Encourage Subscriber Examples

This article will highlight ideas to encourage residents to subscribe to CivicReady notifications. Please reference the Public Sign-Up to CivicReady Notifications article for step-by-step instructions on how residents can subscribe. 

Examples

• Adding a splash screen (pop-up) on the website to advertise and direct web traffic to sign up
• Content page and graphic button on the website
• Posting to social media with information about the service and how to sign up
  • Have a contest for a prize for a randomly selected subscriber or if they share and like the post on social media
• QR codes at bus stops, or other points where people are waiting, that direct to the signup page
• Digital signage if available
  • Kiosks
  • Billboards
• Slides before broadcast council meetings with information about how to sign up
• YouTube video on the city/county channel
• YouTube local ad
• A table at local events with someone present to help guide them through the signup process
  • Examples:
    • School open houses / Back to School night
    • Farmer’s market
    • Town Hall meetings
    • Parks & Rec activities
    • National Night Out
• Have schools and places of worship help share the information
• Having Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts rally subscribers
• Placing signage/flyers and having information at various city services
  
  • Parks & Rec facilities
  • City Hall
  • Senior Center
  • Library
    • If the Library or Senior Center has a person designated to help people with technology this can be a good person to help
• Information on a slide shown before the previews at the local movie theater
• Talk to local news and have them interview you
• Using the Text to Join keyword option for fast registration to groups and for specific events
  • This can be useful for visitors to your community
• Local magazines or newsletters ads or write-ups
• Add a link to sign up in email signatures