Month: August 2008

Using "Engagement" as a Media Planning Metric

Posted dmkalmanPosted in Brand Community Media Strategy, Custom Media, Custom Publishing, Publishing Strategy

Rules of Engagement In selling advertising, publishers often promote as a key benefit the value of engagement. This term is understood to mean the quality of a consumer’s experience of a publication, with the clear implication that the greater the engagement, the greater the value to the advertiser in terms of ad performance. AdAge.com recently […]

Custom Publishing Review: Healthy Pet Magazine

Posted dmkalmanPosted in Brand Community Media Process, Brand Community Media Strategy, Custom Media, Custom Publishing, Custom Publishing Review

A Perfect Balance Have you seen Healthy Pet magazine, published by Zoasis of Huntington Beach, California? A 36-page full color magazine, Healthy Pet arrived with a personalized half-cover announcing that it’s time for Joey — my cat — to come in for a check-up. I assume I was placed on the Healthy Pet mail list […]