Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing Community Newspapers Since 1885
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.
Jun 4, 2021
Now is the time for newspapers to step back into this important role and lead the way in promoting unity and innovation as local businesses seek to re-establish themselves in the minds of their consumers. ...
Jun 1, 2021
When newspapers are at their best, they solve problems in a community. With the news that there is an employee shortage, your paper might be uniquely positioned to provide a solution for that problem, ...
May 7, 2021
Roland Daniel, a savvy real estate broker in Georgia, took advantage of space offered to him at a great discount by brothers Buff and Vance Leavy of The Brunswick (Georgia) News and turned it into ...
May 1, 2021
Cathi Utley, VP of Lakeway South and publisher of the Hermann (Missouri) Advertiser Courier, and Mike Kolbe, advertising director of Harlan Newspapers in Harlan, Iowa, share their recent successes ...
Apr 9, 2021
It’s no secret that attracting younger readers, especially the 20-35 crowd, has never been an easy sell for newspapers. Jane Ashley Pace, publisher of The Oldham Era in Lagrange, Kentucky, ...
Mar 19, 2021
Regardless of what it’s called, sponsored content is simple for the newspaper to create and, best of all, it is popular with advertisers and readers. I first found keen interest in this type of ...
Jan 25, 2021
These are unusual times we are going through and, while there is always a need for good newspapers and good news coverage, this is also a time when businesses are looking for innovation and creativity ...
Jan 12, 2021
Part of being the ad professional is also creating unique and different opportunities to advertise a merchant’s products and services. That’s when our role as newspapers must be stretched to ...
Jan 6, 2021
Giving readers a reason to read your classifieds — and sometimes even moving content out of that section permanently — can engage readers in a new way, help generate readership and show your ...