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Cooperative Subscription Selling Works!

For a number of years Magazines Canada has conducted a successful Buy 2, Get 1 Free cooperative subscription-selling campaign. The campaign’s success highlights the fact that working together as an industry generates greater efficiencies, more recognition, more exposure and, at the same time, increases the likelihood of more subscribers.

We have concluded our 2009-2010 campaign, launched on October 14, 2009, and completed on February 28, 2010. This unique subscription offer promoted 191 Canadian magazines with very successful results.

See the 2009-2010 RESULTS REPORT.

We are currently gearing up for our 2010-2011 Cooperative Direct Marketing campaign. For the first time, the campaign will test the inclusion of digital subscriptions for campaign participants that are part of the Magazines Canada Digital Newsstand Program.

The program goal is to increase subscription sales for Canadian magazines in both print and digital formats by implementing an annual subscription drive that:

  • distributes promotional brochures to households across Canada
  • combines direct mail efforts with significant print and online advertising driving customers to dedicated websites (EN & FR)  
  • collects and forwards payment and names to publishers for fulfillment

In order to participate, magazines must:

  • be a member of Magazines Canada or a regional association (AMA, AMPA, AQEM, BCAMP and MMPA)
  • be a CONSUMER title
  • include at least 80% Canadian-authored content
  • have paid circulation
  • have no ads tied to editorial (i.e., meet Canadian Magazine Industry guidelines)
  • be at least 51% Canadian-owned

If your publication would like to participate or if you have any questions please email dm@magazinescanada.ca.

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The 2009-10 DM campaign is generously supported by The Government of Canada through the Canada Magazine Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Ontario Media Development Corporation, Canada Post, CDS Global, Cornerstone Group of Companies and WorldColor. 

Canada Magazine Fund logo     OMDC

Canada Post   logo   CDS Global logo

Cornerstone Group logo     Worldcolor Logo         

Last Update: Friday, May 21 2010

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