Free Advertising Tools For Gloucester, Virginia Businesses No 5

Here we are giving you the source files for our newest free advertising tools for Gloucester, Virginia businesses.  These source files are all licensed under a Creative Commons license so that there are no issues with anyone using these files.  We call this particular ad the "Bacon's Rebelllion Ad".  We have opened up a larger area of space for you to include your business information.  This is the largest space we have been able to open up to date.

   
Bacon's Rebellion Ad by Chuck Thompson of TTC Media is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at http://www.GloucesterCounty-VA.com.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.GloucesterCounty-VA.com.
This is the actual Creative Commons license.  It's for the United States only.  This license covers the following source files.  One Microsoft Office Word doc., that contains the entire ad and one Open Office Writer odt file that contains the same file.

  These are the following conditions for using the source files and participating in the ad campaign.  The ad campaign is free for any and all Gloucester, Virginia businesses.  You may change the font color and style.  You may change the background color of the document.  You may import and add in one or more images into the open space provided, in order to advertise your business.  You may add in text into the open space provided in the source file to explain your business to potential customers/clients.

  You may not remove any of the presently existing text anywhere in the advertising piece.  You may not remove the attribution or web site extension from the advertising piece.

 Links:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8Y1E5ZGlwWnByUXM/edit?usp=sharing  Microsoft Office Word doc. file.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8NkNDdXdsV2pBZnc/edit?usp=sharing  Open Office odt. source file.

Again, these source files are governed by the above Creative Commons license along with our additional terms and conditions.

No British Surrender At Yorktown During First American Revolution from Chuck Thompson

This is an example of what a finished ad looks like.  Once you have completed your piece, you are free to print and distribute the ad piece in any way you see fit.  Printing costs usually run at about 15 to 20 cents per page.  One idea would be to change the text font color as well as the background color into something more visual and take the ad to the Gloucester Mathews Gazette Journal and have them print out a few posters of your new ad piece and hang the new ads in a visible space for your customers to see.

  Printing of a poster, last we knew was only at about $1.00 each.

Now about the free e-book.  Bacon's Rebellion 1676.  This is what the book looks like.

Bacons Rebellion 1676 American Colonial History" target="_blank">Bacons Rebellion 1676 American Colonial History from Chuck Thompson

The download link for this e-book is as follows.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8MnAxVG9JSXFzdkU/edit?usp=sharing

The above link allows both online viewing as well as downloading options.  If you do not want to have an ugly link on your web site, embed the link into something like CLICK HERE  or FREE DOWNLOAD and the link will still stake them to the same location.

  If you do not have your own web site, you are welcome to direct your customers to our site and tell them to visit the e-books link at the top of the site to get their free download.  You also have the option to download the book yourself and host the book on your own site.


Bacon's Rebellion 1676 e-book by Chuck Thompson of TTC Media is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at http://www.GloucesterCounty-VA.com.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.GloucesterCounty-VA.com.

This is the license for the e-book.  We do not allow modifications to this e-book as it contains some of our own original works.  We are allowing you to use the e-book as a free promotional giveaway to help drive business to your web site and hopefully right back to you with repeat customers who appreciate these efforts.

Again, all of this is supplied to you at no cost and your only cost in using these tools is your time that you put into finishing a piece and any printing costs.  We want to see local businesses succeed in this tough market.

Some reasons for using this ad.

1.) You are promoting history.
2.) You are promoting education.
3.) You are promoting the local community.
4.) You are promoting tourism and showing tourists you are tourist friendly.
5.) You are promoting your own business.
6.) You are driving people to your web site for potential repeat business.
7.) You are giving something of value away to your potential customers that helps you stand out in their minds.

Each ad is designed to grab the attention of the reader right from the beginning.  After giving them something to digest, we invite the reader to learn more in several areas that include learning more about your business when they visit your web site looking for the free download.  We have put a tremendous amount of time and thought into each of these ad campaigns.  We hope that you enjoy them.  More are coming.

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Gloucester, VA - Battle of the Hook Slideshow of Free Images

Sample of some of the pictures we are giving away from the 2008 Battle of the Hook event that took place here.  These are all licensed under a Creative Commons license on Flickr and Google and can be used even under commercial conditions.

