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El País driving engagement growth with Viafoura’s solutions

The challenge of elevating the reader relationship from casual to actively engaged subscribers is common. When paired with also building a robust, insightful data repository that can provide a unified view of the user, one might consider the challenge an elevated one. El País is a publisher that has this well in hand!

El Pais is a family owned company founded in 1918, which has been leading the news industry in Uruguay for decades. It has come to be a reference source of truthful and relevant journalism as well as entertainment across its network of news sites, newsletters, podcasts and social networks.

With the implementation of Viafoura’s Conversations and Auto-Moderation solutions, El País is well on its way to driving first-rate engagement levels on its digital properties. These high levels of engagement lead to the collection of both passive data, being the information gathered on where the reader goes on the website and what content they read, as well as active data, which is taken from the readers’ interaction or engagement with a site – this could be the comments they leave, the likes or dislikes, etc.

Diego Acosta y Lara, Chief Technology Officer at El País, comments, “our goal is to create a smooth user experience. We want our readers to engage with our content and return to our digital sites often. Additionally, with data collection in hyperdrive, El País aims to activate the data to drive both ad revenue and subscriptions.”

Ensuring that El País is successful in achieving its goals is Dalia Vainer, Viafoura’s Director of Customer Success. Dalia comments on Viafoura’s newest partnership: “El País already has an established commenting community but is turning to Viafoura to deliver an elevated user experience that will provide rich, valuable first-party data and insights. We’re thrilled to work with the team to achieve these goals and look forward to celebrating success together!”

MNA Media elevating its online experience with vibrant, civil, engaged communities

Midland News Association Media (MNA Media) is one of Britain’s largest independent, regional news companies with a reach of over one million readers every week in print and online. It publishes two of the UK’s biggest-selling regional daily newspapers, the Express & Star and the Shropshire Star. MNA Media is committed to remaining a trusted, high-quality source of information via its online platforms.

Their focus now is to elevate the reader experience so that the relationship moves from casual reader to actively engaged subscriber. Mark Cadman, Head of Development at MNA Media, said: “We had several essential requirements for any new solution for our online sites. It needed to have proven experience in delivering registrations, demonstrable success at driving up page views and time on site, deliver an exceptional user experience, and offer many opportunities for engagement with our valued readers.”

With Viafoura’s Conversations, Live Blogs, Community Chat and Auto-Moderation, MNA Media will improve on-site engagement and build a subscription funnel by converting unknown users into known, registered users and, from there, into engaged subscribers.

Ensuring that MNA Media is successful and has an exceptional customer experience is Dalia Vainer, Viafoura’s Director of Customer Success. Dalia comments on Viafoura’s newest, notable partnership: “We’re looking forward to bringing a civil-first community to MNA media and re-engaging users like never before! We’re happy that MNA Media’s teams can have peace of mind with finely tuned real-time moderation, giving more time for editorial folks to develop hands-on operational practices to create a direct relationship with users”!

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 our products and consume our content because it’s important. They stay because they enjoy it” says Stanford. Most publishers dream of a community that sees and values everything they do. Atlas News has more than achieved that ideal. They’ve even had customers emailing them informing them of a loophole in subscription walls, and offering to pay back their subscription for the previous 4 months – all because they value the content Atlas News provides!

It is because of these achievements that Atlas News has set its new product introduction standards so high. Stanford noticed that “while our readership was high, we didn’t integrate our audience into our new platforms. I went on a deep dive to find a solution that could provide our customers with a more broad range of product offerings. We don’t see Viafoura as a tool, we see it as a product. A product we could leverage to generate more traffic, time on platform, and revenue. We have arguably one of the most dedicated and active communities in news. Our engagement rates are 8x of industry standard and bringing that social media engagement to our platform was the obvious next step. And Viafoura is the clear king of community engagement.”

For Atlas News, integrating Viafoura’s Conversations, Live Blogs, Community Chat, Trending Articles, and Moderation solutions is helping them reach new levels of engagement. Says Stanford, “It will not only affect our digital experience, it IS the digital experience. Reading articles and being informed is the passion in our community. But community engagement is where we really see our business come to life. Social media style features like comments, follows, upvotes and downvotes, are going to be an integral part of our growth and overall attractiveness to our community.”

