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Thank
you for your interest in The Green Pages Coupon Monthly Magazine.
The
Green Pages Network, Inc. had its start in the Dunedin, Florida area. The purpose of the venture was the
introduction of the local merchants to the usage of the internet for marketing
and advertising. We combined the
usage of the print publication with the Internet to enhance the
merchants’ value in The Green Pages.
Internet advertising is presented as a bonus to the merchant. We take this approach because the local
merchant may have had a web site for their business but did not really consider
it as an effective marketing tool.
Generally speaking they had their web site built and no one knew about
it. The Internet is a big place. Little or none was done to market the web
site. The Green Pages addresses that by placing the website address in the
merchants’ ad/coupon in the monthly print publication. This removes the
website from the “fad” category.
Initially,
The Green Pages was a printed publication of 5,000 copies on
11”x17” green paper with a mirrored view of the print copy on the
local green pages web site. This is
still in effect today and continues to provide our advertisers the same great
results and tracking of their coupon/advertising campaigns within The Green
Pages Coupon Monthly Magazine.
Economy
in cost control is paramount in small businesses. Our base cost per ad is
inexpensive when compared to other publication of the same type. Some of the reasons for this inexpensive
cost is:
1.
One color, black, is used in the
printing process.
2.
We do not use the US Postal
Service. We distribute the monthly
print copy by placing the copies in local retail and service businesses. Cross
marketing at its best! Plus, it allows the publisher to visit the advertisers
and enhances customer relationships. Very important.
Our
local web site index page has taken on the look of a local portal. Think of it as a neighborhood
publication. It is about as basic as it gets in the community. As a publisher
you have additional means besides the coupon/advertising to increase your local
green pages bottom line. The Green
Page web site includes:
1.
Realtor listings - paid listings.
2.
A Business directory - free –
All so includes a copy of ad(s) if within the print edition.
3.
The VIP Pages - provides the publisher
with an additional income stream in the form of displaying merchant web
sites.
4.
If they do not have a merchant web
site you can offer the creation and maintenance of a web page with a URL the
merchant can use within their print and other media advertising.
We
are reviewing various programs that will add additional streams of income to
your publication. Some will have a fee and others will be free. For the most part we are searching for
affiliate programs with no fee charges or set-up costs to you.
We
are looking forward to a long and profitable association with you if you
qualify to be licensed as the local publisher within the area that you
request.