Women's LifeStyle Magazine

What Women's LifeStyle Magazine does

Women's LifeStyle Magazine is a privately held regional women's lifestyle publication based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, founded in 1998. The company operates a monthly print magazine, a website at womenslifestyle.com, an editorial archive dating back to 2020 (with earlier historical content from 2011), the Inspired Voices podcast, a local business directory, curated local guides, and a community events calendar, all serving women in Grand Rapids and the surrounding West Michigan area. The publication's editorial focus spans arts and entertainment, business, food and drink, health, home and garden, community, beauty, style, and recipes, with content anchored on profiles of local women, nonprofit spotlights, and West Michigan community coverage. Editor Elyse Wild leads the team.

The publication's technology stack is a Locable-hosted digital publishing platform (womenslifestyle.locable.com), which provides the CMS, hosting, and publishing infrastructure; the company has no proprietary technology, no mobile app, no public API, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities. Distribution occurs through the website, print subscriptions, RSS/ATOM feeds, the podcast, and self-serve event and business listing submissions.

The business model combines recurring print and digital magazine subscriptions, advertising and community sponsorships (including featured article placements and a Community Sponsors page), and recurring local business directory listings. Customers are split between a broad B2C reader base of women in West Michigan and a B2B advertiser base composed of local nonprofits, women-owned businesses, and small community sponsors. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is independently operated with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, M&A history, patents, or regulatory actions, and operates with a headcount in the 11–50 range from a single headquarters at 3500 3 Mile Rd NW, Grand Rapids.

Name

Women's LifeStyle Magazine

Legal name

Women's Lifestyle Magazine

Website

https://womenslifestyle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Women's LifeStyle Magazine is a privately held regional women's lifestyle publisher based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, producing a monthly print and digital magazine, the Inspired Voices podcast, a local business directory, community event calendar, and local guides for women in West Michigan, monetized through subscriptions, advertising, and directory listings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Lifestyle Magazine

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Women’s Interest & Parenting Magazines (MPAJAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Consumer Lifestyle & Fashion Magazines (MPAJAEAA)

Keywords

• Regional lifestyle magazine
• Women's print publication
• Local business directory
• Community event calendar
• Digital content publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Rapids

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscriptions: Print and digital magazine subscriptions available through the website
2. Advertising: Advertising and sponsorship opportunities including community sponsors page and featured article placements
3. Business Directory: Local business listings and directory services for businesses to get featured on the platform

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Women's LifeStyle Magazine is a regional print and digital publication serving Grand Rapids, Michigan, covering women's lifestyle topics including arts, entertainment, health, home, garden, community events, fashion, beauty, and recipes. The magazine produces original editorial content, publishes monthly print issues, maintains a digital archive of past issues, and operates a companion podcast (Inspired Voices), a local business directory, a community events calendar, and curated local guides.

Product overview

Women's LifeStyle Magazine is a single publication offering print and digital content focused on women's lifestyle topics in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. The magazine publishes monthly issues featuring cover stories of local women, community news, health and wellness content, arts and entertainment coverage, recipes, style and beauty features, and local business spotlights. The publication also maintains a companion podcast called Inspired Voices, a digital archive of past issues, a local business directory, curated local guides, and a community events calendar. The content portfolio spans multiple categories including Arts+Entertainment, Business, Food+Drink, Health, Home+Garden, Community, Beauty, Style, Faces+Places, Pets, and Recipes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Women's LifeStyle Magazine Monthly print and digital women's lifestyle publication serving Grand Rapids, Michigan, featuring cover stories of local women, community news, health and wellness content, arts and entertainment coverage, recipes, style and beauty features, and local business spotlights.
• Local Business Directory Directory of local women-owned and community businesses in the Grand Rapids area offered as a recurring listing and sponsorship product for local businesses to reach the magazine's audience.
• Inspired Voices Podcast Podcast series featuring interviews with local women in West Michigan, covering topics including suffragists, poetry, advocacy, mental health, and community issues, hosted by Editor Elyse Wild.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LocablecoreTechnology or IntegrationWomen's Lifestyle Magazine is powered by Locable publishing platform. The website URL is womenslifestyle.locable.com and the platform provides the content management system, hosting, and publishing infrastructure for the magazine.
• Pine Rest Christian Mental Health ServicesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity sponsor appearing on the magazine's Local Spotlight section. Pine Rest is a mental health services provider in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Community SponsorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVarious local businesses and organizations serve as community sponsors, including those featured in the Local Spotlight section and Community Sponsors area of the website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• Grand Rapids Magazine: A regional city magazine serving Grand Rapids, Michigan with local lifestyle, dining, and community coverage. Directly comparable as another local lifestyle publication operating in the same metro market with overlapping advertiser and reader base.
• Hour Detroit: A Michigan-based regional lifestyle magazine covering Detroit and surrounding communities. Comparable as a state-level regional women's/lifestyle title with similar print + digital subscription and advertising model.
• Grand Rapids Business Journal: A local business publication serving the Grand Rapids market with community and SMB coverage. Comparable as a Grand Rapids-based media outlet monetizing through subscriptions, advertising, and directory-type listings targeting the same local SMB base.

Broad incumbents

• Real Simple: A national women's lifestyle media brand covering home, food, wellness, and style. Comparable as a scaled women's lifestyle publication monetizing through subscriptions, advertising, and brand licensing — illustrating the larger incumbent model Women's LifeStyle operates within at local scale.
• Better Homes & Gardens: A flagship Meredith/Dotdash women's lifestyle brand spanning home, garden, food, and health. Comparable as a broad women-focused lifestyle media incumbent whose category mix (home, garden, health, recipes) closely tracks Women's LifeStyle's content verticals.
• Martha Stewart Living: A national women's lifestyle title with strong home, garden, food, and entertaining editorial. Comparable as an incumbent women's lifestyle magazine with multi-format (print, digital, video, podcasts) monetization.
• Good Housekeeping: A long-running national women's interest magazine covering home, food, health, beauty, and family. Comparable as a heritage women's lifestyle publication competing for the same reader attention and brand advertiser categories.

Emerging players

• Magnolia Journal: A digitally-led women's lifestyle magazine brand from Magnolia, focused on home, food, and community storytelling. Comparable as a digitally-native women's lifestyle title showing how smaller women's media brands can scale community-led content and subscription models.
• The Riveter Magazine: A digital-first media brand for professional women with a print quarterly and podcast. Comparable as an emerging community-led women's publication monetizing through memberships, events, and editorial sponsorships — an adjacent modern model to Women's LifeStyle's community motion.

Others

• Locable: The SaaS publishing platform powering Women's LifeStyle Magazine's website, archives, and business directory. Relevant as a technology and ecosystem enabler whose other local-publisher tenants represent comparable community media businesses.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/womenslifestyle

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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