Aku Ankka Lataamo - World's Best Digital Donald Duck Service
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Aku Ankka Lataamo - World's Best Digital Donald Duck Service 10.3.2014 Maija Savolainen, Production Manager Digital Publishing, Sanoma Kids Finland Aku Ankka in Finland Aku Ankka (Donald Duck) magazine is the biggest magazine in Finland – Circulation 282 704 pcs (LT 2012) – Aku Ankka has been published in Finland since 1951 Aku Ankka has 1,2 M readers every week and it attracts both children and adults (KMT 2013 + Yippee 2013) Aku Ankka magazine has over 150 000 Facebook fans Aku Ankka is best know and most appreciated magazine brand in Finland (Markkinointi & Mainonta, the most prestigious brands in Finland 2013) 2 Aku Ankka Lataamo Complete history of Finnish Donald Duck weekly and monthly magazines in one digital service – Starting from 1951 – Over 100 000 pages of comics and 15 000 stories – Stories are categorized and searchable, even the bubble texts 4,90 € / month for Aku Ankka print magazine subscribers, 9,90 € / month for others Everyone can test the service and read 5 stories for free. One month free trial when starting a recurring payment with credit card. Available on: iOS for iPad, Android for tablets and 5" phones, HTML for desktops Coming: iOS for iPhone, HTML for small screen sizes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYwv957cpUQ 3 User researches during product design and development and Next Media impact 2012 2013 Press event 12.6.2013 Lataamo business model was iOS created and Concept Usability Usability Beta-testing in heuristic approved study test 1 test 2 Facebook analysis 06/2012 12/2012 3/2013 5/2013 06-07/2013 5/2013 iOS development Visual Concept UI Lataamo was design 09/2012 10-12/2012 born 1.8.2013 11/2012 Web development Graphics design Directly organized and funded by Next Media Content production 4 Images from press event and soft launch 5 11 March 2014 Presentation name Aku Ankka Lataamo business impacts Aku Ankka Lataamo was a digital forerunner in former Sanoma Magazines Finland – We created new processes in service development, editorial work, marketing, sales and in business management – Launched in mid August 2013 (soft launch June 2013) Big advertising campaign Successful launch, positive feedback from users The initial subscription process was complicated using traditional print product sales systems (only invoice) – Recurring credit card payment possibility with one month free trial in November The subscription process was made shorter than previously Supporting advertising campaign 6 11 March 2014 Presentation name Aku Ankka Lataamo business impacts Good results – About 13 000 subscribers in in 6 months! No cannibalization of printed Aku Ankka magazine The service needs continuous development and active communication with users 7 11 March 2014 Presentation name http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCByn7N9aus 8 11 March 2014 Presentation name.