Comments on: Ideas needed for promoting Michigan nature park http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/ Tips, Tricks & Tools for Free Publicity Thu, 24 May 2012 17:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joyce Foster http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-260673 Joyce Foster Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:52:15 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-260673 Promote accessiblity and create an accessibility play area for children with disabilities. Promote accessiblity and create an accessibility play area for children with disabilities.

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-167527 Edward Vielmetti Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:03:11 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-167527 There are a bunch of Michigan blogs that get good traffic. Absolute Michigan has regular reviews, and I know that they drive serious traffic to sites (one mention I had when the Sleeper Lake fire was going in Newberry generated hits week after week). http://www.absolutemichigan.com/ Right in your back yard, Pasty Central / pasty.com http://pasty.com/ has a daily photo and lots and lots of people who used to live in the area regularly commenting and linking and telling stories. There's a group in Marquette, Save the Wild UP, which is aimed at stopping the sulfide mine proposal there but that has some more general set of interests for people interested in the area. The Hunt's Guide to the UP is available in print, but also online, and they've done a good job at making it concise and findable. http://hunts-upguide.com/ If you have a story with an Ann Arbor tie, John Hilton is the editor of the Ann Arbor Observer and a yooper. There's a bunch of ski trail books that get published - the one on my shelf is "Trail Atlas of Michigan". Look for winter events in the UP that draw people in in bunches - Tech Winter Carnival, the Noq ski race, the Trenary outhouse race - and piggyback on that publicity. Everyone likes ski and weather reports - make sure that e.g. the Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com has current conditions from your area. Hire a yooper to help you do your marketing :) Ed (who grew up xc skiing in Ishpeming and wishes there was enough snow in Ann Arbor to ski) There are a bunch of Michigan blogs that get good traffic. Absolute Michigan has regular reviews, and I know that they drive serious traffic to sites (one mention I had when the Sleeper Lake fire was going in Newberry generated hits week after week).

http://www.absolutemichigan.com/

Right in your back yard, Pasty Central / pasty.com

http://pasty.com/

has a daily photo and lots and lots of people who used to live in the area regularly commenting and linking and telling stories.

There’s a group in Marquette, Save the Wild UP, which is aimed at stopping the sulfide mine proposal there but that has some more general set of interests for people interested in the area.

The Hunt’s Guide to the UP is available in print, but also online, and they’ve done a good job at making it concise and findable.

http://hunts-upguide.com/

If you have a story with an Ann Arbor tie, John Hilton is the editor of the Ann Arbor Observer and a yooper.

There’s a bunch of ski trail books that get published – the one on my shelf is “Trail Atlas of Michigan”.

Look for winter events in the UP that draw people in in bunches – Tech Winter Carnival, the Noq ski race, the Trenary outhouse race – and piggyback on that publicity.

Everyone likes ski and weather reports – make sure that e.g. the Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com has current conditions from your area.

Hire a yooper to help you do your marketing :)

Ed (who grew up xc skiing in Ishpeming and wishes there was enough snow in Ann Arbor to ski)

]]> By: Cheryl Pickett http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-166193 Cheryl Pickett Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:39:08 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-166193 You note that you are a publishing company, what about putting together a short book or booklet featuring X number of things to do at a nature center/on nature trails. Whatever you create, try to get it downstate targeting families and groups that come up for weekends/vacation. Also, how about holding some sort of competition between the university and a rival(they must play someone in Wisconsin):-) Winners could get simple bragging rights, or you could tie in fundraising for just about anything a school could use. Cheryl Pickett-fellow Michigander You note that you are a publishing company, what about putting together a short book or booklet featuring X number of things to do at a nature center/on nature trails.

Whatever you create, try to get it downstate targeting families and groups that come up for weekends/vacation.

Also, how about holding some sort of competition between the university and a rival(they must play someone in Wisconsin):-) Winners could get simple bragging rights, or you could tie in fundraising for just about anything a school could use.

Cheryl Pickett-fellow Michigander

]]> By: Rebecca Davey http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-165601 Rebecca Davey Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:48:46 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-165601 The best idea I had last year for my Irish festival was to add 5K run. It opened another type of person to come to my festival. Why not have winter festivals? Include a 5K cross country ski event or a dog sled race that you maybe able to get ESPN 2 and the other ESPN’s to host the event. In addition one big lesson I have learned is to have a good website and make sure the local chamber of commerce has plenty of brochures about your area as well as the state of Michigan because they have a tourist website and tourist magazine. See if you can get an article about your area in the tourist magazine. Also there is limited airlines to your area in-flight magazine may also be a source for exposure. My best Irish luck to you! The best idea I had last year for my Irish festival was to add 5K run. It opened another type of person to come to my festival.

Why not have winter festivals? Include a 5K cross country ski event or a dog sled race that you maybe able to get ESPN 2 and the other ESPN’s to host the event.

In addition one big lesson I have learned is to have a good website and make sure the local chamber of commerce has plenty of brochures about your area as well as the state of Michigan because they have a tourist website and tourist magazine. See if you can get an article about your area in the tourist magazine. Also there is limited airlines to your area in-flight magazine may also be a source for exposure. My best Irish luck to you!

