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Re: [AGA SC] Membership Drive and Robert H
Hey, don't make it "official" ahead of time, but if a vendor clearly brought
in even 20 new members, I'd say, "Send 'em a T-shirt!"<g>
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Membership Drive and Robert H
> I wasn't thinking about the layout issues, just that 50 was
> realistic enough to be a strong enticement.
>
> So throwing that into the considerations, and tossing out
> the 1/4 page offer -- which even furhter limits the upside
> cost to us by limiting just how many can reach the goal --
> given that, I think this is a sensible deal, 1/2 page, and
> double full page for the big ponderosa of 200 *new*
> members.
>
> It might make sense to offer the same to, say, Art Giacosa
> and some of the others.
>
> Even if they only directly bring in 5 members each, they
> will have spread the word to many many more, and that, in
> the long run, is good for our community standing and
> membership potential.
>
> sh
> --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> > Quarter page ads are hard to work with, but half page is
> > no problem. What
> > about, 1/2 page ad for the first hundred, and give him a
> > real enticement of
> > a full page ad in two issues of our choosing within a one
> > year period if he
> > can actually pull in 200 new members. I'd be willing to
> > give that same
> > incentive to any commercial entity actually. If we get
> > that many more
> > members, we can afford to add pages from time to time to
> > make up for more
> > ads!
> >
> > Karen
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> > To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Membership Drive and Robert H
> >
> >
> > > Well, if now is when his heart is pumping for AGA,
> > let's
> > > give him the boost now and offer to send him the first
> > 25
> > > copies with the assumption he'll snare that many new
> > > members and offer him a one-time full-page TAG ad if he
> > > makes 200 or 1/2 ad if he makes between 100-200. The
> > lower
> > > goal might be a better enticement because is more
> > likely to
> > > be acheivable -- in fct a 1/4 page for 50 might be
> > worth
> > > considering.
> > >
> > > ONthe large end, 200 is a more or less magic number
> > since
> > > it would put us at 1,000, more or less. The ad wouldn't
> > > bring as much business, perhaps, as some of the broader
> > > media he uses, but it would certainly so entente.
> > >
> > > Oh, and remember, the 1,000th customer gets, uh, I
> > forget
> > > upon what we finally agreed, but one several nice
> > things.
> > >
> > > sh
> > > --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> > > > I agree 100% with Karen and Scott. Back issues are
> > > > essentially taking up
> > > > space at the moment. I would be happy to send him
> > the
> > > > first 25 even. If
> > > > he got us 200 members, then 200 back issues would be
> > an
> > > > incredibly small
> > > > price to pay. Frankly, if he hit the 200 mark, I'd
> > be
> > > > all up for giving
> > > > him a 1-time free ad. I am skeptical he will be
> > able to
> > > > get 200, but I'd
> > > > bet he could bring in 25 or 50 without too much
> > trouble.
> > >
> > >
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