Spyder's are lacking a dedicated magazine

[always young]

Quarterly magazine

Now that would be a good idea. With all the money that BRP has taken (or we gave it to them) from us over the past few years, a quarterly news letter would be a great start. I also would like a quarterly magazine, but that will probably never happen, but a newsletter should be a real possibility.

I'm a member of the Concours Owners Group (COG) and we publish a high gloss quality magazine every quarter. If an owners club can do this I'm sure BRP could do it if they really wanted to. There's obviously an interest in one. Is BRP listening?opcorn:

 

[rustynail51]

got wingworld when I was a member of GWRRA any body have a use for some old magazines.

 

[trucker1]

got wingworld when I was a member of GWRRA any body have a use for some old magazines.

I'd just drop them off in front of a dairy queen. That's where you see a lot of wings or a Mexican resturant.Maybe some winger didn't have that months issue

 

[PaladinLV]

Prior to a Magazine, BRP would need to make a concerted effort to form an Owners Group.
Dedicated owners with insurance, and REAL roadside assistance benefits.

They don't even need to invent the wheel, Harley already did all the leg work!

AJ

I would say one the thing Spyders are lacking is a dedicated magazine with all things related to the Can-Am Spyder.

I get my...
Motocross Action, & Dirt Bike magazines for my 2 wheel fix
American Snowmobile for my snowmobile fix
Circle Track for my racing fix
Dirt Wheels for my ATV (not UTV) fix

Nothing (magazine wise) for my Spyder obsession :dontknow:

Living in Wisconsin I love my magazines in winter. I'm always paging through my old Spyder parts accessories catalog, & old brochures (which the wife laughs at me for). I'm always thinking it would be awesome if someone produced A dedicated Spyder magazine.

Maybe there is one, and I'm in the dark. Does anyone know of any Spyder dedicated magazines?

I know ounce in a while they put short articles regarding Can-Am Spyders in the road bike magazines, but very little as I can tell. I'm not a 2 wheel road lover, so not much interest in the other stuff in those magazines.

 

[Hey Yu]

No magazine likely

Here is an interesting article on the state of publishing for the largest m/c publishing group. Considering the issues raised in the article I can't see a Spyder magazine anytime in the near to immediate future, other than a company owned one.

http://www.motorcycle.com/mini-feat...ng-according-to-bonnier-motorcycle-group.html

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Lions magazine, publication of Lions Clubs International, has switched to print only for six issues and digital for all 12 per year. There's no commercial advertising in it, so that shows even the organization owned and funded mags are finding print versions unsustainable for the long term.

Years ago I had a quasi partnership with a guy doing a regional magazine. I owned a print shop so we did all the layout in my shop. We came to the conclusion that, "The inability of the advertiser to measure the effectiveness of his advertising was the salvation of the advertising industry!" Today, with instant feedback based on clicks in the digital world advertisers have a much, much better measure as to how effective their advertising is. They don't have that with print advertising. So with no way to gauge the effectiveness of their advertising in one medium versus a way to gauge it in the other medium it's not hard to understand why print is losing out.