Viafoura is also excited to work with Atlas News. Dalia Vainer, Director of Customer Success at Viafoura affirms how “we are looking forward to launching Viafoura core suite with Atlas’ unique younger demographic! We’ll be actively engaging their direct-to-user relationship on their owned and operated- something their audiences are used to with socials, but leading in a brand-safe and 1st party data forward way. What an exciting launch! “

icimédias digital properties drive new levels of engagement with Viafoura

icimédias is a group of 22 newspapers serving seven major regions of Quebec and Ontario, Canada: Chaudière-Appalaches, Estrie, Haut-Richelieu, Mauricie, Thetford, Victoriaville and Cornwall. They are the voice of thousands of citizens in their various regions.

As with many publishers, icimédias is experiencing challenges with enticing their digital readers to elevate their relationship from casual reader to actively engaged registered user. Says Marc-Noel Ouellette, General Director at icimédias, “our goal is to enhance the reader relationships while also collecting first-party data so that we can provide each reader with a unique and personalized experience”.

By integrating Viafoura’s Conversations, Live Blogs, Community Chat, Engagement Starter, Trending Articles, and Moderation solutions icimédias will have the means to drive new levels of engagement. Says Ouelette, “this will totally change our digital experience. We’re excited to enhance our relationships with our readers while ultimately driving unprecedented levels of conversions”.

Viafoura is equally excited to work with icimédias. Dalia Vainer, Director of Customer Success at Viafoura, is quoted saying “we are looking forward to launching the Viafoura suite of solutions with icimédias! While they are already close to their readers, we’ll be taking engagement to a whole new level with personalization and first-party data”.

Daily Herald brings vibrant, interactive communities to its digital property with Viafoura

Many publishers experience challenges with enticing their digital readers to elevate their relationship from casual reader to actively engaged subscriber. The Daily Herald is a publisher zealously conquering this challenge.

The Daily Herald, suburban Chicago’s largest daily newspaper, provides up-to-date breaking local and national news. While they did offer commenting to their readers via Facebook, those comments appeared on Facebook.com and not DailyHerald.com – depriving the Daily Herald of building a dialogue between their staff and their readers. By moving commenting to their property, the Daily Herald now offers a healthy and vibrant environment that facilitates community interaction.

Mark Stallings, Manager of Digital Operations at the Daily Herald, discloses “we conducted several exhaustive rounds of analysis during our search to find a replacement for our current commenting platform. We had a list of must-haves for any new commenting platform, and Viafoura was among a small group of vendors that met or exceeded our criteria. First and foremost, we wanted a vendor that placed commenting and social engagement at the core of their business. They needed to be well established, with a proven track record of delivering best-in-class solutions with the following features: reader personalization, strong moderation, simple user management, comprehensible reporting and analysis, and easy integration. After narrowing the list, we talked to other publishing company staff and industry groups to help us make the final decision.’

With Viafoura’s Conversations, Live Blogs, Community Chat, Auto-Moderation, and Full-Service Moderation, the Daily Herald will be increasing subscriber revenue, visitor’s time on site, the number of articles they read, and the number of times they return to engage with the content in a set interval.

Ensuring that the Daily Herald is successful and has an exceptional customer experience is Dalia Vainer, Viafoura’s Director of Customer Success. Dalia has the following comment regarding Viafoura’s newest partnership: “we’re excited that the Daily Herald has chosen Viafoura as its partner in community engagement! We’re looking forward to working together to create and grow a safe, moderated space that will provide peace of mind to internal teams and readers”.

Publimetro – engaging and growing new levels of community with Viafoura

Publimetro, Mexico, is a daily newspaper currently focused on Chile, Colombia and Mexico. It is one of several Metro World News Media Group companies that cover 14 countries, and 7 languages. Their unique and powerful content is a direct result of their specialized editors, who give their readers the best, up-to-the-minute coverage of national and international news, sports, and entertainment across multiple platforms.

Publimetro Mexico is looking to not only grow its audience, but to provide them with a personalized and engaging digital experience that will expand their time on site. Publimetro’s goal is to create an environment that will both engage and grow its communities, while enhancing its first-party data strategy. With the use of Viafoura’s full suite of services, including Conversations, Moderation, Trending Articles, Comment Counter, as well as Topic and Author Follows, Publimetro Mexico will be able to identify how users are interacting with the content as well as create new communities for those segments within its data ”.

With the active, high intent, first-party data now being collected through their engaged users, Publimetro Mexico will be able to diversify their revenue streams by building deep and valuable user segments that will drive in-line ad revenue.

