can online magazines work?
I recently heard about the demise of Adam magazine and another tourism on- can't remember the name. No doubt these mags had gathered a number of fans and its sad to see them go. So I was thinking how about having them online instead of print? I gave this suggestion to some pals and one of them said "Adam is a magazine I flip through on a nice Sunday afternoon at home at a leisurely pace, doubt I'll take the time to read it on line." SO my question is- Is online a viable option especially in Kenya and are there any success stories or otherwise? isn't this a good local content project? I remember PC magazine also went online a few months back wonder how that's going...
I think it can work but their readership is likely to change - in a general sense, i feel that the people who read (physical) magazines aren't the same people who read online magazines. But through my own experience I can definitely say that there is a huge number of Kenyans (whether in Kenya or not) who read online. Plus, it is not hard to think that an online magazine might get readers who are not just from Kenya, no? One thing, though, is monetization. Unless they get huge numbers of visitors, it is going to be hard to get huge sums of money. What do other skunks think? Kelvin www.likechapaa.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We help make your website a success. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Gituma Nturibi <gnturibi@gmail.com> wrote:
I recently heard about the demise of Adam magazine and another tourism on- can't remember the name.
No doubt these mags had gathered a number of fans and its sad to see them go. So I was thinking how about having them online instead of print? I gave this suggestion to some pals and one of them said "Adam is a magazine I flip through on a nice Sunday afternoon at home at a leisurely pace, doubt I'll take the time to read it on line."
SO my question is- Is online a viable option especially in Kenya and are there any success stories or otherwise? isn't this a good local content project? I remember PC magazine also went online a few months back wonder how that's going... _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
Quality of content rules the day. Lots of kenyan content is not interesting and original and thats coz its shodilly and quickly put together. We do very little research and hence many articles are not relevant and dont resonate with people. I read interesting stuff whether its online or physical. It has to be well presented and researched. Im still waiting for magazines that dont interview people on one sitting and tell us what we already know about them and expect us to pay mega bucks for that stuff Unfortunately i cant cite any positive examples as far as kenya is concerned about quality catchy content. Can anyone else? On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Kelvin <kjayanoris@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it can work but their readership is likely to change - in a general sense, i feel that the people who read (physical) magazines aren't the same people who read online magazines.
But through my own experience I can definitely say that there is a huge number of Kenyans (whether in Kenya or not) who read online. Plus, it is not hard to think that an online magazine might get readers who are not just from Kenya, no?
One thing, though, is monetization. Unless they get huge numbers of visitors, it is going to be hard to get huge sums of money. What do other skunks think?
Kelvin www.likechapaa.com
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On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Gituma Nturibi <gnturibi@gmail.com> wrote:
I recently heard about the demise of Adam magazine and another tourism on- can't remember the name.
No doubt these mags had gathered a number of fans and its sad to see them go. So I was thinking how about having them online instead of print? I gave this suggestion to some pals and one of them said "Adam is a magazine I flip through on a nice Sunday afternoon at home at a leisurely pace, doubt I'll take the time to read it on line."
SO my question is- Is online a viable option especially in Kenya and are there any success stories or otherwise? isn't this a good local content project? I remember PC magazine also went online a few months back wonder how that's going... _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
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actualy perherps the probem is the magazine i knew from the first issue that adam would fail it was too metrosexual an online magazine will work in kenya if it will(sic)'show me the money' anything that will regurly guide me to a place where i can generate y am in On 12/9/09, Joram Mwinamo <joram.mwinamo@gmail.com> wrote:
Quality of content rules the day. Lots of kenyan content is not interesting and original and thats coz its shodilly and quickly put together. We do very little research and hence many articles are not relevant and dont resonate with people.
I read interesting stuff whether its online or physical. It has to be well presented and researched. Im still waiting for magazines that dont interview people on one sitting and tell us what we already know about them and expect us to pay mega bucks for that stuff
Unfortunately i cant cite any positive examples as far as kenya is concerned about quality catchy content. Can anyone else?
