4. 5 Years Ago
Web Version
A “reproduction” of the print version
Hand-coded HTML
All call-outs were graphics
Time-consuming conversion
Lag of weeks or months (!) between print
and online versions
No feedback, i.e. web analytics
5. The Disconnect
Web site was an afterthought
Little integration with health sciences
web site or other campus web sites
No integration with news
No related links
Due to time lag, online magazines were
out of date by the time they appeared
– and print was already out of date
6. Where We Are Now
Past 3 Years:
Online Edition Print Edition
7. Past 3 Years
Web Version
Integrated with main Emory Health Sciences
web site
Updated via content management system
(CMS)
Entire publications team involved in putting
online, including editors who can tweak
Lag between print & web cut… to point often
web is ready first
Integration of multimedia
8. Past 3 Years
Web Version (cont.)
Addition of related links
Content re-use & sharing – with main site,
Emory.edu, school web sites, multimedia, etc.
Web analytics showing usage, trends, sites
links to magazines
iPad App
Emory Health Sciences Publications app
makes four main publications available
10. What Stats Show
Email blasts / promotions lead to spikes in
views
Promotion via school web sites helps greatly
Some stories retain popularity long after they
have run
Promotion via social media, features on web
sites can keep stories active between issues
Stories clearly not getting as much traffic as
they could
12. Where We’re Going
Story Page
• Clean design
• Focus on the article, not the
“chrome”
• Better formatting
• Built-in styles for captions
• Built-in styles for sidebars
• Related links stand out
• Table of Contents on story pages
• Designed to encourage
exploration
13. Coming Up Next
New stand-alone web site
Magazine-style site
Easy navigation more articles read
RSS feeds
Tracking
Finer tracking, i.e. audience
segmentation.
Use of Spectate to track “campaigns,”
i.e. new issues
14. Coming Up Next
University News Center
New way to get stories out there
Direct participation by editors on Emory
web site
Integration with Emory.edu site
Increased exposure more traffic
Also Continuing
iPad
Multimedia