Nov Web 2016

QC Family Focus Expands Boundaries with New Website
Mickle Communications Staff Writer
Sandwiched: Part I
QC Family Focus is a magazine whose name says
it all. Since its first issue in August 2003, QC Family Focus
has focused David W. on Deuth, the wellbeing President of Quad-Cities of Weerts Funeral area Home families
by You’re offering caring articles for about someone healthy – living, an local businesses
elderly and events, parent, and perhaps community-minded – and along causes the and individuals.
way, you’re Each getting month, quite tens of an thousands education. copies are distributed
With
throughout
a great
the
deal
Quad-Cities
of hard
and
work
surrounding
and
communities.
sacrifice on your part, you’ve been able to
keep Many them go in to their families own with home. students Or perhaps in approximately 100-
they’re area schools, living in daycare YOUR facilities home. One and way preschools. Copies are
or also another, available it’s all to worked the public out through OK. Until libraries, restaurants,
now. hotels, Just and in other case you’re high-traffic wondering venues. . . .
you’re not While alone. the magazine’s circulation is healthy, Mike
Mickle,
According
publisher
to a
of
2009
the
AARP
magazine
survey,
and president of parent
“…more than 42 million Americans provide family
caregiving company for Mickle an adult Communications, who needs help felt with that daily more activities”. could be
The done same to present survey each indicates issue’s that information “…an additional to as many 61.6 million people
people as possible. provide To at that least end, some he care decided during that the year.” the magazine’s
website All at should the same be time, redesigned so intense to make has the it care-giving a user-friendly role
for online your extension parent(s) of become the publication. that you may actually be losing
sight of another “The parent primary company responsibility: helps businesses your own with family. their
Your kids may still call your nest “home”, whether toddlers
or
marketing
high-schoolers
needs,”
or
Mickle
anything
said,
in
“and
between.
we often
They
suggest
need your
that
time, clients your should guidance, expand your their attention, online your presence. affection...and That’s your the
resources. direction society is taking, so it only makes sense that we
should You’re follow not our alone own here, advice.” either. Whether you know it or
not, if you’re QC Family caring Focus for a parent Magazine (or other is now relative) expanding AND its
caring reach for through (or financially its redesigned supporting) website your at QCFamilyFocus.
children, you’re
among
com. “The
a rapidly
current
growing
issue of
number
QC Family
of Americans
Focus can
who
be read
find
themselves sandwiched between their responsibilities and
the on generations the new website, to whom along they’re with back responsible. issues,” No said surprise, Mickle.
then, “The that website you are also now includes identified a variety as one of of the other “Sandwich family-
friendly features, making it an informative resource for
Generation”.
our community.”
As the Whenever Sandwich you Generation visit QCFamilyFocus.com, numbers continue to you grow,
a can: couple new varieties of “sandwiches” have been added to
the • Read menu: an online version of the current print issue.
• Club Watch Sandwich: Family Focus those Friday in their videos, 50s or featuring 60s sandwiched Quadbetween
aging parents, adult children and grandchildren,
or
Citians
those
in
in
the
their
news.
30s and 40s, with young children, aging
• parents Read the and QC grandparents. Family Focus blog and feature articles.
• Open Try out Faced: family anyone meal else recipes, involved and enjoy in elder recipes care. to make
with The your implications kids. of being “sandwiched” can range
from • Discover minor inexpensive to positively family overwhelming entertainment. – one of the most
significant • Learn about of child which product-related can be in the recalls. financial realm. As the
economy continues to tighten and things continue to cost
more
• Check
and
out
more,
the news
many
feed
seniors
from WQAD
are finding
Channel
that
8
–
News.
despite
everything In that addition felt like to proper QCFamilyFocus.com, retirement planning Mickle 20 years
ago Communications – it is very possible has to also outlive redesigned your money its today. website,
MickleCommunications.com. Now that the issue is Both identified websites and are even designed has its
own to be name, go-to what destinations are the workarounds? for Quad-Citians Do in good search solutions of
exist community for those news, who entertainment, are “sandwiched”? helpful The answers information. to these
questions
The advice
vary,
found
to be sure,
at MickleCommunications.com
and a one-size-fits-all solution is
certain folly. The best approach is always to seek and obtain
good, concentrates qualified on professional the marketing advice needs for of your the particular Quad-Cities set of
circumstances business community. . . . because if your planning doesn’t do what
need it to “We do when encourage you need all Quad-Citians do what you to GOT be a it part to do, of it’s
about our online like having family,” no Mickle plan at all. said. “This next step in the
evolution Next month, of QC we’ll Family take Focus a closer allows look us at to one be particular more
scenario responsive that to we’re the needs beginning of the to community, see more frequently and we look among
those who are being sandwiched. It might be an eye opener
for forward some. to Remember receiving feedback Well. from our readers.”
Statistics Be Source: sure Wikipedia.com. to visit QCFamilyFocus.com
and David MickleCommunications.com W. Deuth, CFSP, is a funeral director today. and the For owner
of more Weerts information, Funeral Home email in Davenport. Mike Mickle He can at be mike@ reached at
563.424.7055 micklecommunications.com.
or by email Dave@WeertsFH.com.
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