Create Professional Advertising Copy in Seconds
Help your advertising department write compelling ad copy faster with AI built directly into Surf CMS.
Writing effective advertising copy takes time…
AI
- Instantly Clean, Format, and Improve Imported Content Spend less time fixing formatting and more time publishing great journalism. Not every story begins inside your CMS. Newsrooms regularly…
- Create Engaging Newsletter Introductions in Seconds Save time while increasing newsletter engagement with AI-powered newsletter blurbs built directly into Surf CMS. Email newsletters remain one of…
- Create Search-Friendly Meta Descriptions in Seconds Improve search visibility and save time with AI-generated SEO descriptions built directly into Surf CMS. Every article deserves the opportunity…
- Turn Every Story into Social Media Content in One Click Writing an article is only the beginning. Every story also needs Facebook posts, X updates, Bluesky posts, LinkedIn updates, Threads,…
Backend
- Mistakes happen. An article is deleted accidentally, a page is removed too soon, or an editor realizes something still needs to be recovered. With the Content Trash feature, deleted content isn't…
- Your newspaper’s website is one of its most valuable assets. Every article, photo, advertisement, and page represents years of work that deserves to be protected. Surf CMS includes daily website…
- Every newspaper has its own publishing process. Surf CMS helps your newsroom work more efficiently by providing flexible editorial workflows that guide stories from the first draft to final…
- Every second counts. Readers expect websites to load quickly, whether they're checking breaking news on their phone, reading an in-depth feature, or browsing the latest sports scores. Surf CMS is…
- Navigation should help readers find your content—not overwhelm them. Surf CMS makes it easy to build, organize, and manage your website's menus while giving you complete control over how readers…
- Every story evolves. Headlines change, facts are updated, corrections are made, and editors refine articles before publication. Surf CMS automatically saves previous versions of your content,…
- Publishing great journalism is only half the battle—people have to be able to find it. Surf CMS is built with search engine optimization (SEO) in mind, helping your stories, photos, videos, and…
- Websites change over time. Articles move, section names evolve, and entire websites are redesigned. Surf CMS makes it easy to create and manage URL redirects so readers—and search engines—always end…
- Managing readers, subscribers, staff members, and administrators should be simple—not a daily challenge. Surf CMS includes a powerful user management system that gives publishers complete control…
- Not everyone in your organization needs access to everything. Surf CMS includes a powerful role-based permissions system that lets you control exactly what each user can see, edit, publish, and…
Design
- Let Readers Listen to Your Stories Transform written articles into natural-sounding audio with a single click, making your journalism more accessible and convenient for every reader. Not every…
- Organize Your News. Simplify Navigation. Improve the Reader Experience. Create a well-organized newspaper website that helps readers quickly find the stories that matter most. Every community…
- Your homepage is your digital front page. Surf CMS gives you complete control over how your content is organized and displayed, allowing you to build a homepage that reflects your newspaper's brand,…
- Create High-Converting Landing Pages for Advertisers and Special Campaigns Give advertisers a dedicated destination that turns clicks into customers. A banner ad is only the beginning. When…
- Showcase Your Most Important News Highlight breaking news, exclusive coverage, and the stories that matter most to your readers. Not every story should receive the same level of visibility. With…
- Today's readers expect a fast, beautiful website that works flawlessly on every device. Surf CMS is built with a responsive, mobile-first design that automatically adapts to desktops, laptops,…
- Help readers discover the stories everyone is talking about. Surf CMS can automatically display your most-read articles, giving visitors quick access to the most popular news, sports, opinion pieces…
- Give Every Voice Its Place Create a professional home for editorials, guest columns, letters to the editor, and community opinions—all clearly organized and easy to manage. Every community…
- Keep Readers Engaged with Intelligent Story Recommendations Help readers discover more of your journalism with automatically suggested related articles. Every article is an opportunity to introduce…
- Give your community a trusted place to find important local information. Surf CMS makes it easy to create dedicated resource pages that organize helpful content into permanent, easy-to-navigate…
- Every section of your newspaper deserves its own destination. Surf CMS allows you to create attractive, customizable landing pages for every category of content, making it easier for readers to find…
- Connect Related Stories and Help Readers Discover More Content Automatically organize articles by people, places, organizations, events, and topics—creating dynamic pages that grow with every story…
Newsletters
- Build Stronger Reader Relationships Email newsletters remain one of the most valuable audience-building tools available to community newspapers. With Constant Contact integration, Surf CMS…
- Turn Today's Stories into Tomorrow's Readers Mailchimp integration makes it simple to transform your daily news coverage into attractive email newsletters without rebuilding content by hand. Surf…
