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2 Dec 2016
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New Women ADV Riders magazine!
Hello ladies,
A new Women ADV Riders magazine is born: enjoy, share, and support!
Women ADV Riders is a free overland magazine for motorcycling women across the globe. Created by a team of adventurous gals around the world, this issue hopes you'll get inspired - and get going!
www.womenadvriders.com
Feedback, critique, questions, ideas: womenadvriders@gmail.com
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16 Dec 2016
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Not a woman
But why not, great idea and if it aides women to go and explore and not feel that its a man's world then it has to be welcomed.
Related topics etc
Keep it going.
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23 Apr 2017
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Even more great news: we have finally launched the first digital Women ADV Riders WoW issue!
Get your copy HERE
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23 Apr 2017
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Best of luck with the new magazine! Your digital copy was a bit "fuzzy", format and layout a bit off, no photos I could see.
Who are your staff? ... are you re-posting existing FREE ride reports or actually have staff writers who create original work?
I admire your attempt at commercial free operation ... but in the end, IMO, ... it won't work. As an unknown new magazine you'll probably find it really tough to get sponsors to pay for an ad anyway, but Keep trying.
If you can get support from related ADV Touring businesses, then why not?
As long as sponsors are not calling the shots editorially, I don't see a problem. But if you sell out to sponsors ... your readers will know it and abandon you ... like a certain BIG GLOSSY ADV magazine (it's both print and online) that is now in serious trouble ... or hopefully dead (it sucked bad) These guys became shills for advertisers and think gloss can supplant intelligent content.
I worked for a "FREE" magazine here in California for 15+ years. We had ads ... and we lost several good clients due to our outspoken and radical content. (like BMW NA !!! :help smilie: )
But City Bike (since 1988, IIRC) thrived here in San Francisco, California, still going strong today under the new owners. We featured plenty of Women focused stories ... it's most successful editor was a woman. (Jackie Jourette) I did a short story
on Lois Pryce (Lois On The Loose) on her first trip from AK down to Argentina.
I support the idea of an ADV mag from a woman's perspective ... as long as it doesn't create an US Vs. THEM situation. Men are not the enemy.
But if you gals want your own sandbox ... fine. I'll read it if it's good and features good pro writers. Crap writing will sink you fast.
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Mollydog,
thanks for all the good luck wishes
To answer your questions/statements:
- Our digital copy needs improvement for sure, but I don't quite get what you mean by 'fuzzy' and 'no photos'? Have you actually got a copy, or are you just talking about the cover?
- We don't have staff as such. We are a team of women adventure riders around the world who contribute and edit regularly; there is no hierarchy in terms of bosses here and thus, no 'staff'.
- We are NOT re-posting anything. All our content is 100% original; both web and the digimag content is created by our team as well as independent contributors. We absolutely do not steal other people's ride reports!
- Thank you for your concerns about our financial well-being. Yes, finding advertisers is tough - but definitely not impossible. We are being supported by a few awesome companies who believe in us, and we're growing exponentially.
- None of the companies who support us have a say in our content in any way, shape, or form. We do sometimes publish sponsored articles on the web, but when we do, we ALWAYS add 'SPONSORED ARTICLE' in big bright letters in the very beginning. Our digital magazine has zero advertising; our philosophy is simple: web content is free, so there will be ads because we need to pay the IT folks and server costs whereas the digital magazine is paid, so it's completely ad and sponsored content free.
- We are absolutely not trying to create a us vs them mentality and I am seriously at a loss for words that this is even coming up. I would strongly recommend you read at least a few of our articles online ( www.womenadvriders.com content is free). More than 50% of our readership is actually men. We don't talk about periods, purses, and lipstick on Women ADV Riders! We talk about riding, motorcycles, and traveling - but we do it differently than all the other big adv moto publications out there. How differently? Check our content out.
- 'If you girls want your own sandbox, fine'? Frankly, I just have no comment for this one. But gee, thanks for being so magnanimous!
- Yes, crap writing will sink anyone's attempts at a publication fast. But, yet again, have you actually read any of our articles before commenting? We absolutely appreciate constructive criticism, especially from experienced professionals. But 'crap will sink you fast' is just pointing out the obvious in a rather obnoxious manner and I fail to see the benefit of a comment like that.
Thank you for raising valid points in your post; I hope I answered them!
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31 Aug 2017
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For a woman who has only started riding this year, and is about to leave the UK to ride from Canada to Argentina, I love this website.
I will be reading all your posts relating to gear and any other top tips you have!
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jelizabethrose welcome to HU! To read ALL the posts on gear and tips will take you a lifetime, but do get stuck in and have fun!
See you at HUBB UK next year
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I plan to check it out after work tonight. Sounds interesting... I wish more women rode motorcycles.
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Great stuff!
This is great, just what I'm looking for. Thanks team!
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