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6thAveConcepts commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

Newspapers (apologies in advance if I start to sound redundant) work very similar to what Magmom has said. Advertising is where the money is at, not cover price and not subscriptions. Magmom's $3700 cost was just print; it didn't count the…

Dec 9, 2009

Mandee Widrick commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

Magmom - you have provided some great info. I was about to post a question similar to Ann's but then I found this post. I, too, would love to pick your brain a bit about the magazine industry. I'm a young entrepreneur and plan to launch a…

Dec 9, 2009

magmom commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

My husband and I did everything! (he still does all the deliveries even now) We paid for the first 4 issues out of pocket and finally started a profit at the 5th. Each issue was about $3700 to print, And it took about 2 days to distribute in all…

Nov 28, 2009

Ann S commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

Thank you! I can't appreciate enough the time you take to write back. I am in Long Island, NY so it is a pretty large town. Did you have to come up with initial capital? Did you have to hire distributors to get the magazine to the target…

Nov 19, 2009

magmom commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

We had an 8 page prototype/media kit but had very few ads in the beginning. (under 5 paid ads) We hoped for more of a if you build it they will come and fortunately that's what happened. Content was another surprise. Once it was out we had…

Nov 19, 2009

Ann S commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

Thanks again, so did you have to share a Prototype to get initial advertisers interested? Or just statistics of target market?

Nov 18, 2009

magmom commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

Mine is a 100% free (ad funded) and I didn't spend a penny on advertising or launching. I got a tip from a friend that had a magazine in the 90s that said to get your distribution points in place first because that's the first thing people…

Nov 18, 2009

Ann S commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

thank you so much for your response, I would actually have a section in my Magazine called 'The Super MOM".. it is more about women making a difference vs. working in prefessional fields... do you rely on subscriptions .. how did you…

Nov 16, 2009

magmom commented on Ann S's blog post 'Will my magazine survive?'

Well first of all I think you're selling yourself short only focusing on working women. (unless of course there's already a dedicated women's magazine in your area and you're going more for a niche market) And feminism is about…

Nov 13, 2009

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Will my magazine survive?

I want to start a magazine focussed on professional working women. This is not the most unique idea and there is competition but this is what I am passionate about. I have no experience with publishing but I am willing to train myself and do the research. Do you think it is work the shot? I am a Feminist and want to contribute something that may help the population of working women. Thoughts?

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Will my magazine survive?

I want to start a magazine focussed on professional working women. This is not the most unique idea and there is competition but this is what I am passionate about. I have no experience with publishing but I am willing to train myself and do the research. Do you think it is worth the shot? I am a Feminist and want to contribute something that may help the population of working women. Thoughts?

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 2:00pm