Audience Building, B2B, Courses, Memberships & Subscriptions

The secret sauce to high-end B2B subscription sales

Alisa Cromer February 8, 2024

One of the few niche media companies that obtain almost 100 percent of revenues from subscriptions is AP Now, a newsletter that covers everything related to accounts payables aimed at corporate employees who manage accounts payable and CPAs. AP Now was the only subscription-only revenue model in the Niche Revenue Snapshot Survey from NichePublisher.biz. Here’s how they do it.

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Categories: Audience Building, B2B, Courses, Memberships & Subscriptions

The Ultimate Guide to Selling Lead Magnet Advertising

Let's get creative! We researched more than a hundred different lead magnet campaigns to find the best ideas that command top dollars from niche advertisers, and how they did it.

First, to define the terms: A lead magnet is simply gated information a publisher creates that is valuable enough to persuade the audience to leave their contact information.

Advertisers will invest 2 to 5x the cost of a major campaign and in some cases $30,000 to $50,000 - for publishers to create the content, host the lead capture page or system, and deliver the leads generated. They, too, are worried about Google Zero.

The Lead Magnet itself could be a white paper, e-book, video, podcast, or webinar — as long as there is a “hook” that attracts the audience to exchange their contact info for access.

Steal these ideas: Below is a list of the most powerful peer-shared ideas for lead magnet campaigns from case studies and research.

Alisa Cromer August 6, 2025

Niche Revenue Benchmarks: Key Findings and Growth Opportunities

The 2025 Niche Revenue Benchmark report gives new metrics for rev@employee and title, plus the five top opportunities for niche publishers, and key tips from over-performers. Think you know niche media? This report will keep you up to date on where the industry is headed, with links to case studies on publishers who are overperforming. Leave with practical strategies to grow the most valuable revenue streams.

Alisa Cromer January 3, 2024

Four publishers who turned newsletters into a core revenue stream

To turn newsletter revenues into 30% or more of company revenues requires a shift in thinking. These four publishers with major revenues from newsletters get three things right:

A. Content/frequency/audience B. Products, and C. Techstack

Four publishers who get these three factors right explained how they built their models.

Alisa Cromer July 2, 2025

White paper: Recent research on the value of print advertising

How should niche media, dominated by magazine brands, talk to advertisers about the value of print?

It’s a tricky issue. On the one hand, print sales continue to decline in the face of reduced advertiser demand. Media brokers place almost no value on profitable print advertising sales. This white paper shows all the research you need, with sources and links to use.

Alisa Cromer January 1, 2024

Best visual ideas for sales promotions: A showcase

We looked at hundreds of sales promotions and media kits for teh best visual ideas and showcase them here.

Alisa Cromer September 10, 2024

Simpler Digital pricing & Packaging – Worksheets Included

We created some worksheets in Google Sheets to use to create digital ad pricing and packages that are unique, high value, and meet your revenue goals. Here's how to do it, with three overall revenue models that all have built-in scarcity. Copy and make them your own.

Alisa Cromer September 13, 2023

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