Message-ID: <001c01c8b9c6$1f5fbbd0$0302a8c0@D4NHLG51> From: "Mike & Carol" <mcriemer@frontiernet.net> Subject: Re: Marketing affordable trips for families Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 09:36:35 -0600
Your website is great. I would appreciate getting others to check out.
Ours is www.gilletthistorical.com we have been a Society since 2003, so we
are still new, but we have just purchased a wonderful house in town for a
Museum. We had a benefactor for our downpayment and have been busy
fundraising. We appreciate hearing how others have been raising money. The
Wausau seminar gave us a lot of information and contacts. We look forward
to seeing more of you. Carol President at Gillett Area Historical
Society
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pioneer Village" <museum1@chibardun.net>
To: <localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: Marketing affordable trips for families
>I certainly agree!!! We find that a good share of our visitors are from
>out of town, & therefore looking for something to do - however, I want to
>emphasize to our local market, that they can visit us, especially on an
>event weekend, for a reasonable price. We do have 2 public access
>channels, and I do manage to get us listed on various websites - we have
>our own webpage. It's hard to find all the websites that people may look
>on - and it's often NOT one we are on! I like the ide of emphasizing the
>"trip on a tank"! We have a new drive-in theater opening on the 22nd, so
>Barron County will now have 2 tourist attractions! Weekday hours are not
>real busy, but good for local groups to come, as well as vacationers up
>here for more than a weekend. We are open Thurs.- Sun. 1-5pm, and 10-5 on
>event days. Our website is www.barroncountymuseum.com if you care to check
>it out
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cynthia Arbiture" <musprosvc@gdinet.com>
> To: "Janice Dibble" <Dibble@oshkoshpubliclibrary.org>;
> <localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu>
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:18 PM
> Subject: Marketing affordable trips for families
>
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>> Dear Friends in History,
>>
>> I think it would be a really good opportunity for the WCLH and the
>> Wisconsin Historical Society to collectively market the rich resource of
>> historic places to visit in Wisconsin. I have been hearing on the local
>> news that many families are looking for affordable things to do this
>> summer without traveling too far, because of high gas prices. They called
>> it a "Staycation" on the news. I have also heard of "Trips on a Tank"
>> being marketed, where a family can get away for a day, and go "up and
>> back" to an affordable destination on one tank of gas. I think marketing
>> all of the historic sites across the state would be the way to go with a
>> unified marketing campaign like this, thus raising awareness of
>> Wisconsin's rich collective history.
>>
>> Perhaps the Wisconsin Dept. of Tourism in cooperation with local
>> newspapers, and radio stations, and the internet could help get out the
>> word about visiting WI historical sites as a great affordable option for
>> families this summer? Maybe most of the promotion could be done as public
>> service messages? Just wanted to share a few things I've been thinking
>> about.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Cindy Arbiture
>> President
>> Concord Historical Society, Inc.
>> info@musprosvc.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Janice Dibble" <Dibble@oshkoshpubliclibrary.org>
>> To: <localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu>
>> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 12:14 PM
>> Subject: Open hours for historic house museums
>>
>>
>> Our members volunteer on weekends during the summer to give tours of our
>> Morgan House.
>> It's always a struggle to find the right hours and best promotion (with
>> very low $ budget for promotion).
>> (1) What hours work for you in terms of highest attendance? Has anyone
>> found week days or nights successful and/or other times of the year
>> (excluding Holiday Season, which we also open up for)
>> (2) What promotional methods have worked best?
>> (3) We mostly get out-of-towners in the summer -- is that your
>> experience?
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback, Janice for Winn. County Historical Society
>>
>> Janice Dibble
>> dibble@oshkoshpubliclibrary.org
>> Head of Reference & Adult Serv.
>> Oshkosh Public Library
>> 920.236.5214 ph 920.236.5227 fax
>> www.oshkoshpubliclibrary.org
>>
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