Technology company to debut with online magazine
SALEM TWP. - A new technology company will surface soon with an online magazine and an instructional service for bloggers.
BMP Media Inc. represents a partnership between author and literary agent Pam Brodowsky and the owners of Spring Hill Laser Services, a Sterling-area company that creates and maintains databases and does commercial printing and direct mail.
Situated about three miles south of Hamlin Corners, in a Wayne County township with fewer than 4,300 residents, BMP's arrival proves Internet companies really may locate almost anywhere.
"It can happen here," Ms. Brodowsky said, sitting in a meeting room at Spring Hill's plant, which is about a mile north of the Hamlin exit off Interstate 84. Her partners, Spring Hill co-owners Jeff Kulick and Charles Shinert, were unavailable for comment.
BMPDaily.com will debut in mid-April as an online publication modeled after the Huffington Post, a popular, left-leaning political journal on the Web. The locally generated product will include politics, but will tack toward more general-interest topics, such as entertainment, lifestyle, food, travel and the outdoors, Ms. Brodowsky said.
BMPDaily plans to include content from about 150 contributors and is seeking input from technically oriented people in the region who are interested in blogging. Contributors must make two submissions weekly and dozens are on board already, Mr. Brodowsky said.
"I am trying to pick up some locals who have the capabilities to do it," said Ms. Brodowsky, a Hamlin-area resident who has written 14 books, including travel tales and branded licensed products.
She will oversee content and Spring Hill will handle the technical side of the business.
An affiliated company, BloggersMarketPlaceOnline.com, will offer professional-level training and job opportunities for bloggers to do their craft commercially. Businesses are seeking bloggers with a variety of abilities, including knowledge about hobbies, skills and special interests, Ms. Brodowsky said.
"People can learn how to do it," she said. "There's a ton of opportunities there."
The quiet emergence of BMP occurs just yards from the vacant Sterling Business Park, a $9 million development started in 2008 by the Wayne Economic Development Corp. in Honesdale. Executive Director Mary Beth Wood said the park is just 20 minutes from Scranton by car and BMP could help the agency in its marketing drive for tenants.
"Our target is to focus on companies that are using technology," Ms. Wood said. "I think the synergy would be fantastic. That is what we are trying to grow here."
Patty Blaum, executive director of the Southern Wayne Regional Chamber of Commerce, also welcomed the development of BMP, even if most of its employees will contribute electronically from remote locations.
"This is really great news for all involved," Ms. Blaum said. "That kind of technology upgrade just brings more interest to the area."
BMPDaily already has generated a rush of inquiries from the blogging world, Ms. Brodowsky said.
"You wouldn't believe the number of people interested in this," she said. "It is work-from-home stuff. You can do it in your pajamas."
Contact the writer: jhaggerty@timesshamrock.comPam Brodowsky, president of BMP Media, stands outside the Wayne County business.