America's Newspapers is honored to welcome four new Solutions Partners into membership.
New members are:
AdPerfect — AdPerfect provides robust obituary and marketplace platforms to local media companies, including a seamless self-serve process for subscribers, readers and viewers. With obituaries, local media titles and publishers can connect to 70% of the funeral market and it is free to use. Additionally, AdPerfect has a powerful e-commerce engine that allows family and friends to purchase memorial products and more. The self-serve process enables customers to place ads, online, 24/7 without the need for a call center. The simple and easy-to-use self-serve process offers the best-in-class self-serve engine to drive incremental ad revenue, of which the local media brand keeps 100%. Matthew Ipsan is general manager and can be reached at matthew.ipsan@adperfect.com.
Aptitude Software — Aptitude Software provides best-of-breed subscription management and finance digitalization solutions to publishers with complex business models and operational challenges. Where others see complexity, Aptitude Software sees possibility and partners with publishers to accelerate digital transformation, optimize operational efficiencies and drive reader revenues for both print and digital. Its solutions power the entire subscriber and revenue lifecycle, arming publishers with the flexibility to boost subscriber acquisition, optimize revenue growth and maximize retention, while unlocking extensive data insights to shape growth strategies. Aptitude Software's highly configurable tools enable publishers to simplify the complexities of launching print and digital product bundles, promotions and price plans, and launch to market in a matter of minutes. Shane Webster is marketing campaign manager and can be reached at shane.webster@aptitudesoftware.com.
United Robots — United Robots is the world’s leading content-as-a-service solution for automated editorial content. The company provides automated editorial content from structured data using data science and AI, including NLG (Natural Language Generation). United Robots has provided some 100 news sites with more than 4 million automated texts since launch in 2015, on topics like real estate sales, sports, company registrations and traffic incidents. United Robots works as a partner to publishers in Scandinavia, Europe and North America who are using robots as newsroom resources to launch new verticals, drive conversions, provide real-time services, do geo targeting and more. Cecilia Campbell is CMO and can be reached at cecilia.campbell@unitedrobots.ai.
Vendasta — Vendasta is an end-to-end commerce platform for local media experts who market, sell, bill, fulfill and deliver digital ads solutions to small and medium businesses. Vendasta offers a full suite of digital must-have products and solutions. It is a proven resource for newspapers, Yellow Pages, radio, web agencies and more. Using the white-label Vendasta Marketplace, its media clients can start selling products under their publisher solutions brand right away, and get a leg-up in their local market. Going to market is easy with Vendasta support teams and out-of-the-box products and services. Anna Galak is integrated marketing manager and can be reached at agalak@vendasta.com.
