MediaOS vs The Magazine Manager

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The Magazine Manager

The Magazine Manager is a digital magazine software. This web-based CRM is designed to manage sales, production, and marketing in a centralized platform that includes email marketing, customer relationship management, invoice processing, live notifications, and custom statements and proposals.

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Production

They really pay attention to what their customers are looking for and constantly making adjustments and improvements.

Operations Manager

Ad Sales Genius is an online ad-based customer relationship management (CRM) solution designed to help media companies streamline production, automate accounting, and more. The web-based interface and customizable workflows enable collaboration across sales, production and accounting departments.

Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Dashboard

Activity/News Feed

Activity Tracking

Advertising Management

Alerts/Notifications

Appointment Scheduling

Approval Process Control

Assignment Management

Calendar Management

Call Logging

Campaign Management

Catalog Management

Circulation Management

Client Management

Collaboration Tools

Commenting/Notes

Commission Management

Contact Management

Content Management

Customer Database

Customizable Branding

Customizable Fields

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Dashboard

Data Import/Export

Data Visualization

Document Management

Document Storage

Drag & Drop

Electronic Signature

Email Management

Email Marketing

Email Templates

Event Triggered Actions

File Management

File Sharing

Forecasting

For iPad Devices

For Startups

Goal Setting/Tracking

Interaction Tracking

Kanban Board

Layout & Design

Leaderboards

Lead Management

Lead Scoring

Magazines

Mobile Access

Mobile App

Multi-Channel Marketing

Newsletters

Newspapers

Opportunity Management

Performance Metrics

Process/Workflow Automation

Product Catalog

Prospecting Tools

Reminders

Reporting/Analytics

Reporting & Statistics

Revenue Management

Sales Forecasting

Sales Pipeline Management

Sales Reports

Search/Filter

Subscription Management

Tagging

Task Management

Template Management

Territory Management

Third-Party Integrations

Transfers/Routing

Workflow Management

MediaOS

Web-based

Small Business

 Plus

 Premium

Dir of Advertising and Marketing 

Have been using ASG for 5 years now and wouldn't trust any other system to handle all of our publishing business functionalities.  

Marketing Coordinator

The ability to automatically send contracts, invoices, statements to clients was helpful.

Owner

Currently, if I am typing up an email and need to check a name or an additional email, I need to save what I typed somewhere else or reopen adsales in a new window.

Also, we are able to identify and customize our own products for our accounts, print or digital.

General Manager

My colleague and I had a wonderful time at their training session in Nashville back in 2021, and the more I learn about the software, the more I wonder what we ever did without it.

One of the head management people, [SENSITIVE CONTENT], was very smart but sometimes difficult to work with and came across rude.

Sales Director

Occasionally clicking through all of the windows from client to client can be a bit daunting, but once you get a rhythm at finding what you are looking for it's solid.  

Creative Director

Ad Sales Genius has some great features for remote working, it has facilitated the process of designing and building publications by integrating sales and editorial assignments, automatically populating flatplans.

Production Manager

Since all our information is stored in one place, it makes communications from Management to Sales to  Billing to Production all more seamless as notes can be tied to each individual account for each department to see.

Business Manager

Now, over 2 years out, we've been able to simplify and consolidate a lot of redundant processes (especially within the accounting department) to make things run much more smoothly than they did with Magazine Manager. Since the ASG software is constantly changing and adding new features, it is nice to be able to see in real time any suggestions or requests we've made for improvements in the various functions, and I appreciate the entire ASG workforce for making that happen.

Sales Manager

The contact daily reminders help to stay organized and on track to meet sales goals.

Publisher

I can't imagine running a publishing company without a CRM and ASG is the best and most innovative CRM we could find.

Our clients love the customer portal and the ability to upload their artwork, view their account balance, etc.

It's a good software, and the consistent updates are reassuring that bugs and issues are fixed in a timely manner.  

