⚡ Scaling Content and Cutting Costs: VentureBeat’s Migration

Managing decades of articles on WordPress had become:

1. 💸 Costly
2. 🐢 Inefficient
3. ⚠️ Limited in flexibility

Evrone’s migration to Contentful addressed both technical and editorial challenges:

✅ 130,000+ articles migrated

• Automated Python scripts handled bulk content transfer
• Manual validation preserved formatting, metadata, and SEO

💾 Hybrid storage strategy:

• Recent content stored directly in Contentful for immediate access ✨
• Older content archived externally to optimize costs 📦

🎨 Platform redesign:

• Clean, news-driven layout for better readability
• Reinforced VentureBeat’s credibility and premium brand identity

⚡ Performance improvements:

• Reduced API requests for faster content delivery
• Scalable infrastructure to handle growing traffic

📝 Editorial workflow benefits:

• Intuitive content management
• Streamlined publishing process
• Future-ready platform supporting redesigns, new features, and continuous growth

The migration ensured full accessibility to all content archives, optimized costs, and prepared VentureBeat for long-term digital transformation.