All about us…

Your Elmbridge began life as The Molesey Directory in 2005.  It was black and white inside with a colour cover.  With a print run of just 2000, it was a case of dipping my toe in the local publishing business and seeing just how warm the water was.

Not that this was my first foray into print, you understand.   I had already been the editor of the British Community Association Magazine in Cairo in the 1990s and then moved on to Cairo’s Culture and Entertainment Guide but had to leave the country shortly after I started work there.  Not in the sense of ‘had to leave the country in a hurry because I’d made such a dreadful mess of my job’ but because my husband transferred jobs and we all left.

Anyway, the Molesey Directory was a hit (hooray!) and then there came The Esher Directory and before we knew it there was go-local Walton and Hersham too, a dynamic threesome if ever there was one.

In 2009 I decided that having three deadlines a month, every month, was going to drive me insane, so we merged them into one big shiny Your Elmbridge, with a 10,000 print run every issue.

Nowadays there are loads of local magazines to choose from, so why should local businesses choose Your Elmbridge?

Price – Your Elmbridge represents incredible value. You can get coverage for a whole year (10 issues) for almost the same cost as just two weeks in the local newspaper.

Format & Design – Each magazine is a colour A5 size booklet, printed on heavy gloss paper with a stunning professional photographs on the gloss laminate cover, giving it a very high quality feel.

Each issue contains articles written by a professional journalist or an expert contributor. Our readers would accept nothing less.

Because of its size, content, look and feel it is kept by the majority of households until the next issue arrives, thereby giving advertisers ‘immediacy of access’ when their services are required.

It is truly local – Each magazine is produced by someone living locally – me! All advertisers operate in or close to the area. There is strong evidence that truly local services are preferred by the majority of the UK population.

Targeted audience – Your Elmbridge is hand posted to 10,000 selected homes and businesses in this area every issue.  We vary the delivery route bi-monthly giving our advertisers more for their money than any other comparable publication in the area.

In the most recent Elmbridge council review, the KT8, KT12 and KT10 areas are shown as virtually all A’s, B’s and C1′s.  Disposable income in the area is well above average.

Longevity – It isn’t thrown away each week like a local newspaper. People keep it as a reference for the whole month. With prize competitions and features the magazines are interesting and they won’t make your hands dirty!

Quality – Your Elmbridge has a very high standard of print and production.  All artwork can be finished to ensure that your company image is enhanced by its association with a high quality publication.

Editorial opportunities – One or two advertisers each month are featured in their own two page editorial spread. This gives them a depth of coverage that is normally only available at huge expense in other publications.

And finally….because it works! – If you want new customers and increase your profits then advertising in Your Elmbridge is the way to do it.  But don’t take our word for it, see what our customers say about us!