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Testimonials Yogurt Creations In our San Luis Obispo area store location, we at Yogurt Creations use the Mustang Daily regularly to reach our biggest target customer base, the Cal Poly student. The professionalism displayed by the staff, both in the sales and the art production departments, is very impressive. We have used several different mediums in our business promotion efforts and have found when it comes to getting the attention of the local Cal Poly student population, our return on investment is always best spent with the Mustang Daily. John Bolton President Yogurt Creations, Inc.
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All That Glitters How better to reach out to the student population here in SLO? It’s an excellent way to reach young people who are attending Cal Poly; to acquaint them with our services and our store. All kinds of new relationships begin when attending college and we’d like to be the jeweler of choice for any special occasion— birthday, graduation, and for that very special occasion, engagement/wedding rings. LJ Knightstep All That Glitters
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Publication Dates
2011-2012 DATES Regular edition Special Edition
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Special Editions WEEK OF WELCOME 9.12.2011 BACK TO SCHOOL (FALL) 9.17.2011 JOB FAIR (FALL) 10.11.2011 HOMECOMING 10.14.2011 FALL ALCOHOL AWARENESS 10.26.2011 BUCKET LIST OF SLO 11.18.2011 Holiday Gift Guide 11.22– 12.1.2011 GRADUATION 12.5.2011 BACK TO SCHOOL (WINTER) 1.3.2012
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Job Fair (Winter) 1.17.2012 Valentine’s Day 2.9 & 2.13, 2012 BEST FOR CAL POLY 2.17.2012 HOUSING FAIR 3.9.2012 BACK TO SCHOOL (spring) 3.26.2012 Job Fair (spring) 4.10.2012 Open HOuse 4.20.2012 ALCOHOL AWARENESS 5.16.2012 GRADUATION 6.4.2012
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