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Kelvin <kjayanoris@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it can work but their readership is likely to change - in a general sense, i feel that the people who read (physical) magazines aren't the same people who read online magazines.
But through my own experience I can definitely say that there is a huge number of Kenyans (whether in Kenya or not) who read online. Plus, it is not hard to think that an online magazine might get readers who are not just from Kenya, no?
One thing, though, is monetization. Unless they get huge numbers of visitors, it is going to be hard to get huge sums of money. What do other skunks think?
Kelvin www.likechapaa.com
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On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Gituma Nturibi <gnturibi@gmail.com> wrote:
I recently heard about the demise of Adam magazine and another tourism on- can't remember the name.
No doubt these mags had gathered a number of fans and its sad to see them go. So I was thinking how about having them online instead of print? I gave this suggestion to some pals and one of them said "Adam is a magazine I flip through on a nice Sunday afternoon at home at a leisurely pace, doubt I'll take the time to read it on line."
SO my question is- Is online a viable option especially in Kenya and are there any success stories or otherwise? isn't this a good local content project? I remember PC magazine also went online a few months back wonder how that's going... _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
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-- Sent from my Voice Recognition Watch© -------------------------------------------------------------------- God is not an excuse for lack of discipline -------------------------------------------------------------------- Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,but that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.As we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear,our presence automatically liberates others.
Personally, I think online editions don't work the way they should but digital editions do work. I had a subsciption to a US Magazine and they faithfully delivered to my post box for more than 2 years, then they indicated that they will stop the print edition and change to online edition (and not digital - pdf stuff) and that was my end of that magazine as I knew it - personal preferences are that we read the print copies, might read the digital copies, but spending time online reading the magazine is an issue. ./Ok3ch On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:21 PM, matere lusitche <kenyabizideas@gmail.com> wrote:
actualy perherps the probem is the magazine i knew from the first issue that adam would fail it was too metrosexual an online magazine will work in kenya if it will(sic)'show me the money' anything that will regurly guide me to a place where i can generate y am in
On 12/9/09, Joram Mwinamo <joram.mwinamo@gmail.com> wrote:
Quality of content rules the day. Lots of kenyan content is not interesting and original and thats coz its shodilly and quickly put together. We do very little research and hence many articles are not relevant and dont resonate with people.
I read interesting stuff whether its online or physical. It has to be well presented and researched. Im still waiting for magazines that dont interview people on one sitting and tell us what we already know about them and expect us to pay mega bucks for that stuff
Unfortunately i cant cite any positive examples as far as kenya is concerned about quality catchy content. Can anyone else?
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Kelvin <kjayanoris@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it can work but their readership is likely to change - in a general sense, i feel that the people who read (physical) magazines aren't the same people who read online magazines.
But through my own experience I can definitely say that there is a huge number of Kenyans (whether in Kenya or not) who read online. Plus, it is not hard to think that an online magazine might get readers who are not just from Kenya, no?
One thing, though, is monetization. Unless they get huge numbers of visitors, it is going to be hard to get huge sums of money. What do other skunks think?
Kelvin www.likechapaa.com
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On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Gituma Nturibi <gnturibi@gmail.com> wrote:
I recently heard about the demise of Adam magazine and another tourism on- can't remember the name.
No doubt these mags had gathered a number of fans and its sad to see them go. So I was thinking how about having them online instead of print? I gave this suggestion to some pals and one of them said "Adam is a magazine I flip through on a nice Sunday afternoon at home at a leisurely pace, doubt I'll take the time to read it on line."
SO my question is- Is online a viable option especially in Kenya and are there any success stories or otherwise? isn't this a good local content project? I remember PC magazine also went online a few months back wonder how that's going... _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
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-- Sent from my Voice Recognition Watch© -------------------------------------------------------------------- God is not an excuse for lack of discipline -------------------------------------------------------------------- Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,but that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.As we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear,our presence automatically liberates others.
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Gituma Nturibi -
Joram Mwinamo -
Kelvin -
matere lusitche -
Okechukwu