Mobile Home Living Magazine

Mobile Home Living Magazine
  


Introducing the

Mobile Home Living Magazine!

I’ve been dreaming about a printed Mobile Home Living magazine since I wrote my first post back in September, 2011.

It’s finally happening!

Our first printed issue will come off the press in late June and will hit mailboxes by mid-July.

We’ll be publishing 4 issues per year on a quarterly basis and we offer two subscription plans, printed and digital or just digital.

All Subscriptions Includes a Few Perks

Your annual subscription, whether it be printed + digital or digital only, includes a few perks (or bonuses) besides just getting an awesome printed magazine every quarter.

Bonus #1


Click the button to subscribe. Just click Send and then type in $35 if you want the printed magazine or $15 if you want the digital. Be sure to click “SEND” (not Request) and then enter the amount. Thank you!

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A Little More About the Magazine

A lot of magazines have folded in the last few years. Family Circle, a magazine I grew up reading, folded recently. However, niche magazines seem to be doing OK.

I also read an article the other day about ad revenue increasing 9% from 2020 to 2021 for some of the bigger media outlets.

I think a lot of the popular magazines that have went under had a difficult time finding their voice online or didn’t get online soon enough. Their slow transition to online media gave smaller competitors a cutting edge. I suppose the same can be said about any industry but it’s especially true in print media.

I have quite a bit of experience in print media (you can read about it below) and I’ve always considered Mobile Home Living to be an online magazine so adding a quarterly printed version isn’t too much of a jump.

I also have a feeling that the internet will eventually lose its tight hold on people. I’ve noticed that quite a few of my friends and family are cutting back on their social media. My best friend was on Facebook all the time and she recently deactivated her accounts. She said she was just burnt out and needed a break. I think that’s going to be the case with a lot of more people. If that happens, printed magazines will be in more demand.

Magazines have always been popular because they entertain, inform, and inspire. Best of all, I think magazines connect people with similar interests together, especially when it’s a magazine that caters to a smaller niche.

My knowledge about printing comes from my 2 year diploma/certificate in print communications and graphic design that I earned at the Wyoming County Vocational and Technical School in Pineville, WV. I attended the trade school half the day and took my regular high school classes the other half and learned how to run printing presses of all sizes, plate-making, binding, etc. Plus, I’m only 3 semesters shy of getting my BA in advertising and graphic design.

I started working for my hometown’s weekly newspaper, The Independent Herald, the day after I graduated from high school. I loved it! I stayed there for 2 years while attending a small community college and saving up for Marshall University (Go Herd!). I worked for Val-Pak as a coupon designer while attending Marshall.

I’ve also ran 4-color printing presses for a large print company in Salisbury, NC for a couple of years. In short, I LOVE print media and have dreamed about working for a magazine since I was in Jr high. I even have proof (I just have to find it in my dad’s old house in WV):

I had to write an essay in 6th grade about what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote that I was going to be a magazine editor and graphic designer and live in NYC (that’s kinda hilarious considering I grew up in a holler in the coalfields of southern WV and had never even been to a big city at that time).

The best way to explain my goal for the new magazine is that it will be a combination of ‘Better Homes & Gardens’ and ‘Family Handyman’ for mobile and manufactured home owners.

There will be home tours and articles about repairing and remodeling, gardening and landscaping, buying and selling advice, decor and design, DIY and how-to projects, etc.
I’ll also have articles about dealers, builders, and parks (owners and investors).

I would love to be able to say that every article and image in the magazine is from a mobile or manufactured home owner. It’s probably not possible but it’s definitely a goal of mine. Mobile Home Living has always been for mobile home owners by mobile home owners. I hope to be able to say the same about the magazine too.

As of right now, I’m planning to have 75% content and 25% advertising. I read some magazine reviews on Amazon a few weeks ago and the most common complaint for every magazine was about having too many ads.

So far, I’ve only reached out to one company to see if they would be interested in advertising in the magazine but I do plan on sending some emails out this week.

The first issue of the Mobile Home Living Magazine will be printed on or around June 20th, 2022. It will take a few days to days to print, bind, and then ship them out so your magazine should arrive at your house no later than July 15, 2022.

I‘m fairly sure I’ll be using 3rd class postage for periodicals with USPS. Unfortunately, I’ve read that it can sometimes take weeks for magazines to get from the printer/publisher to the subscriber. I will go with a more expensive mailing classification if I can afford it.

I know $35 is a lot for 4 magazine a year. That’s why I’ve added the bonuses like the free ebook, the resource library, and the pro finder site in the works.

Yes. If you don’t like the first issue of the magazine just let me know. I won’t mind a bit to refund your money on a pro-rated basis for the 3 other issues. I hope that doesn’t happen though!


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