Comments on: 10 Creative Ways to Market Your Afterschool Programs http://recreationguy.com/10-creative-ways-to-market-your-afterschool-programs/ the ramblings and insights of a youth recreation professional Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Curt http://recreationguy.com/10-creative-ways-to-market-your-afterschool-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Curt Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:40:41 +0000 http://recreationguy.com/?p=623#comment-364 This idea came from a summer camp round table event that my colleague and I put together last year. So I contacted the person that mentioned the idea, Steve, and asked him your question. Here's his response. Hey Curt, Good to hear from you. Well, to answer your question I go to the offices I want to leave our activity guides and ask for the office manager. I then request that I leave 10 copies of our guide, in the spirit of community (I supply them with one of those acrylic brochure holders that stand up on the table). If they say no I ask if I can place just one with their magazines. They never say no to that. I just make sure that I return with new guides whenever we get them. Once you get your foot in the door, you're good to go. One thing I do when leaving only one is to put the guide in a nice plastic magazine binder, you know, the ones you see a lot of times at hair salons. I've never mailed them to the offices since all of the places are local. I think the personal touch is why I'm able to leave one or more guides. I feel that if I mail them they'll just get tossed in the bin. I do know that Amy...made deals with the offices in her community. If they allowed her to place a rack with multiple guides in their office she would add them to the list of partners that go in their activity guide. It's one page titled Community Partners and on that page is a list of company names with their logos, if they have one. Hope this helps. Let me know if you need anything else. Yours in Recreation, Steve This idea came from a summer camp round table event that my colleague and I put together last year. So I contacted the person that mentioned the idea, Steve, and asked him your question. Here’s his response.

Hey Curt,

Good to hear from you. Well, to answer your question I go to the offices I want to leave our activity guides and ask for the office manager. I then request that I leave 10 copies of our guide, in the spirit of community (I supply them with one of those acrylic brochure holders that stand up on the table). If they say no I ask if I can place just one with their magazines. They never say no to that. I just make sure that I return with new guides whenever we get them. Once you get your foot in the door, you’re good to go.

One thing I do when leaving only one is to put the guide in a nice plastic magazine binder, you know, the ones you see a lot of times at hair salons.

I’ve never mailed them to the offices since all of the places are local. I think the personal touch is why I’m able to leave one or more guides. I feel that if I mail them they’ll just get tossed in the bin.

I do know that Amy…made deals with the offices in her community. If they allowed her to place a rack with multiple guides in their office she would add them to the list of partners that go in their activity guide. It’s one page titled Community Partners and on that page is a list of company names with their logos, if they have one.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need anything else.

Yours in Recreation,

Steve

]]> By: Anonymous http://recreationguy.com/10-creative-ways-to-market-your-afterschool-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Anonymous Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:32:07 +0000 http://recreationguy.com/?p=623#comment-363 Hi! First of all, I love your website. Second, we are interested in distributing a supplemental guide for youth and teen summer camps to those places where people are waiting (doctors, auto shops, etc). How have you done this in the past? Do you hand deliver program guides or mail them? If you mail them, do you have a form letter that you attach with the guides? Do you leave just one so it stays in the waiting room or do you leave a stack for patrons to take with them? Thanks so much! Hi!
First of all, I love your website.

Second, we are interested in distributing a supplemental guide for youth and teen summer camps to those places where people are waiting (doctors, auto shops, etc). How have you done this in the past? Do you hand deliver program guides or mail them? If you mail them, do you have a form letter that you attach with the guides? Do you leave just one so it stays in the waiting room or do you leave a stack for patrons to take with them?

Thanks so much!

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