Join the Snow Business Readership Panel

Snow Business magazine seeks to deliver relevant experiences, insights, and solutions to the snow & ice management industry. As an industry professional, now you can weigh in on relevant topics year-round with the newly created Snow Business Readership Panel. 

Join the Readership Panel today by filling out the form at www.sima.org/readership to be considered as a resource for future stories. For example, if we’re writing a story on sidewalk best practices and that is an area in which your company excels, we can reach out for your insights. In addition, we’ll send short surveys on trends throughout the year and share responses in our Last Word feature. It’s easy to join and you can participate as much as you’re able (including the opportunity to write stories for the magazine or SIMA Library).

How else can you take part in industry content & education?

• Share your thoughts on Snow Business with Editor Cheryl Higley by emailing cherylhigley@grandviewmedia.com. 
• Visit the SIMA Library at www.sima.org/Library, where magazine articles and exclusive content is available 24/7. 
• Submit a proposal or an idea for future education at www.sima.org/SIMAspeakers.

Library to add members-only content

By Cheryl Higley 

The 2014 launch of the new SIMA website improved functionality not only for visitors but also for the back-end processed of the association that have allowed us to better serve our members.

SIMA is dedicated to providing the industry with comprehensive training and educational tools to help empower snow and ice management companies as they build stronger businesses. As such (and after a cyber-attack on our previous educational arm - GoPlow.com), we followed up the new website and more robust SIMA Training Center with the 2015 launch of the new SIMA Library.

Still in its infancy, the Library houses the most recent Snow Business archives as well as new content generated by myself, SIMA staff and industry experts. It's a work in progress, but we hope you find the easily searchable Library useful.

Now that we have launched the Library, the next goal is to add further value, specifically for those who have made the financial commitment to join SIMA. The Library allows us to protect some content solely for SIMA members, and over the next year we will begin building more in-depth content covering a variety of topics that will be accessible through a password-protected Members Only section.

Expanding our goal

Our goal as an association, through training, Best Practices, Snow Business magazine, and various digital initiatives like the Training Spotlight and Snow Business Insights e-newsletter is to provide as much education and information as possible to the industry at-large; however, we also believe membership has its rewards. This is a new step for SIMA, so we hope you'll be patient as we build the Members Only content. We also are seeking your input as we build the section. Please feel free to contact me at chigley@grandviewmedia.com and let me know what resources you'd like to see us add to the Members Only site.

Cheryl Higley is editor in chief of Snow Business magazine and Editorial and Information Manager for SIMA.