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		<title>"Sponsoring" instead of advertising</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  
    I agree with Stan as i]]></title>
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    I agree with Stan as it relates to sales and sales feedback.&#160;If there are&#160;only 80-90 businesses as your local income business base you do need to take the time to go meet with the ow]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Craig,
That`s a very good point]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Craig,
That`s a very good point. If our classifieds are more local, then they`re more targeted. I might bring this up to the partners and get their thoughts. We can technically offer this at a much cheaper price, because, well, we`re not out a]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Chris,My argument to the lesseni]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Chris,My argument to the lessening interest in paid classifieds is that Craig`s List, Monster.com, CareeerBuilder.com, and all the rest are failing. From my own personal experience, two key failure points emerge:Free help-wanted ads return ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Craig,
Someone else in here men]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Craig,
Someone else in here mentioned classifieds and one concern of mine is that people are getting less and less interested in paying for classifieds because of sites like Craigslist and what not.
We`re still throwing that idea ]]></description>
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On the coupon thing, it`s your]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Sponsoring-instead-of-advertising.htm</link>
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On the coupon thing, it`s your paper and you should be clear and absolute as to what limits are set on how coupons are presented. Tell the customers that they have a "strip of paper," for example and give the measurements. Or set up an online template an[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[WTGG,
Yes, you`re right. Gettin]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[WTGG,
Yes, you`re right. Getting that feedback is critical and I have a business meeting with all partners tonight to find out if our sales feedback is even being produced.
Our little venture is so different from most "businesses"]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Gonick; as I read through the th]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Gonick; as I read through the thread I noticed twice you mentioned your sales help, in a manner that I infer as you being disappointed with results, motivation.
you also say you talked to friends / business associates for input, I have to ask the qu]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  If you were to put a price o]]></title>
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  If you were to put a price on coupons, you`d also have a selling point
to local businesses. They could advertise via the coupons that would be
exclusive to your "paper," and track the success through customers
redeeming the coupons? Maybe?]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  It looks like somebody put a]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  It looks like somebody put a lot of work into that site.
  
Yeeesssss I do. From the design, `geek stuff` and the ad creation, yes I have. Now the stories and what not ALL come from my editor. I owe her a lot for all of that wo]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:49:56 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[What selling coupon space? It`s ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[What selling coupon space? It`s not the same as getting advertising, nor is it sponsoring pages. You`re doing what I think is an idea waiting to happen in a big way. It`s the niche-market concept moving into a natural extension of the big papers sl]]></description>
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