[Durham INC] newsletter ads or sponsors

Tue Jan 3 03:12:58 EST 2023

I guess everyone's mileage can vary... because I met a lot of terrific
people on my moderate sized delivery route over the years I took care of it
- some of whom are now very dear and long time friends. Those same people
became very engaged in neighborhood community building themselves alongside
me and had great fun doing so. Also what I and others have discovered is
that there's plenty of news and content for a four page newsletter in which
some of the space is advertising - it's really just that finding
writers/content providers is the tougher part.

If you're short on things of interest to put in a newsletter, some ideas
include a recap of a recent neighborhood event complete with pictures of
attendees.... Everyone loves to read and see if they got their picture in
the 'paper'! - anyone who attended and took some photos could be approached
to write a 300 word little summary and supply their photography... Many a
person might be flattered to be asked.

One could also create regular features such as a gardening corner, notes
from the neighborhood president, and in our case an interview series with
interesting neighbors doing cool or unusual community things or some of our
local small business persons who are nearby vendors, food truck folks
etc... We were thrilled to be able to feature local BlPOC and women
entrepreneurs who built a successful enterprise near to or as residents of
our neighborhood. Of course there are event and environmental activity
announcements and the occasional seasonal recipe, neighborhood throwback
photo / history quiz or puzzle thrown in as well!

You can check out Northgate Park neighborhood on their web page or Facebook
space and use links to see our online editions and the kinds of articles
and features our writers have submitted. We've been fortunate to have some
fantastic & proactive editors and enthusiastic delivery volunteers and that
has been a big help in making our newsletters a success!

D in NGP

On Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 5:10 PM tom miller <miller.tom2022 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Several years back, Watts-Hillandale and Old West joined together to share
> one newsletter.  There is one editor and one designer, but there are
> writers from each neighborhood.  Also, each neighborhood manages its own
> door-to-door delivery volunteers.  The newsletter is a quarterly affair –
> March, June, Sept., and December.  The publication is published on three
> 8.5x17 sheets folded into one signature to make twelve pages.  The combined
> circulation is about 2,000 households.
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> The newsletter is funded by ads that, if all the slots are sold, just pays
> for the newsletter.  The ads are pretty inexpensive so there is never a
> shortage of advertisers, but someone has to keep track of the ads and chase
> the copy for the designer to work into the newsletter.
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> Old West and WHH are nicely paired neighborhoods so this works pretty
> well.  The sharing thing probably wouldn’t work for everybody, but
> certainly there are other neighborhood pairings where a shared publication
> might work.
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> *From:* INC-list <inc-list-bounces at lists.deltaforce.net> *On Behalf Of *Kay
> Webb
> *Sent:* Monday, January 2, 2023 8:18 AM
> *To:* Debra Hawkins <dhawkins913311 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* inc listserv <inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Durham INC] newsletter ads or sponsors
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> I delivered our newsletter and never met many neighbors.  There is not
> always enough new news to keep it going.
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> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 5:46 AM Debra Hawkins <dhawkins913311 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Waiting past this tridemic (plus who knows what kind of new variants that
> might arise out of the current struggles going on in China) to have a
> newsletter sharing meeting is a proposal I definitely would second...
> Though I'm no longer a delegate and I certainly still wouldn't be able to
> attend live anyway, due to my lack of a properly functioning immune system
> (and still no idea what's the root cause despite endless investigatory
> tests for the past 18 months)! But I can endeavor to procure examples of
> the Northgate newsletter and supply input virtually if you create a hybrid
> meeting as so many are doing these days to allow homebound, out-of-town or
> disabled people to attend community activities.
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> Great idea Tom! Cheers, Debra
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> On Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 6:48 PM Mimi Kessler <mimikessler1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ours remains printed and delivered to every residence in the neighborhood.
> We do this because many people who live in TP don’t subscribe to the
> listserv.
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> I think sharing would be a great idea! It would give us an excuse to have
> an in person meeting. But can we wait until “flu season” with trifecta of
> viruses has abated?
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> On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 4:42 PM tom miller <miller.tom2022 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Once upon a time, we had meetings where every neighborhood was encouraged
> to bring their newsletters so that everyone could steal ideas and discuss
> newsletter making – that was back when nearly all NA newsletters were print
> editions.  Might be fun to revive that.  We could have folks bring their
> newsletters and then have a table where we could talk and ask questions
> conversationally.
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> *From:* INC-list <inc-list-bounces at lists.deltaforce.net> *On Behalf Of *Susan
> Sewell
> *Sent:* Friday, December 30, 2022 3:44 PM
> *To:* Stephen Knill <knillsj at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Durham INC] newsletter ads or sponsors
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> We have print as we have significant rental turnover that may limit list
> membership. Also we do not wish to assume internet access.
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> We wish to honor the important work of translating and moved to paying our
> neighbors after some years of donated work.
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> On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 12:23 PM Stephen Knill <knillsj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Are you talking printed or digital? We do a digital one in my community.
> Not translated. Have a person who can do graphic design and a handful of
> people that contribute articles so no costs. The Leesville Coalition has a
> private FB page just for members.
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> *Stephen Knill*
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> Mobile +1 917 620 4941 <+1%20917%20620%204941>
> knillsj at gmail.com
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 30, 2022, at 10:57 AM, Susan Sewell <mssewell2009 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Our neighborhood is looking at ways to fund our newsletter that keeps us
> able to have a full translation and a 4 page spread.
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> How do you fund such? Ads, sponsors? and for how much?
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> We keep our dues at $5 a year to make membership accessible. Some who are
> able make additional donations.
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> Susan Sewell
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> TLNA
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