A brief history of the HBJ

Hartford Business Journal was founded as a biweekly newspaper in 1992 to be the business-to-business source for Greater Hartford.
In 1996, the HBJ increased its publication frequency to weekly.
Since then, the publication has steadily branched out to produce HartfordBusiness.com as well as eight annual events, including the Connecticut Business Expo.
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About Hartford Business Journal

Overview

Hartford Business Journal is all about DELIVERING BUSINESS to our community. We are a BUSINESS INFORMATION COMPANY with an engaged community, essential intelligence, and profitable connections. We work with companies to help them promote their brand and develop thought leadership channels. We serve OUR AUDIENCE ... IN PRINT, ONLINE and IN PERSON. We are the trusted source for building business connections.

IN PRINT we are the award winning Hartford Business Journal, now publishing on upgraded paper AND the entire content is now printed in four color!

ONLINE we are HartfordBusiness.com and HartfordBusiness eNews the places where breaking business news is covered 24/7,

WE ARE ALSO -- IN PERSON We will host 8 in person events this year including the 2013 CT Business Expo on June 6th and the first annual Family Business Awards event to be held in October 2013.

Our new business services include a Video Solutions, Research, white label events, and custom publishing options including our hardcover book for the New Haven Region.

Our Audience

Our audience consists of business owners and decision makers. We connect them to news and information that will educate, inform and inspire business growth in our region. Our readers care about the local business and the local communities. Our readers are primarily business decision makers who purchase goods and services for their business. Our readership reflects the span of business sizes in our market. Our readers are also well educated, loyal readers, and more affluent than the average.

Our Products

In Print: Hartford Business Journal has been delivering news and information to the market for 20 years. The newspaper, now weekly, is delivered to 9,000 businesses and homes with a readership of over 25,000 readers. In addition to the weekly newspaper we also produce special resource guides: Book of Lists, Metro Hartford Trends Report, Giving Guide, Wealth Management Guide, CT Meeting Guide and Business Profiles.

Online: HartfordBusiness.com is a resource used by the business community to stay up to date at any hour of the day or night on any variety of electronic tools. HartfordBusiness.com allows the reader to search any word or person back as far as 2008. Whether it is the past, the present, or breaking news, people turn to HartfordBusiness.com. HBJ also produces a daily news email that is sent to over 15,000 email boxes daily. And, weekly we write industry specific newsletters in the areas of banking and finance, energy, and healthcare. We also produce a weekly newsletter focused on HBJ awards and events. The email newsletters and the daily are free.

In Person: With HBJ's depth of business knowledge and contacts we bring people together for educational and award events eight times throughout the year. These events give our readers and community an opportunity to meet each other, to learn from each other, and to celebrate our individual and community successes. In addition, HBJ will produce two trade shows in 2012. On June 7, we will produce the 11th annual CTBEXPO at the CT Convention Center. And, on September 20th, we will work with the Greater Valley and Shelton Chamber of Commerce to produce the Business Showcase at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport.

Our Passion

We are passionate about being the best that we can possibly be. To that end, we are constantly listening, learning, and creating solutions that serve our customers. The best innovations are the product of team collaboration and a focus on the customer — and that is how we approach our work every day.