[Rotary] Casino Night Advertising / Promotion Update ... for Your Information

[Bruce Lewis]

Dear Rotarians,

Here an update on promotion:

--The Chamber is just finishing up a brochure for distribution at the Whale Festival with information about our event.

--The official Whale Festival website, MendoWhale.com, lists our event with details and an email link where people can get tickets (tickets at mendocinorotary.org, which comes directly to Bruce’s email). 

--Sean Leland has offered to let us use one of his spots on KUNK - Skunk Radio — to promote the event … that is coming. A big thanks to Sean.

--This week, we will have a second print ad in the Beacon and Advocate. On March 5, our event ad will appear in the Advocate-Beacon’s special pull out Whale Festival section.

—The Chamber eNews, to 500 plus members, carried our solitication for business / table sponors (Pete, Gary and John have secured a bunch. Thanks guys).

—A second blast went to MCN’s announce list (about 3,000 locals, I’m told).

—Pete has been promoting the event like crazy, while collecting a long list of great raffle prizes.

Finally, on event day, Kevin will handout information and sell tickets at the Ford House, volunteers yet to be named will sell tickets at the Chamber Whale Festival Chowder Tasting at Crown Hall, and two pirates, pirette, wenches will ride the trolley in costume handing out brochures and / or selling tickets.

Still, the big question is member ticket sales which will drive our revenue.  As mentioned in an earlier email a few weeks ago, advertising helps to create awareness. But that alone will not bring in the 200 gamblers we need.

Keep selling (or buying tickets and giving them to friends, customers or business associates).

Bruce, Pete, Gary, Kira
Casino Night Orgnaizing Committee