Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Ski Canada’s New Look Worked!
Back in the Fall of 2014, Ski Canada received a brand new look, and I blogged about it. (See below)
Well, the results are in and then new look out-sold the prior year’s issue by 20%. Plus, thanks to the price increase, revenue was up 41%. It beat sales from 2013 too. Now that’s a winning combination. Congratulations to the Ski Canada Team!
Here’s part of the original blog post:
Well, the results are in and then new look out-sold the prior year’s issue by 20%. Plus, thanks to the price increase, revenue was up 41%. It beat sales from 2013 too. Now that’s a winning combination. Congratulations to the Ski Canada Team!
Here’s part of the original blog post:
“Ski Canada magazine, which outsells all it’s domestic and U.S.-based competitors, isn’t playing it safe.
Working with K9 Strategy+Design (who has been art directing the magazine for 8 years) and CoversSell.com, the 2015 Gear Guide issue has received a complete makeover.
Publisher Paul Green says, “It was time for Ski Canada magazine to refresh its image so we went to K9 Design, our long term partner in the magazine’s art direction. Assignment: capture the vitality of alpine skiing in an all new look for 2015.”
Norm Lourenco of K9 Design says, “We’ve designed Ski Canada for over 8 years but never redesigned it. To say we are stoked is an understatement, but we realize the enormous responsibility and sensitivities that come with redesigning such a celebrated and respected Canadian publication. Our goal is to strengthen the 42-year-old brand as a current, authoritative voice on all things ski. Every redesign is a balancing act between yet-to-be-realised new readers and current loyal readers – you’re constantly asking have we gone too far, or not far enough. For Ski Canada, we’ve introduced elements that will bring a bit more fun to the reading experience, while still maintaining their role as the leading publication that is synonymous with skiing.”
The cover price has been raised from $5.95 to $6.99.”
Working with K9 Strategy+Design (who has been art directing the magazine for 8 years) and CoversSell.com, the 2015 Gear Guide issue has received a complete makeover.
Publisher Paul Green says, “It was time for Ski Canada magazine to refresh its image so we went to K9 Design, our long term partner in the magazine’s art direction. Assignment: capture the vitality of alpine skiing in an all new look for 2015.”
Norm Lourenco of K9 Design says, “We’ve designed Ski Canada for over 8 years but never redesigned it. To say we are stoked is an understatement, but we realize the enormous responsibility and sensitivities that come with redesigning such a celebrated and respected Canadian publication. Our goal is to strengthen the 42-year-old brand as a current, authoritative voice on all things ski. Every redesign is a balancing act between yet-to-be-realised new readers and current loyal readers – you’re constantly asking have we gone too far, or not far enough. For Ski Canada, we’ve introduced elements that will bring a bit more fun to the reading experience, while still maintaining their role as the leading publication that is synonymous with skiing.”
The cover price has been raised from $5.95 to $6.99.”
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