- Create Beautiful Newsletters with Complete Editorial Control Build and send custom newsletters by selecting the stories, images, and content that matter most to your readers. Not every newsletter…
- Put Your Email Newsletters on Autopilot Building newsletters manually can take hours every week. Surf CMS automates the entire process, allowing your newsroom to create, schedule, and send…
- Grow your subscriber list with professionally designed newsletter signup boxes that can be placed anywhere on your website. Surf CMS makes it easy to encourage readers to subscribe while browsing…
- Turn Every Newsletter Into a Revenue Opportunity Easily sell, manage, and display newsletter sponsorships that help support local journalism while delivering value to your advertisers. Email…
- Deliver the News Your Readers Care About Most Create targeted newsletters for sports fans, business readers, community members, and more—all from the same publishing platform. Not every reader…
Publishing
- Publish Stories Exactly When You Want News doesn’t always happen during business hours, but your website can still stay up to date. With Surf CMS, editors can schedule articles, photos,…
- Put Your Journalists in the Spotlight Build trust, showcase your newsroom, and help readers connect with the people behind the stories. Every great newspaper is powered by talented journalists,…
- When news breaks, every minute counts. Surf CMS gives your newsroom the ability to publish urgent stories quickly and notify readers immediately. Whether it’s severe weather, school closures, major…
- Bring Your Print Newspaper to the Digital World Your print edition remains one of your most valuable products. Surf CMS makes it easy to deliver that same experience online with a professional,…
- Modern, Flexible Article Creation Writing stories shouldn't feel like fighting with your CMS. The Surf CMS includes the powerful Gutenberg Block Editor, giving reporters, editors, and content…
- Publish Public Notices with Confidence A flexible legal notices system designed for today’s community newspapers and evolving state requirements. Legal notices remain one of the most important…
- Every newspaper manages thousands of digital assets—from photos and videos to PDFs, logos, graphics, and documents. Surf CMS includes a centralized Media Library that keeps everything organized,…
- Turn Print Pages into Editable Digital Stories with AI Automatically extract articles from PDF pages and convert them into editable stories, saving your newsroom hours of manual work. Every…
- Showcase Your Community Through Beautiful Photo Galleries Transform your newspaper’s photography into engaging online galleries that readers love to explore. A single photograph can tell a story.…
- Deliver Breaking News Directly to Your Readers’ Phones Publish stories to your newspaper’s mobile app with the same workflow you use to publish to your website. Today’s readers expect news wherever…
- Publish News Quickly, Easily, and Professionally Your website is the digital front page of your newspaper. Surf CMS gives your newsroom everything it needs to publish stories, photos, videos, and…
- Surf CMS Publisher Tools Your most important publishing tools are one click away. Add stories, manage content, publish e-…
- Make it easy for readers to share your stories with their friends, families, and communities. Surf CMS includes social sharing tools that help your content travel beyond your website and reach new…
- Create, Edit and Publish News Stories with Ease Every newsroom depends on fast, reliable publishing. The Surf CMS makes it simple for editors and reporters to create professional articles,…
- Surf CMS Newsroom: Built for the Way Community Newspapers Work Community newspapers have never faced more challenges—or more opportunities. Readers expect breaking news online, publishers need new…
- Everything your newsroom needs to publish faster. Write, edit, organize and publish every story from one connected…
- Turn Print Into Digital in Minutes Surf Studio is your newspaper’s digital production assistant. Simply upload a PDF of your newspaper, magazine, press release, or other document, and Surf Studio…
- Bring Your Stories to Life with Integrated Video Easily embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and other popular platforms directly into your articles. Today’s readers expect more than text…
Readership
- A great newspaper website should be accessible to everyone. Surf CMS includes features and best practices that help make your website easier to use for people with disabilities while improving the…
- Encourage Reader Discussion When It Fits Your Newspaper Give readers a place to respond, discuss, and participate—while keeping your newsroom in full control. Reader comments can be a valuable way…
- Make it easy for readers, advertisers, businesses, and community members to connect with your newspaper. Surf CMS includes flexible contact form tools that allow you to create everything from simple…
- Every newspaper has unique workflows and information to collect. Surf CMS includes a powerful custom form builder that allows you to create virtually any type of online form—without writing code.…
- Keep your community calendar full with less work from your newsroom. Surf CMS allows organizations, businesses, nonprofits, schools, churches, and community members to submit events directly through…
- Become Your Community’s Go-To Source for Local Events Publish, organize, and promote community events with a powerful calendar built specifically for local newspapers. Community newspapers do more…
- Give Your Community a Voice Make it easy to receive, manage, review, and publish Letters to the Editor—all from one integrated platform. Letters to the Editor have long been one of the most…
