Re: AUGD: Promotional Idea
Re: AUGD: Promotional Idea
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Promotional Idea
- From: Deborah Shadovitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:31:26 -0700
Allen, your member came up with a great idea. :) I'm glad you shared
it. I bet it works to bring in more people!
Seeing the other printing options at makestickers.com prompted me to
think to share my own printing find with everyone here. For a years
now, I've been using <http://masterpiecebanner.com> for my
MacGathering™ and Party For The People banners - and for metal signs
for my car. Maybe you can hang a banner outside of your meeting
location during the meeting? That would spread the word. Maybe you're
invited to local festivals, expos, events, and the banner can come in
handy. Or maybe someone would like to put metal signs on his car from
time to time.
I get a 12" x 24" sign for just $30. You have to print 2 of the same
at a time, though, so it's 2 for $60. Free shipping. No tax for
groups outside of California. They are great on the back of SUVs or
vans, or on the passenger doors of most cars. (There cannot be a
ridge on the car's metal though, or the sign will come off. And the
car door must be metal. I'm not sure about Saturns.)
Metal signs: <http://masterpiecebanner.com/magsigns/index.html>
They also do stickers this size. You could print a bumper sticker x-
up in the area, then cut it to get may bumper stickers, or they'll
cut them for you for an extra fee. I have not calculated out the
pricing for this. I haven't tried stickers yet.
I also get my banners from them, and they're incredible banners
because they are a photographic process, printing from a high quality
jpg. Some of you may have seen the Party For The People banners
during the last two Macworld Expos. (The first year, that banner was
printed by Kinkos. It was plain and the binding came apart by the end
of the party. It's the next 2 that were so great.) The banners are
sooo much less costly than other banner printers and sooo much
better. Prices start at $129 for up to 3' x 5' and $149 for up to 3'
x 12' with free shipping and no tax outside California.
Banners: <http://masterpiecebanner.com/banners>
Telephone (619) 644-1564
Fax (619) 393-0172
E-mail email@hidden
Contact person: Mark Hartman. (Mark is a user group person and an
ACN, by the way, and you may have met him at any of my Mac events.
He's the main person doing the trivia contests.)
I don't have any stake in this company and don't get anything if you
use them. I'm just incredibly impressed at the quality, pricing, and
service.
-Deb Shadovitz, here on behalf of the SGVMUG and for any MUG that
would like my support.
http://sgvmug.org • http://www.shadovitz.com
On Oct 26, 2006, at 7:39 AM, Dennis Wurster wrote:
Great Job Allen, thanks for sharing!
Anyone else have a story of a promotion or a fundraiser that was a
big success?
I'm sure lots of MUGs would like to hear about them!
-=Dennis=-
Dennis Wurster
AppleCIDER
http://www.applecider.org
Rochester, NY, USA
On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Allen Emory wrote:
Good Morning, All
If you are looking for an inexpensive, easy and fun promotional
item for your group, this turned out to be very popular with ours.
You know those black and white oval international bumper stickers?
About a year ago a member of our group had some printed that had
OSX on them. He sold them for $1 to get back his money. They were
a HUGE hit. TriangleMUG is printing more plus adding our web
address. We are going to give one to each TriangleMUG member (that
attends a meeting) and everyone else can purchase for $1 each.
Go here to see ours:
http://www.tmug.org/index.php/TMUG_Sticker
Here is where we ordered them
http://www.makestickers.com/home.asp
Additional matter, just so you'll know: I have no connection to
this company printing these stickers. hey, it was a good idea and
very popular with our group,. In fact, I have twice been flagged
down in parking lots with inquires about the stickers.
It's fun , cheap, quick, easy, seems to be popular and can promote
your group.
Allen Emory
Triangle Macintosh Users Group
http://www.tmug.org
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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