]]> By: Joan http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-165131 Joan Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:41:59 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-165131 Walt, here's another idea that I blogged about a few weeks ago. Waymarking.com is a cool site that lets you promote specific events, locations, etc. The nature center would be perfect for this site. You can read the blog item I wrote several weeks ago at http://tinyurl.com/yoao64 Walt, here’s another idea that I blogged about a few weeks ago.

Waymarking.com is a cool site that lets you promote specific events, locations, etc. The nature center would be perfect for this site.

You can read the blog item I wrote several weeks ago at http://tinyurl.com/yoao64

]]> By: Lisa http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-165113 Lisa Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:57:40 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-165113 What about a snowman building, or ice sculpture, contest? Or a cross country ski event for charity? Get a professor or grad student from the university interested in conducting some sort of research project on site, that could be periodically documented in the local media? To mark the joining of the two venues, hold a run (or ski, or bike, depending on season) event, from one end of one to the far end of the other. What about a snowman building, or ice sculpture, contest?
Or a cross country ski event for charity?
Get a professor or grad student from the university interested in conducting some sort of research project on site, that could be periodically documented in the local media?
To mark the joining of the two venues, hold a run (or ski, or bike, depending on season) event, from one end of one to the far end of the other.

]]> By: Jena Zakany http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-165099 Jena Zakany Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:22:40 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-165099 Why not create a pdf brochure of your area, available for electronic download, free of charge, in conjunction with Amazon and the new Amazing Kindle (the e-book reader)? Also, if you're looking to be connected to the local university, there is no better resource than Facebook for that. Why not create a pdf brochure of your area, available for electronic download, free of charge, in conjunction with Amazon and the new Amazing Kindle (the e-book reader)? Also, if you’re looking to be connected to the local university, there is no better resource than Facebook for that.

]]> By: Natasha Henry http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-165089 Natasha Henry Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:56:05 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-165089 Hi Walt, How about developing a pitch targeted at local businesses suggesting that they coordinate a trip to the nature park for a different, exciting and challenging team-building activity? I’ve participated in one of these types of events before and I will never forget the good times that I had on the trail, helping my co-workers hop over rocks and squeeze through narrow crevices, etc. And best of all, hearing my boss say to me as I’m hopping along the trail, “Wow, I didn’t know you were that limber.” You can also arrange to have a guide teach the general public about any unusual plants or animals that are only found on that side of the country and publicize the events in the calendar of events section of your Web site, in the local community events section of your local newspaper as well as the online version of the newspaper, if available. When Halloween comes around again, why not host a guided spooky trail tour? Natasha Henry, Freelance Writer – write.impression@yahoo.com Hi Walt,

How about developing a pitch targeted at local businesses suggesting that they coordinate a trip to the nature park for a different, exciting and challenging team-building activity? I’ve participated in one of these types of events before and I will never forget the good times that I had on the trail, helping my co-workers hop over rocks and squeeze through narrow crevices, etc. And best of all, hearing my boss say to me as I’m hopping along the trail, “Wow, I didn’t know you were that limber.”

You can also arrange to have a guide teach the general public about any unusual plants or animals that are only found on that side of the country and publicize the events in the calendar of events section of your Web site, in the local community events section of your local newspaper as well as the online version of the newspaper, if available. When Halloween comes around again, why not host a guided spooky trail tour?

Natasha Henry, Freelance Writer – write.impression@yahoo.com

]]> By: Walt Shiel http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-165056 Walt Shiel Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:06:01 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-165056 Thanks to one and all! As usual Joan's readers are a treasure trove of great ideas (or should that be a geocache of great ideas?). Walt Shiel http://www.SlipdownMountain.com http://www.FiveRainbows.com Thanks to one and all! As usual Joan’s readers are a treasure trove of great ideas (or should that be a geocache of great ideas?).

Walt Shiel
http://www.SlipdownMountain.com
http://www.FiveRainbows.com

]]> By: Ellen Chandler http://publicityhound.net/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/comment-page-1/#comment-164755 Ellen Chandler Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:31:23 +0000 http://publicityhound.net/index.php/ideas-need-for-promoting-michigan-nature-park/#comment-164755 Consider hosting a Women's Nordic Ski Day. The New England Nordic Ski Association (www.nensa.net) holds an event like this every year, and while they move it to a new venue every year, you could make it an annual event. They draw on former Olympians (XC and also running) to teach the classes. It draws anywhere from 100 to 300 women each year - obviously it is weather-dependent. Local businesses have tents at the event and help sponsor it. Go to the nensa.net website and you will find more. A great PR opportunity as well as tourism draw. Another very successful event in New England is tour that runs concurrently with an xc marathon; however the recreational event has skiers tour approx. 25 kilometers interspersed with food stations created by local inns. http://www.craftsbury.com/skiing/marathon/home.htm Consider hosting a Women’s Nordic Ski Day. The New England Nordic Ski Association (www.nensa.net) holds an event like this every year, and while they move it to a new venue every year, you could make it an annual event. They draw on former Olympians (XC and also running) to teach the classes. It draws anywhere from 100 to 300 women each year – obviously it is weather-dependent. Local businesses have tents at the event and help sponsor it. Go to the nensa.net website and you will find more. A great PR opportunity as well as tourism draw.

Another very successful event in New England is tour that runs concurrently with an xc marathon; however the recreational event has skiers tour approx. 25 kilometers interspersed with food stations created by local inns. http://www.craftsbury.com/skiing/marathon/home.htm

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