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Originally Posted by sppmo
Wow, unbelievable! Most magazines make most of their profits from advertisers, not suscribers. Ever notice glowing reviews followed by that product being advertised in the adjacent pages - surely that is just a coincidence.  |
Some facts:
When Excellence magazine first covered my efforts in 2004 with a 6,000 word "Tech Forum" I had never spent a dollar advertising with them, no ad from my company graced their pages.. we were backlogged for 8 months with zero advertising other than word of mouth and a website....
When Excellence covered our M96 work in an extensive article in December of 2008 I also still hadn't advertised with them. o one ever asked me to or suggested that I should. In that article Jim Pasha wrote his last Tech Forum, 8,000 words about these engines and what our group has done to develop them, identify the issues and solve the problems.
After that article I also had never advertised with them, in fact my first ad with them didn't start until the end of 2009. Being an advertiser hasn't changed the way we are treated by the staff of what is covered in the articles, or how often our names are mentioned.
Excellence isn't operated on the "buddy system" as the other dozen magazines that our efforts have been covered in on multiple occasions. It is fairly common for articles to be written for products or services being given to the writer, with some magazines you'll get nothing unless you give away some goods.. Excellence won't accept anything at all, they ask for nothing at all and they treat everyone fairly.
So, SPPMO has made another assumption that is absolutely incorrect. I'll close by stating that every drop of "ink" we have received has been given to us in respect for the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into gathering the material through actual experience. Excellence appreciates that and so do most others.
We also had the information that no one else had, had the pictures that no one else had and thats because we have the experience that no one else does at this level... Thats because we were forward thinkers several years ago when people were telling us we were "crazy for working on a disposable engine that could be bought new for less than it could be rebuilt". I know of SEVEN of those shop owners that told us that who are no longer in business, while we are adding employees and adding to our facility. They "dated" themselves as many Porsche shops have done and the majority have or will pay the price for this soon.
I wonder how many magazine articles SPPMOs work has been featured in?? How many different languages are those magazines written in?
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