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Since 1997, Crane Hot Line has been the leading national marketplace for the crane industry. With a database of more than 80,000 manufacturers, dealers and contractors, Crane Hot Line is second to none as an outlet to buy and sell cranes, attachments, parts and crane services.
 

Insightful & Informative
Crane Hot Line has grown steadily because of a commitment to providing advertisers with the best possible service and opportunity for the money. Quality full-color glossy presentation affords Crane Hot Line advertisers appealing programs that fit within any budget. An up to date and accurate mailing list helps ensure Crane Hot Line's circulation is targeted to potential buyers in the crane industry.
 

Ready to Work
Crane Hot Line's dedicated staff of marketing professionals is ready to help your company develop a marketing plan that will maximize impact for your dollar.
 

Quality & Affordability
Each month Crane Hot Line offers its readers a broad mix of topics and information relating to the crane industry, including editorial insight on current issues, new product reviews, interesting crane accomplishments and previews of upcoming industry shows. Crane Hot Line also includes a monthly feature focused on Crane's in Action; a pictorial review of cranes working around the world.

 Meet Our Staff

Guy Ramsey - Publisher

Guy Ramsey has been involved in many aspects of the lifting equipment industry, including equipment sales, service, and rental, which included owning his own rental company in Tampa, Fla. More recently, as president of Ramsey Management Services, he has worked as an independent consultant to OEMs and distributors regarding operational and product development issues; represented dozens of successful sellers during the consolidation of the equipment rental distribution in the 1990s; and established himself as an expert witness for product liability and business practice and standards cases. He is also president of R&R Leasing, Inc., a company established to help seed the growth of new independent lift rental companies.

During the 1990s, Guy began publishing The Lift Leader magazine, which became a leading industry source for product information. In conjunction with this, he established the highly regarded Rodeo, an annual event that brings together competing lift equipment products for a group evaluation. In addition, he previously served as the Editor-at-Large and lead columnist for other North American lifting equipment publications and e-newsletters.

Barbara Benton - Vice President of Operations

Barbara Benton has worked in trade publishing since 1994, gaining experience in both the creative and business aspects of publishing, including graphic design and circulation management. Familiar with the construction industry, she most recently worked for a national trade publisher serving the construction market among others.

Barbara has first-hand experience working closely with customers to design and implement new and innovative advertising and marketing strategies and the ability to customize solutions to unique advertising needs.

She earned a degree in Business Advertising from Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa, where she resides with her husband and two children.

Mark Bridger-Director of Business Development

Mark Bridger has over 20 years of experience working in the media industry. He has worked across a number of industrial business-to-business magazines, including Cranes Today, Hoist, and Overhead Cranes & Hoists magazines.

Mark also has an extensive knowledge of launching, and directing trade exhibitions as well as experience in organizing conferences.

Since his start with Maximum Capacity Media in 2009, he has helped launch the company's first-ever trade show and combined conference, www.REACHExpo2010.com.

Richard Howes-Associate Publisher & Editor

Richard Howes, who joined MCM in September 2010, has worked in various editorial positions for a U.K.-based crane magazine publisher for the past five years, most recently as group editor of international titles Cranes Today, Hoist, and North American publication Overhead Cranes & Hoists . He started his career in media almost 10 years ago.

Howes is well known and widely respected in the international and U.S. construction and industrial lifting industries. He brings a wealth of experience and market knowledge to MCM as the company looks to raise the profile of its existing products and explores new avenues of opportunity

Tracy Bennett - Editorial Director

Tracy Bennett has been writing about lifting equipment and its applications since 1992. She has served as editor of Crane Hot Line since 2006 and currently supervises editorial production of Lift and Access and Industrial Lift and Hoist magazines. During the 1990s, she was editor of CraneWorks and Lift Equipment magazines. In addition to her editorial expertise, her experience includes program development and execution of lifting equipment rodeos; service in several industry associations; and moderator for various industry panel discussions.

 Tracy earned her Bachelor's of Journalism degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Lucy Perry - Senior Editor, Crane Hot Line

A trade journalism veteran, Lucy Avera Perry has spent more than a decade in transportation and construction publishing and marketing. She served for seven years as Associate Publisher and Managing Editor of Asphalt Contractor Magazine, where she brought cutting-edge information on equipment and technology to the asphalt road construction industry, wrote how-to articles that became hot-mix industry training material, and gave another voice to issues in transportation construction. She also served as Editor and Publisher of Bridge Builder Magazine, and helped develop the Asphalt Construction Expo (ACE). In addition to transportation construction, Lucy also has written articles and edited newsletters in the areas of agricultural construction, real estate, and business marketing.

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