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Originally posted by EmporerEJ
Kath-
Have you posted that message on some of the other boards like Amateurmasters & YNot?
It's great that a policy was finally settled on!
Line 'em up and sign 'em up!
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EmporerEJ -
No I have not because this FREE VIP Subscription offer is for GreenguyandJim.com webmasters only. Klixxx Magazine is a subscription-only magazine for a number of reasons. Other industry-based magazines end up getting a lot of non-industry folks receiving their magazines when they are FREE. Especially in the adult online industry, that's not something we want nor something we want to encourage. Hence the nominal subscription fee.
$9.95/Lifetime (US subscribers - see site for breakdown to other countries) doesn't even cover postage, etc. - but it benefits many things - 1) that the subscriber is an adult webmaster or is working in the adult online industry 2) that the subscriber actually WANTS the magazine and isn't being "joke subscribed" by a friend and 3) that our readership WANTS to receive our magazines and isn't being plummeted with issues from addresses snagged by some webmaster mailing list grabbed from show registrations or affiliate program listings.
It's a fine line between wanting to make sure that all industry pros are receiving Klixxx Magazine - because it IS a magazine written by webmasters FOR webmasters.... not simply a bunch of hired writers writing on topics they don't understand for a community they don't even belong to... however - in the same breath we want to make sure that ONLY industry professionals receive our magazine.
A mainstream magazine that I used to receive recently stopped production. Why? Because it was discovered by advertisers that over 50% of its readership was non-industry "surfer" types. Why would you give away all of your doorway, circle jerk or traffic herding secrets to the surfer? True - they can read these message boards (and they DO at a certain industry giant, and post as well!) - but why would you want your ads and articles going out to non-industry folks. If the readership is at 50k yet 25k of those eyeballs are surfers, then what are you paying for?
ROI is a HUGE concern (finally!) in today's market - and Klixxx is responding by ensuring that our magazine is a true TRADE magazine and is distributed to industry professionals that are actively working within the industry.
Sorry for the long post to explain - I hope I expressed this sufficiently to respond to the question about why we do not just freely distribute subscriptions everywhere. GG&J is a quality WEBMASTER business board - this is why we chose to offer this deal openly on this board to posting members.
Thanks
and |Jim for allowing me to get this message out.