Father's Day app

Father's Day app will make the most of dad's big day.

This app celebrate's dad with free, self-service paragraph about why did is great. But families can pay to go further and invite extended family to join in. And publishers further benefit with web and print sponsorships.

Graduation app

Honor My Grad is back after huge 2020 win

Gather photos and brief bios from local grads. Sell upgraded displays to proud parents. Reverse publish info into print graduation special sections. Generate more money from web and print sponsorships.

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Election app

Election app generates cash from local political candidates

At last – an effective way to gather and present information about local elections. This self-service app generates content and revenue and enhances election coverage while saving time.

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Premium Pages program

Premium Pages offers local publishers new revenue and quality content

Creative Circle has launched a series of syndicated, turnkey web features pages called “Premium Pages” that are ideal for digital publishers who want to grow readership, sell sponsorships or launch local branded or native content sales.

Mother's Day app

Make a fuss over moms with our new "Honor My Mom" web app

Mother's Day app combines high interest user-contributed content plus new revenue and lots of sponsorship options in print and online. Families can post a photo gallery, top 10 list, favorite sayings and more about their mom and invite extended family members to join in.

What's Open app

What's Open solves problems for any community facing a disaster

Originally built for COVID-19, this app can help any community facing a disaster – a flood, tornado, hurricane, wildfire or blizzard – get a grip on what''s open and where to turn for help.

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Calendar app

A well-designed, self-service calendar with a twist

This app allows users to post calendar items that can include photos, logos, PDFs and video. It also offers paid options to feature a calendar item and it's capable of reverse publishing your calendar info for print.

Pay wall app

paywallQ: The industry first and best pay wall software

Our pay wall app can handle just about any type of subscription strategy and it works with any web site. It's powerful but simple to learn and run. It also integrates with print circulation systems and handles auto renewals and notifications.

Paid Press Release app

Turn local press releases into dollars (and content)

Turn all those income press releases into content and revenue, save time in the newsroom and make it easier for local businesses to get the word out. This innovative solution that turns negatives …

Obituaries app

Paid obituary portal handles self-service obits

Our obituary app can take in death notices and obits, handle payments and upsells and showcase them online for any web site.

Great way to showcase and monetize local churches

Give area churches the kind of exposure they crave with a directory that can feature photos, video, extended text, worship hours and more.

Honor My Grad app

"I just sold our 2020 Grads sponsorship for $2,400!"

– Texas publisher

What's Open app

I LOVE IT! We use this app in Arizona. I highly recommend it for your local market. Bill and his team are fantastic.

– Charlene Bisson, AZ Group Publisher, Independent Newsmedia, Phoenix, Ariz.

Election app

This (election app) is another great idea. . . Perfect timing.

– Shawn Storie, Group Manager-Publisher, Smith Newspapers

Election app

"This is very exciting. . . It's so hard to do this on election night and try to get it right and make it look good and keep it organized. Thank you."

– Angela Kellogg, editor and publisher of the Clare County Cleaver

What's Open app

This is a really great feature. I appreciate all the work you guys have put into it

– Don Foy, news editor, Herald-Citizen, Cookeville, Tenn.

What's Open app

What’s Open has been wonderfully received by our community. It fills a much-needed niche.

– Jim Johnson, publisher/owner, The News, Kalona, Iowa

What's Open app

This is the best thing we have done for the community in years! I think this will pay big dividends long after this crisis is over. Great job on this. It puts the newspaper in the forefront and leader in the community and puts us way ahead of our other media competitors in the area!

– Billy Kirk, advertising director, Kingsport Times News, Kingsport, Tenn.

What's Open app

This is going to save us time and help us a lot. Thank you!

– publisher, Madisonville, Texas

Mother's Day app

"This Mother's Day app is exactly what we were looking for and a lot more!"

– Washington publisher

Want to get in on these opportunities?

Contact Bill Ostendorf, our founder, at Bill@creativecirclemedia.com / 401-455-1555 Sean Finch, VP/Sales at Sean@creativecirclemedia.com / 309-269-7834 or Greg Booras, national sales director at Greg@creativecirclemedia.com / ‭706-600-1776 ‬today!

Creative Circle's app innovations were part of our mission to help local media get through the COVID-19 crisis

No other vendor responded as decisively as Creative Circle to help our publishers when COVID crippled our industry. Within two months, we created and delivered three COVID-oriented apps – "What's Open," "Honor My Grad" and "My Election" – which delivered new user-generated content and new revenue. Meanwhile, "Premium Pages" provided year-round, high-end, digital special sections on hot …

We can help your print products, too

Creative Circle helps redesign two metro newspapers for narrower web widths

The Times-Picayune in New Orleans and The Advocate in Baton Rouge switched to a narrower web width for their print newspapers on May 1 and readers approved. Creative Circle Media helped both papers make the change as reader-centric as possible.

Giving back to journalism

Creative Circle creates coronavirus information site for news industry

Aiming to help newspapers and other news organizations navigate the coronavirus public health crisis, America’s Newspapers and Editor & Publisher have launched Media Virus Watch …

Saving Small Papers

Saving small newspapers is a passion for Creative Circle

Two small, rural towns in South Dakota are battling to save their newspapers, and Creative Circle has stepped in to help. The De Smet News and The Lake Preston Times – have a combined weekly circulation of about 1,900.

Web CMS: mediasiteQ

We've created the most flexible and easy-to-use CMS platforms anywhere. It's content-centric, user-friendly and fully customizable.

Print CMS: newsroomQ

Finally! An editorial production system that's easy and efficient to use, stable and works with any recent version of InDesign or Quark. It will save you time and money and your staff will love it!

Daily print redesigns

Our redesigns of print products improve your content for everything you do and we can still grow print audience and revenue.

paywallQ

The industry's first pay wall is also the best! More flexible and gives you more control than any other platform. Handles hard paywalls, e-commerce, metered, day passes, memberships and more!

QuickAds & classifieds

This is one of the most innovative and flexible new revenue platform in media. Self-service text ads are the fastest growing ad type on the web.

Digital ad sales blitzes

We can substantially jump your web revenues with a targeted sales blitz led by our VP/sales, Sean Finch. If you have wasted inventory, turn those ad positions into cash with a Creative Circle sales …