Advertising is now being sold for the Shoals Fringe debut issue. The event information will remain the same, but the format will change.  We now have a professional graphic designer working on the appearance of the printed publication.  Our new advertising rates will also include a presence on the web site.  You can see the spot reserved for advertisers on the "under construction" site here: http://www.calendar.shoalsfringe.com/

 The new advertising rates are as follows:

A business card sized ad 

 2 1/8" x 3 3/8"  - $25.00 for a single month.  $20.00 with a 6 month contract.

A quarter page ad 

4 1/4" x 3 3/8" - $55.00 for a single month.  $50.00 with a 6 month contract.

Back Cover half page ad - (only one ad this size will be sold)

4 1/4" x 7" - $140.00 for a single month.   $120.00 with a 6 month contract.

If your business would like to help me continue to provide this service to the community please contact Susann Elsass at (256) 765-1284.  I'll be glad to help you design an advertisement you're happy with or to accept your existing copy.

The Shoals Fringe publication will be printed in a run of 2000 copies each month.  

The first publication of the Shoals A&E Sheet was done in November of 2005 and it has been printed monthly since. The readership is obviously growing because the distribution sites have fewer and fewer copies left at the end of each month.  Additional copies will be printed as soon as the demand dictates a need. 

The publication is placed in every room at the Marriott and the Holiday Inn.  It is available at the check in counter at The Webster's Hotel, The Jameson Inn, and The Hampton Inn, and The Comfort Inn.  The publicatio  is also included in visitor's packets for both Colbert and Lauderdale tourism departments and the Shoals Chamber of Commerce.

 It is distributed for free at Rivertown Coffee, Coldwater Books, Mug.com, Le Beau's Coffee, Shaolin Computers, The Kennedy-Douglass Center, The Tennessee Valley Art Center, The Florence Lauderdale Library, The Muscle Shoals Library, and numerous other businesses throughout the Shoals area.

The goal of the Shoals A&E Sheet is to create a very comprehensive collection of information about Arts and Entertainment events in the Shoals and to share that information with visitors and locals.  The focus is on content and not on selling advertising!  I hope that locals will find new things to appreciate in the community and I hope that visitors will be so entertained that they will want to share their experience here with friends back home and will want to return to the Shoals area soon!

All advertising proceeds collected are used to cover the cost of printing the Shoals A&E Sheet.  If I sell more advertising I simply print more copies of the newsletter.

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