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May 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Advertising

What if my ads don’t produce the results I expected?

Our advertising contracts allow for cancellation for any reason.  We simply rebill the advertising that did run at the rate that was earned. You will never pay for ads that didn’t run, and you will never spend more than you would have spent if you only committed to the ads

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May 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Advertising

How much does an ad cost?

The short answer is somewhere between $133 and $3,748. Most of our advertising customers spend about $350 per month, depending on the size of their ads and the frequency of their campaigns. We work with businesses of all sizes and budgets to create effective advertising.  To learn about advertising and

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May 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Advertising

I have never advertised before. Do I really need to?

Your business name may have great awareness with current residents, but keep in mind that 20 percent of the market moves each year, bringing new people here who never heard of your business. And in this competitive world, we all need a nudge to remind us of the great places

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May 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Advertising

Is advertising with you going to work?

We have been publishing for 26 years and have more readers today than ever before in the magazine’s history. As long as you have a product or service that people want, and you have it priced so they see it as a value, you will get great results. What is

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May 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Advertising

Do you have any digital options?

Yes, we do. We have a digital arm of our company called Big Green Digital, and we provide an array of services from building websites, to email marketing, to banner ad placement. Details can be found at www.biggreendigital.com. Our CITYVIEW website alone (www.dmcityview.com) has more than 30,000 monthly page views

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May 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Advertising

With so much information online today, do people still read print publications?

The daily metro newspapers are clearly suffering losses in circulation and readership, but that is not true with free publications like CITYVIEW. In fact, CITYVIEW has more readers today than in its 26-year history with more than 85,000 monthly readers in print alone, as shown in our latest Circulation Verification

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May 29, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Stray Thoughts

Question for the ages: How will history judge us?

I am surely not the only person who has wondered what it was like to live through various big events from history, events that occurred long before I entered this world in 1950. This curiosity has led me to contemplate events like the Civil War, the growing tensions in Europe

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May 09, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Stray Thoughts

Government should be like Baby Bear’s porridge

I’m sure you have heard the old tale about Iowa’s bountiful cornfields — about closing your eyes in the summer, listening carefully at night and being able to hear the corn grow. Here’s a different image to ponder:  If you open your eyes and look around carefully, I think you can

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May 07, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Stray Thoughts

Officials should not view the public as an annoyance

My role as executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council has taken me from border to border in our state. The message I’ve preached at each stop is a simple one: Transparency is a fundamental part of good government, and government officials risk undermining their respect and credibility

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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel in Feature 1

Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

The most comprehensive coverage of music, theater, art, film and outdoor fun in central Iowa The city’s slate of fun summer offerings is bigger and better than ever, and so is this year’s Summer Arts and Entertainment Guide by CITYVIEW. The multitude of diversions within these pages is awe-inspiring and includes something to make just

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