Promotional Ideas
Updated for 2015 Nature Arts Festival
Greetings, Nature Artists! Please consider the following suggestions
to attract more visitors to your booth at the festival.
Website Promotion:
List Nature Arts Festival details on your website.
Email Invitation:
Forward Nature Arts Festival details to customers via email.
(Contact Geauga Park District for an e-flyer.)
Social Networking:
Mention your participation in the Nature Arts Festival on Twitter or Facebook.
Share the event page (http://on.fb.me/1FYz2A2) to invite all your friends!
Promo Cards:
Display Nature Arts Festival cards at shows where you are participating, or place them in
purchase bags or client mailings. (Twenty-five cards have been included in your
confirmation packet; call 440-279-0882 if you’d like more mailed to you.)
Guestbook:
Provide a journal or notebook at your booth to record contact information
(including email addresses) of interested clients so you can invite them to your
Nature Arts Festival booth next year.
Press Releases:
Send information about yourself, your artwork and your participation in the Nature Arts
Festival to local media sources, which are often looking for a “personalized hook” for
stories and would welcome information from you. (A press release template and media
source list are attached for your convenience.)
Phone Interview:
Contact Sandy Ward in our Communications Department (440-279-0803 or
sward@geaugaparkdistrict.org) if you’d be willing to do a telephone interview to
promote the Nature Arts Festival via local newspaper or radio.
2015 Press Release Template
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(insert date)
MEDIA CONTACT:
(insert name)
(insert phone number)
(insert email address)
NATURE ARTS FESTIVAL: ONE GREAT DAY!
24TH ANNUAL EVENT ADDS FARMERS' MARKET, FOOD TRUCKS
Something for everybody – for any nature lover, for any art lover. Geauga Park District’s Nature
Arts Festival is known for every variety of fine arts on display and for sale by regional artists. Every
member of the family, every friend leaves refreshed and inspired in some way.
Come out to Geauga County for the 24th annual Nature Arts Festival on Sunday, August 2,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The West Woods!
The show has something to pique anyone’s interest. Looking for a unique gift? Then be certain to
stop by (insert name here) tent to see exclusive pieces such as (insert description of work being offered).
(Insert name here) of (insert hometown) can be reached for more on the festival and their work at (insert
phone number).
On top of fine arts on display and for sale by regional artists, festival-goers will enjoy free
admission, parking and live music, a new local farmer's market component, family make-n-take projects
and entertainment, the 20th Annual Nature Writing Contest celebration and open mic, chalk art, face
painting, balloon and origami artists, a variety of food for sale (including food trucks!), and much more.
Another special feature is most likely heard by festival-goers before they see it: watch sparks fly as
blacksmiths from the Western Reserve Artist Blacksmith Association hammer away during live demos,
forging works of art before your very eyes!
"The Nature Arts Festival continues to be one of the area's finest shows for Nature-inspired
artwork," said Teresa Runion, special events coordinator at the Park District. "A selection of
extraordinary artwork, this year combined with expanded entertainment, offers the perfect opportunity to
celebrate the arts and find those perfect pieces, all within the beautiful West Woods."
Visitors will also have the option of making Geauga County their arts destination for the day, as
Chardon Square Association's 35th Annual Chardon Arts Festival happens simultaneously on Historic
Chardon Square, a mere 25 minute drive from the Nature Arts Festival. Make it a day!
This year's Nature Arts Festival is sponsored by The News-Herald and Renewal by Andersen
Windows. The West Woods, a 900-acre park with miles of hiking trails, is at 9465 Kinsman Road (Rt. 87).
The festival is entirely wheelchair/stroller accessible. As needed, a free shuttle will run from ASM at 9639
Kinsman Road. Visit http://bit.ly/gpdspecial for a complete schedule of events when it becomes available.
Please call Teresa Runion at 440-279-0882 with questions about the Park District festival, or call
Mariann Goodwin at 440-285-8686 with questions about the Chardon festival.
