PUBLISHER'SLETTER
s it possible that 10 years can fl y by in the blink of an eye? It must be because Natural Nutmeg is celebrating 10 years of publishing in 2017 and it feels like it was just yesterday! In the spring of 2007, I started Natural Nutmeg Magazine because I was so passionate about using natural remedies for healthcare and I believed Connecticut residents needed a print resource for a healthy lifestyle. I wanted to bring together holistic practitioners with readers who were searching for these types of treatments and therapies. My vision was for Natural Nutmeg to become THE local resource for natural medicine, nutrition, fi tness, green living, travel and personal development.
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It started out as a small newsprint publication that was distributed in just 50 locations throughout the Farmington Valley and Hartford county. I remember our fi rst print issue in October of 2007 and worrying about whether anyone would even pick up the magazine. Now they fl y off the stands at most of our distribution locations in the fi rst week!
In 2011 we revamped the look and feel of Natural Nutmeg to a glossy cover and
bright white recycled paper to give a more professional style to the magazine. That’s when distribution really took off and we would expand to cover the entire state in over 1000 locations with over 250,000 readers! We produced two major wellness conferences in 2009 and 2011 and sponsored countless health fairs and holistic events throughout the state including the CT Women’s Expo. And, something else I never would have imagined, in 2014 we launched our sister publication, Essential Living Maine, in Portland, Maine.
There were many challenges along the way and sometimes I wondered if I’d made the right decision to start my own business. I have to admit, there were many days when I wanted to give up. I’m sure my struggles are no different than most pub- lishers – will there be enough revenue to maintain and expand the business, will our readers keep picking up the magazine and supporting our advertisers, and how can we keep coming up with unique and interesting content?
But the one thing that has kept me going all these years is you…our reader. Even though I typically don’t get to meet or talk to most of you, I hear amazing stories from my advertisers about how much you love the magazine and how it helped you with fi nding a practitioner and you got off medication and healed a chronic disease. And even though I don’t see YOU, seeing empty racks all over the state makes it all worth it. I realize that all I did was create the space…you, our reader, and our advertisers, writers and fantastic staff, are what has made Natural Nutmeg the amazing publica- tion that it has become.
So my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to you, my loyal reader, whether you’ve been reading for 10 years or 1 month. I’m so grateful that I didn’t give up. I’m hoping for another 10 years and together we can reach multitudes of people and build com- munities where everyone leads a healthy, active, sustainable lifestyle in peace and happiness. I hope you continue to learn and experience as much as you can from this great magazine and please tell everyone you know to read Natural Nutmeg because together we can create an incredible world to live in.
In Health and Happiness,
our readers to maintain a healthy, active, sustainable lifestyle. Natural Nutmeg contains timely in for ma tion on nat u ral health, complementary and alternative medicine, nu tri tion, fi tness, per son al growth, green liv ing, and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.
O PUBLISHER Dr. Diane Hayden
Diane@naturalnutmeg.com ADVERTISING
advertising@naturalnutmeg.com
DIR. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Christopher Urso
Curso@naturalnutmeg.com
FAIRFIELD COUNTY MARKETING DIRECTOR Alicia Blair
Alicia@naturalnutmeg.com
HARTFORD COUNTY MARKETING DIRECTOR David Iacino
David@naturalnutmeg.com
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ashley Frament
layout@naturalnutmeg.com SOCIAL MEDIA
Erica Morawski & Alexa Morawski
ADVISORY BOARD Ann Aresco, N.D.
Deanna M. Cherrone, MD
Erika Dworkin, Dip. C.N. (Pend.) Debra Gibson, ND Lauren Young, ND
Kenneth Hoffman, LAc, CCH Vicki Kobliner, MS, RD, CD-N
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ur mission is to provide valuable insight, information and resources that will allow
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