The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

media Kit 2012

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Overview The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce is nearing the end of the current contract to publish its monthly members’ magazine and is investigating the possibility of converting the publication to a digital magazine. Plus the Chamber is requesting other quotes for retaining its current hard copy publication. Should the conversion to digital occur there is the possibility of publishing a hard copy quarterly.

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The current Chamber publication has a long history and a developed advertising revenue stream which generally covers the cost of publishing. The possibility exists that with the greatly reduced costs as a result of converting to digital a lowered ad rate might attract greater numbers of nificant numberand of business ownership advertisers create a profit centre

on the horizon, the Edmonton Chamber is or better tax policies

This success will only come if the publication meets the needs of its potential Business Succession Plans Over the Next Five Years readership.

Editorial direction and quality 40% 39% of presentation will be the primary criteria in that success. Fusion as an award winning publisher can provide the quality presentation but the editorial focus will no doubt have to be provided by the Chamber.

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The Chamber already has a developed structure with an editor-in-chief to provide Fusion will editorial direction and have ess would change hands, taxes on the assets of the business. If the business is sold final sign-off onthirdeach prior s would continue under to aauthority third party, that party isissue not faced with capital o per cent indicated the gains taxes,” he explained. to publication.

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To encourage Fusion to maximize revenues when the publication has reached they exist right now, if a profitability that profit would be shared mily member, the family ving to pay capital gains For more information, visit www.edmontonchamber.com. equally between the Chamber and Fusion.

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Costing Estimates The least costly publication would be a digital magazine e-mailed to the Chamber’s members.

The publication would arrive in an e-mail to the member’s in-box with the cover of the magazine imbedded in the body of the e-mail. The recipient would simply click on the cover and the pages would turn just like a hard copy. A breakdown of the estimated costs for a 20 page publication without any advertising would be as follows:

Writing, editing, proofing 500 words per page @ $1.20 per word - $12,000 Layout and design, photo sourcing @ $110 per page - $2,200 E-mail distribution and list maintenance 26,000 members @ $100 cpm - $2600 Coding provided to include the digital magazine on the web site at no cost.

Total estimated cost for a 20 page distributed digital magazine $16,800 To produce and mail a hard copy edition the additional estimated costs would be as follows: Printing/binding 24 pages, full colour publication on 70 LB gloss stock, 26,000 copies $12,500 Labelling and mailing @ $0.85 for 26,000 copies $22,100 Total additional costs $ 34,600.

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Fusion has a team of experienced advertising sales people, although none are based in Edmonton. However, in this digital age the sales function tends to require less in-person meetings and significantly more e-mail and telephone communication. Considering the Chamber publication has a long history a prospect list presumably is readily available for the team to work from.

Fusion would charge 40% of net advertising revenue to cover sales commissions, billing and collection. The advertising rate would be established at the CPM norm within the industry.

We appreciate the opportunity to enter into discussions with the Chamber. Should there be any questions about the presentation please do not hesitate to contact: Terry Tremaine Group Publisher 604-925-0313 ext 1002 terry@fusionpublishinginc.com

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