Michele's List
Building blocks in the emerging local news ecosystem

Statistics
Unique monthly visitors

235,217

Average page views

531,878

Average visits

411,182

E-newsletter

  • Yes, a single newsletter

E-newsletter subscribers

2000

Facebook likes

11,059

Facebook followers

11,196

Twitter followers

2,269

Instagram followers

1,491

Revenue

  • Less than $50,000

Primary revenue source(s)

  • Local advertising (including web and e-newsletter ads)

Ad products

  • Traditional Web display advertising sold directly by your organization
  • Contextual advertising delivered based on the user or the content (such as Adsense or Outbrain)
  • Sponsored content or native advertising

Paywall

  • No

Distribution

  • Direct to web/mobile

Total personnel/contributor FTE

2

Date of most recent publisher update

05/19/2019

Last Publisher Update

  • 2019-05-19 14:11:04 UTC

Manchester Ink Link
New Hampshire
Manchester Ink Link

Manchester Ink Link was launched in 2014 by veteran New Hampshire journalist Carol Robidoux. It is a daily news and information hub site, "where all things Manchester connect." Revenue: Advertising and reader support.

Who is in charge?

Carol Robidoux

Job title

Publisher

City

Manchester

State

New Hampshire

Zip code

03104

Year launched

2014

Tax status

  • LLC

Geographic scope

  • Large city or Metro area

Other geographic focus

Our coverage extends beyond city limits to state house coverage and other towns.

Population of coverage area

150,000

Scope of coverage

  • General news or a number of topics that are not necessarily closely related to each other

Primary focus

  • Current news and events

Topics of coverage

  • Business in coverage area
  • Crime & justice
  • Education & schools
  • Entertainment & arts
  • Events in coverage area

Other content topics

Local business, sports

Watchdog journalism?

  • Yes, occasional

Site Twitter handle

@manchinklink

Effective engagement practice

I push stories out via 1 Facebook page, 2 Facebook groups I administrate with combined followers of 35,000+. Facebook brings us about half of our traffic. The rest is referred through search engines and, newsletter, etc.

Revenue challenges

I don't have a dedicated sales person.

In the news

Media Outlets Launch Granite State News Collaborative
https://www.businessnhmagazine.com/article/media-outlets-launch-granite-state-news-collaborative