{"id":83,"date":"2013-10-04T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2019-08-04T15:24:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T15:24:33","slug":"help-yourself-fall-advertisement-postcard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/help-yourself-fall-advertisement-postcard\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Yourself: Fall Advertisement Postcard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/FUMC_Fall2013.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-85\" src=\"http:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/FUMC_Fall2013-225x300.png\" alt=\"Postcard advertising musical events for the fall\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>I just finished creating the fall flyer for musical events at CathedralLite &#8211; not a moment too soon. \u00a0One of the hardest things for me is to remember to do publicity, but it is so crucial. \u00a0People have internet, email, newspaper(?), bulletins, TV, facebook etc all competing for their attention. So, you have to work hard to communicate past all of the other noise.<\/p>\n<p>I create these with intention: put them in bulletins, yes. \u00a0But also, leave them in the narthex, by the main office desk, give them to choir members so they pass the postcards on to friends. \u00a0CathedralLite hosts a lot of outside concerts, so I try to put them in the pews for concert goers to peruse.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, done is better than perfect. \u00a0Any advertising is better than no advertising. \u00a0I could go on, but you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve modified this to <a href=\"http:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/AdvertPostcard_Fall2013.pdf\">a generic version for download as a .pdf<\/a>. \u00a0Specific details are taken out (like events and the words &#8220;First Methodist&#8221;), allowing this to be used by other music programs as well.<\/p>\n<p>Note if you are into graphic design: \u00a0I saved it with &#8216;preserve Illustrator editing capabilities&#8217; checked, so you should have some flexibility if you are comfortable with Illustrator. \u00a0The script typeface is &#8220;Reliant&#8221; (Limited Free Version) which is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dafont.com\">dafont.com<\/a>. The photograph is by me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished creating the fall flyer for musical events at CathedralLite &#8211; not a moment too soon. \u00a0One of the hardest things for me is to remember to do publicity, but it is so crucial. \u00a0People have internet, email, newspaper(?), bulletins, TV, facebook etc all competing for their attention. So, you have to work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organrep.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}