Question for Don Alm

Don,

i read a post from you a month or so back concerning making ads on CD's for local businesses through the Chamber of Commerces. Can you give us a little insight on this? I tend to think to much and act to little but last Sunday I was in church (i sing in the choir) and the minister was announcing a fund raising campaigne for the one of the youth groups. I started thinking why the cd idea you shared could not be done with the church for church members who owned businesses. The youth group could go out to the member businesses and solicit the business. They would get a percentage (say 25%)of the fee and i would get the remainder. Everyone wins, the youths get their funds, the church member owned businesses get their advertisng, the members of the church get honest products/services from fellow members and i get the remainder (75%) of the fees. The cd's would then be handed out to each member of the church to use when they needed a service, say a plumber. I would concentrate on churchs with 500+ members so as to have a good size client base. Is this a good add on for your service?

As always its a pleasure to speak with you or receive feedback on the forums.

Mitch

Mitch,
Sorry I'm not Don but my initial reaction is
that it's a great idea. The one drawback that I
see is that a good percentage of many churches
probably don't use the computer very much. Many
of my friends (church people) think the internet
is nothing but **** and evil. I guess I would
consider a companion paper directory to go with the CD.

Willie Crawford


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With "fund raisers" using kids (I've raised money for H.S. Bands) the "ticket" has to be $10 to $20.

Plus...2 or 3 kids wind up doing most of the "selling" and...they have a tendency to "misplace orders" so record-keeping is a nightmare.

My "Town on a CD" concept has a HIGH Perceived Value....$500 to $1000 per year per participant.

Kids don't have the "stuff" to sell these numbers to business people.

My experience.

Thanks for asking.....Don Alm

> Don,

> i read a post from you a month or so back
> concerning making ads on CD's for local
> businesses through the Chamber of Commerces.
> Can you give us a little insight on this? I
> tend to think to much and act to little but
> last Sunday I was in church (i sing in the
> choir) and the minister was announcing a
> fund raising campaigne for the one of the
> youth groups. I started thinking why the cd
> idea you shared could not be done with the
> church for church members who owned
> businesses. The youth group could go out to
> the member businesses and solicit the
> business. They would get a percentage (say
> 25%)of the fee and i would get the
> remainder. Everyone wins, the youths get
> their funds, the church member owned
> businesses get their advertisng, the members
> of the church get honest products/services
> from fellow members and i get the remainder
> (75%) of the fees. The cd's would then be
> handed out to each member of the church to
> use when they needed a service, say a
> plumber. I would concentrate on churchs with
> 500+ members so as to have a good size
> client base. Is this a good add on for your
> service?

> As always its a pleasure to speak with you
> or receive feedback on the forums.

> Mitch




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