Points Mentioned, "Sandy"
We are proud to introduce Points Mentioned, a fully automated geocoding service that creates maps from your news content.
How to Post a New Story to Your Website
Start by clicking the "login" button at the top of your newspaper's homepage, then enter your username and password.
Overview of Web Ad Units
So, you want to advertise online, but don't know where to start or whats possible on your site. Luckily, Our-Hometown's web advertising platforms can handle just about any ad graphic you design. But to give you some direction, we recommend the following standard ad sizes.
Web Analytics with Piwik
Piwik is a Web Analytics application that can be used to measure traffic statistics on your newspaper website.
How to Create a Featured Advertiser
Click to video above to learn "How to Create a Featured Advertiser"
Advertiser Profile
Your Paper on Newspanel
Our-Hometown is proud to introduce our latest product for the iPad and tablet market, Newspanel.
Upselling Your Display Ads
Upselling your display ads is an opportunity for you to create new revenue streams by providing added value and market reach to your advertisers online.
Your New Story Editor
Our-Hometown's new story editor allows publishers to add and edit articles through an improved user interface with additional functions for saving and navigating the editor.
Journatic scandal and a homegrown newspaper outsourcing story
The recent fake byline scandal told the story of Journatic a firm that outsources local newspaper content production overseas. In contrast, Our-Hometown.com also outsourcing services to newspapers, hires strictly in the US. "We like to keep the paperwork simple", said Stephen Larson CEO of Our-Hometown, Inc., "plus, I always felt if you had to chase cheap labor overseas, you're doing the wrong stuff, for me anyway". Mr. Larson was recently featured on PBS Innovation Trail.