- Increase Reader Engagement with Interactive Online Polls Ask questions. Start conversations. Keep readers coming back. Community newspapers have always been the center of local conversation. Surf…
- Reader submissions are a great feature to highlight because they increase engagement, generate local content, and save newsroom time. Reader Submissions Community newspapers thrive on community…
- Turn Website Visitors into Loyal Subscribers Capture newsletter subscribers, digital members, and registered readers with customizable subscription forms built directly into Surf CMS. Every visitor…
Revenue
- Surf AdCenter Feature A newspaper-focused advertising workflow. Manage local advertisers and digital campaigns with terminology, tools and workflows designed around community newspaper…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Active Campaign Management Review the advertising campaigns currently running across your newspaper website and digital products. Schedule a Live Demo Explore Surf…
- Flexible Advertising Placement Designed for Community Newspapers Advertising is one of the most important sources of revenue for community newspapers. Managing digital advertising shouldn’t require…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Advertiser Management Keep business information, contacts and campaign activity organized in one central advertiser record. Schedule a Live Demo Explore Surf AdCenter…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Advertising Campaign Alerts Surface incomplete campaign records, missing creative materials and other issues requiring staff attention. Schedule a Live Demo Explore…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Advertising Campaign Scheduling Plan campaign start dates, ending dates and upcoming advertising activity from one organized workspace. Schedule a Live Demo Explore…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Advertising Creative Management Keep campaign images, creative details and advertising materials connected to the correct advertiser and campaign. Schedule a Live Demo…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Advertising Dashboard Reporting Review useful campaign and advertiser totals from one clear advertising dashboard. Schedule a Live Demo Explore Surf AdCenter…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Advertising Expiration Tracking Identify campaigns nearing their end dates so your staff can prepare reports and begin renewal conversations. Schedule a Live Demo…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Advertising Quick Actions Create advertisers, review campaigns and move to common tasks without navigating through unnecessary menus. Schedule a Live Demo Explore Surf…
- Powerful Digital Advertising Management Built for Community Newspapers Increase revenue. Simplify ad management. Deliver better results for your advertisers. Digital advertising should be easy to…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Campaign Management Organize campaign dates, statuses, placements and advertising materials from one connected workspace. Schedule a Live Demo Explore Surf AdCenter…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Campaign Status Tools Quickly identify scheduled, active, ending and incomplete campaigns without searching through individual records. Schedule a Live Demo Explore…
- Modern Online Classifieds Designed for Today’s Community Newspapers Create, manage, and publish online classifieds with a flexible system built for digital publishing—not outdated print limitations…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Digital Ad Placements Create flexible advertising opportunities throughout your newspaper website and connect them to active campaigns. Schedule a Live Demo Explore…
- Measure Performance. Demonstrate Value. Build Stronger Advertiser Relationships. Track the performance of your digital advertising campaigns with detailed reporting and actionable insights. Selling…
- A Complete Digital Obituary Solution for Community Newspapers Honor lives, serve families, and publish obituaries with an elegant, easy-to-manage platform built specifically for local newspapers.…
- Turn Your Digital Audience into Sustainable Revenue Flexible subscription and membership options designed specifically for community newspapers. Growing digital revenue is one of the biggest…
- Recurring payments make it easy for readers to maintain uninterrupted subscriptions and memberships while providing your newspaper with a more predictable revenue stream. Surf CMS supports recurring…
- Surf AdCenter Feature Scheduled Advertising Campaigns Review upcoming campaigns before they begin and confirm that dates, placements and advertising materials are ready. Schedule a Live Demo…
- Native Advertising Made Simple for Community Newspapers Create, publish, and manage sponsored content with the same ease as your newsroom publishes news. Sponsored content has become one of the…
- Surf AdCenter Advertising management built for community newspapers. Manage advertisers, campaigns, placements and…
Support
- Keeping your website secure and up to date shouldn't be another task on your newsroom's to-do list. Surf CMS includes automatic software updates that help keep your website running smoothly with the…
- Moving from BLOX Digital® or TownNews® to a new CMS is a major decision—but it doesn't have to be a difficult one. Surf CMS provides guided migration services designed specifically for community…
- Manually copying hundreds ... or thousands of articles isn't practical. Surf CMS includes powerful content import capabilities that help move large amounts of information into your website quickly…
