We’ve quietly launched our South Asian blog. Titled “The DesiConnect Blog,” we’re still trying to come up with something a little bit more creative…Okay, A LOT more creative.
So why the blog? We wanted a couple things. We’re a weekly publication, and we noticed people come to the site everyday. So why not have content that’s added daily? We didn’t want more interviews to publish. We already have a staff of 30 that research and interview the people we profile. We went out and sought out some bloggers. Now, we didn’t just want any blogger. All of our bloggers are more than well-equipped to write on the topics they’ve chosen. Something else we wanted from The DesiConnect Blog is a chance for you, the reader, to interact with our content. Feel free to comment on the posts and start a discussion. Someone’s gotta do it, so start!
We plan on sending out a dedicated email announcing The DesiConnect Blog. Right now, we have one post, but by the end of the week, you’ll see all our different bloggers. I’m really excited about this!
So the next question is…Why a blog only for The DesiConnect? We definitely plan on launching blogs for the other magazines. Right now, we have a full plate. Next month we plan on launching, as Sumaya mentioned in her post, The AfricanaConnect. We’re very excited about that! It’s been in the works for a long time, but we’ve been waiting to get the right people involved. We have a wonderful staff working on it. Also, next month we’re launching a news portal. I don’t want to get into much detail on it right now, but it’s going to be replacing the “news2know” section that you get on your weekly emails. I know a lot of you read it, but I promise you, you won’t be disappointed with what we have in store. Once that gets situated, I’ll be recruiting a staff of bloggers for the other magazines.
Okay, I know there’s more questions you have. It’s late though, and I’m tired. So, if you have questions, feel free to ask me.
You’re probably scratching your head about why we haven’t had any new issues this week. If you haven’t figured out already, it’s the end of the month, and we always send out the Month-in-Review during the last week of the month. It gives a chance for our readers to catch up on all our issues. Colin and Kaiser have been working non-stop to send something out for later this week. So, stay tuned!
So since my post about events earlier this week, I’ve received a lot of emails in regards to how readers can post events in our magazines. Great question!
All you have to do is go to www.theculturalconnect.com/events. On the right you’ll see this…
I’m sure you’re asking, “What if I don’t have a login?” Easy solution. Just go to www.theculturalconnect.com/signup to signup. So, after you’ve signed up and logged in, you’ll see this…
And there you go! Click on Post an Event, and you’re good to go!
I’ve been busy tonite prepping the events listing that we post for The LatinConnect. I’ve always assumed that nobody read any of the events across all 4 magazines and was hoping to propose to Kaiser and Sumaya to drop the events section from our magazines altogether. So I just looked at the statistics: it’s the seventh most popular link. Who would have thought? Now, I want to improve it. The goal is to break the top 5 on a regular basis. I’m going to be enlisting all of your help. Give me some suggestions on how I can improve the events listing. Alright, I’m going to start finding things for The AsiaConnect.
Welcome!
We’ve had a lot of demand for this blog recently, and the 3 of us decided we should have one and start posting. Kaiser most graciously set it for up us using Wordpress, and now we’re here.
We’re not going to bore you with our mundane stories throughout the week, but hopefully we can provide some insight of why The CultualConnect exists and why we work tirelessly everyday to get issues out to you.
There is a lot to be said not just by Sumaya, Kaiser, and myself, so I encourage you to respond to our posts.
I hope your New Year has started wonderfully, and I look forward from hearing from all of you!
Raymond Rouf
Business Director
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