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Overview
The Magazine Manager is a unified CRM platform that accelerates ad bookings and streamlines ad‑sell workflows using ready‑to‑use proposal templates and CRM‑driven pipelines. While the platform’s mobile app lacks advanced features, it empowers responsive multi‑criteria contact search, built‑in marketing integrations, and embedded campaign analytics.
Overall Rating
Based on 9 users reviews
4.7
Rating Distribution
Positive
100%
Neutral
0%
Negative
0%
Starting Price
Custom
The Magazine Manager Specifications
- Contact Management
- Lead Management
- Opportunity Management
- Sales Forecasting
What Is The Magazine Manager?
The Magazine Manager software is an extensive CRM system that unifies publisher ad‑sales, contact management, email marketing, and extensive dashboards in one system. It tracks contacts, callbacks and material deadlines through automated notifications and smart callback lists. The platform’s proposal templates convert into insertion‑orders, contracts and invoices instantly. It also runs bulk or audience‑targeted email campaigns through built‑in and third‑party tools.
The Magazine Manager Pricing
The Magazine Manager Integrations
The Magazine Manager integrates with the following:
- Mirabel’s Marketing Manager
- MailChimp
- QuickBooks
- Epicor
- Sage
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- CardConnect
Who Is The Magazine Manager For?
The Magazine Manager is suitable for the following businesses:
- Magazine publishing
- Digital media publishing
- Sales teams
- Marketing firms
Is The Magazine Manager Right For You?
The Magazine Manager software is a CRM platform suitable for publishers aiming to centralize ad‑sales pipelines, contact search and billing workflows in a shared system. Its proposal templates convert RFPs into insertion‑orders, contracts and invoices instantly. The platform also automates callback lists, deadline alerts, and multi‑criteria contact searching to streamline lead follow‑ups.
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The Magazine Manager Features
Dashboards And Reports
The Magazine Manager provides real-time dashboards and customizable reports to monitor key metrics such as sales, accounts receivable, activity, and subscriptions. It utilizes drag-and-drop functionality and preset templates to enable quick report building and data filtering.
Contact Management
The software unifies all communication and relationship history across teams, ensuring clarity and accountability. It offers highly customizable searchable fields with more than 40 types including contact, agency, advertiser or production status, allowing users to find accurate data in seconds.
Callback Lists
The platform leverages flexible templates that auto‑generate follow‑up task lists tailored to agencies, advertisers or prospects, making outreach efficient and consistent. Its automations trigger deadline reminders to ensure callbacks and material dates remain on schedule.
Email Marketing
The system’s built‑in email marketing supports high‑volume campaign creation via drag‑and‑drop ‘Email Builder’, scheduling of newsletters, A/B tests, and retreatment workflows tied to CRM data points.
Pros And Cons of The Magazine Manager
Pros
Centralizes CRM and ad sales workflow
Offers real-time pagination support
Automates billing and invoicing processes
Facilitates unified production project tracking
Cons
Does not generate mass emails efficiently
Has a complex user interface
The Magazine Manager Reviews
Total 9 reviews
4.7
All reviews are from verified customers
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Share your experience
Automation, 1-10 employees
“Quick Access Anywhere”
Pros
I really appreciate how simple it is to find contacts when I need them. Placing job orders feels easy and doesn't require much effort. What I particularly like is being able to attach notes directly to each person I speak with, it makes tracking conversations so much easier and keeps everything organized.
Cons
The job jacket layout could be better, having the checks and notifications come after the download section would make more sense. Right now I have to jump around instead of working from top to bottom in a logical flow.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
9
Customer Support
10
Functionality
8
IT, 1-10 employees
“Comprehensive Publishing Management Platform”
Pros
I like the features it provides, especially ads management and digital pagination. The billing and reporting tools are efficient and help me save a lot of time in my daily work.
Cons
Honestly, I can't think of anything bad to say about it so far.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
9
Customer Support
10
Functionality
9
Not Specified, 1-10 employees
“Convenient Ad Campaign Tracking”
Pros
One of the things I appreciate most is being able to log into Magazine Manager and instantly see which ads will appear in our magazine. Beyond just viewing the ads, I can access detailed information like ad dimensions, page placement, specific page numbers and more. Though our company utilizes this software for various functions, I primarily rely on it for tracking Ad Run Sheets.
Cons
I wish I could edit the run sheet directly in the app instead of having to export everything to Excel first. It's also frustrating that I get logged out constantly, this isn't exactly Fort Knox level security we're dealing with here. Besides those issues, there really isn't much else I'd complain about.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
7
Customer Support
6
Functionality
7
Frequently Asked Questions
Does The Magazine Manager offers an API?
No, The Magazine Manager does not offer an API.
Does The Magazine Manager has a mobile app?
Yes, The Magazine Manager does offer a mobile app.
What language does The Magazine Manager support?
The Magazine Manager supports English language only.
What types of pricing plans does The Magazine Manager offer?
The vendor offers customized pricing plans according to different business needs. Get a customized The Magazine Manager cost breakdown for your business today.
What other apps does The Magazine Manager integrates with?
The Magazine Manager integrates with Mirabel’s Marketing Manager, MailChimp, QuickBooks, Epicor, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics GP, CardConnect, and more.
Who are the typical users of The Magazine Manager?
The typical users of The Magazine Manager include businesses like magazine publishing, sales teams, marketing firms, and digital media publishing.
What level of support does The Magazine Manager offer?
The Magazine Manager offers support through phone, blog, library, and email.