- Professional email is an essential part of every newspaper. Surf CMS offers reliable email hosting that allows your staff to use custom email addresses with your newspaper's domain, giving your…
- Technology is important—but when you need help, nothing replaces talking to a real person who understands your business. At Surf CMS, our support team isn't made up of people reading from scripts or…
- A powerful CMS is only valuable if your team feels confident using it. That's why Surf CMS includes personalized staff training to help your newsroom, advertising department, and administrative staff…
- A great website needs reliable hosting. Surf CMS includes managed website hosting designed specifically for community newspapers, providing the speed, security, and reliability your publication…
- Thinking about moving from WordPress? You're not alone. Many community newspapers outgrow their existing website as their digital needs become more complex. Surf CMS makes the transition from…
TideCast
- Understanding your audience is essential to making informed editorial and business decisions. Surf CMS integrates with leading web analytics platforms, giving your newsroom valuable insights into how…
- Reach more readers by publishing your content to Apple News directly from Surf CMS. The Apple News integration gives publications another powerful distribution channel while allowing editors to…
- Continue using the payment processor your publication already trusts. Surf CMS integrates with Authorize.net, allowing newspapers and media organizations to securely process subscriptions,…
- Share Local News on Bluesky with TideCast Reach a Growing Audience from Inside Surf CMS As more readers explore new social media platforms, Bluesky has become an important place for discovering…
- Switching to a new website or CMS doesn’t mean you have to replace your circulation system. Surf New Media is designed to work alongside CircPro, allowing publishers to continue managing…
- Every newspaper operates differently, and no two organizations rely on exactly the same combination of software. That’s why Surf CMS is built with integration in mind, making it easy to connect your…
- Reaching readers on social media should not require your newsroom to repeat the same publishing work across multiple platforms. Surf CMS integrates with Facebook to help publications share stories…
- Understanding your audience is essential to growing a successful digital publication. Surf CMS makes it easy to integrate with Google Analytics, giving publishers valuable insights into how readers…
- Help your journalism reach more readers through Google News, Google Search, and Google Discover. Surf CMS is designed with the technical features news organizations need to improve content visibility…
- Understanding how readers find your publication is just as important as understanding what they read. Surf CMS integrates with Google Search Console, giving publishers valuable insights into how…
- Managing website tracking and marketing tags shouldn’t require editing your website’s code. Surf CMS supports Google Tag Manager, giving publishers a flexible way to manage analytics, advertising,…
- Publish to Instagram Without Leaving Your Newsroom Bring Your Stories to Life on Instagram Visual storytelling has become an essential part of community journalism. With Instagram integration in…
- Many newspapers rely on Interlink to manage subscriber records, renewals, billing, and circulation. With Surf New Media's Interlink integration, your website and circulation system work together to…
- Offering readers a trusted and familiar payment option can help increase online conversions. Surf CMS integrates with PayPal, allowing publishers to securely accept payments for subscriptions,…
- Expand Your Reach Beyond Your Website Automatically distribute your news to popular news aggregators and content discovery platforms from a single publishing workflow. Your readers don’t always…
- Turn Every Story into an Engaging Newsletter Email newsletters remain one of the most effective ways to reach readers, drive website traffic, and build loyal subscribers. Surf CMS makes newsletter…
- Share Every Story with a Single Click Publish your news to social media without leaving your CMS. Writing a great story is only half the job. Today’s readers discover news on Facebook, X, LinkedIn…
- RSS feeds remain one of the most reliable and flexible ways to distribute news content across the web, and Surf CMS includes comprehensive RSS support built directly into the platform. Every…
- Accept online payments through Square while managing your publication from a single platform. Surf CMS integrates with Square to provide secure payment processing for subscriptions, memberships,…
- Modern digital publishing requires flexible payment options, and Surf CMS integrates with Stripe to help publishers securely process online transactions with ease. Stripe enables newspapers to…
- Keeping your publication active across today's social platforms shouldn't require additional manual work. Surf CMS integrates with Threads, allowing publishers to extend the reach of their journalism…
- TideCast: Publish Once. Reach Every Platform. Every newsroom faces the same challenge. The story may be finished, edited, and published to the website—but the work isn't over. Someone still needs…
- Publish Breaking News to X in Seconds Keep Your Community Informed in Real Time When news breaks, speed matters. With TideCast's X integration, community newspapers can publish stories directly…
- Helping readers discover your content begins with helping search engines find it. Surf CMS includes XML sitemap support, making it easy for Google, Bing, and other search engines to efficiently crawl…