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Gloucester, VA - Free Tools For Local Businesses No 2

This is a copy of the document before you start to use it.  It's the main template.  There are 6 spots for 6 businesses to network together and create a cooperative advertising piece.  This can be used as either a black and white version for ultra cheap printing costs or color photos can be used keeping the major costs for printing down.

Each business in the network picks a spot and fills in the colored box with their photo and then underneath the photo, put in your business information.  We used an 11 point font for the text underneath the picture and it worked out well.

  For something more colorful, we have created this next version for you.

This is the same as above only with more visual impact and a lot more expensive to print.  Would be great for window signs and plastic holder sign boards though, Also good as a free download off your  web site for others to learn more about local businesses you are involved in a co-op with.  Again, the blue section is where you post your business photo and the white box underneath is where you put your business information in.  Another sample we created to show you how it would look.

Now this first set of free tools for businesses is for Main Street businesses, many more will be following very soon for all businesses of Gloucester.  This one will prove to be the most difficult but also the most rewarding when completed.  Businesses will have to create a very strong network and work together on this project.  Any single break in the network and the project will fail.  Just an advanced warning, so choose your network carefully.

Each business will pick one boxed area and complete the area.  It then moves on to the next business to pick a boxed area and so on.  It really does not matter who has what position.  Don't fight over it.  Any position can be argued for the best spot.  Once the project is completed, the last business to complete the last box must then distribute the final project to everyone else in the network.  

Now that each of you have a final project, you can print out as many copies as you deem appropriate or as the network leader decides what should be appropriate, and give them out at your store.  You can also post it on line as a download or as an additional web page on your site.  You can send us a final project and we will both post the work and we can even host the download for you giving everyone in the network the download link.

What you are going to need.  Open Office office suite is needed to work on the project as the template file is an Open Office odg doc.  We tried to build this on the cloud but have yet to find a good host program on the cloud that gives us the design capabilities we wanted.  Great news.  Open Office is free and we like it better than Microsoft Office.  http://www.openoffice.org/  This is the link to the free download of Open Office.  

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8bzdvS1Y0T2JQMkk/edit?usp=sharing  This link is for the first template.  The one with the white background.  

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8ZEpONHpkeDJsbVE/edit?usp=sharing  This link is for the more colorful template.  We recommend using both but printing the cheaper of the two for free distribution and the color one for posting inside your business.

Gloucester Main Street Templates 1 and 2 by Already Listed On Poster is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at Can Not remove attribution.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.GloucesterCounty-VA.com.

This is the license for the templates.  You can not remove our information from the bottom.  We are providing these tools at an expense to us, so it's only fair to require that you leave our information on the final products.  Besides, it will help spread the word for the free tools to other businesses.  The provided license helps protect each party in the network as well.  It's not no cost, but it is a very effective low cost tool to begin with.  

This video will give you an idea of the real power of the Open Office tools.

By the way, if any businesses outside of Gloucester, Virginia wants to use these tools, you are free to do so as long as you stay within the license conditions. 

Stay tuned for a lot more tools.  We have no shortage of ideas.  

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Gloucester, VA - Free Tools For Local Businesses Number 1

Instead of the Shop Local campaign, as far as Gloucester Main Street businesses are concerned, here is an idea for local businesses to come together on and create.  Everyone is free to copy the example above and expand on it in any way that works for you.

The above here is another example of what can be created through a cooperative.  Numerous restaurants can get together and create a one page promo piece that shows community pride, promotes tourism and promotes each restaurant.  We are starting to work on a number of pieces that you will be able to download and add your own information to it and will create multiple promotions, working as a community information service as well as promoting your own business.  Some will be time sensitive while others will be all year round.  You can use anything you think will work for you.

  As these are developed, we will teach you how to use them for maximum advantage and at a very low cost.  Much lower than other forms of advertising.  The pieces will all be designed for anyone to use.  The new tools will be licensed under a creative commons license so that no issues should occur.  How inexpensive will some of these new pieces be?  Whatever your time is worth while others are strictly a printing cost per page.

