Maximum Yield USA February 2019 | Page 12

From the Maximum Yield team to you and yours, we wish you a 2019 filled with joy, happiness, and beautiful gardens.” from the EDITOR TG Toby Gorman 12 Maximum Yield A s the new year arrives it brings with it change, optimism, and a little bit of uncertainty. This is what we celebrate as the calendar flips from 2018 to 2019. It’s a time to reflect on all that has been accomplished over the past year and prepare for the challenges that lay ahead. Here at Maximum Yield, 2018 was a year of challenges, accomplishments, and change. As the grow industry landscape changed as never before, we, too, had to change. We restarted with rebuilding our distribution system so that Maximum Yield was directly distributed via FedEx to hydro stores, ensuring trackable distribution. This allows us to pinpoint exactly how many copies are going out and where they’re going, while maximizing our reach so as many readers as possible can benefit from the helpful information found within the magazine. For a current map of where to find Maximum Yield, check out maximumyield.com. Of course, magazines distributed through our hydro retail partners are still free. To complement our hydro store distribution, we also entered mainstream retail distribution to engage an even broader audience. In the US, readers can now find Maximum Yield and Maximum Yield Cannabis at Barnes and Noble, our first foray in 21 years onto the newsstand. To make this work, we had to rebrand some of our magazines, so we went to work with sleek new cover designs, improved layout design, and cutting-edge content from some of the industry’s best writers. In modern day publishing, however, print isn’t enough. In 2018 we also upgraded our website, introduced our MY app, and increased our social presence so our articles and products can reach you no matter where you are. We’re not done yet, and we can’t wait to see what 2019 brings. With that said, from the Maximum Yield team to you and yours, we wish you a 2019 filled with joy, happiness, and beautiful gardens.