audacity' to learn this software
Jul 1, 2020
Everybody has a phone on them. Plugging a phone into a car and listening to a podcast can make a long drive go faster. People listen to podcasts when they mow the lawn, work in their office or go for a ...
