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Thank you, I absolutely love Coffee News and read mine everytime I go into Coffee Fusion in OS. — “Marlena”

Reader Testimonial

This is an letter from a reader, who picked up Coffee News in a McDonald’s restaurant while traveling through South Carolina

Aaron’s Sales and Leasing began seeing results from the Coffee News ad the very first month. In March of this year we had the number one store in our region and twelfth nationwide

Bobby Gardner, Manager Aaron Leasing
Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Coffee News is working great for me, I’m getting lots of calls from my ad, thanks Brian.

Kerri Mahan, Massage Therapist
Ocean Springs, Mississippi

That tuxedo ad we ran in the Coffee News has completely blown us away; between Christmas and Mardi Gras we have sold nearly 700 tuxedos. Including shirt and accessories that’s almost $98,000 in a three-month period. We’ve had as many as 30 tuxes walk out that door in a day. Incredible!

Joe Stout, Bargain Annex
Pascagoula, Mississippi

“I would like to take this opportunity to express the excellent results we have obtained by advertising in Coffee News. We have received many calls clients, applicants and potential customers stating they had seen our ad and wanted to know more about Manpower. This has increased our recruiting of applicants and has brought new clients into our temporary help and training departments. We have thoroughly enjoyed reading and reaping the benefits of Coffee News”

Mary-Ellen Landry, Manpower
Gulfport, Mississippi

“I just had to send you an e-mail to let you know that the Coffee News advertisement is really paying off for me. This is great! I’m getting calls every week. I’ve performed for a four-year old’s birthday party in Brandon this weekend. I’ve received calls for banquets, meetings, etc. Coffee News was one of the best things that I could do.”

Diane Williams, Storyteller
Madison, Mississippi

“Effective and affordable! Where else can I put my business advertising in front of so many readers at such an affordable price?”

Phil Terry, Terra Nova Wines & Spirits
Madison, Mississippi

“Since starting my ad in Coffee News, I have had tremendous response. I would highly recommend placing your ad with them because of their extensive coverage both in the City of Clinton and surrounding areas.”

Mildred Burt, Manager
Broadway Terrace Apartments, Clinton, MS

“I have gotten lots of response from my ad in Coffee News. It works better than Yellow Pages!”

Z.E. “Brandy” Lambert, Attorney at Law

“I have used the Coffee News for several months and it has been a life saver. I get calls from all over the area. Thanks, Jonni, for introducing me to Coffee News!”

Lilly Jackson
Nu-Beginnings, Inc.

“Advertising in Coffee News has brought us a lot of attention. People at the ballfield are commenting on my ad and our lender in the Vicksburg area has gotten numerous calls from the ad. Coffee News has really helped increase our visibility in the communities we serve. We love it!”

Lacey Hicks, Norwest Mortgage
Clinton, Mississippi

“I’ve already received seven calls off my ad, and one of them turned into five new customers! Coffee News is great!”

Cedric Manning, Mr. Mobile
Jackson, Mississippi

“Advertising in Coffee News is the most affordable and effective way we’ve found to keep our business message in front of the public in an effort to reach new members. We get lots of calls. And I love walking into restaurants and watching everyone reading Coffee News!”

Tammy Overstreet, Members Exchange Credit Union
Jackson, Mississippi

This has helped people know about my name change. Also, have done a courtyard New Orleans mural, some portraits and a faux finish job from my Coffee News ad!

Jeanette Jarmon – Art by JNet
Clinton, MS

What a great way to target your marketing to a particular community and promote your business!

Chip Sanders Agency, State Farm Insurance
Rankin County, MS

I have new clients who would have never known about my small business were it not for my ad in Coffee News!

Denis Sanders – Pet Sitters Plus
Jackson, MS

“I just had to send you an e-mail to let you know that the Coffee News advertisement is really paying off for me. This is great! I’m getting calls every week. I’ve performed for a four-year old’s birthday party in Brandon this weekend. I’ve received calls for banquets, meetings, etc. Coffee News was one of the best things that I could do.”

Diane Williams, Storyteller
Madison, Mississippi

As a Coffee News customer for a second year, I believe that there isn’t any other advertising media that can give you the weekly exposure that Coffee News can provide… I’m delighted with the number of people that recognize my business and picture from our Coffee News advertisement. Coffee News may not be everywhere, but it sure seems like it as I find it in locally owned restaurants, national chains, and everything in between. It’s a breath of fresh air that they will change your ad as many times as you request, free of charge. I recommend Coffee News to any business that wants to get their company exposed to thousands of readers each week.”