Geauga Park District is online at http://geaugaparkdistrict.org, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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2015 Media Source List
ABJ, Bob Downing
bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com
ABJ, Yuvonne Bruce
ybruce@thebeaconjournal.com
Bainbridge Banter, Laura Guritza
Bbanter@aol.com
Blackbrook Audubon
blackbrookaud@aol.com
Chagrin Valley Times/Times-Courier, Joan joan@chagrinvalleytimes.com
Chagrin Valley Times/Times-Courier, News Editor news@chagrinvalleytimes.com
Chesterland News
ads@chesterlandnews.com
City Visitor Communications, Joe Jancsurak jjancsurak@cityvisitor.com
Community Journal
communityjournal@yahoo.com
Cool Cleveland, Isaiah Shipman
Events@CoolCleveland.Com
Country Critter Journal, Jo Ann
countrycritterjournal@gmail.com
Country Living, Rich Warren rwarren@buckeyepower.com
Family Fun Directory, Rick Pavia
rickpavia@sbcglobal.net
Farm & Dairy, Susan Crowell editorial@farmanddairy.com
FolkNet
calendar@Folknet.org
FolkNet, Larry
larry@folknet.org
Geauga County Tourism Council, Lynda Nemeth
lynda@tourgeauga.com
Geauga Maple Leaf, Editor editor@dln.com
Geauga News, Gabe Arnold gabe@littleacornmedia.com
Geauga News, Rachel Hunziker
drafts@geauganews.com
GoCityKids
Cleveland@GoCityKids.com
Good News
community@good-news.com
Great Lakes Science Center, Nina Arrowood arrowoodn@glsc.org
Jim Zeitz, Master Gardener J_Zeitz@roadrunner.com
Lake/Geauga Family, Andrea McGovern
andrea.mcgovern@gmail.com
Making Minds and Memories, Andrea
makingmindsandmemories@gmail.com
Metro Monthly
info@metromonthly.net
Middlefield Post
editorial@middlefieldpost.com
Mimi Vanderhaven, Susan calendar@mimivanderhaven.com
Munson Township Newsmunson@munsontwp.com
News-Herald, Bill DeBus bdebus@news-herald.com
News-Herald, Cathee Thomas, Arts catheethomas@rocketmail.com
News-Herald, John Benson Ndiffrence@aol.com
News-Herald, John Bertosa jbertosa@news-herald.com
News-Herald, Mark Meszoros
mmeszoros@news-herald.com
Northeast Ohio Parent, Angela Gartner
angela@northeastohioparent.com
Ohio Magazine, Linda Feagler lfeagler@ohiomagazine.com
Outdoor News, Jeff Frischkorn
JFrischk@Ameritech.net
Parkman Township, Cory
parkmanohio@gmail.com
Plain Dealer, Arts & Life entertainment@plaind.com
Plain Dealer, Calendar calendar@cleveland.com
Plain Dealer, Entertainment, Julie Washington
jwashington@plaind.com
Plain Dealer, Food, Debbi Snook
dsnook@plaind.com
Plain Dealer, Friday! Magazine
friday@plaind.com
Plain Dealer, Jim Ewinger
JEWINGER@plaind.com
Plain Dealer, Martha Neff
MNEFF@plaind.com
Plain Dealer, Outdoors, D'Arcy Egan degan@plaind.com
Radio - 90.3 WCPN & WVIZ/PBS ideastream news@wcpn.org
Spirit of Bainbridge
spiritofbainbridgeedit@yahoo.com
Sun News, Joan Cooper Rusek
jcooperrusek@gmail.com
Today's Family, Editor info@todaysfamilymagazine.com
Today's Family, Kim Miller kim@todaysfamilymagazine.com
TV - Action 19 News
19tips@woio.com
TV - Fox 8 News, Rick Wolcott
tips@fox8.com
TV - G-TV
geaugatv@windstream.net
TV - NewsNet5
5tips@newsnet5.com
TV - WKYC Channel 3, News Desk
newsdesk@wkyc.com
TV - WKYC Channel 3, Outdoors, Carl Bachtel
cbachtel@wkyc.com
TV - WKYC Channel 3, Outdoors, Michael Paciotti mpaciotti@wkyc.gannett.com
Walmart Community Calendar
scoobydew1972@yahoo.com
Weekly Reporter near Ashtabular, Doris Cook
madhatter1261@fairpoint.net
Weekly Villager, Announcements
business@weeklyvillager.com
Weekly Villager, Editor news@weeklyvillager.com
West Geauga Sun, Mary Jane Skala 1 editormj@yahoo.com
West Geauga Sun, Mary Jane Skala 2 sun@sunnews.com
WEWS, Dave Arnold, Home dhajr44@yahoo.com
WEWS, Dave Arnold, Work arnold@wews.com
WKYC, Dan Bowman, Director of Photography
dbowman@wkyc.com