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Long-time newspaper journalist turned interactive media expert Joe Michaud recently left his post as president of MaineToday.com (part of the Portland Press-Herald in Maine) and joined the AIM Group/Classified Intelligence as senior analyst. Now that he’s settled into his home office outside Portland to work for AIM and consult for several New England newspaper clients, […]
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Posts by Steve Outing
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Thanks to Henry Pollson for his comment here pointing out an article of interest to anyone who has to compete against Craigslist in their local market:
“Angie’s List: A better alternative to Craiglist for finding local contractors.”
Writer Henry Grimes points out his experience with finding local contractors to do work around his house. When he used […]
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I’m working on a white paper / report about how to redesign print classifieds sections for the modern world. (I’ll keep you posted on my progress and when it might be available.) And I have to say: It’s disturbing how slowly that’s happening, especially at U.S. newspapers.
If you look around at newspaper classifieds sections, most […]
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With newspapers in deep trouble, it’s unlikely that they can climb out of their holes by themselves (especially as the holes keep getting deeper). If a solution or solutions are to be found, it will be in concert with other companies.
Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt is worried about the state of investigative reporting.
Text version of […]
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Dan Pacheco’s Printcasting initiative, for which he and the Bakersfield Californian got a Knight Foundation grant to fund for a 2-year development cycle, is worth paying attention to if you’re in the classifieds business. While not a classifieds project, per se, Printcasting does have some implications for classifieds, which I learned when I asked Pacheco […]
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While Craigslist is the 800-pound gorilla of free classifieds (well, mostly free), it’s far from perfect. Even its top executives admit that the site is not on the cutting edge of web technology. While Craigslist does respond to user needs and some requests, there are plenty of features that could be added to make it […]
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American media designer and consultant Alan Jacobson has had some luck convincing newspaper publishers outside the US to sign off on some fairly disruptive redesigns for classifieds. One interesting example is aviso-oportuno.com.mx, which (via Jacobson’s firm) redid its web classifieds in a way that severely simplified the interface.
aviso-oportuno.com.mx is the separate classifieds brand for the […]
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To: Craig and Jim
From: Steve (on behalf of the newspaper industry)
(OK, no, I do not actually speak for the newspaper industry; nor does ReinventingClassifieds.com. But I write this letter to you with the newspaper industry’s, journalism’s, and consumers’ best interests at heart. If any of those folks don’t agree with me, I’m sure they’ll let […]
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How bad do things have to get before publishers and classifieds managers are willing to do a complete (and badly needed) remodel of newspaper printed classified sections?
‘No one wants to be first. It’s amazing to me that they can’t/won’t/don’t want to try something different!’
-Bill Ostendorf
That question kept popping into my mind as I interviewed Bill […]
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Monster.com rolling out new job sites. (Crains New York Business) Career site operator Monster Worldwide Inc. announced it will launch co-branded recruitment Web sites with more than a dozen local newspapers Monday, part of the company’s effort to push its brand in specific markets. …
Zillow.com Offers Featured Listings With Newspaper Ads. (Online Media Daily) Real […]
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Thanks to Henry Pollson for his comment here pointing out an article of interest to anyone who has to compete against Craigslist in their local market:
“Angie’s List: A better alternative to Craiglist for finding local contractors.”Writer Henry Grimes points out his experience with finding local contractors to do work around his house. When he used […]
Continue Reading...
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I’m working on a white paper / report about how to redesign print classifieds sections for the modern world. (I’ll keep you posted on my progress and when it might be available.) And I have to say: It’s disturbing how slowly that’s happening, especially at U.S. newspapers.
Continue Reading...
If you look around at newspaper classifieds sections, most […]
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With newspapers in deep trouble, it’s unlikely that they can climb out of their holes by themselves (especially as the holes keep getting deeper). If a solution or solutions are to be found, it will be in concert with other companies.
Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt is worried about the state of investigative reporting.
Continue Reading...
Text version of […]
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Dan Pacheco’s Printcasting initiative, for which he and the Bakersfield Californian got a Knight Foundation grant to fund for a 2-year development cycle, is worth paying attention to if you’re in the classifieds business. While not a classifieds project, per se, Printcasting does have some implications for classifieds, which I learned when I asked Pacheco […]
Continue Reading...
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While Craigslist is the 800-pound gorilla of free classifieds (well, mostly free), it’s far from perfect. Even its top executives admit that the site is not on the cutting edge of web technology. While Craigslist does respond to user needs and some requests, there are plenty of features that could be added to make it […]
Continue Reading...
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American media designer and consultant Alan Jacobson has had some luck convincing newspaper publishers outside the US to sign off on some fairly disruptive redesigns for classifieds. One interesting example is aviso-oportuno.com.mx, which (via Jacobson’s firm) redid its web classifieds in a way that severely simplified the interface.
Continue Reading...
aviso-oportuno.com.mx is the separate classifieds brand for the […]
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To: Craig and Jim
Continue Reading...
From: Steve (on behalf of the newspaper industry)
(OK, no, I do not actually speak for the newspaper industry; nor does ReinventingClassifieds.com. But I write this letter to you with the newspaper industry’s, journalism’s, and consumers’ best interests at heart. If any of those folks don’t agree with me, I’m sure they’ll let […]
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How bad do things have to get before publishers and classifieds managers are willing to do a complete (and badly needed) remodel of newspaper printed classified sections?
‘No one wants to be first. It’s amazing to me that they can’t/won’t/don’t want to try something different!’
-Bill OstendorfThat question kept popping into my mind as I interviewed Bill […]
Continue Reading...
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Monster.com rolling out new job sites. (Crains New York Business) Career site operator Monster Worldwide Inc. announced it will launch co-branded recruitment Web sites with more than a dozen local newspapers Monday, part of the company’s effort to push its brand in specific markets. …
Continue Reading...
Zillow.com Offers Featured Listings With Newspaper Ads. (Online Media Daily) Real […]
"We’ve found that even simple changes to improve usability are difficult or impossible to make at papers in the US."
Alan Jacobson
Alan Jacobson
"Waiting for the next threat, and reacting with some wimpy promotion is NOT a plan!
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Tommy Wilson
Tommy Wilson
"With a little cooperation, we might find that Craigslist can help to turn around newspapers."
Steve Outing
Steve Outing
"Our inability to deliver small targeted audiences is a significant reason behind why newspaper Classifieds aren’t selling as well as they used to."
Dan Pacheco
Dan Pacheco
"Maybe we could stop blaming the customers or the competition or Craig Newmark and think up a classified product that people might actually like!"
Designer Roger Black
Designer Roger Black
"We shouldn’t be afraid to knock down our walls and share our classifieds with other newspapers or even with other websites."
Ideas from survey
Ideas from survey
"Craig Newmark of Craigslist is not the devil incarnate."
JD Lasica
JD Lasica
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