RSI Content Solutions is recognized on the sixth annual Inc. 500|5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs.  RSI Content Solutions joins Yelp, yogurt maker Chobani, Giftcards.com, KIND, and famed hatmaker Tilly’s, among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list.

“While I’m personally thrilled to be recognized by the Inc. 500|5000, it really is recognition that we provide our customers with an outstanding publishing solution,” stated Barry Bealer, CEO, co-founder, and president of RSI Content Solutions. “And the team we’ve created is responsible for serving our customers with the industry’s only content management system for publishers and ensuring it meets their quality demands.”

In a stagnant economic environment, median growth rate of 2012 Inc. 500|5000 companies remains an impressive 97%. The companies on this year’s list report having created over 400,000 jobs in the past 3 years, and aggregate revenue among the honorees reached $299 billion.

"Now, more than ever, we depend on Inc. 500/5000 companies to spur innovation, provide jobs, and drive the economy forward.  Growth companies, not large corporations, are where the action is,” explains Inc. Editor Eric Schurenberg.

Last Thursday, publishing professionals met in Philadelphia for the 6th annual RSuite CMS User Conference. Brian Howard from Book Business highlighted a number of the key takeaways, including the following:

In Lisa Bos’ talk on metadata, she used the example of Oxford University Press, whose Oxford Index provides customers tools to drill deep for the content they’re seeking. She noted that OUP captures “twenties of items of metadata for each product,” clarifying that by product she didn’t mean books, but chapters of books. The richer your metadata, the more opportunities there are for your customers to find your products.

On the issue of what publishers’ products are called in the digital age, Evan Owens of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) said: “We’re an ‘article’ publisher; ‘issues’ are an artifact of the past. It’s article first.” Discussing the benefits of implementing a strategic CMS, AIP’s Owens noted that implementing RSuite was “an opportunity to step back, clear the deck and think about what we want to achieve.” He noted that early adopters — AIP was online early — can get in a rut, and that like lots of early Internet adopters, “everything was in a file system and there wasn’t an infrastructure to manage things.” As with publishers using file systems, there was “no version control; anyone in the building could change a file at any time, and I couldn’t do anything about it.” Implementing a CMS allowed AIP to protect its most valuable asset.

The complete review is available here.

The RSuite User Conference kicks off tomorrow morning, September 20th, in Philadelphia at the Hub Cira Centre. The agenda is packed with a fantastic lineup of speakers and presentations.

John Blossom, President of Shore Communications will keynote the event and outline the cutting edge of content technologies that he has defined as "The Second Web" and how they are yet again redefining successful models for high-margin publishing businesses.

Can't be in Philadelphia? Join us via Livestream! Catch us on Twitter!

Breakfast...lunch...happy hour...all served with a healthy dose of content management for publishers.

See you tomorrow!

 

RSI Content Solutions, makers of RSuite CMS, a content management system for publishers, will host over 150 publishing executives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 6th annual RSuite User Conference on September 20^th.

Now in its 6^th year, the annual RSuite User Conference provides a forum for members of the global RSuite community, and those considering RSuite, to interact, learn about content management, and network with other publishing professionals. RSuite CMS manages the full life cycle of content. From content creation through multi-channel distribution of print, ebooks, and licensed content, RSuite CMS is used by some of the world's leading publishers.

“We are always thrilled to host our RSuite clients in one location to communicate upcoming product plans, provide a forum to exchange ideas, and show through both case studies and demonstrations how clients are leveraging the power of RSuite,” stated Barry Bealer, CEO and co-founder at RSI Content Solutions.

RSI Content Solutions would also like to acknowledge the generosity of our sponsors---SPi Global, MarkLogic, Scope eKnowledge, Yuxi Pacific, and ITC InfoTech.

To learn more about the conference and register, please visit www.rsicms.com/rsuc2012.

Case Study: Automating Content Distribution at SAGE Publications

SAGE's publications include titles for scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students in the areas of business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine. SAGE is the premier service source for societies who need to compete effectively in the online academic market but lack the publishing infrastructure.

SAGE uses RSuite CMS to push content and related assets through multiple workflow routines and delivery processes. Using RSuite CMS, SAGE is now producing more than 600 journals without addition of staff to its journal publishing technologies team. To date, SAGE has more than 700,000 articles in RSuite CMS.

Come learn the business drivers that led SAGE to select RSuite CMS and hear the astonishing gains that have been achieved over the past 5 years.

I am a fan of Flipboard.

I use it for personal news consumption and was thrilled when The New York Times became available. I still find myself flipping through content that I read (and subscribe to!) in print. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Flipboard has 21 publications that it is working with along with many tech websites, blogs, and Twitter feeds.

Flipboard is making a push to reach out to publishers and advertisers. The company hired five "evangelists" to make its case to publishers who are looking for new digital revenue sources (and who isn't btw?!).

I see Flipboard as a great venue for STM and educational publishers to tap into new revenue and I wonder why I don't see these types of publishers on Flipboard yet. Granted the company is evolving its publisher pitch. Digiday had a great article on this and addresses some concerns that publishers may have.

If you're an STM or educational publisher, I'm interested to hear your thoughts. Share your comments, concerns, opinions.

Keynote Presentation:
Curation, Collaboration, Cross-Platform, Cloud: Profiting From the "Four C's" of The Second Web

Publishers continue to express their prime value points through electronic media, but not always with the profit margins that they would have hoped to retain. Tools such as text analytics, the Flipboard news-viewing application and highly successful publishing business models pioneered by O'Reilly Media put pressure on publishers to be ready to innovate in both how content is produced and when and how it can be experienced for maximum value.

 

Veteran content industry analyst John Blossom, President of Shore Communications Inc., outlines the cutting edge of content technologies that he has defined as "The Second Web" and how they are yet again redefining successful models for high-margin publishing businesses.