To many, the key to supporting a publication you like is to buy it in a store. But did you know the proceeds from your magazine purchase can take up to a year to reach the publisher?

Small publishers, like Sophisticated Groom, need your subscription to help us grow, provide more information and do the types of promotions you love. Subscriptions not only provide the publishers with the funds to grow immediately, but it also allows us to go directly to potential advertisers for better growth.

We’ve heard the many things our readers have said about us, including the most common comment: It’s great to finally have something for the male. While we hear that feedback and watch our newsstand sales increase, we need you to subscribe to prove to advertisers that you do care.

More than a few times, we have been turned away from advertisers, especially those you’d expect to partner with a publication specifically for grooms, because they say men aren’t interested in a publication like Sophisticated Groom. This feedback is coming from companies that should advertise to you, the groom! We show all types of research numbers to prove our point, but the most important one we could show is a higher number of total subscribers.

Join the party and help us advocate for you. Help us continue to find the information you need to make your wedding and marriage better. Help us find travel deals and ways to save you money. Help us guide you in how to propose, what to wear, how to plan, how to save and how to have a happy marriage. Help us increase our ability to give you free stuff.

Subscribe now to Sophisticated Groom and help us reach 10,000 new subscriptions by October 31, 2011. Because It’s Not Just About the Bride!

Thank you for your support,

J. Kevin Powell