Self-Serve Portal

Let customers place public notices online, anytime.

Give governments, law firms, businesses, and individuals a simple way to submit notices, review proofs, pay invoices, and retrieve affidavits.

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Trusted by 1,600+ newspapers across the U.S.

What We Solve

Simple steps to place in your paper.

Your self-serve portal gives customers a clear, step-by-step way to place public notices online in your newspaper.

For teams placing tens, hundreds, or thousands of notices across multiple jurisdictions, every notice brings a new set of details to manage: the right newspaper, the right deadline, the right publication date, the right invoice, the right proof, and the right affidavit.

These are the pain points we hear every week:

Your self-serve portal gives customers a clear, step-by-step way to place public notices online in your newspaper.

Why Self-Serve

Manual notice intake creates unnecessary work.

Email threads, phone calls, PDFs, payment follow-up, proof approvals, and affidavit requests create avoidable work for public notice teams.

These are the pain points we hear every week:

Email threads, phone calls, PDFs, payment follow-up, proof approvals, and affidavit requests create avoidable work for public notice teams.

Customers want to be guided through the steps.

Individual notice placers rely on staff to explain requirements and collect details.

Staff spend too much valuable time on intake.

Orders require staff to format notices, create invoices, and track records.

Communities expect modern online tools.

Governments want online submission and easy access to records.

The Self-Serve Portal

An easy, guided submission experience.

Customers choose a newspaper, select a notice type, upload or enter content, preview, select dates, and submit in one place. Every order flows into your publisher dashboard for review.

Reduce repetitive intake work

Move routine placement out of email and into a structured workflow.

Reduce repetitive intake work

Move routine placement out of email and into a structured workflow.

Reduce repetitive intake work

Move routine placement out of email and into a structured workflow.

Improve customer experience

Give customers a clear way to place notices on their own schedule.

Improve customer experience

Give customers a clear way to place notices on their own schedule.

Improve customer experience

Give customers a clear way to place notices on their own schedule.

Increase order accuracy

Templates, previews, and required fields help customers submit cleaner notices.

Increase order accuracy

Templates, previews, and required fields help customers submit cleaner notices.

Increase order accuracy

Templates, previews, and required fields help customers submit cleaner notices.

Keep every notice organized

Tie the notice, proof, invoice, payment, publication details, and affidavit together.

Keep every notice organized

Tie the notice, proof, invoice, payment, publication details, and affidavit together.

Keep every notice organized

Tie the notice, proof, invoice, payment, publication details, and affidavit together.

Trusted by publishers and loved by communities across the U.S.

75% self-serve adoption

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100% self-serve rate

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4,000+ customers trained

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Time cut by 50%

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How It Works

From placement to affidavit, all in one flow.

Customers create an account.

They manage notices, invoices, affidavits, and settings.

Customers choose where and what to publish.

The portal guides them through newspaper, notice type, deadlines, and publication details.

Customers enter or upload content.

They can type, paste, or upload notice files.

Customers preview the notice.

They review content before submitting.

Customers select publication dates.

They choose eligible run dates based on your schedule.

Submit, review, track, pay, get affidavit.

They pay and retrieve documents in Column.

Customer Story

Viner Law Firm Cut Time by 50%

Viner Law uses Column to place legal notices faster, coordinate more easily with newspapers, and keep notice records organized for every matter.

Notice placement time reduced for them by 50% — from 24 minutes to 12 minutes.

“It’s easier for the newspaper and easier for us.”

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Customer Insights

What 4,000+ governments, law firms, and businesses said about self-serve.

Column's live, monthly trainings help customers learn how to register, place notices, approve proofs, pay invoices, retrieve affidavits, and manage accounts.

Customers want flexibility
Upload, enter, and edit notice content in any format.

Customers want transparency
Clear visibility into pricing, invoices, dates, andnext steps.

Customers want one place for everything
Notices, payments, proofs, and affidavits in one account.

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Connected Features

Self-serve works even better with the rest of Column.

Explore everything Column can do for your public notice workflow.

Online Payments

Let customers pay invoices from the same account.

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Automated Affidavits

Generate affidavits within 1-2 business days after publication.

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Customizations & Rates

Configure notice types, rates, schedules, and templates.

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About Column for Newspapers

Need answers? We’ve got you covered.

Below are some of the most common questions people ask us. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out!

How much does Column cost newspapers?

Do we have to use the full platform?

How does Column help with legislation?

Will we lose control of our public notice business?

How does onboarding work?

Can Column work with our existing systems?

What types of notices does Column support?

How does Column do affidavits?