Free Tools For Local Businesses No 4 - Roswell Ruins Ad

Rosewell Ruins and American History from Chuck Thompson

Here is where we are hosting the source files that are available for any and all local businesses.  The source files are all licensed under a Creative Commons distribution and are as follows.


Rosewell Ruins History 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.

The conditions are as follows for the source files.  None of the present files can be removed or altered with the following exceptions only.  You may change the fonts as we can not control them inside the documents.  We have over 4,000 fonts to play with where the average word processing program only has a few hundred max.  So the chances of anyone having the same fonts available to them as we used in our files are not very likely.

  The next exception is that every business has the ability to put in their own image(s) in the Ad Sponsor box provided along with whatever text needed to promote your business.  These are the reasons we opened the license to include derivative works.  The source files are in Microsoft Word Doc. file format and also in Open Office odt. format.  This way just about anyone should be able to work with these source files.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8YjBfTnZ2Y3hKVG8/edit?usp=sharing  This is the Microsoft Word Doc. file version source file download link.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8OGNwOENqdUdGSkU/edit?usp=sharing  This is the Open Office, AOO, Star Office, Oxygen Office, and other open source format odt. source file download link.

The link for the free e-book is as follows.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8V2VUZVE4RkxzLWM/edit?usp=sharing  If you do not want people to see an ugly link on your site, you can bury it in something like this, CLICK HERE or Download Here type of hidden link.  All three links above will take you to the file.


A History Of Gloucester, Virginia 1893 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.

The e-book is under the above Creative Commons 3.0 attribution, non-derivatives commercial use distribution.

Benefits for using this campaign?

1.) Promote your business and web site in an inexpensive manner.  (If you do not have a web site, you can send your customers to our site for the free download of the e-book).
2.) You are promoting history and education.
3.) You are promoting a local historical tourist attraction.
4.) You are supporting a non profit foundation.
5.) You are telling your customers that you are tourist friendly.
6.) You are promoting the local community.
7.) You get to give something of value away that does not cost you anything.

The ad is designed to get the customers curiosity up and visit your web site to get more information.  There, you have another chance to continue to earn repeat business.  You can attach coupons to the ad which will help you track the ad's effectiveness.  Plus you can not beat the cost.  You can load this ad on your site as an additional page, a PDF download file, turn the page into a jpeg image and send the image out for promotions, use it to email potential customers and more.

  Once you have completed your ad, printing on the average printer will cost somewhere between 15 to 20 cents per page.  100 pages will cost about $15.00 to $20.00.  For large distribution, take it to one of the local printers and see what they can do for you on rates.  Change the background color to Black or another solid color and make a poster out of the ad to hang in your business.  (Okay, we are allowing you to do that under the license as well).

  We have more ads in the works so watch for some exciting stuff to come out soon.  Enjoy.

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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 - Animal Control Appreciation Week

Gloucester, VA Animal Control is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

April 22nd through April 26th, 2013 is Gloucester, Virginia Animal Control appreciation week here at GVLN.  To show our appreciation for the hard work these folks do for us all, we have designed this new logo for them.  Not only does it make for a great poster, it would also make for a great T-Shirt, coffee, mug, mouse pad, patch, or even a flag.  In fact, Wal-Mart has a great selection of ideas you could put this on.  Here is the link.  http://photos.walmart.com/walmart/storepage/storePageId=Photo+Gifts?povid=cat1070145-env172199-moduleA080112-lLinkGNAV_Photo_Photo_SeeAllProducts

  Share the love with everyone.  The image is free and open.  You can sell T-Shirts with this image or mouse pads, or anything your heart desires.  Now of course this image is satirical, but the use of the image isn't.  Enjoy.

Copy the image above or download a copy from here.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8emcxNjlNNllCcTQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Gloucester, VA - Free Satirical Poster Number 2 In Our Series. Royalty Free

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

This is the second satirical poster in our series.  You are free to take this to your local printer and print it out, have it framed and hang it proudly.  You are free to make as many copies as you wish and sell them.  This poster is royalty free so no money will be owed on it.  The license is worldwide.  It's designed to poke fun at issues around the county.

Download the full size poster from this link.  Pre sized at 17x22 inches.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5NJpRCvjyV8SmhES3IzQTlfaDQ/edit?usp=sharing

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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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