Editorial Submissions
Essential magazine prides itself on being a local publication with a strong community focus, so we hold feedback from our readers and dialogue with local businesses as a crucial part of our success. If you have an interesting event, opening or news you’d like to share with our readers, please send an e-mail to news@essentialmagazine.com.
How to submit information to essential magazine:
1. For events taking place on a specific date:
As we are a monthly magazine, early notification of your event is crucial if our print deadlines are to be met. As soon as you know the date, time and details the event is taking place, please send the information to news@essentialmagazine.com.
For our Enterprise section, we need to receive your communication by the 10th of the month preceding publication (for instance, for the December edition, we would need to receive your information by November 10). Sometimes we receive information post-deadline or post-event. Bearing in mind space availability and newsworthiness, we can still publish your event/news in the following issue if you send all the required information (see below).
Format of Information:
Text: For our Enterprise or News sections, please send a short text of around 150 words maximum and a high resolution photograph (300 dpi, jpg/TIF format) to news@essentialmagazine.com. If you are a business, please specify your office address, landline and website (if you have one). If you do not have an office address or landline, we should at least include a mobile phone number.
Photography: Many times, the reception of a low resolution photo (which looks fine on the computer screen but is actually tiny when printed out at magazine quality resolution) slows down the process of communication. Please send uncompressed pictures taken with a 3 megapixel camera at the very least.
2. For general news that is NOT time-specific
You may be a business stocking an exciting new line of products, or proud about your recent move to new offices; likewise, you could wish to inform the community of a new Managing Director or executive that has joined your team.
For any general news items you’d like to share, please send an e-mail to news@essentialmagazine.com. Our focus is on items that are truly newsworthy (an important business feat, an anniversary, a fundraising event, etc).
3. Submitting feature ideas
If you have a fantastic idea you think would make a great story (such as a beautiful house we might consider featuring for our Décor section, or an interesting person doing something new and exciting), send your idea to editorial@essentialmagazine.com
4. Freelance journalists
If you are a freelance journalist wishing to sell a story, please send a summary of your article to editorial@essentialmagazine.com
About Essential Magazine
OUR PURPOSE
Portraying Marbella's Best Since 1999
The essential brand enjoys unrivalled local authority. Relevant content, in-depth features and social commentary make essential the undisputed market leader providing the ultimate insider guide to life and style in Marbella and its surrounds.
Quality Content Above All
Diverse Lifestyle Topics, a Little Something for Everyone
Expat living under the sun is a dream of many and readers visit our product from all over the world to be immersed in this experience. We cover all aspects of this fascinating lifestyle, our journalists and contributors have first-hand experience in their topic and are passionate about their storytelling. We feature travel, culture, motoring, leisure, home and décor, health and beauty, gourmet and more from Marbella and further afield.. We aim to inform, inspire and entertain our readers with quality, versatile, unbiased content that is hand-picked.
Style and Prestige in a Bundle
Awesome Content in Beautiful Packaging
Beautiful aesthetics and printing mean that the magazine is respected, collected and granted access to top establishments. It’s sophisticated outlook resonates with the Coast’s most influential consumers who are discerning about culture, fashion, travel, dining and design.
STATS
Popularity and Integrity Over 20 Years of History
Marbella has a highly transitional multi-national audience, which means that each edition is found and read by a large variety of people. Alongside the all-year residents that seek out a copy at the beginning of each month, essential is redistributed mid-month to ensure continued availability for seasonal visitors as well. In spite of our extensive distribution, the copies often ‘fly-off’ the shelves, so we created an interactive digital edition that can be accessed world-wide. Operating over two decades, essential remains the most popular local choice with readers and advertisers alike.
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Published Editions
Since May 1999 we published a new copy of essential magazine every calendar month*
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Published Pages
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Printed Copies
Up to 25.000 copies are printed and distributed to select locations each month
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Monthly Readers
Reaching a residential and visiting audience on the Costa del Sol, from all over the world
Extensive Distribution is Key
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Did you know?
We've Gone Digital
Our hybrid digital edition is very popular not just in Spain, but readers look at our stories and our clients’ promotions all over the world.
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Tens of thousands of people read our digital magazine every month
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Our publications have been exposed to over 11 million people so far
ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION
Just Like Holding a Real Magazine in Your Hand and More...
True Likeness
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Cool Navigation
Click on headlines and sections to go directly to what interests you, and straight back to contents
Live Links
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Enjoy the Screen
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