Advantages Of Outsourced Magazine Circulation

By Eric Bell


Magazines are produced for public consumption and should therefore be delivered to target audience. While publication can be done with meager resources especially a lean workforce, circulation becomes a challenge especially considering the distances that have to be covered, among other logistical issues. Outsourced Magazine Circulation becomes one of the options that every publisher should consider. What benefits does outsourcing offer to the publisher?

Outsourcing hands over the task of distribution to experts. The experts have the personnel, knowledge and machinery required to effectively execute a wide, fast and effective distribution. With their technical know-how, the task will become a quick success. You are guaranteed quality and professional services that will be praised in the eyes of your partners and associates. This could mean more and better business in future.

By outsourcing, you will concentrate on your core business of publication. It takes some time to get to all clients and associates who need the magazines. This is valuable time that might cause you to miss crucial news or items for your magazine. You might also be required to hire personnel to handle your circulation yet it is not done throughout the year. However, with an expert firm, you only engage them when you need your magazines distributed.

Allowing a specialist firm to circulate the magazines on your behalf reduces your operating cost. You do not need to hire extra staff in your firm or publication house. Since the company already has the infrastructure, your costs will also be reduced. The magazines are distributed alongside other materials or publications by other companies. This reduces the unit cost of distribution.

Business risks are spread wider through outsourcing. This is a widely known advantage of outsourcing. In case there is a mishap in the form of a flood or fire, all your operations will not be disrupted. Further, the specialist distributors understand the terrain and have put in place measures to reduce exposure to risk.

Specialist vendors reduce the time taken to complete the process of distribution leading to a reduced turnaround time. The existence of experienced personnel, infrastructure and technical know-how means that they are distributed swiftly. This is important to your partners and associates because they begin to value your association more. As your image grows, they will give you more business. An in-house team will have to abandon all other activities to complete distribution.

Outsourcing comes with own risks that should be considered. They include the increased risk of exposing confidential information or data, and especially your clients or business associates. The distributor might not deliver the magazines in the manner you would do in person causing a loss of customer focus. Your relationship with the receiver will have been diluted by the entry of a third party.

Outsourced services have the potential of transforming your operations. With the opportunity to pay greater attention to your core business, this is a step you should consider. Reduction in cost and time taken to complete the distribution is also an enticing element of the entire exercise. If this route makes your operations more efficient, cost effective and fast, there is no reason to pass the opportunity.




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