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Great Ideas

NNA’s best and brightest publishers have made the Great Idea Exchange session of the Annual Convention a huge hit for more than a decade. These terrific success stories, along with other great ideas we find throughout the year, are available to NNA members 24/7. And, members are encouraged to submit and share their great ideas at any time to grow this valuable resource.

NNA Director of Creative Resources Robert M. Williams Jr. is available for consultation on how to create more revenue, help you deal with inevitable newspaper issues or be a sympathetic ear for NNA members looking for an experienced publisher to listen. Email him at robert@nna.org or call (912) 281-5438 from 10 a.m -3 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday. 

Looking for an ad idea? Check around your office, and $$$ are hiding right in plain sight!

Feb 17, 2022

All of us are looking for ways to increase our revenue. Many of us, though, sometimes need a gentle reminder of opportunities that have always been right there in front of us.

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Got a health-conscious market? Help your readers show how they keep themselves that way!

Feb 1, 2022

Few phrases like this one can make a busy merchant perk up and pay attention to what you’re telling them. Most important, they can then give you a quick “yes” so you can proceed to exposing ...

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Good times or bad times, great ideas always sell

Jan 12, 2022

Here are the testimonies of several community newspaper publishers from around the country. Yes, there’s some doom and gloom here, but I also see optimism that sales upturns are still out there to ...

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Innovative, creative content is every newspaper’s real stock in trade

Dec 15, 2021

The Strickers believe their effort for feature stories is worth it. While the newspaper industry in general has struggled with declining circulation, the Okawville Times has had an increase in circulation, ...

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Book sales at your office? Why not?!

Dec 1, 2021

The Gazette published a book almost 20 years ago that continues to sell today. Use your office as a place to sell your books and other media. You might be surprised by the results.

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Print is king at Leader Publications in Missouri, but digital is definitely an enhancement

Nov 23, 2021

“Everything we do on each social media is designed to drive traffic to our website,” explains Peggy. “And our website is designed to showcase the broad depth of the coverage offered ...

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Old ideas can be brought back to create new dollars

Oct 29, 2021

The Money Tree is the newest name for a very old idea. 

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Looking for a way to give some spark to your next congratulatory sig page? Jeremy Waltner shows how it’s done!

Oct 5, 2021

The trick has often been how can our latest sig page be something our readers will not only notice, but will appreciate, even enjoy, and our merchants will be grateful they chose to be a part of it. 

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No photo goes unused or unsold with Cathi Utley’s newspaper

Sep 3, 2021

Cathi has created between $4,000 and $5,000 in new revenue in recent years through sponsorship of her collection of images taken at virtually any school function: ballgames, plays, you name it. 

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