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Elizabeth & Helmut Mueller
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On my mind | 5
AnnivErsAry…
Three years ago this month I got to work on
making iMotorhome a reality. It meant leaving
behind a cushy-but-dull job I’d unexpectedly
fallen into as an advertising agency copy writer
for the uncertainties of self employment. I put
together a magazine mock-up and together
with Malcolm did the rounds of the Sydney
Show, calling on people we knew to gauge
their reaction. The emagazine concept was
new and there was a lot of “Um, well, it looks
interesting, but…” as well as enough “That’s a
great idea!” to encourage us to carry on. Issue
one appeared on 5 May 2012.
I can’t say we’ve taken the market by storm,
but our growing subscription base and the
genuinely positive feedback we get from
readers like you shows we’re on the right
track. They say the first three years of any
new business are the most difficult and we’ve
certainly faced some challenges. But the major
one – attracting new advertisers and retaining
existing ones – will likely remain our biggest.
I still find it amazing some people think that
because we don’t print things on paper our
services should be free.
Another major challenge is our twice-monthly
production schedule. It seemed a good idea
at the time – so did the Titanic – and does give
advantages over our paper-bound competitors,
but it’s a good thing I didn’t realise at the
time just how much work it would entail. For
example, it’s been a busy two weeks since last
issue; what with a flying day trip to the Gold
Coast to check out the $400,000 Tiffin Allegro
Breeze A-class, plus three nights away in a
Trakka Jabiru culminating in the media launch
of Canowindra’s Challenge Balloon Festival.
Fortunately we seem to have become good
jugglers of time and when each publishing day
rolls around there’s a new magazine issue ready
to go.
As anyone who works for themselves knows,
set working hours, days off and weeks of paid
holidays become a thing of the past. Apart from
the few days spent sitting on planes heading
to/from our American adventures there hasn’t
been a single day in the last three years that
I haven’t done something work related. Not
that I’m feeling sorry for myself or asking for
sympathy, it’s just an observation. iMotorhome
isn’t a job, it’s a lifestyle.
Speaking of observations, it’s Good Friday
morning as I write and I’m watching a steady
trickle of 4WDs with camper trailers heading
past our gate and down the Wombeyan Caves
Road. It’s the same every holiday weekend:
Sydney people escaping their 9-5 humdrum for
the ‘adventure’ of a few nights under canvas.
I watch them come back at the end of the
break too, usually dusty or muddied as they
head for suburbia and the routine of their job-
regulated lives. As uncertain and demanding as
iMotorhome is I wouldn’t swap it or the freedom
it brings for any Monday to Friday security. A
lottery win would be handy though…
To those of you still working but dreaming of,
or preparing for, retirement and your new life
on the road, thanks for reading iMotorhome.
To those of you already retired and enjoying
life on our highways and byways, thanks also!
And to those of you now able, but who haven't
made the leap to chase you dream – whatever
it might be – just do it. Because you might not
get another chance and life is short, but thanks
for reading iMotorhome anyway. Here’s to the
next three year!
Richard

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