Frequently
Asked Questions
What
is your Katy / West Houston readership?
Can I
subscribe to Coffee News?
How often do you publish
and where are you distributed?
What's the monthly contest all
about?
How long
has Coffee News been in existence?
How long have you been
publishing in Lincoln?
Can restaurants advertise
in Coffee News?
How much is an
ad?
Why do you
recommend that the ad run for at least 13 weeks?
How do I pay for the ad?
Do I need to design the ad?
Can I change an ad now and
then?
Q:What
is your Katy / West Houston readership? back
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A: Currently, our total readership across all 3 editions is
estimated to be 70,000 readers each month.
Q: Can I subscribe to Coffee News? back
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A: You cannot currently subscribe to Coffee News. It is a free publication
distributed primarily at restaurants, or any other place where you might
have some time to read while waiting.
Q: How often do you publish and where are
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A: A new issue is distributed weekly to restaurants, delis, coffeehouses, etc.
Its purpose is to provide POSITIVE, ENJOYABLE reading to those waiting for
their meals (seen by a high number of readers 3 meals a day!) or relaxing with
a cup of coffee. With Coffee News, there is no BAD news — only trivia,
horoscopes, fun facts, local events, and other fun things that draw attention
(like the chance to win $25 cash each month). To see the locations where you
can pick up a copy of Coffee News, visit the Distribution area of this web
site.
Q: What's the monthly contest all about? back
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A: Each week, we
hide a small "Coffee News Guy" icon
in one of the ads. To enter the contest, all a reader has to do is cut out
the ad and mail it to our offices along with the entry
slip
provided,
and they are eligible to win a $25 cash prize. We hold the drawing at the end
of every month and announce the winner in Coffee News.
Each edition has its own winner and households are eligible to enter once each
week. The contest
is very
popular drawing entrants from all over south Texas AND we've received entrants
from as far away as Mississippi, Louisiana and even Pennsylvania! The Coffee
News’ contest is good
for our advertisers as well as our readers since it encourages our readers
to look through all of the ads in order to
find the Coffee News Guy!
Q: How long has Coffee News been in
existence? back
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A: Coffee News was founded by Jean Daum in Winnipeg,
Canada in 1988. It has grown to over 100 editions in Canada, more than 200
editions
in United States, and
has spawned editions in Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, United Kingdom,
Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Finland, India, Malaysia, Brazil, New Zealand
and Australia.
And at the beginning of 2002, the Coffee News World Head Office reported that
Coffee News had been cleared to begin publishing in the European Union. The
new European countries are: France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland,
Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Ireland.
A French edition, Pause Café, is published in Quebec, with Spanish editions
in Mexico, the U.S. and Spain.
Q: How long have you been
publishing in
Katy / Houston? back
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A: We have been publishing Coffee News in Katy since December, 2002 when
we began publishing the Katy-West and Katy-East editions. The Copperfield/Bear
Creek/West Houston edition opened in June, 2003.
Q: Can restaurants advertise
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A: As a courtesy to all our restaurants we offer the protection
that no business in the restaurant industry will be allowed to advertise in
Coffee News. Although most restaurants would love to have an ad, they are
prohibited. The reason -- a Burger King ad in Coffee News, for example, would
have every McDonald's refusing to carry Coffee News. No restaurant would welcome
their competitor's efforts to take away their customers right inside their
own premises, so they would naturally kick Coffee News out.
We do offer restaurants
carrying Coffee News a free listing in an ad space that lists different
locations where our readers can pick up a copy of Coffee News.
Q:
How much is an ad? back
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A: Ad rates in Coffee News are dependent on which edition and how many editions
you choose for your marketing. Discounts are available for advertisers who
choose multiple editions. Ads in Coffee News are less expensive than other
print media, so the small businessperson can easily afford to advertise regularly.
So unless another business in your "category" of business is already
advertising in the edition, it is open to you. That's because all ads in Coffee News are “EXCLUSIVES”, meaning only one business in each category
is allowed to advertise in each edition, allowing OUR advertisers to lock out
their competition — unlike any other publication in town!
Q: Why do you recommend that
the ad run for at least 13 weeks? back
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plan should be precisely as long as your business plan. If you are promoting
a concert that will be held on Wednesday night, then to buy advertising to
run the following Thursday would not be advisable. The only thing that might
be equally inadvisable would be to buy a 13-week advertising run for a business
that plans to be around longer than 13 weeks. A good ad is a seed for a fruit
tree. Repetition is its water. Weekly consistency is its sunlight. The longer
your seed is allowed to grow in the mind of the public, the greater and greater
your harvests will be. What size harvests do you want to see?
For more, read CoffeeFax #2: Repetition.
Q: How do I pay for the
ad? back
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A: Coffee News offers you a lot of flexibility in how you choose to pay for
your ad. You may pay for the ad by cash, money order, check, VISA or Mastercard.
A minimum of four weeks payment is required in advance. We will bill you
monthly, quarterly or annually as you choose.
Q: Do I need to design
the ad? back
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A: If you already have a camera-ready ad --
GREAT! If
you don't, well then that's great too because we
will work with you to create one.
Q: Can I change an ad now and then? back
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A: Yes, you can.
There is never a charge for ad changes, which may be phoned or faxed
in.
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