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Welcome to Next Steps Marketing News & Notes. We are excited to announce that we have redesigned our website to reflect the changing role of audience marketing and how our company has evolved over the last two years.

The site emphasizes our commitment to building diverse streams of audiences for our clients. Please check out our new site www.nextstepsmarketing.com. We would love your feedback.

Sincerely,
Maire Walsh
Máire P. Walsh, Client Services Director




2009-2010 Industry Calendar
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PBAA Member Meeting, "All Things Ingram"
October 27th 2009, New York, NY
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WIPP Meet & Greet
October 27th 2009, San Francisco, CA
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Curtis Shelter Party
December 3rd 2009, New York, NY

Bullet WIPP Woman in Leadership Conference
January 29th 2010, San Francisco, CA
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Industry News

New Magazine Launches
Samir Husni has reported that 71 magazines launched in the month of September. This is good news and hopefully will help offset major closings including Gourmet magazine, a well know industry brand.


Major Industry Stakeholders to Create Digital Reader/E-Readers
Both publishers and retailers are investing in e-readers. Major publishers have joined forces to showcase the graphics and color of magazines. Meanwhile Barnes and Noble, will launch their own e-readers as soon as next month.

Such devices should help reach new audiences. John McLoughin, reported at Circ Day LA that "90% of online subscribers to Hearst magazines are new subscribers to their magazines." Expect price wars for e-readers to erupt as the e-reader market takes flight.



Sign of the Times: Disappearing Bookstores?
Grant Thorton LLP has predicted in a study that almost 500 bookstores will close in 2009. Of late, there has been increased order regulation (tightening of draws) due to credit risk associated with retailers including bookstores. This maybe further evidence of the need for new channels and platforms to drive retail sales.


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If Content is King, Then Audience is Queen
--our reflection and growth

A few years ago, circulators were simply trying to get eyeballs to their site. Now the game has changed. It's about developing strong affinity-based, responsive audiences. Circulators are uniquely positioned to excel in the world where data is readily available to be analyzed and used. Next Steps Marketing has been working to actively embrace and develop responsive audiences to best suit client needs. Our focus has changed.

Our new website reflects the new world of circulation and our change of focus, developing responsive audiences in every facet of our clients' business--online, in print, and at the newsstand.

Our goal with this new website is to reflect the new and exciting world that audience building is forming online, in print and at retail. It demonstrates how we solve audience-building challenges in a creative and customized way--using practical "call-to-action" marketing techniques--where the return is clearly measurable by clicks, email newsletter sign-ups, online subscription sales and requests, responses to direct mail, webinar/event attendance, whitepaper downloads, or sales at newsstand.

Our tagline "we get audiences" further defines our company's focus on helping media companies develop and implement strategies and promotions that maximize ROI from their various audience segments. Click on the homepage image above to check out our new site.


Mother Jones Sales Success
Congratulations to Mother Jones who witnessed a 14% increase in unit sales for the first half of 2009, as reported by ABC.

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Meet
the
TEAM


Mike
Mike Popalardo
415.773.1840
thea
Thea Selby
415.773.1841
Lisa Thomas
Lisa Thomas
908.343.9049
Gary
Gary Ting
415.773.2053
Maire Walsh
Máire Walsh
415.773.2044
Kim Wong
Kim Wong
415.773.2022

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