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A real platform keeps the advertiser record, the history, and the workflow in place no matter who is on staff this term.",{"title":14,"description":15},"When the patchwork stops adding up","A standalone contact list, a separate invoicing file, an email folder of proofs, and a third-party classified tool rarely agree with each other. Consolidating ad sales, classifieds, proofs, and billing onto one platform means one source of truth instead of reconciling four.",{"title":17,"description":18},"When the business office needs answers","A faculty adviser, GM, or university finance office needs clean reporting on revenue, A\u002FR, and collections - not a number reconstructed by hand. Moving to a platform with built-in reporting gives the people accountable for the paper a real view of the operation.",{"eyebrow":20,"title":21,"subtitle":22,"columns":23,"items":24},"ON ONE PLATFORM","How AccountScout helps your paper.","CRM, ad sales, order entry, classifieds, proofs, billing, and reporting on a single platform built for publishing.",3,[25,29,33,37,41,45],{"icon":26,"title":27,"description":28},"NotebookPen","One advertiser record","Account history, contacts, orders, balances, and notes live in one place - so a new account exec is productive without inheriting someone's spreadsheet.",{"icon":30,"title":31,"description":32},"Smartphone","Sell from anywhere","SalesScout puts the CRM in a browser on any device, so student reps can pull up an account, log a visit, and build a quote between classes.",{"icon":34,"title":35,"description":36},"ListOrdered","Fast order entry","Book retail, classified, digital, and insert orders from one screen, then convert approved quotes into orders without rebuilding the account.",{"icon":38,"title":39,"description":40},"Globe","Classifieds online","ClassifiedScout lets readers browse and place classified ads on your site. Orders and payments sync live to AccountScout - no CSV, no manual import.",{"icon":42,"title":43,"description":44},"BadgeCheck","Proofs approved online","Advertisers review proofs, request changes, or approve in a portal, and the approval writes back to the order. No email treasure hunt before deadline.",{"icon":46,"title":47,"description":48},"CreditCard","Bill and get paid faster","Invoice from the same order data your reps already sold, collect by card or ACH with surcharge compliance, and let advertisers pay through a self-service portal.","yml",{"eyebrow":51,"title":52,"items":53},"FAQ","College newspaper advertising software, answered.",[54,57,60,63,66,69,72],{"question":55,"answer":56},"What software do college newspapers use to manage advertising?","College and university papers use AccountScout by Fake Brains to manage ad sales, order entry, classifieds, proofs, and billing on one platform. It is the same publishing operating system used by community newspapers and multi-property media groups, built specifically for how newspapers sell, produce, and bill advertising - not a generic CRM bent to fit.",{"question":58,"answer":59},"How do small newspapers handle ad billing and collections?","Bill directly from the order data your team already entered, then collect online so you are not chasing every advertiser by phone. AccountScout connects invoices, statements, A\u002FR, and aging to the advertiser record, and advertisers can pay by card or ACH with automatic surcharge compliance - which is how student papers shorten the gap between running the ad and getting paid.",{"question":61,"answer":62},"Can advertisers approve ad proofs online without calling the office?","Yes. Advertisers review their proof in a portal and approve it or request changes with comments, and the approval writes back to the order automatically. That removes the email back-and-forth and gives your production staff a clear record of which version the advertiser signed off on before deadline.",{"question":64,"answer":65},"How can a college newspaper accept classified ads online?","ClassifiedScout lets readers browse classifieds by category and place an ad on your website - they pick a package, enter text, upload images from a phone, and pay. Orders and payments sync live into AccountScout with no CSV export and no manual import, so a classified placed at 2 a.m. is in your system without staff re-keying it.",{"question":67,"answer":68},"What should a student paper look for when choosing newspaper advertising software?","Look for one platform that covers ad sales, order entry, classifieds, proofs, and billing, so nothing depends on a separate spreadsheet that disappears when a student graduates. Also weigh pricing - AccountScout has no per-seat fees, so you can give the whole staff accounts without paying for everyone on the roster - plus online proofing, online payments, and real reporting for whoever answers to the university.",{"question":70,"answer":71},"What does a newspaper CRM do?","A newspaper CRM keeps every advertiser's history, contacts, orders, balances, and activity in one record so anyone on staff can pull up an account and pick up where the last person left off. In AccountScout the CRM is tied to order entry, production, and billing, so a sale a rep books carries straight through to the proof and the invoice without re-entry.",{"question":73,"answer":74},"Does the platform run in the cloud, and how is it priced?","AccountScout is delivered from the Fake Brains cloud, so there is no server for the paper or the campus IT department to run. There are no per-seat fees - create accounts for as many student staff as you need - and exact pricing is scoped to your paper in a consultation.",{"headline":76,"body":77,"ctaLabel":78,"ctaHref":79,"phone":80},"See AccountScout on your paper's workflow.","We can walk through ad sales, classifieds, online proofs, and billing the way a college newspaper actually runs them - and