How it Works

Audience Engine is a new open-source suite of
community-building, fundraising and publishing tools.

Publishers use their own content to build community,
and then marshal that community to keep themselves up and running.

It’s a new model for independent media sustainability in the digital age.

Increase your traffic

Engage with your audience

Crowdfund around your content

Survive and thrive in the digital age

Flexible Options

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A ONE-STOP REVENUE GENERATION SHOP

We offer a hosted platform for radio stations, news websites, digital libraries, videomakers, galleries, bands and artists who want to use their content to build and engage their audience, and thereby raise enough money to survive and thrive.

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MODULAR TOOLS TO PLUG RIGHT IN

There’s no need to abandon your existing platform! Our a-la-carte selection of cross-platform, network agnostic tools will work in conjunction with your existing site, and if you have an IT brainiac on the premises, the tools are free to install, use and customize!

Introducing Audience Engine’s crowdfunding module

Fundraising on your own terms, right alongside your content. Why send your audience off-site to contribute?

Deputize your staff and fan communities to help you meet your goals.

Watch Ken Freedman introduce Mynte at Audience Engine’s November 2015 launch event:

FUNDRAISING

Crowdfunding
One-Click Donations
Gift Inventory
Mini-Goals–>Overall Goal
On and Off-Site Donation Widgets
Peer to Peer Campaigns

DONOR MANAGEMENT

CRM functionality
E-mail Engagement
Tracking and Analytics
Major Gift Research

GIFT FULFILLMENT

Packing Slips
Postal Codes
Gift Inventory
IRS Tax Letters
Customer Service

Tools on Deck

Coming soon: Audience Engine social tools, resources for journalists and radio stations.

Foster a positive, active community around your content on your own site.

Facilitate meaningful conversations and build loyalty that will pay back at fundraising time.

Be your audience’s **first and second screen**.

RADIO

Audio Archive Management
Live Interactive Playlists
SoundExchange reporting
Traffic Control: Program & spot scheduling
Support for Podcasts, Video & Images
Per-Program Crowdfunding

ENGAGEMENT

User registration, profiles, favorites, analytics
Cross-organizational search (opt-in audience sharing)
Chat, annotations, commenting
Crowd enrichment of content
Metrics on your community: Learn what they like and tailor your fundraising accordingly

Watch Kenyatta Cheese, Co-founder of Everybody At Once, discuss the importance of engaging fan communities:

JOURNALISM

Responsively Designed: Publish once, appear everywhere
Landing pages for writers and beats
Crowd enrichment of content
Crowdfunding Embeddable into Content
Support for secure communication / PGP

Quinn Norton, tech activist and journalist, demonstrates the importance of protecting your audience’s online privacy and security:

In the future…

VIDEO

Support for both individual filmmakers and collectives
Viewer annotation of videos
Clips and feature Management
Live controlled chat for live events
Crowdfund from existing catalogue for future productions

PUBLISHING

Responsive Design: Write once, publish everywhere
Neat and Clean, both front end and back
Make your content embeddable everywhere
API hooks for every aspect of your operation
Customizable templates

LIBRARIES

Build audience by item, collection, exhibit
Better search and access to your collection
Public engagement with your collection
Improve sharability and embedability of your collection
Crowdfund around your assets and your mission

Our Services

Audience Engine’s open-source code is free to use, and we also offer affordable packages to get you up and running faster.

Hosting solutions

Perfect for organizations lacking a full-time IT staff.

Customization

We’ll help build out our tools to suit your unique needs.

Implementation assistance & Training

We’ll get you up and running with Audience Engine in no time.

Donation administration

Manage and grow online donations (includes a small transaction fee).