What is your advice on this publication?

i live in small town in michoacan mexico and im thinking of starting a small publication, that would cover sports, local businesses, entertainment, general news, and have classified ads. houses, cars, an other merchandise,

the publication would be free but i would charge accordingly for the publications, it would be 2 times per month, the strong point would be allowing everybody to place an ad for 5 articles, so that people can buy, trade, and exchange merchandise.

what advice would you give me and what is your opinion on this publication.

thanks

Honestly: Assuming that the small population will not be enough to "float the boat", I personally would go ahead and do this, but only with a strong online component which makes the services super-regional, extending to pretty much everywhere in Mexico via the web. Maybe even consider including a little trading section? There is a precedent here in New Zealand which may give you some inspiration (kind of a "Mini-E-Bay"). It’s called trademe.co.nz , maybe take a look to see if that might be worth emulating?
Good luck with your project, I think it’s a good idea.

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2 Responses to “What is your advice on this publication?”

Tahini Raving Weirdo on February 9th, 2010 at 7:54 pm

Honestly: Assuming that the small population will not be enough to "float the boat", I personally would go ahead and do this, but only with a strong online component which makes the services super-regional, extending to pretty much everywhere in Mexico via the web. Maybe even consider including a little trading section? There is a precedent here in New Zealand which may give you some inspiration (kind of a "Mini-E-Bay"). It’s called trademe.co.nz , maybe take a look to see if that might be worth emulating?
Good luck with your project, I think it’s a good idea.
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GreyRainbow on February 9th, 2010 at 8:25 pm

What you are proposing sounds very good. I think that a paper in a small town is quaint and a lot of people would make effective use of it.

Because it’s a small town you can definately go for it.
You could add a ‘have your say’ section where people could write in and share a unny town story..or somethng of the sort.

Otherwise there is nothing to suggest, I’d do some research on how to get your paper into print and the costs.
Good luck!
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