“We are very excited to be expanding into Mexico and bringing secure, eclectic and profitable communities to Publimetro! We’re looking forward to converting users down the funnel and adding a new, growing layer of engagement” says Dalia Vainer, Director Customer Experience at Viafoura.

The New Daily drives engagement, first-party data, and revenue diversification with Viafoura.

The New Daily is an online, non-paywalled, Australian digital news site that was founded in 2013. It features content such as breaking news, politics, finance, entertainment, lifestyle, sports, and weather from Australia and around the World.

Like many publishers, The New Daily is keen to provide its readers with the opportunity to contribute their unique viewpoints to a vibrant and safe community. Ingrid von Bibra, Publisher, at The New Daily says they are “excited to increase user engagement whilst also providing their editorial team with valuable feedback and user insights”.

By implementing Viafoura’s Conversations, Live Blogs, Community Chat, Trending Articles, Topic Follows, and Moderation solutions, The New Daily is driving their first-party data strategy forward at an accelerated rate. With data generation now in hyperdrive, the team has access not only to traditional information such as PVs, Dwell Time, and RFV values, but extensive insight on user sentiment, interests, propensity, and community participation as well.

Viafoura is excited to be working with The New Daily. “The energy that The New Daily has brought to this initiative is palpable! We’re delighted to be their chosen partner for reimagining the audience experience and unlocking a new first-party data strategy” says Dalia Vainer,Director, Customer Experience.

As The New Daily continues to reap the rewards of Viafoura’s turn-keysolutions, nothing but positive outlooks remain for continued audiencegrowth, engagement wins, and revenue diversification.

La Voz del Interior is driving enhanced engagement experiences and improved subscription volumes with Viafoura’s solutions

La Voz del Interior is a daily Spanish language newspaper edited and published in Córdoba, Argentina. La Voz is the leading daily in Córdoba, and one of the most significant in Argentina outside of Buenos Aires.

La Voz is focused on providing its readers with an exceptional, personalized experience while also increasing their subscription volumes. With Viafoura’s Conversations, Live Blogs, Community Chat, and Moderation solutions, La Voz will be able to drive engagement across its audience while collecting significant volumes of first party data – enabling personalization and deep reader insight.

“The goal is to use the data to deliver content in line with each reader’s preferences” said Alan Porcel, Digital Platforms. But, it’s not just about personalization for La Voz, says Lisandro Guzman, General Editor and Multiplatform Chief: “We want to create a robust community of readers who contribute their point of view, engage in lively but civil conversations, and interact with our editorial team. We are excited to move forward and we know that with a growing, engaged community, and the data insights we’ll have, we will be driving readers through the funnel into subscriptions more easily.”

“We’re excited to welcome another LATAM publication into the Viafoura customer community,” said Dalia Vainer, Director, Customer Experience. “We know that access to first-party data is a top priority for the folks at La Voz del Interior, and can’t wait to see how the team leverages the data supplied by Viafoura to drive business strategy.”

HotNewHipHop focuses on showcasing artists and driving audience engagement with Viafoura

HotNewHipHop (HNHH) is an online publication that covers daily news about hip hop and pop culture, including streetwear, sports, and sneakers. In addition to its editorial news content, HotNewHipHop also produces original features and many video series. The site has been nominated multiple times for the BET Hip Hop Awards in the category, “The best Hip Hop Platform.”

HNHH empowers artists by letting them showcase their music to real hip hop fans while its members enjoy the latest and hottest in hip hop singles, mixtapes, videos and news. Saro Derbedrossian, CEO says that “HotNewHipHop is partnering with Viafoura so we can focus on providing our highly engaged community with a platform for lively discussions and civilized discourse, while also driving registrations and unlocking first party data. Our members will get an unparalleled personalized experience that will ensure they register, keep coming back and spend more time on our site.”

With the use of Viafoura’s full suite of services and features including Conversations, Custom Badging, AMA, Engagement Starter, and Automated Moderation, HotNewHipHop’s users will be able to build their identity on the HNHH platform. Whether it’s through sharing their opinions on the latest news, rating songs or album releases, the opportunities for registered users are endless.

“We’re very excited to partner with HotNewHipHop to bring a new layer of engagement and civility to their site,” says Dalia Vainer, Director of Customer Success. With their eclectic, unique and highly-engaged community, we’re looking forward to unlocking brand new first party data to feed back to their editorial, product and commercial teams! We’re also very proud to welcome another Canadian customer to our collective!”