22. Single-copy outlet expansion
Manager Dale Bowen of
the Chiefland (FL)Citizen
purchased 25 used racks
and placed 15 at his
4,027 weekly newspaper
Outlet target
• 7 per 1,000 HH
• 1 per every 150 HH
23. Williston FL Manager
Kathy Richardson
deployed 10 more
racks. Added to 24
retail outlets, they
now have 6 per
1,000 HH.
24. George Jacobs,
Cynthiana KY publisher,
purchased 22 racks for
deployment at 4 regional
papers and Cynthiana
Democrat, 5,652 weekly
25. Get Inside Wal-Mart
Alan Place, manager of
Sumter County Times,
5,323 weekly, got 9
check-out rack locations
inside the Bushnell FL
Wal-Mart selling about 130
copies per week
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26.
27. Get on sale
earlier
Ryan Bramlett, New Albany
Gazette manager, got the
paper out earlier and papers
on the street earlier. Single
sales were up 754 at this
4,932 twice-weekly
28. We need to “harvest” more single
copy buyers to the subscriber side
29. 2. Run single
copy inserts
on regular
basis
The Kentucky Standard
in historic Bardstown KY
earned 73 starts from
this Friday the 13th flyer
30. CKNJ’s Crystal Anderson
drew 57 new and 152
renewals from one issue
of the newspaper and two
of the shopper for this
6,735 twice-weekly
43. Casey County News,
5,469 Liberty KY weekly,
drew 23 new subs and 9
requested samples from
this full-page promotion
based on ½ the value of
the coupons in that issue
48. 5. Devote more time to growth
Susan Collins, circulation
manager and general factotum
at The Spencer Magnet,
Taylorsville KY weekly
grew 197 in one year
49. Laura Satterly worked as a
part-time circulation sales
manager for The Kentucky
Standard who gained entry to
Wal-Mart inside single sales
for this 9,380 tri-weekly
Two of Laura’s
promotions…
50. 33 starts from Anniversary 14 starts came from one-
Sale in Sun. single copy and day sale flyer for “National
Wed. non-subscriber shopper Pamper Yourself Day”
51. 6. Offer Targeted
Premiums
Perry County News, Tell City, IN
twice-weekly sold 31new with
this America’s Best Recipes
cookbook premium.
56. Web Site Single Sales Promo
Pick up your copy
of The Cynthiana
Democrat at these
racks and dealer
locations:
CITY LOCATIONS
Ken's NewMarket
Ken's Discount
Tobacco Shop
Kentucky Motors
MSP Market (Shell
Food Mart)
Eastside Pharmacy
Thrift Food Mart
Yellow Rose
First Stop
Rite-Aid
Save-A-Lot
Fast Max
Sunstar Entertainment
Speedway
58. 9. Promote in other media
Tom McDonald and Amanda Pacheco teamed up on this radio
spot promoting Las Vegas (NM) Optic improvements and
subscriptions with additional 10% discount for citing radio ad.
34 new subscribers cited the spot when subscribing.
59. Judy Underwood, Morgan
County News, Wartburg
TN 5,084 weekly, provides
news briefs on the radio
in return for promotional
copy. Circulation is up
152 copies, 3.3%.
60. Meghan Murphy, Clear
Creek (CO) Courant editor,
records weekly radio spots
on the local station, listing
single copy outlets
61. 10. Direct Mail non-subscribers
Stephanie Hornback,
manager of The Record,
Leitchfield KY, oversaw direct
mail to non-subscribing
households, gaining 734 new
starts this year
62. The Pioneer News,
Shepherdsville KY,
8,200 twice-weekly
mailed this continuous
form outbound/return
envelope and sold 553
new subs at a 4.9%
return on pieces mailed
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63. Chester SC, News &
Reporter, got 65 restarts
(16.5% return) from this
mailing to 393 former
subscribers of the 6,600
twice-weekly
92. Chris Lopez sold 171
new starts in 11 months
to win Carrier of the
Month 4 out of 6 months
93. 23. Front
Office Sales
Amy Zetina, new
receptionist at The
News-Enterprise, sold
70 paid starts in 2
months by asking
customers who called
or came into the office