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We're excited to share another week of news & ideas with our MAiZE family. There never seems to be a shortage of ideas and the truth is that some of the best originate with all of you! So, if you ever have an idea you'd like us to pass along to the group, please just send it our way. Also, please remember that we'll be archiving these ideas on the siteowner web site, so that you can go back and view them whenever you like.
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Idea of the Week: Trade Tix for Pix!
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 This week's idea comes along at the time of year when we're all working on marketing materials and searching for the best pictures we can find to use on brochures, billboards, etc.
No matter how hard we try, it seems like we can never find enough time each fall to get as many pictures as we'd like. There are a few great ways, being used by some of you, to help combat this problem:
1. Trade Tix for Pix: advertise on your Facebook page, in email blasts and perhaps even on your website, that you are looking to trade tickets with a photographer willing to come and provide you with professional-quality photos. Pick one or two photographers every year to do this with and pretty soon you'll have more photos than you know what to do with!
2. Hold a photo contest and invite your guests to submit their best pictures from their visit in hopes of winning a great prize...perhaps a season pass to your farm the next year?
These are just a couple of ideas, but we look forward to seeing all the wonderful pix that you'll hopefully be able to gather as a result this fall!
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Vendor Message: Printed Materials from McNeil Printing
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 Still need to print your custom coupons, posters, rack card, tickets, postcards, etc.? Now's the time to order your custom print items and McNeil Printing is ready to help you. As the preferred printing partner for the MAiZE since 1998, we are pleased to once again offer FREE GRAPHIC DESIGN and FREE SHIPPING to the MAIZE family.
CLICK HERE to view our order form or email jaredc@mcneilprinting.com with questions.
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Vendor Message: Spookley & Fairy Tale Books
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Hi All,
We are thrilled to have so many MAiZE sites participating in The Spookley Farm Program this year! It’s not too late to sign up to feature Spookley at your farm and join our October bullying prevention program.
Separately, I am excited to announce that we have completed the first THREE! stories alongThe Fairy Tale Trail: Jack and the Cornstalk, Ciderella and the Little Glass Sipper, and Beauty and the Bees.
All of these stories are available AS BRAND NEW RELEASES for this fall in two formats:
(1) as a set of 13, weatherproof signs that create a fun and educational attraction for your visitors (e.g., through the maze, through the orchard, etc). $495/set.
(2) In cases of 10” x 10” paperback books – 24 books/case. Wholesale price $2.50/unit with SRP $5-to-$7; minimum order is $60 (one case).
These are great stories to introduce young children to corn, apples, bees (and more!) in a fun way, and we will be posting lesson plans and activity sheets online at www.thefairytaletrail.com to complement these farm-friendly tales.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR MAIZE MEMBERS: 10% DISCOUNT ON FAIRY TALE TRAIL PAPERBACK BOOKS FOR ALL ORDERS PLACED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST.
Thanks and all the best for a great fall season!
-Aaron
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Chat with MAiZE owners on the Facebook Forums
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This picture is just one of the ideas shared on the Facebook Forum since our last email!
If you have a Facebook account, but haven't joined any of our private chat groups that are exclusive to our MAiZE family, you're missing out on a great opportunity to chat with fellow MAiZE owners!
* These forums are for MAiZE owners only to protect the privacy of the group and encourage open discussion. If you have an employee you'd like added, we will allow exceptions for full-time, year-round staff.
To access the Discussion Forum, CLICK HERE and request permission to join. |
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To access the Marketplace, CLICK HERE and request permission to join.
To access the Haunt Forum, CLICK HERE and request permission to join.
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If you'd like to browse through past Ideas of the Week and news, you can access them by visiting the Resource section of the siteowner online toolbox OR by CLICKING HERE. This link takes you to the most recent emails. Older ones, dating back several years are also in the online toolbox. |
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The MAiZE Inc.; PO Box 367, Spanish Fork, UT 84660; 888-798-0596
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