Wed Oct 12, 6:00 PM - Wed Oct 12, 8:00 PM
21180 Country Creek Dr, Estero, FL 33928
Community: Fort Myers
Description
The Highs and (Lows) of Publishing in Paradise.
Event Details
Born in Chicago, Sharon grew up believing that someday she would be writing cutting-edged editorial pieces or bestselling detective novels set in the gritty underbelly of the big city.
Instead, she found herself residing in beautiful Southwest Florida, publishing upscale magazines and marketing collateral for a largely affluent audience.
The underbelly of paradise is hardly gritty, but it’s been a wild ride nonetheless.
Over the years, she and her team have created exceptional publications that showcase the unique attributes that make the area so vibrant and exciting.
It began in 1985, when Sharon, an advertising sales manager with the Tribune Company in Chicago, requested a transfer to the company’s affiliates in Southwest Florida. Within a year, she moved from newsprint to become the Director of Marketing for Gulfshore Publishing, a producer of high-end monthly lifestyle magazines, finally accepting the position of Publisher for Gulf Coast magazine, a competing publication.
Instead, she found herself residing in beautiful Southwest Florida, publishing upscale magazines and marketing collateral for a largely affluent audience.
The underbelly of paradise is hardly gritty, but it’s been a wild ride nonetheless.
Over the years, she and her team have created exceptional publications that showcase the unique attributes that make the area so vibrant and exciting.
It began in 1985, when Sharon, an advertising sales manager with the Tribune Company in Chicago, requested a transfer to the company’s affiliates in Southwest Florida. Within a year, she moved from newsprint to become the Director of Marketing for Gulfshore Publishing, a producer of high-end monthly lifestyle magazines, finally accepting the position of Publisher for Gulf Coast magazine, a competing publication.