From disciplesworldreps at spvi.com Fri Apr 23 14:53:34 2004 From: disciplesworldreps at spvi.com (disciplesworldreps@spvi.com) Date: Fri Apr 23 14:35:50 2004 Subject: [DisciplesWorldReps] DisciplesWorld Rep e-Newsletter #1 Message-ID: DisciplesWorld Rep Newsletter April 2002 Hello and welcome to the first DisciplesWorld Rep Newsletter. When we started the DisciplesWorld Rep Program we envisioned sending out a newsletter every so often to touch base with you, share news of the magazine and share news of other Reps. This first newsletter is longer than I had hoped. But first, we?d like to thank you all for your tremendous efforts on behalf of DisciplesWorld magazine. We can?t say enough about how important your role as a DisciplesWorld Rep is. Since we operate on very tight budgets, your help in promoting DisciplesWorld magazine and selling subscriptions to your congregation helps us stretch our marketing dollars further. Through your efforts, we are able to reach more people in a more meaningful way than we could ever reach through direct mail campaigns alone. Thank you for your active support of the magazine. 1) Subscription Rate Change Announced: In March, the magazine made the decision to increase the subscription rates for both individual and bulk rates. All reps were sent new rate labels to adjust their marketing material (brochures and subscription pads.) If by chance you did not receive your labels, please contact Mary Breidenbach at marketing@disciplesworld.com. The new rates are as follows. Individual subscriptions: 1-year = $25; 2-year = $44; 3-year = $60 Bulk Subscriptions: 10-19 copies = $20 each; 20+ copies = $15 each The old rates were the initial rates that DisciplesWorld magazine used for the first two-years of publication. (These rates were, in fact, the rates that the ?The Disciple? magazine had in place when they ceased publishing.) While we intend to keep the magazine as affordable as possible, the rate increase was financially necessary at this time. 2) Regional Assemblies: DisciplesWorld will be present at all Regional Assemblies in 2004. Since we can?t afford to send staff to each Assembly, we are looking for DisciplesWorld Reps to staff the booth and promote the magazine at the Assemblies. If you are interested in attending your assembly and representing DisciplesWorld, please let us know. Email marketing@disciplesworld.com with your interest. We will be happy to pay for your registration and will provide all marketing material for your efforts. In addition, if you sell subscriptions at the assembly, you can utilize your Rep benefit of receiving a free one-year subscription when you sell ten individual subscriptions. A big THANK YOU to the Reps who have volunteered so far: -Rev. Tom Shifflett (and friends) of First Christian Church of Chico, California agreed to represent the magazine at the California, Northern Nevada Regional Assembly. ?Melba Lacey, Memorial Christian Church of Ann Arbor, MI and Jean O?Brien, First Christian Church of Manton, MI will be attending the Michigan Regional Assembly for the magazine. 3) Themes of Upcoming Issues: May 2004: Presidential Elections June 2004: Leadership Development July/August 2004: Disciples Identity (results of Identity Survey discussed) 4) Promotion Idea: One promotional idea that we are promoting and have heard promoted from other DisciplesWorld Reps is the idea of asking your congregation to give a one-year subscription to new member households of the congregation. You could provide your congregation an easy way to place those subscriptions and keep them on top of this task. Giving a gift subscription of DisciplesWorld to new members can helps introduce the structure and activities of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) as well as nurture their interest and participation in your congregation. Inevitably, this gift is a gesture of appreciation and shows a desire for the new members to be a vital role in your congregation. If you think this may be of interest to your congregation, we encourage you to discuss this with your pastor. 5) DisciplesWorld Magazine Turns Two! ? We are happy to announce that we have just completed our second year in publication and are looking forward to many more years to come. In this coming year we are planning to add some new features that we hope you?ll like. Please let us know if you have any questions or need additional supplies. We appreciate all your efforts and want to support you as best we can. Mary Breidenbach Director of Marketing marketing@disciplesword.com If you prefer to not receive this newsletter in the future, please send an email to Mary at marketing@disciplesworld.com. Please reference ?DW Rep Newsletter? in your email. Thank you -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.spvi.com/pipermail/disciplesworldreps/attachments/20040423/8b952c1b/attachment.html From disciplesworldreps at spvi.com Fri Apr 23 13:38:47 2004 From: disciplesworldreps at spvi.com (disciplesworldreps@spvi.com) Date: Fri Apr 23 15:39:26 2004 Subject: [DisciplesWorldReps] DisciplesWorld Rep e-Newsletter #1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040423203847.65052.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com> Thank you so much for the email, although I have not recieved anything to this point from you at all, either on the new price list, or how to go about getting a new packet for pamphlets and an order form. I really need these things. I am considering attending our Regional Assembly in Johnstown this summer, but we have not put the final plans out yet. If not I, myself, I will certainly try to get someone to work a booth if you will have one. Thank You, Crystal Lynn Wilson Christian Church of Wilkinsburg 748 Wallace Ave Wilkinsburg, PA 15221 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.spvi.com/pipermail/disciplesworldreps/attachments/20040423/8dd127d4/attachment.html