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According to the State of Digital Publishing, in 2022, video content will drive 65% of digital publishing! That’s a massive opportunity for publishers as well as creators to explore and monetize.

What better way is there to understand the trends in video content than a veteran who’s been involved in innovating, growing, and scaling one of the largest video streaming platforms - Dailymotion. Coming with 19 years of experience and in-depth knowledge in the media industry, Antoine Nazaret will drop some knowledge bombs in today’s FewWords episode around:

Who should listen to this episode?

Independent creators and aspiring creators who want to navigate growth and monetization.

In this episode, we are joined by Simon Owens - a media and publishing veteran, who has moved on to become an independent creator in recent years. He brings with him a chest full of learnings and will be sharing them with everyone in today’s episode.

The episode covers:

This episode is perfect for those who are looking to start and grow their content (publishing or media) business because we are joined by David Arkin and Jed Williams - two media veterans and now co-founders of a niche content company called Checkout DFW. In this episode of FewWords, David and Jed share with us:

Relocating can be challenging - identifying the right house, community, locality, medical services, schools, and every other necessity to support one’s lifestyle. But if you’re moving to North Dallas, you can ignore these worries because Checkout DFW has all the information.

Started by David Arkin and Jed Williams, Checkout DFW is a first-of-its-kind real estate and local recommendations product that helps locals live more enjoyable lives.

In this episode, we have Alan Hunter, the co-founder of HBM Advisory, a strategy consultancy that helps businesses make the most of their content. Prior to setting up HBM Advisory, Alan served as Head of Digital at The Times and The Sunday Times for seven years from 2013. He was responsible for the titles’ journalistic output in digital, both on and off-platform, and also led their digital transformation, both in terms of strategy and newsroom organization, as they moved to a subscription-first model. Digital subscriptions more than doubled – to 366,000 – during his time as Head of Digital. So today, Alan will elaborate on:

- What was the impact of introducing subscriptions at The Times

- How talent requirements have evolved in newsrooms in the last few years

- How The Times managed churn when he was the Head of Digital

- How newsrooms can drive the quality of their content

- Opinion on subscription traps

So you've decided to go down the subscription road? Great! Whether you've already selected a paywall vendor or are still exploring vendors, you will soon face an inevitable challenge - change management! Implementing a paywall, managing change, building new processes, and enabling teams on them will eventually define the success of this implementation.

In today's episode, we have Sonali Verma, Director of Business Development at Sophi.io, part of The Globe and Mail. She played a key role in building Sophi, ensuring its adoption at The Globe and Mail, and delivering enough success internally to warrant selling the platform to publishers worldwide. Sonali will talk about:

Keen to explore Sophi further, you can write to Sonali's team at [email protected]

In today’s information age, there is no bigger differentiator than quality content - this is especially true for creators and publishers whose business depends on it. But consistently churning out quality content requires a solid, well-oiled process. But what does such a process even look like? Listen to Sophia Solanki, CEO & Founder of Narrato share her thoughts on building a high-performance content creation process.