46 apps. 3 archives. 1 platform: The Condé Nast & Pugpig story
Migration of all titles in just a few months
GQ, Vogue, Architectural Digest and Glamour amongst Pugpig Bolt apps
3 websites powered by Pugpig Site
CONSUMER MEDIA
How magazine brands work with Pugpig
Learn how consumer brands use our digital magazine publishing software to build beautiful mobile products that drive engagement and subscriptions.
Build deeper audience relationships with our digital magazine publishing platform
- Engage your most loyal audience and build a home for all your content on mobile – apps are a great way to build deeper relationships with your audience.
- Reduce distribution costs and efforts while engaging your audience with digital magazines and replica editions. Plus, get a rich set of analytics to see what’s working and what’s not.
- Apps are super sticky – time spent in apps has grown by almost an hour a day in the last four years and continues to rise, while time spent in browsers has remained the same.
- Apps on Pugpig see an average session duration of over 20 minutes and an average of 14 sessions per user, per month.
Pugpig Bolt is the digital magazine platform packed with features
From fully automated content feeds that champion your biggest stories to beautifully crisp digital editions, Bolt is the only digital magazine publishing platform you need.
Build beautifully responsive digital magazine editions with ease. Your content can be expertly tailored for digital while retaining the core elements of your brand’s reading experience.
HTML editions
Your digital editions, replicas and e-editions are easy to navigate with true PDF rendering. Replicate your print publication beautifully with crisp pages and smooth pan and zoom.
Replica editions
Bolt’s live content feeds are dynamic, intuitive and feed straight from your own editorial systems. Create a beautiful, responsive and native mobile app with zero additional editorial effort.
Fully automated content feeds
Diversify your content and harness the power of audio and podcasts with Bolt. Build a podcasts hub or use Amazon’s text-to-speech integration for audio listening in just a few taps.
Audio and podcasts
Get your audience hooked with video content. Boost engagement and increase time in-app. Create a custom video section for on-demand content or feature video cards within your timeline.
Video streaming
Your stories are always easy to find thanks to Bolt’s intuitive search function. Powered by AWS Cloudsearch, it’s fully managed, reliable and supports loads of features and customisations.
Powerful search
With ‘save article’ and offline reading functionalities, Bolt makes it super easy for your audience to save your content for later and access it when they’re ready.
Save for later
Bolt’s set of curated cards support everything from video, podcasts and puzzles to events, advertising and sponsorship. Customise to your heart’s content.
Custom cards and styling
Supercharge your subscriptions and create a streamlined onboarding journey. Bolt’s seamless subs integrations give you everything you need to grow your subscriber revenue.
Sophisticated subs integration
See how brands are building beautiful mobile products on Bolt’s digital magazine platform
Conde Nast
We migrated 46 Conde Nast apps and three archives onto Pugpig Bolt in next to no time. Here’s a little more about what we did:
- Migrated the entire Condé Nast portfolio for the UK, US, Germany, France, Spain and Taiwan in just a few months.
- A mixture of custom and out-of-the-box modules.
- Worked with Conde Nast’s multiple editorial workflows.
New Scientist
85% of readers said the app played a part in their subscription renewal. Here are some of the standout features:
- 10-15% increase in subscribers since app relaunched
- Almost 10 minute average session duration
- Flexible subscription options to appeal to a wider audience base
Foreign Affairs
Read how the Foreign Affairs mobile app saw an almost 70% increase in visits after focusing on video and audio in their app relaunch.
- As well as a 69% increase in visits, the Foreign Affairs app also saw a 39% increase in screen views
- In-app listening went up to 224% after using Bolt’s out-of-the-box audio and podcast modules
- Engaging in-app messages through Bolt’s integration with Airship