COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
New— Council Trailblazer Editions
Monthly eNewsletter & Quarterly eMagazine
As part of our efforts to improve communication, we have changed the way we distribute our digital newsletters. Your feedback is welcomed and valued.
Quarterly PDF eMagazine
Four times a year plus 3 special editions, the Trailblazer pdf eZine will be delivered to your e-mail. Actually a link to download the issue or view it online will be what you see in the e-mail.
Look for the issues to arrive during the first week of January, March, June and September. Special editions on Cub Camping and Member Recruitment as well as a Holiday issue are in the works as well.
Digital Trailblazer eNewsletter
A monthly e-mail blast with 6 to 8 of the most current and urgent events and deadlines. You will only see a short paragraph about each item in this e-mail along with a link to get more information and / or to register.
Look for the e-mail to hit your inbox about the middle of every month.
Please let all your leaders and parents know about this important form of communication. We’ ll soon have an online form where everyone can join the list. In the meantime, please e-mail Cynthia Lewis is you want to have others added.
Monkeys!
Why are they in my e-mail?
In case you haven’ t seen them, we’ ve begun using MailChimp for our e-mail blasts.
After a careful review of the nine top e-mail marketing service providers we had actually settled on Constant Contact. But five days later, Constant Contact raised their fees so MailChimp won out.
With an easy interface and great tracking tools, MailChimp can handle all our Council needs and more.
For the smaller, more targeted e-mails we will be using e-mails with our website domain suffix“ morainetrails. org.”
Please be on the lookout for e-mails sent by the Council and make sure they aren’ t getting stuck in your spam filter.
Also be sure to share our communications with parents and other leaders. Invite them to join the Council e-mail list to stay in the know about all that Scouting has to offer.
We welcome your submission of articles, pictures and stories. We can’ t promise everyone will be included but we’ ll sure try!
Advertisements Appreciated
We don’ t display ads on our website nor in our e-mail blasts. However we do accept tasteful advertisements from supporters of Scouting in our pdf eMagazine
If you know someone interested in placing an ad, please connect them with Scout Executive Ray Tennent. He will explain ad size options and pricing plus explain the artwork requirements.
Website Redesign
The MTC website is now easier to view on smartphones or mobile-friendly.
We are constantly striving to improve the Council website and make it more useful.
Please let us know if there is any information you need or want that you aren’ t able to find on our site.
Spring 2017
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