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Ad Sales Genius is a technology-driven, 100% mobile device compatible CRM solution built from the ground up to support sales, production, and accounting across 250+ types of media properties spanning publishing, out-of-home, event/expo planning, and digital advertising. Fully integrating with many industry-standard software platforms and services, our software is built on the belief that a sales tool is only as powerful as each team member’s ability to use it to its highest potential. That’s why we are 100% dedicated to providing personalized onboarding, first-class support, and regular proactive updates to address emerging industry needs.

Broadstreet is the industry-leading Ad Manager built for direct sales teams. Voted #1 by news, magazine and CRMA publishers on G2Crowd, it drives direct digital sales of display ads and sponsored content. Clients include Today Media, MyNorth, St Louis Magazine, Moffly Media, New Jersey Monthly, and many others.

For more than two decades, Castle Connolly has been America’s trusted source for the identification of Top Doctors. The company helps consumers and businesses to find and access the very best in American medicine. Castle Connolly is proud of its long-term relationships with 40+ CRMA magazines for their annual Top Doctors features.

Circulation Verification Council is an independent, third-party reporting audit and readership study company. CVC audits over 1,700 editions with a combined circulation of more than 55 million, including most CRMA members. CVC audits cover printing, distribution, circulation, websites, digital editions, mobile, email, social media and readership studies.

CMG provides publishers of many of the world’s leading magazine brands with comprehensive retail sales, circulation marketing, billing/collection and supply chain solutions for the Mass market, International and Specialty market newsstand channels.

DataJoe is a time-saving and revenue-generating software platform. City magazines use DataJoe to automate voting and tallying for reader’s-choice Best lists (such as top doctors, lawyers, dentists, and best of the city), saving tens or hundreds of hours a year. DataJoe also provides automated online publishing and e-commerce tools for best of presentation. In this capacity, DataJoe offers multiple related online revenue streams, including enhancements, e-commerce, and other methods.

Digital Rocket Engines are market intelligence tools that are created exclusively for city and regional magazine publishers.  We provide robust databases to help grow your audience and boost digital revenue.

Five Star Professional conducts market research to define and promote professional excellence in Wealth Management, Real Estate, Mortgage Professionals and Home & Auto Insurance. The Five Star designation assists consumers in selecting a service professional that other consumers say provides exceptional client satisfaction and service. Five Star Professional joins forces with CRMA to promote Five Star-designated professionals in more than 45 markets across the United States.

For over 30 years, Hudson Group has provided travelers across the continental U.S. and Canada with the items they need and the brands they trust. Our portfolio of brands include our iconic Hudson and Hudson News stores as well as proprietary and branded specialty stores and food & beverage locations. With our core purpose to be the Traveler’s Best Friend, we keep customers at the heart of our business.

January Spring is a B2B digital marketing agency that works with niche publishers to grow their membership, event attendance, and subscribers using a proven combination of targeted, programmatic display, social media and search. We act as the back-office marketing technology and service provider for our publishers. As a natural extension of publisher partnerships, we offer best-of-breed digital products for their advertisers – 100% margins, no minimums or set-up fees. We are members of Niche Alliance, CRMA, SIPA and a Brain Swell Ad Sales Nation Sponsored Partner.

JK Associates (est. 1992) independently supports publishers to successfully navigate through the challenging and changing newsstand industry. We pride ourselves in handling each of our client’s magazine distribution as if it were our own. Joe Luca and Triva Bridges have 50+ years of newsstand experience. With city and regional magazines, every store counts, which requires regular hands-on review, ensuring markets are properly covered. Whether looking for a team to manage your complete newsstand distribution or simply seeking additional support to supplement your existing team with regular maintenance and management, we can personalize our services to meet your needs.

LaunchPad Media Management is a cloud solution that integrates CRM, AR/billing, order entry, production, reporting and web analytics into a single software solution. Our LaunchPad Media Intelligence reporting platform is the industry leader when it comes to creating and saving customized reports. LaunchPad is able to easily integrate with audience database and other 3rd party services via APL.

Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, MagHub is a product of Aysling Solutions, responsible for providing software solutions for managing complex operational processes. MagHub is the innovative, adaptive CRM/ERP and publishing workflow tool that helps media publishers improve their media businesses, whether they’re print or digital. Based in the cloud, MagHub is easy to deploy, use, and manage, and offers top-level support and assistance to all clients who may need it. MagHub is the only media publication CRM/ERP/Publishing Tool that any publisher needs to run a successful business from sales to production.

Learn more about MagHub at: www.maghub.com

Palm Coast Data provides a strategically engineered mix of digital, online and traditional technologies that acquire, retain and grow customer relationships – and increase revenue – for the nation’s leading magazine publishers, memberships, non-profit organizations, government agencies and other direct marketers. Palm Coast Data performs fulfillment and contact center services, including subscriber list and database management, payment and order processing, accounting, mailing services, customer service, business intelligence solutions, print and digital marketing solutions, and product fulfillment warehousing, processing and distribution.

People Centric Consulting Group is a management consulting firm based in Springfield, Missouri that implements people-focused solutions to common business challenges and helps to develop future organizational leaders. People Centric Consulting Group helps small and mid-sized businesses achieve the next level of growth through strategic planning, leadership development and process improvements.

At PopMount, we produce museum-quality plaques, banners, reprints and more to showcase your content. Choose from a variety of plaques: glass, acrylic or our unique modern mount. We partner with publishers to promote your brand and content to your readers. Let us set up your custom e-commerce site to sell directly to consumers or buy from us wholesale and do the re-selling on your own terms – either way you will connect with your readers and bring your revenue back home.

Professional Research Services (PRS) is a nationally operating research firm located in Troy, Michigan. The company conducts peer-review surveys of professionals to determine the top doctors, dentists, lawyers, chiropractors and realtors within a specific geographical area. PRS then licenses this data to city and regional magazines and other media outlets around the country. PRS’ listings have been featured in magazines nationwide including Honolulu Magazine, Seattle Met, Rhode Island Monthly, Sacramento Magazine, (201) magazine, New Orleans Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine and Hour Detroit.

Pugpig is the publishing platform behind the biggest (and not so big) names in magazines, from Foreign Affairs to Conde Nast Traveler and from Tortoise to The Economist, we provide publishers with everything they need to launch fully hosted paid websites and apps in a matter of days.

M & A advisory services dedicated to the regional print and online media.

SFG is a technology, marketing and operational services provider, uniquely suited to city and regional magazines. We offer a real-time relational database, partnership-focused culture, flexible system, leading-edge technology, and high-touch customer care.

Site Impact’s Private Label Email Data & Technology solutions have been powering major marketing and media companies for nearly 10years. Offering in-house developed technology, Site Impact streamlines an advertiser’s capabilities from selling a standard print ad in the paper to providing geo-targeted, hyper-local, email marketing and digital advertising.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

The Magazine Manager® of Mirabel Technologies is the global leader of publishing CRM solutions. Serving more than 15,000 publications and media companies worldwide, this flexible web-based software app drastically reduces overhead costs and manpower hours by connecting sales, production and billing into one simple package.

“The Weeks Group”, a team of industry trained sales leaders with a real passion for selling your media solutions. We create a media package and sales strategy and then sell 6 months and 12 months contracts on the front line with your sales team. We have earned a powerful reputation in the industry for delivering real revenue results. Our 1-week revenue events have generated millions of dollars in new ad revenues for the media industry. We are paid based on revenue results.

With our partner circulation of over one million and total print reach of nearly ten million readers in all 50 states, Top Dentists produces the most recognizable list of dentists in America. We provide lists to magazines on a license fee and or revenue sharing basis.

Has your media company hit a roadblock?  If you’re not sure what’s holding you back or how to act on ideas you have for growth, Tunney Media Solutions can help put the pieces together with creative, strategic solutions.  Through her consulting business, seasoned media professional, Leslie Tunney combines executive-level experience with a hands on approach to assist publishers in such areas as operations review, revenue growth, events, new products and more.  As a former Publisher and past president of CRMA, Leslie knows your business and the challenges you’re facing.  Through actionable insights she can get your business back on track.