Abe Peck Receives
Lifetime Achievement Award
Medill school
professor
Abe Peck
Eclectic professor, writer, B2B editorial consultant to be honored at national conference.
Veteran Northwestern University journalism professor worked for daily newspapers, alternative press, Rolling Stone — yet is also strong advocate for B2B media.
ASBPE Foundation Sets Training Priorities
Scholarships, new-media training are top goals.
The ambitious education plan for ASBPE’s new nonprofit foundation includes sponsoring on-site seminars with publishing companies and funding online learning programs. The Foundation will also endow an academic chair and fund scholarships for students seeking careers in B2B journalism.
Learn more about the Foundation’s plans.
Taking Your
Webcasts
to the Next Level
Members can access PowerPoint slides from this webinar.
Go to our the Members Only section to get webcast files.
Latest Tip Sheet
Managing the Editor-Freelancer Relationship in the Digital Age
Both editors and freelancers will benefit from this summary of advice from an ASBPE webinar.
Included are tips on:
- finding and retaining good writers
- getting and keeping new freelance clients
- writing and editing for the Web.
Members: Download the Tip Sheet here
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ASBPE members get 15% off webinar services from Beacon Live.
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March/April Newsletter
Now Available
Members can download a PDF of complete issue.
This issue includes:
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ASBPE Foundation
Charitable priorities: Stay on top of new media, close consumer-business gap at J-schools -
National Editorial Conference: Sessions, speakers announced
Conference devoted to print and digital -
What wins a book publisher’s heart?
Previous ASBPE presidents offer lessons about getting published
Includes:
Five tips for getting your book published -
Looking to launch a new publication?
Three guidelines to ensure proper fit with your product mix
Plus:
Business plan considerations -
To pay or not to pay?
Do you use one of these Web models or something in between? Here’s how 1to1 and ENR magazines do it
Go to the newsletter archives.
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Other Exclusive ASBPE Research
- Survey on editorial ethics
- Report on ad-related editorial pressures
- Special report on electronic rights
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ASBPE Names Top B2B Magazines, Web Sites
‘Best of the Best’ to be announced at July 24 awards banquet.
As part of its 30th Azbee Awards of Excellence celebration, ASBPE has named the top business-to-business magazines since 2000 and the top five B2B Web sites since 2002.
One overall best Web site and one B2B magazine winner in each of two circulation divisions — 80,000 and over, and below 80,000 — will be announced at the Azbee Awards of Excellence banquet in Kansas City July 24.
The top B2B magazines and sites.
Country Club Plaza,
Kansas City
Conference Sessions, Speakers Announced
Conference devoted to print and digital; make plans for July 24–25 in Kansas City.
Sessions will address job satisfaction, leadership, training; interactive and how-to sessions will help editors juggle increasing print and digital responsibilities.
Full roster of conference sessions.
New York
June 6
Survivor:
B2B Media
Develop the multitasking skills you’ll need to keep from being voted off B2B multimedia island.
With the prospect of recession — and job cuts — on the horizon, having a the right skill set is crucial. At our next event, find out what’s expected of B2B editors, reporters and freelancers in today’s multimedia world and how you can enhance your value in the marketplace.
May 22
Making Your Web Site
Work for You
Learn how to improve your site’s performance at our next chapter event.
- Have you struggled with enticing readers to visit the web site?
- Has sales been challenged to prove the value of web advertising?
- Did you devalue print advertising by pricing web advertising too low?
If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, you'll want to consider attending this important workshop.
Making Your Web Site Work for You workshop details.
Houston
May 27
Content Management:
What Editors Need to Know
Understanding content management can keep your skills valuable in the digital world.
As companies concentrate more on the web, they’re using content management systems and processes to make content more “agnostic,” crossing over between print and online. At our next meeting, you’ll learn:
- web terms and lingo.
- how to be part of the workflow process from inception.
Where To Put Those Ads
Bon Appetit recently ran Starbucks ads in its masthead; Paste put BMW ads in the folio line. Have they gone to far?
Magazines and newspapers are facing more pressure to cooperate with the advertising department. Chapter VP Nikki Golden points to these and other recent developments and asks what the standards should be.
Where do you draw the line on the editorial/advertising divide?
Our chapters:
From the
ASBPE National Blog
ASBPE
president
Steven Roll
Save the Date:
ASBPE National
Conference
The conference comes to Kansas City July 24-25.
Topics and workshops include:
- editorial multitasking in the digital age.
- hands-on sessions on producing podcast and video.
- practical tips for rebuilding poorly written articles.
Keynote speaker Paul Conley will talk about Web-first publishing and B2B publishing issues.
To
Compete or Cooperate?
Time to Reassess
We compete with other media for audience time, but they can be our allies — and that doesn’t just include the Web.
Even unexpected media like radio can serve as venues for B2B content, says guest blogger Tom Temin. And often those media can work together with publications and promote one another’s work.
ASBPE blogger
Tonie Auer
Behind the Times — and I Don't Mean the NY Times
When Microsoft Word starts losing its gold-standard status, you know no technology is forever.
It can be hard to keep up with new technology and stay competitive. Now, one of the mainstays of business tech — MS Word — may be falling out of favor. What’s an editor to do?
Katy Tomasulo
Helpful Sites
Want the latest publishing gossip? Looking for that perfect phrase? Try these resources.
ASBPE board member Katy Tomasulo shares her favorite blogs, plus sites to aid you in copyediting, grammar, and writing.
Writing Better
Good advice from author Paula LaRocque.
Here are 17 quick tips that can help anyone improve their writing.
TABPI president
Paul Heney
International Young Leaders Scholarships Announced
Editors from London, South Africa, will attend ASBPE National Conference.
The winners of the international component of ASBPE ’s scholarship program are:
- Andy Hoskins, deputy editor of an award-winning travel magazine, and
- Kate Rau, recently named editor of South Africa’s only publication focused on sales.
U.S.-based Young Leaders Scholarship winners will be announced soon.
Latest Listings in Our
Exclusive Job Database
- WRITER/EDITOR, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC
- EDITOR/WRITER, BNA, Arlington, VA
- WEB EDITOR FOR TRAVEL WEBSITE, Metro Atlanta Publishing Company, Norcross, GA
- EXECUTIVE EDITOR, Soundings Trade Only, Essex, CT
- WEB EDITOR, EEI Communications, Bethesda, MD
- ASSISTANT EDITOR, GIE Media, Richfield, OH
- ASSOCIATE EDITOR, Association Management Center, Glenview , IL
- SENIOR EDITOR, Royal Media Group, New York, NY
Click for full details on these and other positions.
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- Submit an ad to our database.
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