Most publishers strive to maintain a presence on social media, with the expectation that it will increase traffic to their websites, and therefore increase revenue. In addition to paying for social media managers, they also often encourage their writers to post regularly on their own personal accounts (meaning reporters are spending time marketing instead of reporting). There is little evidence this actually increases revenue beyond the cost of supporting that presence (if that).

Anita Robinson, who publishes a stream about working in social media (notd.io/s/workinginsocialmedia) allowed us to publish her tips on promoting your stream here. Even the biggest stars on the biggest networks promote their latest posts, here are suggestions for getting more visibility for your stream.

Notd now lets any government agency, at any level, publish streams that will be free for anyone to subscribe. We are allowing these free streams as a public service, so that local, state, and federal governments can expand their audience when they need to provide important information. If you work for a government agency and want to publish a Public Service stream, read the rest of this post for the (simple) instructions). Notd streams allow for longer posts, higher resolution images, and no ads. Also, all of your posts will always be visible to all of your subscribers, as we do not use algorithms to determine what users see in their feeds.

You don't have to rely on ad-funded networks to create your own on-line community or group. Notd makes it easy to build a place for people to discuss a common interest, without your profiles and posts being mined for personal data.

Notd’s network has dozens of unique features, all designed specifically to benefit writers and news publishers. Whether you cover local news or want to discuss the physics of the multiverse, there’s a place for you to write and a great way for readers to find you.

How many $5/month newsletter subscriptions do you have? Or $40/year magazine subscriptions? Not that many, right? Because it all adds up. That’s why, on Substack, only writers who already have a large fan base are making significant money.

Notd was built to help you publish and earn revenue from blogs and newsletters. Monetizing is easy, whether you have an existing fan base or are just starting out.

Notd provides bloggers an easy way to publish and, if they want, generate income from their creativity. Set a subscription price and keep 90% of the revenue – without any credit card fees. We incorporated fantastic features you won’t find elsewhere and a searchable network to help promote your content. Explore why blogging on Notd is different!

Social networks have not proven to be a profitable platform for news publishers, and in many instances have reduced their revenue. Also, news that is distributed in two-sentence chunks is often not accurately communicated nor comprehended by readers. A better way to supplement the reach of a publisher website and revenue is on public publishing networks, like notd.io, which demonstrates the value of a network over a platform.

For people who are just learning about Notd, we've described our features that are not available on other public publishing networks. We added them over time, while virtually nobody had heard of Notd, because we believe they improve the experience of writers and readers.