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 ______________________________________  Interested in advertising? Please call 678-840-8604 or e-mail sales@villaricanews.net. WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS... COMPLETE COVERAGE BY MAIL OF THE 30180 ZIP CODE - No other publication that we know of mails to EVERY address in the 30180 zip code. By EVERY address we mean Rural Routes (which is the extent of most other publications, plus City Routes (which most publications do not mail to (according to a source at the Villa Rica post office), plus Businesses, plus all Villa Rica post offices. In Villa Rica, for our first issue, we mailed 15,008 copies in the 30180 zip code. You can verify that our coverage in Villa Rica is better by asking for a postal receipt which will show the number of copies mailed per zip code. We also print about 1,500 extra copies which we leave around locations in Villa Rica and surrounding areas in places like doctors offices, hotels, and others. WE GIVE AWAY LOTS OF FREE "STUFF" - You do not have to pay us anything to be in Villa Rica News & Views. In fact, we WANT to give you some free things. We give every business in Villa Rica a free listing in the Villa Rica Yellow Pages section. This is what makes the yellow pages section complete, so that no matter what business a consumer in Villa Rica is looking for, they can find it quickly and easily. We also offer free press releases for new businesses, or businesses that have had a change, such as new management, new products, etc. We also offer free articles for clubs, charities, events, wedding announcements, and even a free classifieds section for residents. LONGER SHELF LIFE - Villa Rica News & Views is a magazine that people tend to keep and refer to for the entire month. Because we have a complete yellow pages, people in Villa Rica refer to the magazine to call businesses and find products and services. They also refer to the events section, which lists events for the entire months. Other features that keep the magazine around are the sports schedules, school calendar, upcoming video games and movies, list of home sales each month in Villa Rica, and the many useful articles. COMPLETE YELLOW PAGES OF VILLA RICA BUSINESSES - No other publication has a COMPLETE business directory in it. This lists EVERY business in Villa Rica, and unlike a normal yellow pages is updated every month, so that residents can find new businesses without having to call information or go online. If you have an ad in the magazine, the yellow pages will also refer people to the page number that your ad is on, so that they can find your business at the exact moment they are looking for the product or service you offer. In Douglasville, where we have been publishing Chapel Hill News & Views for over 8 years, many people have said that they keep a copy of the magazine in their car so that they have access to phone numbers and information. The yellow pages causes residents of Villa Rica to keep the magazine by their phone or in a place where they can find it easily. CUSTOMER SERVICE - In a recent survey we took of our customers for Chapel Hill News & Views, where they could reply anonymously, 62% said their sales rep was the best out of any company they work with and another 35% said “very good”, with just 3% saying “fair” and none saying unsatisfactory. In addition 48% said that our staff was the most talented of any publication in designing their ads, while another 47% said very good. We design your ad at no extra charge, and every member of our company is committed to excellence. There are never any hidden charges and never any high pressure sales techniques. That's one reason why Chapel Hill News & Views has over 400 ads each month, far more than any other publication in the area. If there ever is a problem where a customer is unsatisfied in any way, we will make it right! LOW AD RATES - In addition to the free listing, our paid advertising starts at $29 a month, for an ad in the yellow pages section. STABILITY & REPUTATION OF THE PUBLISHER - Many of you have probably experienced taking out an ad, and then having the publication not do what they say they were going to do, or worse yet, take the money and never publish the magazine. We encourage potential customers to do the following two things. Find out what people in the community and advertisers have said about us by going to www.chapelhillnews.net. On the right side of the page look for the Headline that says "THE MAGAZINE" and below it, click on "What people are saying about us". You will find literally hundreds of testimonials about what impact we have had on residents, and how effective the magazine is. You will also get a sense of "how we do business". Ethics are very, very important to our company. And please take a copy of Chapel Hill News & Views (since it has been in existence since 2000) and call ANY business in there that has an ad. Ask them how it is doing, and how we treat out customers. We have a business license in the city of Villa Rica, and are Members of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau. We were also voted Small Business of the Year for 2006 by the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce. ONLINE PUBLICATION - The publication is also available to read online. This gives you extra circulation to those who are out of the area and do not receive the publication at their home. Several thousand people read our Chapel Hill News & Views Click here for advertisement dimensions |
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