Contribute / Distribute Mind Petals Magazine – May 2007
This month we launched our second issue of Mind Petals. It grew from 2 pages to 4 this month and was distributed all across the city. The distribution has been going great so far. I was able to spread the magazine at the New York Technology Meetup that meets once a month with 200 – 500 entrepreneurs / technologist from all over the city, Stern business school (I was invited to join the entrepreneurship club), Pace University Lubin Business school ( I handed out flyers to the business students), and even a hackers meeting that I attended last night called Hacker 2600.
So as you can see, Mind Petals magazine is definitely a grassroots operation and I plan to update you once a month on the progress of the magazine. How I distribute, the contributors that are involved with the project, and the obstacles that I will surely encounter as I try and grow this 4 page black and white into a full blow magazine such as Business 2.0.
But, I can’t do it alone. I invite every single Mind Petals member, fan, supporter, and contributor to get involved. There are many ways you can help out and I will discuss a few now.
Submit an article:
Each month we’ll publish roughly 6 articles in each issue. You can submit an article to us at anytime and if the content is right for the magazine, we’ll absolutely include it.
We are looking for content that really “speaks to” young entrepreneurs, not “at them.” Such as obstacles that you have faced and how you overcame them, ways and techniques that you have used to improve your business, and ideas that you’d like to share with the world of young entrepreneurs.
Below each article that is published, we will include your full name, email address, and the name of your company.
Become a Mind Petals Distributor [ MPD ]
If you are currently attending a college and think that a good amount (100+) of students would benefit from such a magazine, then you’d make a perfect Mind Petals Distributor.
Each month, we’d send you a package of roughly 100 copies of Mind Petals. It would be your responsibility to hand out the magazines or put them in a place that young entrepreneurs would be able to access them (entrepreneurship clubs, business professors, etc…)
Each month, you’ll send us a brief outline of how you distributed the magazine, the tactics that you used, where you passed them out, and how effective it was. We’ll post each distributor’s story on a follow-up article here on MP. Pictures would also be great.
In return, Mind Petals Magazine will give you a free month of sponsorship in the magazine. You can promote your business, your club, your events, anything that you want to share that is someway related to entrepreneurship.
Your advertisement will be seen by at least 1000 (and growing) other young entrepreneurs across the country attending various colleges, including the students that you distribute to at your college.
If you’d like to become a contributor, distributor, or both, please leave a comment below or contact me directly at editor [at] mindpetals.com
Thank You to April’s Contributors:
Anthony Putignano of Xonatek web development
William Quisenberry
Jason Drohn of Jdsblog.com
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