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Established June 19th, 2024
Driven, passionate, positive, accountable, empathetic, thoughtful, and knowledgeable.
Areas of Practice
Through Geo-targeting, we ensure that the eyes of high value, high net worth customers see your brand. Through our monthly issues, we also keep your brand in front of the eyes of those same customers so they know you are the go-to business for them to visit.
We’re different
Most businesses go the pure advertising route like TV ads, radio, and newspaper because they don’t know there are better options out there or they’re skeptical of how effective they are.
We are not a simple form of print! We bring communities together through community-based content relevant to the neighborhoods we publish in, and remain engaged with both the readers and sponsors so both sides can have a positive, unifying experience. We really are unique in our approach!
How We Work
Work Process
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Sponsors power the magazine
When running a company, there’s an overhead that needs to be met in order to have a product to offer. The sponsors reservation of a spot in my publication goes towards my overhead and they are not charged a single cent until my magazine goes to print.
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The magazine is distributed
Once I meet my overhead, printing and distribution begins. Homes within the community that make $100,000+ and have a home value of $250,000+ get a magazine in the mail that they do not need to subscribe to or pay for.
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Businesses see a boom in sales
When members of the community start to receive this publication in their mailbox, they see all of the businesses that care about them and their community so they shop sponsors before they shop other places so naturally businesses see a boom in sales and their business grows as a result!
“Being a resident of Maine, I have learned how connected people in this state are with one another and how much of a sense of community there is amongst Mainers. It is why I decided to move up here in 2010 and have resided here since, currently living in Old Town. I do what I do because I like getting involved in my community and giving something that can make them feel more connected to their neighbors that they see every day, walking their dog or buying groceries. My publication has the power to connect communities in a way nothing else can and I look forward to serving not only the residents that receive my publication and the businesses that power it, but also those that wish to come to Maine to experience the State of Community that we are through this website that I have launched.”
Joshua DeSouza
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Site Owner
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Are you anything like N2?
We are similar but we are not N2. Not only do we have a wider range of reach than N2 does, but we do not have any controversy surrounding us nor do we have any publishers that do anything shady. Our company is based on humility, self accountability, trustworthiness, and empathy so you know you’re working with someone that won’t take advantage of you or your business.
What are your operating hours?
I operate whenever I have a client. I do not have any specific hours, but I do not operate while I’m sleeping obviously so I don’t meet anyone after 10pm unless it’s a special circumstance and I normally get up at 7am but I can get up earlier if I know a client needs to meet earlier. In essence, I operate on YOUR time.
What makes my business more visible with you?
Do you watch TV? If you do, what do you normally do during commercials? Do you listen to the radio? Read the newspaper?
I don’t know about you, but I do not watch TV, listen to the radio, or read the newspaper so all of the companies trying to reach consumers like me have wasted their ad dollars on a method that missed an entire group of potential customers. Through our multichannel approach, you know exactly where your money is being spent and you know that most of them are going to see your ad, almost 90% at that!
Okay, so we’re visible with you. What makes your value more than others?
We offer more with the more you purchase, but more stuff is free. For example, by choosing the 24 month duration we include a business profile for free, and with the steep discounts applied to the monthly price, it equates to months worth of service for FREE. We do everything for you so you don’t have to worry about doing anything, which can be more expensive if you were to ask another company to do what we do for the rate that we ask for. There’s a package that fits every business’ needs so I can work with business owners to make sure they have the level of exposure for their business for a rate that works for them.
I’m still skeptical. What makes you think this will work?
The only thing I can respond to this with is make an appointment with me. The only way for me to answer any skepticisms that you have is to have a conversation with you and see if what it is that I do is a good fit for your business. I don’t want to sell something to someone that can’t use it or doesn’t work for them.