show how it holds up through staff turnover.","Book a Demo","\u002Fcontact","Or call us at 303-791-3301",{"eyebrow":82,"headline":83,"subheadline":84,"primaryCta":85,"secondaryCta":86,"image":89,"imageAlt":90,"imageWidth":91,"imageHeight":92},"FOR COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY NEWSPAPERS","One platform for the student paper that runs like a real business.","AccountScout by Fake Brains gives college and university newspapers a single place to sell ads, take classifieds online, send proofs, and bill advertisers - so student staff and the business office work from the same record instead of a stack of spreadsheets.",{"label":78,"href":79},{"label":87,"href":88},"Explore AccountScout","\u002Fproducts\u002Faccountscout","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fsalescout-devices.png","SalesScout on a laptop, tablet, and phone: the rep dashboard with color-coded print advertising goals pacing for the month and the year, sales metrics, proof counts, and today's follow-ups, beside the Deal Maker pipeline moving deals from new inquiry through verbal commitment to signed.",2400,1800,{},2,{"title":96,"subtitle":97,"items":98},"What slows a student newspaper down.","College papers carry a real ad operation on top of constant staff turnover. The tooling rarely keeps up.",[99,102,105,108,111,114],{"icon":100,"text":101},"Users","Staff turns over every semester. Whatever lived in one student's spreadsheet or inbox walks out the door at graduation.",{"icon":103,"text":104},"FileSpreadsheet","Ad orders, rate cards, and advertiser contacts are scattered across spreadsheets, email threads, and a tool somebody built years ago.",{"icon":106,"text":107},"PhoneCall","Advertisers call the office to ask for an invoice, pay a bill, or check on a proof - work that should not require a phone call.",{"icon":109,"text":110},"Clock","Proofs go back and forth over email, so nobody is sure which version the advertiser actually approved before deadline.",{"icon":112,"text":113},"Wallet","Collections drag because invoicing lives apart from the orders, and chasing past-due advertisers falls on whoever has time.",{"icon":115,"text":116},"GraduationCap","A faculty adviser or business manager needs real reporting to answer to the university - not a guess pulled from three files.",{"title":118,"subtitle":119,"links":120},"The products college papers lean on most.","Start with the platform, then add the pieces that match how your paper sells and bills.",[121,124,128,132],{"title":122,"description":123,"href":88},"AccountScout","The CRM, ad sales, order entry, production, billing, and reporting platform your whole paper works from.",{"title":125,"description":126,"href":127},"SalesScout","Web and mobile CRM so student reps can pull up accounts, log activity, and build quotes from anywhere on campus.","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsalescout",{"title":129,"description":130,"href":131},"ClassifiedScout","Online classified ordering and payment that syncs live to AccountScout - no CSV, no manual import.","\u002Fproducts\u002Fclassifiedscout",{"title":133,"description":134,"href":135},"Billing & Collections","Invoice from real order data, manage A\u002FR and aging, and let advertisers pay themselves online.","\u002Fproducts\u002Faccountscout\u002Fbilling",{"title":137,"description":138,"keyFacts":139},"Ad Software for College Newspapers | Fake Brains","AccountScout by Fake Brains runs ad sales, classifieds, billing, and proofs for college and university newspapers - one platform for student staff and the business office.",[140,141,142,143,144],"Built for publishing operations since 1991","100% built in-house in Colorado","No per-seat fees — accounts for your whole staff","Used by college papers like The Daily Mississippian","Delivered from the Fake Brains cloud — no server to maintain",[146,158],{"eyebrow":147,"title":148,"description":149,"bullets":150,"image":154,"imageAlt":155,"imageWidth":156,"imageHeight":157},"PROOFS","One place that knows which version was approved.","Email threads are where proofs go to get lost, and a staff that turns over every semester has no memory of the thread. A queue carries a state instead of a history.",[151,152,153],"Every proof shows where it is - in composing, with the rep, with the advertiser, ready","Advertisers approve or request changes without a reply-all thread","The answer is tracked against the order, so nothing rests on who remembers what","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fproofscout-queue.png","A ProofScout queue: six status tiles counting new ads, ads in composing, ads awaiting the sales rep, ads awaiting the advertiser, ads needing changes, and ads ready to publish; a table of proofs by advertiser, description, status and sales rep; and a preview pane showing one ad proof with buttons to request changes or approve it.",1536,1024,{"eyebrow":159,"title":160,"description":161,"bullets":162,"image":166,"imageAlt":167,"imageWidth":91,"imageHeight":92},"THE OFFICE PHONE","Advertisers answer their own questions.","Where is my invoice, can I pay by card, did you get my approval - three calls a student office should not be fielding between classes.",[163,164,165],"Invoices, balances and payment history are there whenever the advertiser looks","Card and ACH payments post themselves to the account","Nothing to reset: advertisers log in with a one-time code sent to their email","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fadvertiser-portal-devices.png","The Advertiser Portal on a desktop monitor and two phones: an account overview flagging a past-due balance with quick actions for invoices, payments, and proofs, beside a card payment screen and a proof approval screen.","college-newspapers","marketing\u002Findustries\u002Fcollege-newspapers",null,"P_6uFP6pf00I4_6uC3tHHwmcSJl6ev75TEHody6uELQ",1791402836754]