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Magazine Manager Overview

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What is Magazine Manager?

The Magazine Manager is the global leader in magazine publishing software solutions, serving over 23,000 publications worldwide. Launched in 2003, it was the first web-based CRM specifically built for publishers. In a unified platform, The Magazine Manager includes a sales CRM, centralized ad order entry system, production, billing, digital pagination and editions, marketing automation, circulation, audience development, subscription suite, a 9-million company prospecting database, email verification system, and more.

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The Magazine Manager is a product of Mirabel Technologies, a privately owned, international software company that empowers businesses to grow.

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Mirabel Technologies
Year Founded
2003
HQ Location
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Twitter
@MirabelTech
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129 employees on LinkedIn®
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Kevin M.
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Kevin M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Easy access while in the office or out at expos."
Contacts Are easy to access. Job orders are easy to place. I enjoy the way that each note can be placed with the individual you are talking to so...
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Payal B.
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Payal B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"All in one software solutions for publishers."
It has abundant of features like ads management, digital pagination. Creates bills and reports efficiently.
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Rachael O.
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Rachael O.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Great product for retaining information on clients"
The ability to run custom reports and download them into a CSV file.
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Magazine Manager Media

Magazine Manager Demo - The Magazine Manager's Sales Dashboard
The Magazine Manager's Sales Dashboard lets you keep track of meetings and calls, year-to-date bookings, the opportunities funnel, and more.
Magazine Manager Demo - The Magazine Manager's Activity Dashboard
The Magazine Manager's Activity Dashboard demonstrates website visits, email click and open rates, conversions, and web activity triggers/events.
Magazine Manager Demo - Publishing CRM
The Magazine Manager's customer relationship management module enables businesses to build, categorize and search the customer database based on names, phone numbers, emails, companies, and addresses, among other categories.
Magazine Manager Demo - Project & Production Management
Thanks to Magazine Manager’s collaborative production and project management module, publishers can rest assured that nothing falls through the cracks. Designed with customizable project stages and Project Timeline, any type of media buy can be accurately tracked and managed, including email news...
Magazine Manager Demo - Multi-Gateway & Multi-Currency Functionality
Choose from multiple options to expedite payments. Quick Pay and auto-pay, along with Payment Card Industry compliance, simplify bill reconciliation, even in batches. Integration with QuickBooks streamlines accounting processes, facilitating transactions, payment collection, invoice storage, and ...
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Brad M.
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Owner / Publisher
Media Production
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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

It knows our (magazine) industry front to back and the customizations are all built in and ready to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

Reporting doesn't give me exactly what I need all the time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magazine Manager:

Understand the wide range that MM offers publishers and then ask ALL the questions to the other companies you are considering. Don't settle for lowest cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Efficiency! Completely integrated CRM and Billing platform allows total integration among team members Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rachael O.
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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

The ability to run custom reports and download them into a CSV file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

Sometimes the search function does not always pull up all related results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magazine Manager:

Overall, great product for those in the publishing industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Storing and organizing pertinent information on clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

The Magazine Manager consolidated our process into one place. From client prospecting, through publication layout, to billing, it covers it all and with ease. It's so great to have everything in one application.

On a side note... Dennis is the best software consultant we have ever worked with! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

We love the mobile application and would like to see it continue to offer more account access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Magazine Manager has given us a single location to manage the sales process, avoid account duplication, and track progress through the production of our publication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

This software does just about anything and is highly useful in our industry working with print advertising. We publish monthly home improvement magazines and the sales, issue and client information is extremely beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

There is nothing I dislike about this software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefits to Magazine Manager that are extremely resourceful to our magazine is the sales information, notes, meetings, activity when meeting new clients and following up on past accounts. We are able to see who ran with us in the past to followup and gain win-backs into our publications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

Magazine Manager helps keep our contacts and orders organized and in one place. Software rep and free training is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

Poor help resources and support - so there is a big reliance on tech support, which tends to be very hit or miss. Updates and changes to the software sometimes make things more difficult to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magazine Manager:

A great CRM software for magazines and newspapers, better than alternatives Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Magazine Manager helps keep our business organized and keep on top of clients and projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

MM staff are obviously in the industry as they have thought of everything for use as a sales person and production point of view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

Only that to copy line items in a proposal is a tedious process: I can't (that I know of) do a batch for the same issue at once, but repeat the process over and over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can't imagine selling ads and looking after all the production in any other way. They have thought of everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

This is a good tool for sales and accounts receivable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

The quality of the customer service has dropped on this software in the past year. They have a strong selling team but when the software has a error in it, they are slow to respond and not helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

This is a good tool for contact management, sales management and accounts receivable. Wish it was stronger in the project management area though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

One stop place for customer info and history. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

The mobile site is improving and still lacks some capabilities of the desktop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magazine Manager:

Give it a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

It really helps me organize my day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

USER FRIENDLY, SYSTEM IS NOT DOWN A LOT,, POST PAYMENT AND GET RECEIPTS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

HAVING TO SET UP MEETINGS TO DISCUSS A PROBLEM THAT YOU MAY NEED AN ANSWER TO RIGHT AWAY Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magazine Manager:

TRY AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

TO BE ABLE TO PAY ON SYSTEM AND PRINT RECEIPTS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magazine Manager?

The ease of use, stress free, nicely laid out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magazine Manager?

I do not dislike anything about this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magazine Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping everything organized. Our team all works in different states so having a system like this that is easy to follow and update is crucial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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