Are You Going To Buy A Handicalendar?!

[Benton]

(05-04-2021, 04:23 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Someone on my team has a family member with a printing press so she said she thought she could get them to print it for us at no cost (or very little).  

The survey we have kicking online is also going to help us gage what kind of interest we have.

I'm also positive A LOT of families in the area will buy them from me just because my family is so big in the area.

The idea I had about selling them in high schools was kind of shot down when a teacher at the school I was presenting at on Friday reminded me that high schools might not sell things in their book stores with people in swimsuits, but she also reminded me that just mentioning it in the question and answer sessions would gain interest where students can reach out on their own.

We have 5 or so sponsors, so I'm thinking the big hurdle will just be distribution but hopefully local bookstores will be interested, as well as bookstores at local colleges.

Thanks for the insight because it definitely does help to have someone with first-hand knowledge offer their opinions on it!  I'll shoot it ahead to our my team!

(05-04-2021, 04:25 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: If you don't care, I also may have more questions about specifics as things get worked out and we get closer to the actual printing.

Distribution is always the kicker. I work with a number of charities and the majority are some form of civic group (American Legion Baseball, United Way, ACS, etc). They've pretty well got their distribution locked down as their volunteers meet with tons of civic groups. And when I was in newspapers, we just used our regular distribution base.

What you'll run into with most stores now (Books A Million, WalMart, Target, etc) is that they use an outside vendor for all that kind of printed material. That's why I'd recommend using small local businesses. You go to your local hardware store or BBQ joint, you'll get further than multiple hour-long meetings trying to sell them at Target.

But any time you've got a question about it, feel free to let me know.