Scottish Provincial Press Ltd.

“We decided to launch new web sites from scratch within a tight timescale – Pressflex made this process very easy. Our 10 new web sites have achieved our original goals and we are very much looking forward to developing these further with the team at Pressflex.”

Thelma Henderson
Assistant Managing Director, Scottish Provincial Press Ltd.

www.inverness-courier.co.uk
www.northern-scot.co.uk
www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk
www.northern-times.co.uk
www.lochaber-news.co.uk
www.forres-gazette.co.uk
www.banffshire-journal.co.uk
www.strathspey-herald.co.uk
www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk
www.highland-news.co.uk

The Pressflex Engine is:

Cost-effective

Measured by cost per million page views, Pressflex sites are the industry’s most cost-effective. Our commitment to excellence and emphasis on service is reflected in our prices: rather than charge a large upfront fee, Pressflex bills a smaller fee annually. The fee covers Pressflex’s data center, bandwidth, site registration, system administration, software usage, and training.

Rational

While traditional web-design firms build sites one-at-a-time, Pressflex serves publishers from a single, constantly evolving data-center and software platform. The client’s site is turnkey; clients need no technology, software or technical staff, only quality content, a web browser and the desire to succeed.

Powerful

Pressflex sites include features not yet used by some big daily newspapers and national magazines:

  • publication of full content, instantly sorted by section, journalist, or geographic area
  • categories and subcategories
  • password-protected content
  • rotating banner and button ads
  • automated e-mail updates to subscribers
  • comprehensive searchable archives
  • an automated online directory of partners and affiliate sites
  • reader polls
  • RSS feeds
  • an events calendar
  • easily revised print subscription forms
  • multi-purpose user data collection

Simple

Publishing one issue takes just one hour of an entry-level staffer’s time. By outsourcing site creation and maintenance to Pressflex, clients eliminate the need for all web hardware, software, webmasters, database administrators or designers.

Easy to manage

Traditional web sites are engineered by members of secretive guilds: the “sysadmin,” the “web master,” and the “page designer.” Do you have the time and stamina to manage these artisans? Pressflex speaks your language — using words like accountability, accuracy, and return-on-investment, rather than “CGI,” “DHTML” or “ODBC compliant.”

Traffic-boosting

E-mail updates and searchable archives guarantee site traffic will grow year after year. Standardized navigation ensures visitor comfort. And search-engine-friendly HTML and automated metatags for every article maximize placement in search engines.

Reliable

Pressflex understands that data is your most valuable asset. Our secure firewalls keep your data safe from prying eyes and tampering fingers. We use constant, real-time backups to protect it. And Pressflex’s team of system engineers has one job: To make sure your site is available 525,600 minutes a year.

Efficient

We specialize in serving publishers and excel in helping clients succeed online. Pressflex consultants know what news excites Internauts, which headline is effective for an e-mail newsletter, what publishing rhythm boosts traffic, what features best prompt revisits. Pressflex staffers save clients many hours finding, understanding and registering at search engines and directories that are crucial to building a site’s traffic. And Pressflex engineers administer each site’s hardware and software, fine-tuning constantly for performance and security.

Why do search engines matter?

Search engines give you access to 500 million internet users, including 33 million in the UK. The vast majority of these people have never heard of your magazine. Some of them would subscribe if only they knew it existed. By ranking highly in the most important search engines, you will no longer miss out on these searchers.

Estimated searches per month on Google (Pressflex research conducted in May, 2002):

  • 68,400 : accountancy
  • 11,400 : Asian London
  • 934.400 : estate agent(s)
  • 57,000 : FTSE
  • 22,800 : golf links
  • 5,700 : hen night
  • 85,500 : Inland Revenue
  • 17,100 : Joanna Lumley
  • 28,500 : Knightsbridge
  • 108,300 : Lloyds
  • 284,900: NHS
  • 68,400: Slough
  • 170,900: snooker
  • 163,800: UK magazine(s)
  • 11,400 : UK interior design

Will my web site cannibalise my print product?

No. Contrary to common wisdom, content-rich web sites bring more readers to the print product than they take away. Articles on your site provide content for search engines to index. An average Pressflex magazine web sites brings 500-1500 visitors each day, up to 80% of whom come from search engines. These visitors have likely never heard of your magazine and found it only when searching for a term covered in your publication. Your unique content will convert some of these visitors into subscribers. Pressflex clients get up to 25 new subscriptions per week. The break even level is 1-4 subscriptions, depending on your profit margin on each sale.

See also Pressflex’s survey on the marketing effect of lifestyle magazine web sites.

For more information please click here.

How long will it be before the first subscriptions start trickling in?

The Pressflex Marketing Engine typically begins delivering print subscriptions six weeks after launch. This is the period normally needed for search engines to register the site. Thanks to Pressflex’s focus on search-engine tuning both the database architecture and HTML structure of its Marketing Engine, once registered, clients rank high in the most important search engines. From then on out your site is cash flow positive, yielding an ROI of 200%-700%.

For more information please click contact us.

Why isn’t my current web site getting me print subscriptions?

Is your web site:
• filled with real content and updated regularly?
• search engine tuned for HTML and URL generation as well as database structure?
• ranked high in the most important search engines?
• hosted on a web server that has been optimised for serving search engine crawlers?

If ‘no’ or you are unsure, contact us.

Does your web site:
• include a subscription form with flexible payment options?
• Allow you to easily set up and manage multiple subscription packages?

If ‘no’, check out the Pressflex Subscription Engine or contact us.

Win up to 25 subscriptions a week

The Pressflex Marketing Engine is cheaper, faster and more effective than conventional promotion methods. The Pressflex technology can attract 2,000-8,000 new readers to your site each week. Convert just one a week into subscribers to break even on your investment.

Features:

  • Turnkey web publication
  • User-friendly management interface
  • Search-engine tuned technology
  • Subscription sales
  • E-mail newsletters
  • Searchable archives
  • User-proven: 100 clients
  • No software
  • No hardware
  • No new staff

Price: £3,600 per year Want to know more? Let one of our sales representatives know about your requirements, so that we can work together to see how best our solution can fit your need. For contacting our sales team please click here or call +36 1 328-0602.