Sam introduced himself with Next Level Unique Marketing. The business began in of July 2010. He said that businesses weren't getting the level of service they should be getting. His company provides apparel and promotional products. He enjoys getting to know people and who they are working for. He told us when we get back into the office. Do we have any promotional items? Look again. Look at our pens, sticky notes, coffee cup, note pads, calendars. Why do companies spend money on them? It's because we will use them.
President Susan Leetch called the meeting to order, asking Toby Mirto to lead invocation, pledge and God Bless America.
Visitors: Guests were Sieglinde Warren (Canfield), Sam Morris (Guest Speaker), and Toni Fuzo Administrator for Meridian Arms.
Song Leader: Mark Cole, song leader lead us with the song "Wait till the Sun Shine's Nellie", (we could of used some work).
ANNOUNCEMENTS: * Susan announced that Carol Fye was working on the certificates for the Chinese auction for thank you" notes.
* April 4th is Mentoring Day.
* Our Rotary wheel will be used for the District Conference and there will be a sign up sheet next week for painting and to see what needs to be done.
* There was a sign up sheet passed around for Roadside cleanup which is April 9, at 9:00. Location will be on the corner of 46 and Kirk Rd.
* Rescue Mission is today at 5:15.
* Heather Posey said that she spoke with Junior Achievement and four volunteers were needed. The sessions are thirty minutes in length and there are five of them. Please let Heather know if interested.
* Sieglinde Warren spoke about the District Conference which is April 29th and 30th at Stark County Fairgrounds. She passed around a notice for Rotarians interested. She said Friday night is the formal part and Saturday is the new part which is geared toward families. There will be a Youth Exchange Talent Show and Outbound Youth Exchange will get their blazers, Cultural information given too. There is a project fair for all clubs for "what we do" and a "how to", The GSE Team will be there, food, etc. Registration for all families is only $10.00.
* Jerry Haber commented on Larry Warren's involvement with the "Leadership Institute". Sieg said it was great training from other districts. Ron Carroll is going on April 7th.
* Susan asked the Board to meet after the meeting.
FELLOWSHIP: Tony Cebriak had fellowship today and talked about Spring Lawn mowing. It's that time of year and if anyone hasn't talked about mowing their lawn or made arrangements to do so, please pay a buck..
RAFFLE: Ron Carroll won the drawing, but not the big one. He stated that this was the second time he was won in three years. Congratulations Ron!
PROGRAM: Ron Carroll, program chairman, introduced Sam Morris, Next Level Unique Marketing.
Sam introduced himself with Next Level Unique Marketing. The business began in of July 2010. He said that businesses weren't getting the level of service they should be getting. His company provides apparel and promotional products. He enjoys getting to know people and who they are working for. He told us when we get back into the office. Do we have any promotional items? Look again. Look at our pens, sticky notes, coffee cup, note pads, calendars. Why do companies spend money on them? It's because we will use them. He goes on to tell us there was a study by PPAI (Promotional Products Association International), 800 travelers at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport were interviewed. 71% of them reported receiving a promotional item in the past 12 months. Of these, 33% had the product on them. Also of the 71%, 76% could remember the name of the advertiser, remember, this is 12 months. In comparison, only 53% could remember an advertisement they'd seen in a magazine in the past 7 days. 52% of the participants conducted business with the advertiser after receiving the product. Of the other 48%, almost half stated they were more likely to do business with the company that gave them the product, and 52% had a more favorable impression after receiving the item. In a 2010 study by ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute) stated that Newspaper, National Magazine and Spot Radio are the highest cost per impression. The lowest costs are billboards. 83% of business people surveyed could recall the name on any item they own. In the US bags that were carried were carried 1,078 were kept 6.7 month had a total impression of 7,222 times people would see it. Lastly, 62% of people gave away a product they didn't plan to keep instead of throwing it away.
Visitors: Guests were Sieglinde Warren (Canfield), Sam Morris (Guest Speaker), and Toni Fuzo Administrator for Meridian Arms.
Song Leader: Mark Cole, song leader lead us with the song "Wait till the Sun Shine's Nellie", (we could of used some work).
ANNOUNCEMENTS: * Susan announced that Carol Fye was working on the certificates for the Chinese auction for thank you" notes.
* April 4th is Mentoring Day.
* Our Rotary wheel will be used for the District Conference and there will be a sign up sheet next week for painting and to see what needs to be done.
* There was a sign up sheet passed around for Roadside cleanup which is April 9, at 9:00. Location will be on the corner of 46 and Kirk Rd.
* Rescue Mission is today at 5:15.
* Heather Posey said that she spoke with Junior Achievement and four volunteers were needed. The sessions are thirty minutes in length and there are five of them. Please let Heather know if interested.
* Sieglinde Warren spoke about the District Conference which is April 29th and 30th at Stark County Fairgrounds. She passed around a notice for Rotarians interested. She said Friday night is the formal part and Saturday is the new part which is geared toward families. There will be a Youth Exchange Talent Show and Outbound Youth Exchange will get their blazers, Cultural information given too. There is a project fair for all clubs for "what we do" and a "how to", The GSE Team will be there, food, etc. Registration for all families is only $10.00.
* Jerry Haber commented on Larry Warren's involvement with the "Leadership Institute". Sieg said it was great training from other districts. Ron Carroll is going on April 7th.
* Susan asked the Board to meet after the meeting.
FELLOWSHIP: Tony Cebriak had fellowship today and talked about Spring Lawn mowing. It's that time of year and if anyone hasn't talked about mowing their lawn or made arrangements to do so, please pay a buck..
RAFFLE: Ron Carroll won the drawing, but not the big one. He stated that this was the second time he was won in three years. Congratulations Ron!
PROGRAM: Ron Carroll, program chairman, introduced Sam Morris, Next Level Unique Marketing.
Sam introduced himself with Next Level Unique Marketing. The business began in of July 2010. He said that businesses weren't getting the level of service they should be getting. His company provides apparel and promotional products. He enjoys getting to know people and who they are working for. He told us when we get back into the office. Do we have any promotional items? Look again. Look at our pens, sticky notes, coffee cup, note pads, calendars. Why do companies spend money on them? It's because we will use them. He goes on to tell us there was a study by PPAI (Promotional Products Association International), 800 travelers at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport were interviewed. 71% of them reported receiving a promotional item in the past 12 months. Of these, 33% had the product on them. Also of the 71%, 76% could remember the name of the advertiser, remember, this is 12 months. In comparison, only 53% could remember an advertisement they'd seen in a magazine in the past 7 days. 52% of the participants conducted business with the advertiser after receiving the product. Of the other 48%, almost half stated they were more likely to do business with the company that gave them the product, and 52% had a more favorable impression after receiving the item. In a 2010 study by ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute) stated that Newspaper, National Magazine and Spot Radio are the highest cost per impression. The lowest costs are billboards. 83% of business people surveyed could recall the name on any item they own. In the US bags that were carried were carried 1,078 were kept 6.7 month had a total impression of 7,222 times people would see it. Lastly, 62% of people gave away a product they didn't plan to keep instead of throwing it away.