Here's what I just sent to BestLife:

First, I love BestLife and have subscribed for a while now. It's great to have a magazine that has the features that BestLife. For years I subscribed to Esquire but lost interest in the magazine. Since then I looked high and low for a magazine that would speak to me as a 40-something man instead of the 20-30 year old grouping.

The print magazine is great, but I was wondering how serious you all are about the website for the magazine. Parts of it are suffering from neglect, like the "Expert Q&A" and the forums. The forums especially have suffered from lack of attention from BestLife staffers. The "Ask the Headcoach" feature is all but dead and the newly formed "Passions" forum is without direction or clear purpose.

A small group of us post regularly, but it seems that the forums are nearly an afterthought - the red-headed step child of the magazine. I think that if managed properly a nice community could build up around the magazine and help generate an online buzz for the print mag.

Keep up the good work in print, and here's to hoping that you'll work on your online presence.

Very straightforward, polite and non-threatening.

I predict a form response within 2 days, and another form response within 2 weeks.

Then you will be dropped from the forums, without a trace :^O :^O B-) ]

Well said LKS. I hope they read youmessage and respond. I have been a subscriber of Best life since just about day one. I'd like to see much more online activity.

I am also a subscriber to Men's Health. I used to frequent that forum, and it was always hopping. The Best Life forum seems weak at best. I try to keep posting in hopes that it will keep people coming back, but it doesn't seem to help much.

I agree that the tie-in between the web site and the print mag needs to be stronger.

Anyway, I always read your posts. I appreciate that you are trying get establish a Best Life community here. Keep up the good work. I'm with you all the way.

Thanks. I too have been a subscriber since the beginning (or at least a reader since issue 1). I used to subscribe to Men's Health, but when BestLife came out I switched to it. I like the magazine's focus on things that are important to our demographic.

Thanks for your contribution to the forums. There aren't a lot of us that post on a regular basis, but I think we have a good start at developing a good community.

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