Killen, Ala.--LEARNing More Circulation Idea Service, a circulation and marketing trade publication, has hired two new contributors.

Director of audience development for The Day publishing company Daniel L. Williams will write on consumer revenue and audience growth, database marketing and customer relationship management programs, member acquisition and retention activities, strategic planning, brand marketing, and new business development with initiatives across print and digital product lines for the multi-media group.

In the past, Williams has presented and written on a variety of consumer sales and database marketing topics with NAA, INMA, the Suburban Newspaper Association, the Tennessee and North Carolina Press Associations, Presstime magazine, Editor and Publisher, and smartFOCUS Astech. 

Prior to joining The Day, Daniel held management positions with the New York Times Regional Media Group, The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun, The News and Observer in Raleigh, N.C., and USA Today.

Circulation director Dan Montgomery will write about important topics that circulation professionals face every day and also writing about leaders in the circulation industry. He started at the Detroit News in 1974 as a district manager and quickly moved up the ranks. He held several positions at the Detroit News including home delivery Manager, training and special projects manager and single copy manager. 

In 2004, Montgomery accepted a position with the Journal Register Co. as their circulation director for the Pottstown, Penn. Mercury newspaper. Then, in late 2005, Montgomery became the assistant circulation director at the Portland Press Herald in Portland, Maine. He stayed in that position until 2008 when we was promoted to circulation director.  In 2009, the Portland Press Herald was sold and the new ownership brought in a new management team. Montgomery moved on to circulation director for the News Publishing Co. in Rome, Ga., which included the daily Rome News-Tribune as well as six paid and five weekly publications.  In 2011, he took over the circulation director position for The Times in Gainesville, Ga., where he currently serves.