Spotlight: Trust in media is dwindling, with more than half of news consumers (58%) skeptical of media companies. Although 50% of people lose interest in content near toxic behavior, you…
Maya CieszynskaJune 25, 2021
Spotlight With the right features and applications, live blogs can help publishers enhance their content strategies. ClickOnDetroit created a Vaccine Hunter live blog that generated a significant amount of engagement:…
Dan SeamanJune 14, 2021
Spotlight: To improve customer acquisition and subscriber retention, media organizations need to provide community members with value exchanges centered around their needs. Viafoura data highlights how customers can boost retention…
Barbara BettsMay 27, 2021
Spotlight: Creating an effective, profitable subscription program is an ongoing journey. Subscription programs can fail from not building relationships with visitors, hitting unengaged visitors with a paywall message, forgetting to…
Maya CieszynskaMay 25, 2021
As a publisher, you’ve worked hard to create valuable and exciting content. You’ve likely worked even harder to funnel visitors to your site and turn them into paying users. Now…
Barbara BettsMay 20, 2021
Spotlight: 66% of publishers worldwide are active in the eCommerce space right now. First-party data is key to creating relevant shoppable experiences. Publishers can serve up targeted on-site and off-site…
Maya CieszynskaApril 26, 2021
Spotlight: A moderation strategy keeps your digital spaces safe, but should also include how to drive positive conversations Positive, active communities are lucrative for publishers 80% of all user registrations…
Maya CieszynskaApril 19, 2021
This cannot be overstated: the shift from a third-party to a first-party ecosystem will be challenging but it also presents the first opportunity in 20 years for publishers to reclaim…
Barbara BettsApril 9, 2021
Growth — every media company strives to achieve it. And yet, many business strategies are unsuccessful in driving continuous, long-term growth. So what kind of growth tactics are the most…
Maya CieszynskaApril 1, 2021
Last week, Jack Dorsey auctioned off his first tweet — “just setting up my twittr” — for a whopping $2.9 million. Media company Time, Inc. also made news last week,…
Mark ZoharMarch 26, 2021
On March 3rd, Google shocked the advertising industry by announcing in a blog post that it will not support individual identifiers, such as hashed or encrypted email addresses, as an…
Mark ZoharMarch 22, 2021
Over the past few months, media organizations have had to endure one challenge after another. Some companies are now struggling to compensate for declining print and ad revenues sparked by…
Maya CieszynskaMarch 19, 2021
The days of social media companies profiting from publishers’ communities are over — and that’s a beautiful thing. Leaving behind the necessity to chase volume for ad impressions is pushing…
Mark ZoharMarch 11, 2021
Due to the pandemic, sports teams and media companies worldwide have an all-too-familiar challenge in common: They’re unable to engage with audiences in person. Organizations that want to grow and…
Barbara BettsMarch 4, 2021
In what was perhaps one of Facebook’s most aggressive moves so far, the social media giant last week blocked all news content and links from its platform in Australia. All…
Mark ZoharFebruary 25, 2021
From the storming of Capitol Hill to the protests in 2020 against police brutality, tensions between civilians and authorities have led to dangerous clashes recently. And although it’s unfortunate, civil…
Jesse MoeinifarFebruary 19, 2021
Every digital audience is flowing with revenue-generating power. Whether that power remains untapped or is harnessed to grow your company depends on how well you can transform your audience into…
Barbara BettsFebruary 11, 2021
Is your media organization struggling to identify the next steps it should take to create innovative and profitable digital experiences? To help you find some clarity, Viafoura President and COO…
Maya CieszynskaFebruary 5, 2021
For many, 2020 was a low point — especially with the pandemic, political turmoil and social injustices raging across the globe. These recent events have also sparked a set of…
Barbara BettsJanuary 28, 2021
2020 was disrupted by a deadly virus, shrinking budgets, nonstop work and misinformation, challenging even the most well-established media organizations. Thankfully, change is on the horizon. Media companies that have…
Barbara BettsJanuary 22, 2021
The rise of digital media has changed the way audiences engage, altering the path to success for media providers, while creating new priorities for their advertisers and contributors at the…
Jesse MoeinifarOctober 9, 2018
The benefits of an engaged audience are clear. After all, it’s the most engaged users that keep coming back to your site. They connect with journalists, community members and content…
Jesse MoeinifarSeptember 27, 2018
Audiences want instant access. That means when sports journalists are reporting on a game, sports fans want to be right there with them and discuss the game as it happening…
Jesse MoeinifarSeptember 14, 2018
Viafoura – a leading provider of engagement cloud solutions specifically built for news publishers and media companies – today announced the launch of Conversations.
ViafouraAugust 31, 2018
Live blogging has become a popular and the preferred way to stream real-time news coverage around a live event to engage an audience in a centralized spot. Live Stories give…
Barbara BettsAugust 10, 2018
Viafoura – a leading provider of engagement cloud solutions specifically built for news publishers and media companies – today announced the launch of Conversations.
Barbara BettsAugust 2, 2018
Trust. In today’s media environment, it’s the cornerstone to growing a loyal community of registered users and paid subscribers. Users today crave a direct relationship at the source of information,…
Barbara BettsJuly 6, 2018
With the prevalence of online trolls, some organizations have put up their hands and given up on the comment section. But doing so, even temporarily, has major drawbacks for organizations...
Dan SeamanJune 14, 2018
Last updated October 28th, 2019 Highlights: Users expect seamless interaction with your platforms Provide users with social login, content recommendations, social sharing, prompts to engage, tooltips and personalization to increase…
Barbara BettsJune 14, 2018
Engaged users increase your pageviews, time on site, and ultimately, revenue. But what is an engaged user exactly? Simply put, it’s a website visitor who...
Jesse MoeinifarJune 14, 2018
Toronto, May 18, 2018: Hoping to cement their position as the online destination for weather and weather-related news, Pelmorex started looking for new ways to build their audience and create…
Jesse MoeinifarMay 18, 2018
Media companies and content sites invest heavily in optimizing their page load times, which is why Viafoura works to ensure that we minimize the impact our solutions and tools have…
Dan SeamanFebruary 20, 2018
Viafoura's Director of Product - Engagement Tools, Dan Seaman joined Shari Medini on the Push Pull Sales & Marketing podcast, where they discussed the importance of adapting to changing traditional…
Dan SeamanJanuary 11, 2018
In the RTDNA session, Commentary, Commenting and Diversifying Your Voices, our Head of Marketing, Allison Munro, moderated a conversation with news media executives from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and…
Alexandra BaccellieriJune 11, 2017
Viafoura is your partner in audience development and as such, we take SEO very seriously. We are one of the only major commenting and engagement platforms that natively support search…
Dan SeamanMay 9, 2017
In a recent survey by the Engaging News Project, over 12,000 commenters from 20 different news sites opened up about their commenting behavior and preferences. To make the comment section work…
Jesse MoeinifarFebruary 2, 2017
Many media organizations have used app-based push notifications, but few have discovered the potential of browser-based push notifications. Real-time push notifications are not competing with email but enable you to…
Jesse MoeinifarJanuary 31, 2017
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