-Scott Mason, Edward Jones Financial Advisor
Atlanta, Georgia

“The exposure is there. I believe people are seeing the ads and therefore increasing their awareness and my name recognition. I like the flexibility of the ad content as well as the inter-linking of various media. I get the same exposure for less cost as the local paper and actually get better results!”

Douglas F. Cmelik,
American Express Financial Advisors, Inc.
Lincoln, Nebraska

“In six months, I’ve seen a 600% return on my advertising investment! I’m very happy with my results in Coffee News!”

James DeVries, R & J Woods
Lincoln, Nebraska

“An important and attractive element of Coffee News to me is the ability to advertise directly to the area of town that I am teaching in. The response to the ad has been wonderful and it certainly has proven to be an effective advertising tool for my program. I appreciate the cost-effective nature as well as the quality of the ad. I would like to see the Journal-Star try to match it!!! While I was only able to run my ad for a short time before my classes began… I still felt I got my money’s worth.”

Shawna Gordon, Kindermusik Educator
Lincoln, Nebraska

“I liked the fact that Jeff was willing to meet me after normal business hours to accomodate our schedule. He was very upfront and honest … very pleasant to do business with.”

Barbara Sorensen, In Your Dreams
Lincoln, Nebraska

BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL

BNI’s relationship with Coffee News is the most productive advertising relationship we have. Productive not only from the point of view of return on our investment, but also from the total amount of new business we have received from Coffee News readers.

I must admit, I was skeptical at first about advertising through Coffee News due to the different approach of reaching clients in a restaurant waiting area; however, the results we have received speak for themselves.

As a result of our relationship, I am also using Coffee News on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and receiving excellent results. BNI picked up 20 new clients in Gulfport in six weeks through the efforts of Coffee News and your counterpart Brian Parton.

As a business consultant who is paid to achieve results for my clients, I would encourage business owners to give Coffee News strong consideration as they invest their advertising dollar.

Sincerely.

Wes Holsapple II
Executive Director

TAYLOR ACADEMY OF DANCE

Hi Teresa

I just want to drop a quick note to tell you what a great advertising experience I’ve had with the Coffee News. In the past I have used local and regional newspapers, as well as specialized parent publications in which to advertise my dance school. I paid a lot of money to run and ad for only a few short months because the cost of advertising with those publications was not realistic for my small business budget. I was really skeptical of advertising anywhere because the return I received was only enough to cover the cost of advertising in those publications.

Then I tried the Coffee News. I received so many responses to my ad within just 1 week of advertising and am still receiving calls today. I now think of the Coffee News as “the little paper that could” – because it already did! I love that it has a presence in more places than a newspaper, it is a quick and fun read, and it also has built in advertisements that make you look at them, even if while on the search for the hidden coffee guy! The Coffee News has definitely, by far, been the best and most effective advertising I have used to date. It helped me grow my business and I will definitely be recommending this to other business owners I know because it worked so successfully for me.

Sincerely

Jill Taylor
Taylor Academy of Dance

BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Greetings:

Please be advised that Bangor International Airport has been using Coffee News for almost a year now. It is an innovative and cost effective way to get the message out in a highly visible format. We’ve been very pleased with the exposure our business has gotten with this medium. Bill Buckley is superb to work with and always takes the time to make sure we’re getting our message of the week across to constituents.

I highly recommend Coffee News as a preferred advertising means. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Most Sincerely,
Jeff P. Russell
Marketing Manager
Bangor International Airport

EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS

I just wanted to drop you a line about our ad in Coffee News. It’s GREAT! As you know, we’ve been running an ad for several weeks and just renewed for a whole year. The response has been terrific! I can verify several new customers that came to us because of the ad.

Another great benefit to being in Coffee News is the “celebrity” status that it brings. By having my picture in the ad and having a new version of Coffee News come out each week, the public is seeing me over and over again. I find that when I speak to someone new, they recognize my name and face which brings instant credibility. I do very little advertising so I can narrow it down very well to where a person first heard of me.

