<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Since I won't be at the meeting tomorrow, below is a report on publicity activities. Most important notes are regarding our fall sectionals; we are behind on locking down details. These need to be finalized ASAP so we can get a flyer into the Aug/Sept newsletter. <br>=============================<br><br></div>Email blast results are attached. We saw a dip in CTR on the most recent blast, which is somewhat concerning. If this is consistent with our next blast, I'll experiment with some different templates or designs; we may just have some content fatigue setting in now that we've had this same format for over a year. If anyone else has ideas for improving the emails, I'm open to them.<br><b><br></b></div><div><b>Next email blast will be ~7/10. If you have any upcoming items you want me to mention, please let me know ASAP.</b><br></div><div><br></div>Note also that the blast for the Barometer Pairs went out late because we had to hold the newsletter and email waiting on the Suntan Sectional lunch plan to get resolved. I'm not sure if the Barometer got hurt by the delay, but generally, the schedule I have flyers being created/reviewed on is built around the newsletter going out and advance warning for events. For future, we need to be firm on the plan we set for sectionals when the flyer is reviewed, as much as possible, to avoid delaying our communications.<br><b><br></b></div><b>Upcoming sectional publicity:</b><br><ul><li>Suntan - included in email blast, flyer included in newsletter, flyers distributed to clubs, and the larger ACBL email blasts have gone out. (ACBL blast held until 30 days prior due to newsletter/local blast timing.)<br></li><li>Fall NLM - Open questions for flyer prep below, <b>needs to be locked down by 7/1 for us to make it into Aug/Sept newsletter with a complete flyer by 7/10 deadline. Chairs also need to be on alert to review and approve a flyer 7/3-7/5.</b><br></li><ul><li>Location & dates (Note: the deadline I'm giving is assuming September dates. If we go to November, the deadline changes)<br></li><li>Any changes to schedule vs. last year (last year's flyer attached) - e.g., single session OK for Swiss or not?</li><li>Any additional info to add to flyer</li></ul><li>Halloween - Open questions for flyer prep below, <b>needs to be
locked down by 7/1 for us to make it into Aug/Sept newsletter with a
complete flyer by 7/10 deadline. Chairs also need to be on alert to
review and approve a flyer 7/3-7/5.</b><br></li><ul><li>Any changes to <u>schedule </u>vs. last year (last year's flyer attached, strats will be adjusted to match other 2017 sectionals and location and other info will be updated)<br></li><li>Any additional info to add to flyer</li><li>Confirm lunch plan (or confirm no lunch offered) for Sunday</li></ul></ul><p><br></p><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--<font size="1"><font style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br><span style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small">JC Chupack</span></font></span></font><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small">* Find me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, or Twitter: jcchupack</span></font></span></font></div></font></font></div></div>
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