  We kept thinking about how bad we thought the Shop Local campaign was for local merchants and as we cried out about poor leadership under the Shop Local campaign, we saw the need for leadership to happen somewhere.  So we are going to take that position and help you at no cost to you.  You decide if you want to participate.  We also do not care if you are a small business or a big box business.  If you think the tools we give you will help you, then participate.  If not, no hard feelings.

  We will be posting the new tools for download on a regular basis, so you will have to keep coming back to see the new offers and decide if you want to use them.  We will try and use the same heading for new tools with updated numbering.  This is number 1.  We will also discuss newspaper ads and show the advantages to cooperatives and how to get into a cooperative possibly for free.  

  Networked together we can make a serious impact for both local businesses and for the community as a whole.

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Free Royalty Free Gloucester, Virginia Images

Battle of the Hook - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)

Battle of the Hook - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)

Civil War Monument - by Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)

Gloucester Courthouse - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)

Gloucester Main Street Flower Light Pole Basket - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)

Walter Reed Birthplace - By Chuck Thompson of TTC Media (Photo credit: Battleofthehook)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94782749@N03/sets/72157633198505865/
This is a link to a Gloucester, Virginia photo set on Flickr.  Within this photo set are 47 images at present that are all pre licensed under a Creative Commons license 3.0 usage.  You are free to use the images on web sites, copy or download them and bring them to your local printer, frame them and hang them and even to sell copies of the prints if you so desire.  The only thing to consider is that you must attribute the work to Chuck Thompson of TTC Media no matter how you us them.  If you want to sell copies of the images, you must let people know that they can download the images for free and from where before selling them the print.

  If you frame and hang any of the prints, attribution must still be made for the print.  We expect to have several hundred images on the Flickr site within the next few months all with the same license.  The images vary in size but some are very large poster size images. Derivatives are not allowed from these images.  We also have another photo set on that site of the Battle of the Hook.  Those images are also pre licensed.  Information about those images are available on the Flickr site.

  Of course these images can also be used in newspapers, magazines, book covers and any other commercial us desired.

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Gloucester, VA- Free Poster - Royalty Free Commercial Use

Gloucester, Virginia - Main Street - Shop Local by Chuck Thompson of TTC Media is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

We are in the process of designing and giving away free, royalty free, posters that are satirical in nature.  They are designed to poke fun at various issues around the county.  These are all licensed to you.  You can take them to the printer and have them printed, framed and hang them anywhere.  You are also free to make all the copies you want and sell them if you wish.  If you do so, there are no royalties that ever need to be paid.  You keep all the profits.

  Download the full size poster at this link;
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8NFZjWERENEk2dFE/edit?usp=sharing

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Free Battle of the Hook Poster, Gloucester, VA

https://plus.google.com/photos/105184888194104247240/albums/5863177689231263185/5863214724979574850   This link will take you to the hosting site where you can download a full size copy of the print here.  It's a free poster from the 2008 Battle of the Hook, designed by Chuck Thompson of TTC Media.  It's under the same Creative Commons license as the other pictures in the Battle of the Hook series so if your printer needs to see permission for you to have them print it, please also download a copy of the license and print it out.  Or just bring a copy of this post.  You are just not allowed to sell copies of the print to others.

  Otherwise, enjoy.

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Battle of the Hook - Free Photo Resources

Free photographic resources are now available from TTC Media for the Battle of the Hook.  TTC Media is offering free use of stock photos from their collection under a Creative Commons license.  Over 40 pictures are available in the series.

  The pictures are meant to be used to help promote the upcoming event for 2013.  The pictures can be used on Web Sites, in newspaper, magazine, book and other print media, all without any kind of royalties.  Other terms and conditions that apply to the use of the photos can be found at the following web site.  http://battleofthehook.blog.com/  This is a copy of the license before the other terms listed on the other site.

  The picture above is one that is found on the site that is part of the series that can be used.  https://plus.google.com/photos/105184888194104247240/albums/5863177689231263185  This link is where the photos are hosted.  Photos may not be printed and sold individually for profit however.  The below license is only good in the USA.  International license agreements can be made on an individual basis.

  
Battle of the Hook photo series by Chuck Thompson of TTC Media is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at http://www.GloucesterCounty-VA.com.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.GloucesterCounty-VA.com.

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