National Media Consultant

From updating contact information to emailing and keeping a record of what you sent and what was said, Ad Sales Genius has helped me better manage my time and

At times, the correlation of parent accounts/agencies is not reflected as clearly as it could be and emails or contacts are not interchangeable shared meaning that notes may not be on both accounts.

It has a great user interface for our ad team, and for our clients.  

Chief Operating Officer

We no longer have to manage from spreadsheets and the integration with quickbooks means that we spend much less time dealing with bookkeeping inconsistencies.

Director of Business Development

We have different kinds of products, some are inventory and time based, others are monthly, others are quarterly and all fit into this one CRM.  

Ad Sales Manager

We moved from a system that wasn't user friendly to ASG and it's been so much easier from a usage and set up standpoint.   Plus, having the mobile app is awesome and makes my life much more efficient as I travel all the time.

Media Specialist

I've been using ASG for a year or so and it's made my much easier in regards to keeping track of client relations, updates, tasks, follow-ups, invoicing and more.

CEO 

Sales/Marketing, Operations and Finance departments are all utilizing the same source for information for the first time in our companies histroy.  

Career Marketing Sales

I think the best feature this software offers is the ability to house all of your contacts and interactions.

I suggestive "dive in head first" and engage every department right away.  

We have so many details to manage over dozens of products, and Ad Sales Genius makes it all possible in one dashboard.

When going back and forth from reports to a client screen you have to enter into search each time, wish the previous window would stay open.

Account Executive

Helpful for invoicing and tracking commissions and sales year-over-year.

digital manager

the system doesn't bring you back to the exact filter you have selected and rather resets to the default ad request menu....

Multimedia Consultant

I received comments from clients that I share our advertising reports with that this is the most beautiful report format they have seen.

ADS helps me with my call cadence by docuementing all calls.

Associate Editori

Do not like the emails being posted to the dashboard - they need to be posted to each client but NOT on a public dashboard

Development Director

It seems challenging to make any even slight changes to a contract once it's been 'won' which makes it appear a mess to clients.

It has been good however I am sure there is a lot more I could learn about the software and how it works.

Organization - Customer information and notes are being utilized to better inform anyone that may come in contact with the account

owner

that it doesnt have a distribution tab. since we have  a distribution department and we need to use a different program

Manager, Advertising Sales Operations

Contracts, it should show the Product Name and Size of ad like the invoices.

It would be great to be able to identify if a contract is a renewal or not (we pay differently on these.)  

Nothing really bothered me about this app we may see a few weeks down the road

National Sales DIrector

This software is easy to use, very functional, and makes me very organized.  

Founder

There is a particular sequence of buttons to push, so the learning curve for using the software is pretty steep.  

It's very helpful when trying to keep multiple departments working on the same project all on the same page.

Marketing Manager

The staff is available and able to video chat which is very helpful, when we need them.

Marketing & Communications Coordinator

The most impact features are the contract creations and unity it brings as a team.

Ad Sales

Invoicing

Departmental Collaboration

Ad Publishing

Contract Updates

Billing and Integration

Training and Learning Curve

Email

Reporting

Contract Management

Large Enterprises

Mid-size Business

HubSpot CRM

HubSpot CRM is a lead management solution that helps businesses with recording calls, logging emails and managing customer data. It has been designed from the ground up and is ready to eliminate manual work and actually help sales teams. It was built ready for the modern world to help users get running and start selling.

Zoho CRM

Zoho CRM is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solution that helps businesses of all sizes close deals smarter, better and faster. The solution lets businesses reach customers through every channel, including telephone, email, social media, and live chat.

National Account Executive

Well, let's start with the level of customer service your team provides, in terms of knowledge, timely feedback, and incredible listening skills to the point of making platform changes in real-time.

Sales and Marketing Coordinator

Once dialed in, it streamlines communication, workflow management, and customer relationships in a way that supports growth instead of slowing it down.

MediaOS vs The Magazine Manager Comparison (2026)

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