Advancing Accessibility: Viafoura Leading the Way with Inclusive Design

Viafoura is deeply committed to ensuring our products are accessible to all users. Our dedication to creating universally usable experiences is core to our approach to product development. This commitment to ensuring quality experiences for all users, makes accessibility a priority from the very beginning of our design process. Introducing Our Accessibility Expert: Farhan Jiwani! […]

Viafoura Receives Two G2 Badges, Maintains High Performer Status in Online Community Management & Commenting Systems

We are pleased to announce that in the latest G2 Summer 2023 Report, Viafoura has once again been recognized as a High Performer across the Online Community Management & Commenting Systems grids. This impressive achievement marks the fifth consecutive quarter that Viafoura has received this esteemed recognition. Continuously Delivering Exceptional Engagement Experiences: Viafoura’s success can […]

5 Step Guide to Create a Safe Online Community

As Trust & Safety move to the forefront of legislative assemblies around the world [https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/harmful-online-content.html] [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/a-guide-to-the-online-safety-bill], creating an online community that is a safe space for all is more important than ever. And with nearly 70% of audiences spending more than 15% of their time on-site reading posts and comments, you want to ensure your […]

Community-focused tools, tactics help media companies hit KPI, ROI goals

If your current digital experience platform (DXP) isn’t serving your community — or rather, is not enabling your organisation to serve, sustain, and expand your community — then it’s not worth your money. Furthermore, if you are fortunate enough to be host to a community, particularly one that enjoys engaging with and discovering the realm […]

Atlas News and Viafoura - achieving soaring levels of community engagement

Focused on bridging the gap between the intelligence community and the general public through short-form content, Atlas News covers everything from geo-politics to conflict. While Atlas News is a digital news site, Stanford Nix, COO explains that “our community is our business”. Their vibrant community is unbelievably active and loyal to their brand. “People use […]

Engagement strategy benchmarks for digital content producers

There is a direct correlation between engagement and revenue – as a user becomes increasingly engaged in your content, they yield gradually more revenue to your business: More page views for advertising revenue More likely to create a free account, meaning you can charge more for targeted ad spots Higher propensity to subscribe in the future Potential […]

From community to reader revenue: lessons to learn from The Independent and Reach PLC

In its most simplest form, there are 2 steps to convert audiences into revenue: Engagement – unlocking the revenue potential of your audience Conversion – activating this potential to gradually increase revenue The question then turns to exactly how this can be achieved. For Mark Zohar, President and CEO at Viafoura, one of the most effective strategies […]

From anonymous to first-party: How to turn visitors into registered users and subscribers

It’s an age-old problem for publishers. How do you get casual readers to become loyal subscribers? Let’s first consider how publications strayed from reader engagement to understand the answer to this question. Fastener interviewed Mark Zohar at Viafoura to learn more about the history of audience engagement in digital publishing. The Outsourcing Stop-gap Before the […]

Loyalty Plays: The Next Era Of Retention

There’s an old saying in marketing that “it costs more to attract a new customer than to retain an existing one.” Some studies have shown it can cost up to five times more to focus solely on customer acquisition at the disservice of customer retention. Publishers who focus solely on registration and pumping out as […]

Community-Focused Tools And Tactics To Hit KPI and ROI Goals

This was originally posted on INMA. If your current Digital Experience Platform(DXP) isn’t serving your community, or rather, is not enabling your organization to serve, sustain, and expand your community, then it’s not worth your money.  Furthermore, if you are fortunate enough to be host to a community, particularly one that enjoys engaging with and […]