What's New This Week

For Print and Digital Publishers

Create, Sell & Profit With Some of the Latest
Images, Layouts, Ideas & Industry News From Metro

(FOR OPTIMAL LINK RESULTS & BENEFITS, COMPUTER VS. MOBILE DEVICE VIEWING IS RECOMMENDED)

SELL IT NOW: GRADUATION

Celebrate Class of 2021 graduates in your community, and recognize their achievement through a uniquely challenging school year.

Greeting Ads – Sponsor-ready messages of congratulations
Gifts, Dining & More — Grad-geared ads, including curbside pickup and virtual event coverage
Photos, Headings & Art – Images ideal for building out more ads, pages and sections
Directory Design - Flexible format for showcasing gifts and dining, greetings or special offers
“Commencement 2021” Section — Cover design and yearbook-style page template for recognizing local grads

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CREATIVE SPACE

Images, ads and design shares for creative pros

SALES TOOLS

Ideas, events and tools to market new revenue opportunities

EDITORIAL TRENDS & TOPICS

Stories, sections, puzzles and features to engage readers and advertisers

DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT

Web and mobile content updates and best practices

“All About Pets” Themed Sites - Ready-to-launch digital revenue designed to complement the print section version for a coordinated sell
WEBSITE | DIRECTORY
AD DIRECTORY | LEARN MORE
Grow audience and digital ad sales in April using Multi-platform Ad Packages — View and link to print ads with web/mobile counterparts to coordinate ad sales efforts and improve results
“Best of the Best” Ad Directory — A success for Woodward News and its advertisers

REQUESTS & RESOURCES

Client-driven new uploads, training, FAQs and feedback

AROUND THE INDUSTRY

Success stories, samples, trends, association updates, events and more

Partner Updates

SECOND STREET + METRO = Coordinated Print & Digital Contests for Growing Both Audiences
“Local Teacher of the Year” - now available with print layouts and promo ad from Metro and digitally through Second Street
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EVVNT + METRO = Revenue-Driven Digital & Automated Print Event Calendars
Analysis of creating print event calendars manually leads to the development of the reverse-publishing-to-print solution that fully automates workflow, eliminates hours of production and delivers print-ready PDFs on a regular schedule.

PULSE + METRO = Paired Data & Creative Resources to Spur Ad Sales
For National Pet Month in April, approach related advertisers using audience buying data with teasers and targeted spec ads to close ad sales

RELEVANCE PROJECT + METRO = Collaborative Support for Helping Community Publishers Prosper
A Women’s History Month Tribute — The Relevance Project celebrates the women who lead newspaper and press associations in North America

Social Engagement

Loyalty Programs: A Bonus for You & Your Advertisers — Helping a local business implement and promote a rewards program can generate new revenue for both of you. To keep customers coming back more often, retailers should consider differentiating from the competition with loyalty programs. Learn more from these two articles…

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COMPANY NEWS & INFO

Check out our gallery of client websites currently growing digital traffic and revenue using Metro Themed Websites and Directories. Click any site to view more information and related links, including unlimited advertiser capacity and advertorial feature capability. To learn how you too can instantly start growing digital revenue with Themed Websites and Directories, call 800-223-1600 or email service@metro-email.com.

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We hope the targeted tools and ideas presented in this new weekly communication are helping you plan and execute valuable new revenue opportunities. Your input is always appreciated, so please let our Client Services Team know if you have any feedback, requests or suggestions here or at 800.223.1600.

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Metro provides a spectrum of advertising services and solutions that reach and affect nearly every facet of a publisher's operation. Metro's partnership with the media industry is based on a more than century-long relationship where, together, we identify what publishers need to be successful with their advertising endeavors and Metro responds with solutions.

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