Keep up the good work! You have a great product with great results. I will happily refer my business owner friends to you and Coffee News. If I can help your business in other ways, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Sincerely,

Joe O. Luby III
Investment Representative

PRIMEQUITY MORTGAGE CO.

We are pleased to take this opportunity to tell you how happy we are with our Coffee News advertising.

Recently, we did a complete analysis of our advertising program for the initial ten months of operations here in Bangor, Maine. In addition to advertising in one edition of your Coffee News, we also advertised in various print publications plus a local real estate ad booklet and we used extensive in-house telemarketing. We carefully tracked the responses by asking clients how they heard about us.

When we compared the amount of money devoted to each publication, Coffee News generated a net return of 4.4 times the actual cost of the ad. The next best media buy only provided a return of 2.8 times our investment.

Needless to say, we are very pleased with Coffee News and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship. Thanks again for the great service and stop by for coffee when you are going by our new offices.

Sincerely yours,

Dan Ewing, Account Executive
Primequity Mortgage Co.

BRADFORD COMMONS

Bill, I wanted to write you and express my complete satisfaction with the results of the advertising that I placed with you and the Coffee News in November of 1997. To be frank, I was somewhat skeptical about spending my advertising budget in your “flyer”. In January of this year, however, I expended the advertising to include all three editions.

The advertising, done at a time when our vacancy was high and at the worse time of year for people to move, filled all of our vacant units. Currently we have a wait list. I could not be happier with the turnaround in our business and would highly recommend Coffee News to my business associates because of the response it provided and the economic cost.

Sincerely,

Don L. Kimball
Manager

COTTON PATCH QUILTS

Just a note to tell you how pleased I am that I chose to spend my advertising dollars on Coffee News. Being a brand new business we had to be careful where we put our dollars. You told me it could take a few months for us to notice an increase in customers so I never expected to have new customers arrive with Coffee News in hand within the first two weeks!

The best part is that I am reaching the tourist who does not usually take the time to read the local newspaper. Speaking of the local paper – it’s too expensive anyway and since I have been advertising in the Coffee News I haven’t needed to place one ad with them.

Customers always tell me they saw us in the Coffee News and all of us here at Cotton Patch Quilts agree that this is the best advertising we could do. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for all your help,

Dawn S. Emmons, Owner

P.S. The ad layout you did for us was great!

NORTHWEST MORTGAGE BROKERS

I will be the first to admit when I have spoken too soon! During the first six weeks of my ad in the Coffee News, I did not receive ONE call. I felt justified to cancel my continuation. Do you recall my arrogance about the cancellation when we talked? What a mouthful have had to eat!

Within 3 days of our conversation, I had five calls and to date I have now had seven calls. I will have one loan file from that simple add which will more than pay double the costs.

Please feel free to have anyone call me as a reference. By the way, when my replacement quits, I get my ad space back.

Sincerely,

Noland Peebles

THE TEDDY BEAR LOFT
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your success. Because of the success of your paper, it has made our business flourish. Your entertaining, informative paper has brought us much business, many friends and a chance to forge ahead to greater things.

If you are looking for a way to reach a wide audience, we recommend Coffee News. We’ve advertised in Coffee News for two years with great success. We’ve not only added many local customers but also people from Vancouver, White Rock, Port Hardy, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Saskatchewan, Alberta and even England! We’ve had suppliers that didn’t know we we’re here and even competitors mention our Coffee News ad.

Please feel free to tell any business which may be hesitant about advertising in Coffee News to give us a call. We know it reaches a wide audience from first-hand experience. We also urge them to grab their exclusive spot before someone else takes it.

Keep up the good work and good luck in the future.

Thank You Coffee News

Teddy Bear Loft

BANGOR FLORAL COMPANY

I wanted to let you know how happy I am with the results my company is seeing from our advertising in Coffee News.

I ran my first ad for “Cards For A Buck” some time ago and had a positive response. The exposure was so successful that I decided to advertise my floral business as well. However, I did not want to discontinue the “Cards For A Buck” ad, so I decided to run an additional ad for Bangor Floral Co. The response to that ad has also been very positive.

I think Coffee News is a great idea and it certainly has created a positive track record with “Cards For A Buck” and the Bangor Floral Company!

I am happy to find an advertising vehicle that is both cost effective and gets positive results. You will see my ads in Coffee News again!

Sincerely yours,

Phil Frederick
President