Business Segments

Print

• Aspermont print products continue to be the primary revenue source within the business with a 34% increase in revenue compared to the prior year.
• To further enhance the products we continue to retain premium journalists and are constantly revising our features, supplements and research.
• Through a joint venture with Intierra Mapping we have provided further value to our readers through the inclusion of timely, accurate and targeted maps.

Online

• With an average in excess of 550,000 unique visitors every month Aspermont’s Online products continue to improve.
• The paid subscription and advertising models across our 8 products provides 31% of revenue of the publishing business.
• As the new concepts of ‘Web 2.0’ continue to change the face of online interactions,Aspermont is currently developing its next generation of information services.
• More targeted bundling of readership and advertising across print and online will drive further revenue and indeed cost saving throughout the publishing business.

Conferencing

• Aspermont established its conferencing arm through the incorporation of Resourceful Events, to provide further quality services to its growing community of readers.
• The company has had a very successful inaugural year, through its Excellence in Mining & Exploration Conference, held in Sydney.
• This financial year Resourceful Events will run 7 conferences and has increased its headcount to 4 employees, new areas for conference expansion include:
• Upstream Energy
• Biotechnology
• Emerging Energy
• Office Professional Development
• Worker’s Compensation

Market Intelligence

• Aspermont has long history of providing detailed surveys of industry suppliers, projects and trends, particularly in our print products.
• Aspermont recently completed its technology solution for in-depth online surveying which will provide great content for all our products.
• This Market Intelligence solution will be further developed and commercialised in the coming year.

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