6AM is evaluating over a dozen cities for growth in 2021, starting with the launch of NASHtoday (Nashville, TN) and a PickMyCity initiative to expedite expansion efforts.
“The action will be local. Time, Talent, and Treasure will find its way to local newsletters.” – Co-founder + CEO Ryan Johnston
6AM wins 5th fastest growing Asheville Area Startups in Venture Asheville’s 2020 Venture 15.
As traditional local journalism is rapidly seeing it’s demise, several lean-but-robust organizations are thriving.
In the newsletter networks, 6AM grew a one-off publication into a regional powerhouse.
Publications like 6AM with a strong local audience (250,000+) allow national advertisers and DTC brands a cost-effective opportunity to reach highly engaged local audiences.
COO Ryan Heafy shares the journey of how he went from Fortune 500 to entrepreneurship, and how his experience led him to start 6AM City with CEO Ryan Johnston.
6AM is among the 2020 Lineup of Most Promising Tech Companies.
6AM was selected as a NEXT Venture Pitch 2020 Finalist.
COLAtoday was voted for “Best Local Instagram” and runner up for “Best Local Website – News.”
Co-founder Ryan Heafy shares how 6AM’s brand loyalty is stronger on a local level, creating better engagement, and outperforming national marketing and advertising efforts by as much as four times.
When COVID-19 hit, 6AM City saw an opportunity to test out a fundraising campaign. The result included 1,000 supporters giving $40,000.
As the media landscape evolves, more and more upstart newsrooms are embracing product thinking and looking for ways to implement collaborative solutions across departments.
Read about the best practices our editors employ to engage audiences for the first time + keep them coming back to the product.
You don’t need to find a developer or spend thousands of dollars to build a referral program for your company’s product.
We’ve started sending out a Partnership Feedback Survey to our paying advertisers because we want to hear what it takes to have our Client Renewal Rate go up, and it’s been a success based on 5 reasons.
Read about the best practices we provide when it comes to finding a good hire, creating a meaningful workflow, having an open communication channel + more.
Our Mentorship Program is built on a foundation of company values, allowing us to expand to become the most relevant local media platform in the US by 2022.
As we’re expanding to more locations each year, we’ve stuck to what we believe are 4 non-negotiables in order to create a thriving company culture.
Prehistoric classified ads needed a facelift and that’s where we came in – introducing a new look (aka an online platform) of Digs, Jobs, and Event Listings.
Our Growth Manager put thoughts down around an idea for the future of (email) newsletters. Hint: He doesn’t think we will continue to consume and digest newsletters within the email itself.
When a storm threat is equally uncertain as it is menacing, CHStoday used Instagram to lighten the mood, get out important updates, and report with a 2-person team.
The lessons an AVLtoday editor brought back for our team – including tips for working remotely, establishing a commenting policy + creating our own editorial experiments.
It’s not by mere chance that we expanded to Raleigh. Hear from COO Ryan Heafy on why we chose the area for our seventh market and what launch mode looks like for us.
