V6 MUSTANG MAGAZINE

[Ken Cheema]

Thats a good point spector V but then what are you going to read on the toilet lol

[WhiteStang99]

What do you think laptops and netbooks were invented for?

[Bstang03]

I'm sorry but newspapers and magazines were invented for pooping

[Zebs5408]

BACK TO THE SUBJECT LOL......i tried yesterday and still no luck. if anything else i i cant be the one to finanically back it ill shoot the ideas and forum info like this and see if we can get a bite. i feel it man lol, its almost like the v6 world are the kids in high school that gets picked on so nobody wants to them a chance lol. but theres a 1000hp built v6s out there who have proven the point that wes can go fast too. let us pray

[outlawfrog]

I think it's a damned good idea. Will it workout? Who knows....only one way to find-out! RISK VS REWARD! Even though I'm not a "sixer", I'd be willing to help in any way that I could...be it article research, proof reading, etc. That'd give me something to do when the wifey hi-jacks the computer! lol

[67mustang97]

Does anyone know about how much this would cost to get running? There must be enough nice sixers on here to start something...

[WhiteStang99]

How to Start a Magazine - Ad Pricing - Graphic Design Forum

Here's a thread on a forum I found with some useful information. Take it how you want it.

[67mustang97]

Thanks there's a lot of helpful info in this article!

[WhiteStang99]

There is a lot of info out there about it, I simply googled "Magazine startup costs".

Seems that there is a lot of variation in the numbers, but it doesn't hurt to get as much information as possible.

[Ken Cheema]

wow thats your whole start up right there. it can be done but somone needs to have time to do such things.

unfortunetly my life is so nutty that i dont even have time to take care of myself. anyone else got time to work on this?

[SpectorV]

also just printing is not the major issue, its selling subscriptions which means you need to:

A. Get the word to target audiences AND get them on board
B. Have stuff IN the magazine that makes it worthwhile and useful

[Ken Cheema]

c. go out there and talk to vendors who want to place an add, convice them of putting and add to sell the space
d. manage a excell sheet or some sort of data base of all the subscriptions you have received and manage the timeframe of sending out reminders when your subscription is about to end. and you cant be TOO pushy or ull annoy your customers.

yah.....alot of work.

[sonicpony03]

Yah it's basically one of those things that's great in theory, but in actuality it's a ton of work and a huge commitment. I'm sure if we were all in one local area and had the time/money to work on it...we could make it work. You can't expect one person to be able to get the whole thing started up.

[Ken Cheema]

however who evers willing to put in the time and effort can really make a big income on it if it takes off

[Zebs5408]

i honestly would love to but like i said i own a restaurant and i work 90 hrs a week with NO days off right now. i would however like to be a finanical partnership with someone who has the means! theres is a market out there for a sixer magazine.

[OsirisGuy]

You will really need someone who can commit to it full time, unless you want to do do something like a special edition magazine that comes out every so often when there is no information. Meaning a non-subscription magazine. You can go for a Penny Saver look for cost but you will need writers, editors, photographers, publishers for starters. It's nice to think you can start it up but with out being able to devout yourself to it the idea can easily fizzle out.

[WhiteStang99]

and everybody slowly backs away... haha

[wyldpny]

[blue-saleen]

Hey, just came across this, and it seems like a pretty good site. check it out, maybe it will help.

MagazineLaunch.com | Starting a Magazine Publishing Business | Magazine Publishing Start-Up Guides | Because this is the hardest part.

a v6 mustang magazine would be amazing, and i would love to see it happen.

[outlawfrog]

If I knew more about journalisiam, I'd def. quite my suck-pay job to devote fulltime....but unfortunately, I'm not even sure I spelled journalisiam correctly!
hahahahahahahahah

[67mustang97]

[Zebs5408]

PRICELESS LOL.....i feel u on that one bro, i use to be spelling bee champ in middle school and now i have to ask my employees how to spell the stupidest stuff LOL. i just go with it now and hope everyone else is smart enough to try and s-ound i-t out LOL

[outlawfrog]

hahah.....but of course, for articles, MSword would be used, which means spell check is a WONDERFUL thing!

