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An Illuminated Novel - Advertising Support Costs

As I move forward with the release of a totally new way to experience a story, advertising expenses will incur. You will lower that $.

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An Illuminated Novel - Advertising Support Costs

An Illuminated Novel - Advertising Support Costs

An Illuminated Novel - Advertising Support Costs

An Illuminated Novel - Advertising Support Costs

An Illuminated Novel - Advertising Support Costs

As I move forward with the release of a totally new way to experience a story, advertising expenses will incur. You will lower that $.

As I move forward with the release of a totally new way to experience a story, advertising expenses will incur. You will lower that $.

As I move forward with the release of a totally new way to experience a story, advertising expenses will incur. You will lower that $.

As I move forward with the release of a totally new way to experience a story, advertising expenses will incur. You will lower that $.

GEM Thomas
GEM Thomas
GEM Thomas
GEM Thomas
1 Campaign |
Anchorage, United States
$314 USD 7 backers
19% of $1,600 Fixed Goal Fixed Goal

 Advertisement Support Cost Information

  • G.E.M. is a writer using digital technology to share his latest story. 

  • Advertising informs the world of this exciting technology.

  • Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood can only be told with this technology.  

Details

Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood is edited and finished. Advertisements with the $1,600.00 budget will be published around the release date for the novel, January 11, 2013.

 

The radio station in Hawaii is already selected and the advertisement written.

  • This totals $600-$1,200.

 

The newspaper advertisements are already written.

  • This totals $300-$900.

     

Now, the focus is on these two outlets. These two intermediaries will raise awareness. News of the sequel will excite people just with $1,600.

However, the more money the larger the number of advertising outlets at disposal. If the campaign budget grows, which is welcomed, then these plans would be implemented.

 

  • Inbound for Hawaii Airline flight magazine advertisements. +$3000.

  • Theater advertisement. +$3000.

  • Facebook advertisement. +$3000.

  • Google advertisement. +$3000.

  • Aerial Banners. +$3000.

  • Advertisements on billboards in major cities that permit it. +$11,000.

 

With bonus money, these additional advertising outlets would be utilized.

G.E.M. is going to create not a buzz for this work, but a boom. Irregardless of the extra time needed for activating these later marketing channels, if Indiegogo provides the supplemental funds, then it will happen. If not, $1,600. will suffice. To learn about G.E.M., visit http://twitter.com/StrongRoads

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Impact

The reason G.E.M. asks for advertising support costs is to bring attention to his work. G.E.M. knows everyone will take a liking to digital storytelling, as opposed to only 'sophisticated' people being readers. With added media a book's success may no longer depend on people needing a high level of reading comprehension. This potentially opens up a new 'way' of telling stories. Cool, right?

In the first novel, Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii, G.E.M. encouraged people to utilize the internet. One reason, of many, was the technology then did not allow for audible sounds of foreign words to be included in the story. Now, for the sequel, using the latest technology and standards in digital publishing; foreign words can be 'taught' without interrupting readers' attention. Integrating audio into this story, with the available application, has been easy. This is one example of why this novel should be read by many and invested in by YOU.

Other ways YOU can help

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SUPPORTER STATUS

$5 USD
A digital copy of Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii. Great stocking stuffer for Christmas! Please provide email address. "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." -Charles Dickens
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December 2012
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ANGEL STATUS

$25 USD
An original digital copy of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood's cover art. Drawn and painted by G.E.M. Please provide email address. "I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and saw that service is joy." -Kahlil Gibran
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February 2013
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FAN STATUS

$32 USD
A paperback copy -signed- of Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii. Please provide shipping address. "It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert." -Jacques Yves Cousteau *Add an additional $30.00 for shipment outside of US.
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February 2013
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DONOR STATUS

$36 USD
A paperback copy -signed- of Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii AND an original digital copy of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood's cover art. Drawn and painted by G.E.M. Please provide email and shipping address. "It's bad enough in life to do without something YOU want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not be able to give somebody something you want THEM to have." -Truman Capote *Add an additional $30.00 for shipment outside of US.
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February 2013
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SILVER STATUS

$40 USD
Pre-release date receivership of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood in digital format AND a digital copy of Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii AND an original digital copy of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood's cover art. Drawn and painted by G.E.M. Please provide email address. "Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do." -Kahlil Gibran
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January 2013
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GOLD STATUS

$60 USD
A hand-written letter personally thanking you and acknowledging you for your support. Please provide mailing address. "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." -Kahlil Gibran
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March 2013
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PLATINUM STATUS

$75 USD
Two paperback copies -signed- of Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii. Please provide mailing address. "The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own." -Lao Tzu *Add an additional $60.00 for shipment outside of US.
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February 2013
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SPONSOR STATUS

$111 USD
Two paperback copies -signed- of Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii AND a physical print copy -signed- of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood's cover art. Drawn and painted by G.E.M. Please provide mailing address. "One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors." -Cyril Cusack *Add an additional $90.00 for shipment outside of US.
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February 2013
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FRIEND STATUS

$200 USD
Three paperback copies -signed- of Strong Roads: A Spanish-Shipwreck Survivor in Ancient Hawaii AND one physical print copy -signed- of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood's cover art AND a warm shot out on Twitter AND early receivership of digital copy of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood. Provide email + shipping addresses + name for Twitter. "You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving." -Robert Louis Stevens *Add $90.00 for shipment outsi
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January 2013
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PATRON STATUS

$350 USD
A thank you note supplemented at the end of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood. Subject to G.E.M.'s approval. Please provide your name, whatever it is, or of someone you would like to have mentioned. "There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity." -Nathaniel Branden
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January 2013
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BENEFACTOR STATUS

$600 USD
You as a fictional character in a work authored by G.E.M. to be published in the future. The content, name, and creation is subject to final approval by G.E.M., after interview. The delivery date could be prior what's listed. "The success I have achieved...would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams." -Arnold Schwarzenegger
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March 2014
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PHILANTHROPIST STATUS

$4,000 USD
A round trip getaway to Hawaii to meet G.E.M. An invitation is offered, because those who can help at this level understand the author. This shows good faith and would remove anything disreputable from occurring. The event in Hawaii could take place prior the date listed. If an invitation is declined, your reward is a limited paperback version of Strong Roads: Blues and Greens and Blood, signed.
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March 2014
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