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Actually, despite its, uh, antiquity, I like this idea. Let me explain. 1) Why does everyone think that they'll have trouble from blogs for republishing? It'

Actually, despite its, uh, antiquity, I like this idea. Let me explain. 1) Why does everyone think that they'll have trouble from blogs for republishing? It's huge extra exposure - I feel that you'll get tons of people interested. 2) Go away from publishing blog posts to stories about the bloggers (egos), about how they started their idea, features on getting started, new stories by bloggers, etc. The TOPIC is blogging, not the posts that they've written. Remember that and you have your focus. 3) It's simply not a topic covered by any major magazine The bad - 1) Magazines are indeed dying. Ad revenues are down and continue to drop. 2) It's ironic to cover such a new media with such an old one and the irony will hit people as they read it. 3) You're going to need a good deal of money to start this up and do circulation.

dkokelley 18y ago
Very good points. Yes it does seem to be pretty expensive to print up the physical magazines. I'm liking the idea of getting it in an area where the readers may not have access to the internet (specifically plane rides). If I know I'm going to be on the plane for 4 hours and I can't use my laptop for the internet, what better way to calm the panic than by having a magazine full of 10-15 or so blogs that I can read?
- Jax 18y ago
  Agree with u. As a geek, I would opt to read geeky stuff on magazines when i dont have access to internet. Here are a few things I suggest you consider. 1.) You can start with the air passengers. And the best thing to do would be to setup a small stall in the airport or very near to the gate. 2.) Sell in small number of pages. And sell different volumes per topic. Becoz a geek would like tech content and a granny would health related content(i didnt ask my granny). Like one Maybe around 15 pages per-topic per-week, since u only want to offer them content to be occupie during journey. 3.) when there's blog content about latest stuff, ur content might be old for readers at the end of the month. So publish new editions every week. 4.) if u are going to publish different a volume per topic, then the easiest way of getting content would be Technorati or any other blog aggregator. 5.) remember: start small. U can ofcourse start with around 3 topics for different age groups. Like 'gadgets' for kids, 'talk of the town' kind of content for women and biz for men. 6.) u can also just start by using a laser printer at home to print(i dont know about printing, checkout which is economical. 7.) start as a niche magazine for travellers. u can later expand by setting up stalls at more public travel stations and other places. 8.) u might get busy with aggregating content. So i suggest u hire someone to look after the stall. U can find students looking for partime jobs(getting them might be easy, who doesnt want to read magazines free?) i hope u liked the above. And please apologize for using mobile lingo, i am on my mobile phone :)

dkokelley 18y ago

Very good points. Yes it does seem to be pretty expensive to print up the physical magazines. I'm liking the idea of getting it in an area where the readers may not have access to the internet (specifically plane rides). If I know I'm going to be on the plane for 4 hours and I can't use my laptop for the internet, what better way to calm the panic than by having a magazine full of 10-15 or so blogs that I can read?

Jax 18y ago
Agree with u. As a geek, I would opt to read geeky stuff on magazines when i dont have access to internet. Here are a few things I suggest you consider. 1.) You can start with the air passengers. And the best thing to do would be to setup a small stall in the airport or very near to the gate. 2.) Sell in small number of pages. And sell different volumes per topic. Becoz a geek would like tech content and a granny would health related content(i didnt ask my granny). Like one Maybe around 15 pages per-topic per-week, since u only want to offer them content to be occupie during journey. 3.) when there's blog content about latest stuff, ur content might be old for readers at the end of the month. So publish new editions every week. 4.) if u are going to publish different a volume per topic, then the easiest way of getting content would be Technorati or any other blog aggregator. 5.) remember: start small. U can ofcourse start with around 3 topics for different age groups. Like 'gadgets' for kids, 'talk of the town' kind of content for women and biz for men. 6.) u can also just start by using a laser printer at home to print(i dont know about printing, checkout which is economical. 7.) start as a niche magazine for travellers. u can later expand by setting up stalls at more public travel stations and other places. 8.) u might get busy with aggregating content. So i suggest u hire someone to look after the stall. U can find students looking for partime jobs(getting them might be easy, who doesnt want to read magazines free?) i hope u liked the above. And please apologize for using mobile lingo, i am on my mobile phone :)