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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
Promote the Hobby with Old Issues of FSM?
Posted by djrost_2000 on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:20 PM

What do you think of this idea?

With the loss of so many hobby stores, what if we promoted the hobby by placing old issues of FSM in your neighborhood.  Just take off the address label so no nutcase can track you down.

I keep FSM issues for about 2 years and discarding any older than that, but now thinking of placing old ones in strategic locations in my area.

Comments, suggestions please,

Dave 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:35 PM
I just saw a similar suggestion in an e-mail from the Long Island IPMS chapter (I think). If you have a club and you're donating the magazines, replace the address label with one featuring club information, such as time and date of the meeting.

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:26 AM

I've always been a proponent of donating those old magazines to doctors offices, dialysis centers, cancer treatment facilities, dentists, and boys and girls clubs. Any place where you have a semi captive audiance.

A good way to attract new members to your club is to place a label on the cover "Donated by (Name of Club)" . Be sure to provide meeting location and time.

Which reminds me, its time for me to do that myself, fortunately my neighbor is one of the physicians at several of the area dialysis centers. 

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
Posted by djrost_2000 on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:22 PM

You could also try Barber shops, automotive lobbies, maybe libraries.

Dave

 

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:36 PM
Great idea Dave! I'll add those to my list too.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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