About me

January 2015 to June 2015. I am still a "lone wolf" and take care of everything myself. I collect the articles, do the layout for the magazine, create the print file, place the print order, send out the magazines and design and implement new ideas. I have my hands full and the ideas never run out. I am happy about every order as if it were the first and hope that I can give my readers, the "GS freaks", a little variety with my magazine. The second special issue was published in spring with the title: ENDURO. The current special...

The GS:MotorradMagazin has increasingly developed into a high-circulation magazine. Now in its fifth year, I am continuing to develop the magazine with articles and sections that are worth reading. The "Must-Have" section, for example, seems to be generating a positive response from readers. To my surprise, the number of e-papers sold has also increased and now accounts for 20% of the number of subscribers. However, the 4th BMW Motorcycle Days in Passau had to be cancelled. Renovation work on the event site in recent years has forced me (us) to forego this event this year. An idea was developed with...

The death of my mother and the resulting lack of manpower had a serious impact. There was a growing lack of orders and many regular customers did their own printing or decided to switch to cheaper online printing companies. Sales steadily declined. The GS:MotorradMagazin naturally suffered from a lack of liquidity. The circulation of 2,500 printed copies only covered the printing costs, shipping and logistics. There was still no money for authors' fees. The last step was to close the shop as a copy shop and publishing house. In September 2017, I moved into our house and used two children's...

2018 was a bad year for the GS MotorradMagazin. Due to the late publication, some readers did not understand that this was still a "one-man show" that had to make do with a low budget. I was bombarded with resignations and people were "teasing" me on social networks. It all culminated in a post where a female person I didn't know accused me of "quote: ...and then you shove everything up his ass". The frustration of not understanding the situation caused me to slide into a "deep valley". Did it even make sense to devote myself to a passion when...

The two missing issues from 2018 were only published in the first quarter of 2019 and delivered to subscribers. During the same period, I started again in spring to attend the trade fairs in Dresden, Leipzig, Munich and Dortmund and showed my presence. I was really inundated with orders during this period. The highest sales were recorded in March and April. Unfortunately, the accessories offered, such as shirts, stickers, etc., sold better than the magazine. Nevertheless, there was still an increase in subscriptions. This year I tried to get several projects going that were directly related to the GS MotorradMagazin....