An Editor’s Nightmare

Yesterday I was working on processing articles for our Oct. 2012 issue ofCarolina Arts and I came to one which will show at the Vista Studios in Columbia, SC, and it struck me – I left an article out last month. I remember receiving the press release, I remember working on the press release because ... Read More

Tracking the Numbers of the September 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts

Well – it’s official – holidays that fall at the very beginning of the month are real bummers for online newspaper distribution. Labor Day weekend took the wind out of our sails and we never recovered. Our total downloads for September were 37,344. That’s better than the damage the July 4th weekend did making our ... Read More

Carolina Arts Has Facebook Envy

I don’t know what it is but Facebook and I don’t get along. Maybe it’s because I ignored it for so long, but when we converted to an online paper, people told us – we need to get on Facebook. Unfortunately after setting up the page, I did something (don’t let me near your computer) ... Read More

The Feb. 2011 Issue of Carolina Arts is Available Now

We have just uploaded the Feb. 2011 issue of Carolina Arts(www.carolinaarts.com). Downloading the entire PDF file is the best way to view the paper – then you can enlarge the pages to any size you like. That’s what 9,000 people did last month. This month the paper is 51 pages or 50 and 1/8. Our ... Read More

Tracking Internet Numbers on the New Online Version of Carolina Arts

From the minute we first talked with some of our longtime advertisers about taking Carolina Arts totally online, the question asked was – “How will I know how many people see my ad?” An important question for all advertisers, but one hard to answer for any media outlets. A few days ago I went to ... Read More

First Blog

I am constantly amazed at technology – especially the Internet. We started posting parts of our paper (Carolina Arts) and extra articles which we didn’t have room for on a companion website in June 1999. Not long after we were posting pictures of each page of our paper – every month so everyone who visits ... Read More