Active Interest Media Launches Gear 360 e-commerce platform

BOULDER, CO (April 29, 2020) – Active Interest Media announces it launch of a new program designed to help brands boost e-commerce across multiple channels. “Gear 360” is a content-driven program that leverages the power of media reviews and consumer reviews in an integrated campaign.

Sharon Houghton, General Manager of the Active Living Group, said: “Media reviews and consumer reviews have existed in separate channels until now. Under this new program, the combined content will be distributed across media sites as well as Direct to Consumer e-commerce sites to maximize its effect, including increasing product purchases, enhancing consumer engagement, and assisting with product improvement.”

Active Interest Media is partnering with Channel Signal, the leader in collecting and analyzing consumer review data, to establish the highest level of trustworthiness in customer ratings through Gear 360.

“The unmatched credibility of our gear and product testers, combined with the technology of Channel Signal, creates an unprecedented combination that will benefit any brand that sells products directly to consumers online,” says Houghton.

The Active Living Group at AIM is pioneering the launch of Gear 360 with BACKPACKER, SKI, and Climbing magazines, and a similar program called “Health 360” through Yoga Journal and Clean Eating. The program will be deployed across AIM and its other brands in the coming months.

About Active Interest Media, Inc.

One of the world’s largest participant media companies, Active Interest Media (aimmedia.com) produces leading consumer and trade events, websites, magazines, podcasts, films, and TV shows that reach 40+ million readers, fans, and attendees in 85 countries. AIM produces the World Series of Team Roping, the second-richest equestrian competition in the world. Our brands include Yoga Journal, Backpacker, SKI, Vegetarian Times, IDEA Fitness, Anglers Journal, Yachts International, Sail, Power & Motoryacht, EQUUS Journal, Horse & Rider Journal, Team Roping Journal, Oxygen, Clean Eating, Log Home Living, Old House Journal, Woodsmith, Garden Gate, Writer’s Digest, Popular Woodworking, Numismatics, and more. The company’s five divisions—the Equine Network, Home Group, Healthy Living Group, Marine Group, and Outdoor Group—also operate thriving B2B platforms, online universities, and retail events. Core competencies include lead generation (through our Qualified Buyer Program), marketing services (through our in-house agency, Catapult Creative Labs), and video production; Warren Miller Entertainment is the most successful adventure-film company in history, and AIM Studios is a bustling division dedicated to digital video. Active Interest Media’s customers are smart, engaged, and loyal, and they look to our brands for trustworthy information and services that will inspire and enable them to enjoy their passions.

About Channel Signal

Channel Signal collects, measures and analyzes online product reviews, delivering valuable insights to our brand partners. We collect customer reviews from over 50 ecommerce sites, which have published these reviews into the expansive marketplace of potential buyers. Our brand partners are major players in outdoor recreation, footwear, industrial tools, lawn-care, personal care and industrial supplies. Channel Signal measures both the consumer rating and opinion through reviews and the actual text of those reviews, using artificial intelligence. Both measurements provide a crystal clear picture of brand and product performance. Our customers and partners use this information to improve messaging, increase sales and improve their products.

CONTACT
Sharon Houghton
719-210-3387
shoughton@aimmedia.com