Dave Stabley,
Editor/Publisher
WE DID IT !!
If the first few weeks of readership numbers are any indication,
our Premiere Issue of NM CliQ Magazine is a a success!
At the time of this writing, the magazine is consistently hitting about 100 "reads" per day. I will admit, I have no idea what the numbers should be for a new magazine to be considered successful, but from where I sit, I think we have the start of something good going on here.
I would like to offer a special word of thanks to Steven Cuoco, Publisher of "EMAGE Magazine" for his sage advice while I was trying to get this project up and running. It is always incredibly beneficial to have someone you can call for advice who has "been there. and done that". I would also like to thank Mitch Tillison and Rip Williams for getting behind this endeavor, and help move it forward.
Now, a word to the photographers, models, MUAs, hair stylists, designers and supporting companies out there who actively participate in collaborative photography...this magazine is for YOU! Use it to promote yourself among your peers. Show off what you do - to the people who have the most need for it. Create a "Personal Page" and submit it. IT'S FREE ADVERTISING!! If you just can't create one for yourself, contact me ([email protected]) and I will help you arrange to have it done for a VERY modest cost.
Do you have an upcoming collaborative photo event you want to advertise and promote? We will do that for you here...again, for FREE. Create an Ad Page and send it in. If you don't have the ability to do that, notify us of the event and we will promote it on our "Final Notes" page. Contests, gallery showings of collaborative works, challenges...all of those are of interest to the readers of NM CliQ Magazine, so we will gladly help you get the word out to the public.
Photographers, if you are like me, one of your goals is to have your work recognized and published so that it can be seen by a wider audience, in something other than a fleeting, on-screen image on Facebook. I am offering you that opportunity here. Send a sampling of your best work to [email protected]. If I can use it, I will.
Writers, to be successful, this magazine must be more than pages of pretty photos and Personal Page ads...it NEEDS content...well thought out, well-written, informative, instructional, educational, or opinionated articles about subjects that pertain to our areas of interest. If you have that talent, please submit your work for consideration.
Lastly, I want to thank all of you for your interest, your participation, and your support of this fledgling endeavor. I promise I will work very hard to continue to produce a magazine you will look forward to reading - the first of every month. If you have suggestions on how to make it better, I would love to hear from you.
With warmest regards,
Dave Stabley
Editor-in-chief
FROM THE EDITOR...
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FROM THE EDITOR . . . MAY 2015