This has already been done in the past a couple of times and failed after the 2nd or 3rd month. Old skoolers from HP and HA will remember the "Shark-zine" that was created, as well as the website and MSN community. There was a group of people, each with their own skill set writing editorials on different things and then there were a couple of actual editors and publishers that read everyones work and copy edited things.

Not saying that it wont last this time. I'm just saying the same exact reaction was given to the other times this idea came up, and when it came down to doing the actual work....no one did anything after the first few issues. To have a successful newsletter, theres ALOT that has to go into it. Not just a few ideas thrown together in an email and then sent off.

Good luck though. Hope it goes well if you go through with it. smile.gif

 

Drivingtibnaked, your my hero

Thank you visionz, yeah i understand that. Although i didnt know that this was attempted before. I figure I have about 2-3 hrs between my 2nd and 3rd class at pennstate + midnight to whenever i go to bed lol, so i figure i got soem time during the day. I mean, its not enough time to make a full blown 130 page magazine, but thats why its a newsletter laugh.gif get the reader to come back for more next month and more shall be added.


Still need some name ideas... =P

 

^^ its worth mentioning that he has a close relative who does a newsletter and makes a bunch of money from sponsor advertizements. This could be a good thing for a few motivated individuals.

Hyundai performance

EDIT after mod edit: Alex, i had it like that for a reason.

HY Performance
HY tech
HY speed
HYundai

 

visionz remember the hyundai community has grown since then and may have some better luck this time round, ALSO maybe there may be some more luck if its orientated toward all hyundais.

BUT he is right, people would have to be dedicated, maybe see if you can get some copies of a shark-zine and see what you can learn from that.

There could be sections about:

-New Hyundais and concept cars
-''How to's'' for common problems encountered with certain model hyundais
-Advice on different aspects of racing
-Performance DIY's
-Articles about proper N/A and Turbo tuning
-Mods to avoid
-Detailed reviews for performance products
-Reviews on hyundai stores (such as kspec and SR)
-Reviews of expericances with certain ebay sellers
-Letters from readers
-classifieds
-RDtiburon.com COTM winner page, NewTiburon.com COTM winner page, Elantra XD COTM winner page, etc, etc each with pics, interview, mod list, and dyno graphs
-Advertisements from vendors after established

thats all i can think of right now

But im all for it.

 

^^ that was a play on the english language you edited.. a Y makes a sound like an E or an I depending on it's usage.

I also think that the head honcho of this project will have to monitor some of the major sites.

The following list was blatenly stolen from my old car club WWW.DFWHYUNDAIS.COM

Hyundai Owners Clubs & Forums

Model Specific:
Accent: TBD
Elantra: Elantra XD, Elantra Club, Drivers & Believers Hyundai Elantra GT Mail List
Tiburon: RD Tiburon, New Tiburon, Club Tuscani
Sonata: Sonata Speed, Sonata Forums (brand new in December 2005!)
XG300/XG350: TBD
Azera: TBD
Tucson: Hyundai Tucson Club, Hyundai Tucson Forum
Santa Fe: Santa Fe Forum

Multi-Platform: Seoulful Racing, Hyundai Kia Forums, Edmunds Forums
Hyundai Aftermarket, Hyundai Performance, Hyundai-Forums, Hyundai Forum
Streetkiaz, Kia-Forums

DFW Hyundai's list with links is here


The editor will have to be responsible for putting out the word, ensuring the writers understand the concept, and collecting articals.

The payments should be made through paypal

The payments should be based on the ammount written.

If a writer writes 1/5 of the magazine, and the magazine is worth X dollars, and it costs Y ammount to edit and publish, then (X-Y)/5=payed ammount to a writer.

The writers need to ensure accurate information.

 

sorry bout the edit, but you posted the .undai after it so i just thought you were saying you forgot that.

Since you didnt really emphasize it, as it was i dont think anybody would have gotten the whole play on words anyway so i think your better off

But i think HY speed or HY performance sounds pretty good

LOL but your talking about payments like this is going to be a profitable magazine right off the bat. It should start as a free newsletter that takes donations (kinda like RDT) until it gets a solid backing, advertisers, and subscriptions

 

Woah, I didnt expect to see this many responses, um, yeah 1st off, the idea of having a profitable magazine would kick a**, but i was trying to go for a free newsletter first lol--then have people comment accordingly to it and then we will find out whether or not to keep it as a fun newsletter or develop it into a profitable magazine. I love the ideas guys, I have been thinking about alot of those things for quite some time and itd be great to have a newsletter that could cover all that but I think were getting a tad ahead of ourselves. I see you guys are already thinking of editing and paypal and all sorts of aspects to this, but we dont even have a place to start yet lol.


Drivingtibnaked, Im liking the names, they are simple yet say alot, anyone got anymore ideas? im thinking we could have a vote on em, I myself, im bad with names, so any ideas are welcome and then we shall see who likes what the best.


Alextib, I love your ideas man, your definatly thinking about this alot lol, I was hoping there would be some enthesuiastic people for this.





Nice equation laugh.gif, ive been doing alot of thinking about the content of the magazine, editing, payments, etc.etc.etc. i think those of us who seem to be really up for it...i.e you, alex, myself, and whoever else there may be should sit down maybe over aim or something and discuss the many facets of it and get all our ideas down since you guys really seem to be speeding along with this.

 

AIM = arodd42 but im sortof booked today

i got 3 cars i gotta work on lol.

 

3 cars? damn lol thats alot, my tib keeps me distracted enough and thats just 1 car lol,


so any other name ideas? or does everyone like the suggestions drivingtibnaked made? i like em, but itd be nice to have a wide selection to vote on.

 

so um yeah... lol I think posts start to die over the weekends... cause the only reason I am on is because tibby is up on 4's ... (4 jackstands) sigh... I hate parts guys, if only they could get numbers right