If you have the inclination to dive into social networking, learning the technologies, and committing a serious amount of time and effort then go for it.  However, most professionals have extremely busy schedules and are not nearly geeky enough to do what it takes.  That’s where LiveMagnet comes in.  Our mission is to enable busy professionals to enter into the conversation on the Web, to become a trusted expert, and to earn the social capital that will translate into a steady stream of new clients.  We recognize that there is an adjustment to entering this new world, that it may seem intimidating or confusing, or over-whelming.  We have worked hard to take the pain out of participation.  We seek to maximize the effect or your efforts and to guide you step-by-step through the process.  Most importantly, we have created a platform that gives you a platform from which to be heard.

A Bird in the Forest

“If a bird tweets in the forest and no one hears it, did it really tweet”.  Philosophers have asked this question for millennia, but unfortunately this is the experience of the vast majority who set out to Tweet (Twitter) or post a blog, or participate in other social networks — they tweet and no one hears it.  Enter LiveMagnet. We give a plethora of ways to participate, including video, radio, and written posts.  And we simulcast your inputs to three spheres:  a highly targeted audience on the Live Magazine Network, a mass audience of the World Wide Web, and on your very own website.

In other words, real stories. A real magazine. Real journalism.

It will both cutting-edge, and a little old school. We will BRING BACK THE MAGAZINE. In this era of diminishing quality, when real journalism is disappearing, it will defy the trends and the odds and flourish. The publication will be decidedly retro, it will look and feel the way a real magazine used to look and feel.

A “Life Magazine 2.0,” if you will.

TheRealStories.com founder and editor, Jamie Reno, is one of the nation’s most honored and prolific journalists. For the last 16 years he’s been an award-winning correspondent for Newsweek, where he has covered the war in Iraq, the last five presidential campaigns, the 9/11 investigation, Congress, CIA, crime, the border, the environment, college and professional sports, arts and entertainment, healthcare, the media, popular culture, and hundreds of major news stories. In addition to Newsweek, Reno has also written for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Inside Sports, People, TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, Men’s Journal, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today. Reno has won more than 75 Society of Professional Journalist and Press Club awards, including the prestigious Best of Show award four times, and was the lead reporter on a Newsweek series on the 9/11 terror attacks that earned him and his colleagues the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, the highest award in magazine journalism.

Platinum Publications  has been creating magazines for the upscale travel and entertainment industry for 26 years.  They currently create international publications for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Elite Family Travel Magazine, The People’s Choice Awards, the American Music Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Giffoni Hollywood Film Festival.

“We see LiveMagnet as the future of publishing”, Penelope McTaggart editor of Platinum Publications said.  “As the print magazine industry fades with each passing year, traditional publishers are looking online for new ways to reach target audiences.  We are excited that this platform helps fill that void.”

Platinum Publications clients have included MGM Grand Airlines, Bel-Air, the U.S. Football League, the Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Women in Film and 32 additional titles.

Their objective has always been to place our clients’ magazines into the hands of the most affluent, adventurous and inquisitive audiences in the world.

The magazine format had much to offer — compelling lead stories that captured our interest.  In-depth features on a variety of topics that kept our interest with each new issue.  But the production costs and the slow editorial and distribution process just couldn’t keep pace with today’s dynamic environment.

Our software provides all the tools your staff will need to create and manage articles, crop and enhance images, and edit and manage a dynamic content site.

You need a content site that not only provides timely information but also creates community and interactivity.  You need a design and features that set you apart from your competitors.  You want to be the authority in your area.  It’s the look and feel of your site  that says that most loudly.

The LiveMagnet content platform and service make possible for the smaller niche player what was once reserved for the giants, with huge financial backing. We aim to level the playing field and we do that by providing you with professional design and professional functionality

Not only do we provide a complete service, from inception to on-going operations, but we use state-of-the-art technology that we ourselves created.

First impressions can make or break a site.  You need a Live Magazine that says you’re on par with CNN or Huffington Post (of course in your specialized area).  Recognizing that most niche online magazines don’t have nearly the budget of a CNN or Huffington Post, we created a complete solution that takes all of the pain out of setting up and managing that caliber an operation and let’s you focus on what you do best — producing content.

You need  a solution that allows you to be profitable through ad revenues.  You need a solution that incorporates the best practices for search engine optimization.  Above all, you need a quality in terms of design and functionality that sets you apart from the competition.  At LiveMagnet, all we do is live magazines.  Live Magazines.  On the Internet.  Done right.