[OsirisGuy]

Not to mention Firefox and Chrome have spell check in the type fields. Damn computers at school don't have them though. *waves fist angerly (sp?)*

[stangaroo]

Here's the deal, about 75 percent of stangs sold are v6, 20 percent gt, 5 percent split between roush, saleen, shelby, etc.

There would be WAY more readers of the v6 mag, every v6 has at least a cold air intake because about 3 months after driving it everyone wishes it were as fast as a GT. So yeah, performance companies would pay a lot for the ads because every 6er has mods in it, not all GTs do

I bet even GT and shelby owners would buy it too, just to make sure there's not a bunch of 6ers out there running low 12s high 11s near where they live... LOL

[Ken Cheema]

Quote: Originally Posted by stangaroo Here's the deal, about 75 percent of stangs sold are v6, 20 percent gt, 5 percent split between roush, saleen, shelby, etc. There would be WAY more readers of the v6 mag, every v6 has at least a cold air intake because about 3 months after driving it everyone wishes it were as fast as a GT. So yeah, performance companies would pay a lot for the ads because every 6er has mods in it, not all GTs do I bet even GT and shelby owners would buy it too, just to make sure there's not a bunch of 6ers out there running low 12s high 11s near where they live... LOL

agreed. it makes sence. its too bad again none of US have the time to start this operation.

[Ken Cheema]

infact we probebly just gave the idea to somone else who will become rich off of this in the future lol

[wyldpny]

As you can see in my mag cover sample above, I can do the layout if I have the content, ads, etc.
I have done this before both with car clubs and toy collectibles.
The three most important things if you are going to self publish is finding a financial backer, a printer and then getting it into distribution. Of course if you could find a publisher who would take this on then all three of those would be solved.

[stangaroo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zebs5408 MAN i keep looking and looking for a v6 mustang magazine! im not seeing it anywhere, i get mustang monthly and the 4.6 5.0 magazines hoping for once they would have some stuff for us for once but we gets NO LOVE! somebody should do something about this. like have mustang evolution create a v6 mustang magazine. whoever decides to run with this idea would make money im sure. theres a ton of us out here who were either stuck with a v6 mustang because it was bought for them or someone past it on or whos like me and got one for cheap and wants to see what we can make this 6 banger do. its been proving a v6 can be made just as fast as v8s if not faster depending on there budget. if im wrong about this magazine and theres one out there halla back. these are just my thoughts lol

Here's my first mock-up... who wants to pitch this to some publishers with me!? LOL

[stangaroo]

Quote: Originally Posted by wyldpny As you can see in my mag cover sample above, I can do the layout if I have the content, ads, etc. I have done this before both with car clubs and toy collectibles. The three most important things if you are going to self publish is finding a financial backer, a printer and then getting it into distribution. Of course if you could find a publisher who would take this on then all three of those would be solved.

woops, didn't realize you already did a mockup, lol didn't get to see it, is the link broken?

[wyldpny]

The image still shows up fine for me so I don't know what to say

[Zebs5408]

bro i like it! what else u got?

[Zebs5408]

sleeper of the month LOL! love it man! ur putting thought in this man thats cool, we need to have a montly project too. and then a budget builder section caise honestly 70% of ur v6 guys are on a budget thats why they have a v6

[wyldpny]

Some of us have a V6 for use as a daily driver so we don't have to drive our 4.6 GT's all the time

[OsirisGuy]

I definitely have the time and I know I can get printers. Pops was in the industry and there are plenty of printing shops around here that are hurting for business for years.

My problems are financial. And to cover everything you could say publishing. Big distribution may be tough, but I'm sure I can leave boxes of editions at Pep Boys, hand them out and such.

wyldpny - I don't see any photos or mock ups.