The most comprehensive software platform available for legal notices.
Newspapers use Column to reduce operational costs and deliver a modern customer experience for governments, law firms, businesses, and individuals.
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Why Newspapers Choose Column for Legal Notices
“Out of all the new technology we’ve adopted during our digital transformation, Column is by far the most user-friendly. It’s exceptionally simple to learn.”
Sam Bennett | Chief Revenue OfficerAmsterdam News, New York
"Having been in the industry since 1985, and working with countless vendors implementing systems and processes, I’ve been really impressed with Column. Their responsiveness is remarkable. They seem able to solve every problem."
Missy Carey | Ad OperationsSouthern California News Group
"Our county treasurers were ecstatic. Column enabled them to create and place notices by themselves. Column has been absolutely necessary for our publications to compete in the digital world.”
Francis Wick | CEOWick Communications
"It became clear that with our rapid expansion, Column was critical for us to streamline our operations and relieve staff of the manual time they'd been spending on legals previously.”
Kathy Malm | VP of SalesCherryroad Media
“We’re proud to partner with Column for delivery of public notice advertising. Column helps modernize and streamline our services to government and private customers that place public notices."
Bruce Faulman | VP AdvertisingTampa Bay Times
"Our legal ad sales are up approximately 14% in 2022 over the comparable period in 2021. Most importantly, the time that our staff spend on legal advertising placement and billing has been greatly reduced. We’re saving a lot of time and money by letting Column do the work."
Dave Buffington | Owner & PublisherThe Sun Newspaper, Hummelstown PA
“People want convenience. Column allows the client to work from home if when need. They just log into the portal and place a notice whenever they want. Column’s easier than you think, and your clients will embrace it.”
Lori Figurski | Regional Director of AdvertisingOgden Newspapers
“My number one priority is running my newspaper as well as I can run it. I knew our legals business had to be better for our customers, and for us. Column was incredibly responsive and attentive to our needs.”
Bob O'Leary | Vice President of AdvertisingDaily Gazette, New York
“Legals have always been important, and they will always be important. Column provides the digital infrastructure necessary to get this important information into the hands of the people.”
Bryce Jacobson | Chief Revenue OfficerSeaton Publishing & Grand Junction Media
Offer an intuitive and modern self-serve experience.
Stop spending time copying & pasting word documents from your email into your ad management system.
Outsource your entire affidavit process.
Never think about a notary stamp or mailed affidavit requirement ever again.
Unlock new revenue from agencies.
Work with our network of placement agencies who have already established a custom integration with Column.
Track orders & monitor reports in one place.
Never lose track of a notice. Organize your work and level-up your businesses with our dynamic reporting tools.
What Governments & Law Firms Say About Using Column
“It’s clear that Column pays attention to every user on their platform. We still have access to everyone we need to talk to at the newspaper. Column only enhances the newspaper's services and offerings.”
Planner TechnicianRoutt County, Colorado
“It was burdensome to keep track of the notice and make sure that things were getting posted when they needed to be. Now, Column provides great visibility into the process, letting us know what we need to know when we need to know it.”
Administrative AssistantCity of Fort Wayne, Indiana
“Sometimes it is very difficult placing a notice with a newspaper, because you have to find their website, look up their phone number, talk to them on the phone and they’ll ask you to email it to them with specific criteria. I wish I could place all of my legals through this portal.”
ParalegalWilson, Brewer, & Munson
Want to see how Column works?
Fancy graphics and bold headlines can only show so much. Schedule a 20-minute call with our sales team to see the platform for yourself. Then, you can grill us with a bunch of hard questions.
Explore Our Services
In addition to our software products, we offer a suite of professional services designed to deliver significant cost savings to your organization. We handle the tedious & time-consuming tasks so you can focus on managing the rest of your business.
Affidavits
Hundreds of publications have successfully outsourced their entire affidavit operations by using Column. We take care of signing and notarizing all your affidavits, and delivering them court-ready to your clients.
Order Management
Our team becomes your team. Column Reps bring decades of experience working at newspapers across the US. We supercharge our team with powerful workflow tools to handle orders on behalf of your business.
Nationwide Posting
Does your organization need to publish a lot of notices? Need to publish across different counties or cities? Our team can help you fulfill publication requirements with any newspaper in the US.
Integrations
Naturally, we believe Column is the only system you need to run your advertising operations. But, until you make the switch to our full platform, we are happy to work with you on integrating into existing ad management systems or tools your organization utilizes.
Pagination
There a lot of manual tasks, sometimes entire teams, that focus on exclusively on pagination. You can eliminate pagination work from your process by working with Column. This service can even help bypass additional integration work you might be considering.