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The Community Values Magazine features local discount coupons and information on local businesses in Thurston County, Washington. We direct mail 420,000 magazines every year. In a 2-month period, we mail 70,000 magazines to 2 sets of demographics.
In the ODD Months, we publish the Elite Thurston County edition which we mail to approximately 29,000 to the houses in the highest average income routes in the following zip codes (98501, 02, 03, 06, 12, 13, 16) and the businesses (appx 6,000) in these zip codes, as well as 98507, 98508, 98509 for a total distribution of 35,000.
In the EVEN months, we publish the Elite South Puget Sound edition in which we mail to the remainder of the houses (except for about 1,500) to a total of 35,000 homes & businesses in Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater.
So, between the two editions, in a 2-month period, we mail to almost 58,000 different homes and the same businesses receive a magazine every month. To view information on our demographics, please click on "Advertise With Us". There you will find all of our marketing information, i.e., demographics, production schedule, and rates, as well as a downloadable version of our "Advertisers Media Kit" and "Testimonials".
All photography, graphic design and layout are done in house. Babs is a self-taught graphic artist and designs most of the ads herself. Babs & Lee collaborate on many ads to come up with the best way to get the advertiser’s message across in the most attractive and eye appealing way possible.
Every month, the front covers are done by local graphic designers, photographers, printers and artists, as well as us. We are very proud of each and every one; we had to post them on our website. We’ve heard from some people they actually frame them. We hope you enjoy them too! In the Gallery of our Past Issues, you will now be able to view whole past magazine starting with the July 2007 issue.
We designed this website for one reason. We just can’t mail to everyone. We are expanding and growing, but we still can’t mail to everyone. So, if your home or business does not receive the magazine, this website has the same businesses and discount coupons as does the magazine and is updated by the 1st of every month.
In the midst of designing this website, we thought a Restaurant Menu Section would be a great addition. This is an ever-growing area, so keep checking back to see if your favorite restaurants menu is here. And, please feel free to mention this website to your favorite restaurant. We hope our menu section will benefit you, the consumer, and the restaurants alike.
Every month we print extra magazines. We have pick-up locations at the 3 local Lew Rents Locations and the Tumwater Chamber of Commerce. Please click on “Get your Copy” for the addresses of these 4 locations.
The Community Values Magazine is locally owned & operated by Lee & Babs Townsend. Our goal is to provide the Highest Quality Direct Mail Marketing Tool in this area with our Demographics, Website, Price & Service. Give us a call or send us an e-mail to find out just how different we are. We offer choices. No long-term contracts, but we do offer a discount for a contract of 6 months or longer. There is no pushy sales team. You work directly with the graphic artist and in a simplified way. Your ad will also be automatically included on this website during the period your ad is effective in the magazine.
We removed the Yelm mailings (5842) and put them back into the Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater area. We also changed the name of the South Puget Sound Edition to “Elite South Puget Sound” Edition. We now almost blanket (about 98%) all the houses in this immediate area.
Moved 5,000
mailings back into Thurston County. We no longer
mail to DuPont & Ft. Lewis. Still mailing
to 35,000 every month, now exclusively in Thurston County!
"Combined,
Renamed, and Added!" Since most of our advertisers
buy ads in both of the original odd month magazines,
we decided to combine them into one and rename
it "Elite Thurston County" edition. For the
even month magazine, we had many requests to mail to
DuPont, Yelm & Ft. Lewis. So, in the even month
magazine we added 10,000 to our circulation to
included those 3 areas and renamed it "South Puget
Sound" edition. We now mail 35,000 every month!
- Revised
and revamped our website to include on-line coupons,
restaurant menus, advertisers area.
Lee Townsend named "Ambassador of the Year 2005"
from Lacey/Thurston Chamber of Commerce.
Lee Townsend given "Exceptional Service"
award for his 2-year term on the Board of Directors
for the Lacey/Thurston Chamber of Commerce.
Added “Zone C” magazine
with a total distribution of 25,000 to be mailed in
the “off month”. Now the Community Values
Magazine is mailed monthly with the homes getting a
magazine every two months and the businesses getting
a magazine every month. Total circulation 60,000 every
two months. 18 magazines published a year.
Gave the magazine a “new
look”. The front covers are now designed by local
graphic artists, oil painting artists, and photographers.
Transferred
directory to last page of magazine versus having it
on the front cover.
The Community
Values Magazine is named “Small Business of the
Year - 2004” by the Lacey/Thurston County Chamber
of Commerce.
Added 5,000
to our circulation to enable the Community Values Magazine
to be mailed to the businesses in the Olympia, Lacey
& Tumwater area.
Publisher
Lee Townsend, named “Ambassador of the Year”
by the Lacey/Thurston County Chamber of Commerce
Added business directory to the front
cover
Published
“Tri-County Menu & Business Guide” and
mailed to 11,000 businesses in Thurston, Mason, &
Lewis Counties.
Switched
printing company that enabled us to offer more flexibility,
better service, more quality in printing and a much
shorter turnaround (2 weeks versus 6 weeks).
Published “Office Menu &
Business Guide” which was mailed only to businesses
in Thurston County.
Converted magazines to bi-monthly
and full color. 12 magazines published a year
Lee & Babs Townsend purchased
business from Linda Bates.
- Owned
by Linda Bates. Black & White Quarterly magazine
mailed to 30,000 homes & apartments. 8 magazines
published a year.
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