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Interested in Having a Program in Your Community?
A lot goes into starting a Banner program in your community. To help ensure a smooth and successful program, and to ensure that your military heroes receive the honor that they are due, proper planning, preparation and promotion is key. We have the experience and resources to help you every step of the way.
Are you ready to get started and want to start the process? Perfect, just click on ‘Let’s Get Started”button below. A new page will open and help you out. Want more information, click on Getting Prepared.
What we help with.
We have printed 1000’s of banners across Canada. We understand what works, what doesn’t to honour our Veterans.
2. Program Development
Helping over a 100 programs across Canada to get started and be successful, we are there when you want to get started, and when you need help.
3. Online Management
We have created online resources to make your program run easier and to take the extra work off your plate.
4. Production
Having banners across Canada, we understand the treatment they are put through which is why we only use heavy duty material with reinforced stitching and the best warranty in the industry.
Preparing for Your Program
Getting things prepared in advance goes a long way to ensure a smooth and successful roll-out of your banner program. First things first – Request your electronic banner mockup as well as provide us with the specifics for your program so that we may begin setting up your online ordering process – all at no cost to you. We are here to help you get set up quickly and start promoting your program.
Selecting a location is the first step. Historic districts, downtown, and veteran parks make ideal locations for a Banners display. For indoor programs, military museums, city halls and malls are great places to display indoor tribute banners.
THINGS TO CONSIDER:
Where will the banners be displayed? Outdoors? Indoors? How many banners can be displayed at the desired selection?
Location is important as you want the banners to be seen by as many residents as possible. It’s also a factor in setting a sponsorship rate as a more popular location can merit a higher rate for sponsorship.
Once a location has been selected, determine the size that would work best based on pole size, viewing distance and how high up on the pole the banner will be displayed. Next, request a free mock up design. A full colour design of a banner in your hands will go a long way in helping “sell” the program to those in the decision-making process.
Selecting a location is the first step. Historic districts, downtown, and veteran parks make ideal locations for a Banners display. For indoor programs, military museums, city halls and malls are great places to display indoor tribute banners.
THINGS TO CONSIDER:
Where will the banners be displayed? Outdoors? Indoors? How many banners can be displayed at the desired selection?
Location is important as you want the banners to be seen by as many residents as possible. It’s also a factor in setting a sponsorship rate as a more popular location can merit a higher rate for sponsorship.
Once a location has been selected, determine the size that would work best based on pole size, viewing distance and how high up on the pole the banner will be displayed. Next, request a free mock up design. A full colour design of a banner in your hands will go a long way in helping “sell” the program to those in the decision-making process.
Preparing for a successful banner program is easy if you keep these things in mind. The Memorial Banner Program takes care of as much of the back-end work as possible to make it easy for you to concentrate on certain aspects of the program.
Questions To Ask:
What people / organizations will help in overseeing your banner program?
Who will handle sponsorship payments and in what forms of payment will be accepted?
Is an account already set up in which to deposit sponsorship payments? (We HIGHLY RECOMMEND that no personal accounts be utilized and when possible not placed in Poppy Funds until the program is complete if that is where the extra is going to go.)
Who will be the contact person for specific questions?
How far in advance of the display period do you need to have your banners ready to hang?
Who will be hanging and when will they need them by?
Is there a charge for hanging & taking down the banners?
What will happen to the banners once they are taken down? Will they be stored for re-display or will they go back to the sponsor as a “Thank You”?
What will be the criteria for who will be honoured on a banner?
Will you limit the program to local residents only or will it be open to anyone connected to the community in some way.
Promoting Your Program
Getting the word out to the community about your upcoming Memorial Banners should be done early enough and by as many means as possible. We provide you with customized fliers to distribute. However, social media and other websites (organization, city, etc.) are the best means to get the program information out to the public quickly.
The most successful programs are the ones that are properly supported by and promoted throughout the community. Promoting a Banner program should be done with enough time and by as many means as possible.
Questions To Ask:
What organizations (veterans groups, Service Clubs, etc.) can help promote the banner program to their membership, families and to the community?
What social media platforms can you promote the program on? Keep in mind that the more organizations and individuals promoting the program to their followers, the greater the outreach.
Will the local city government help promote the program on their website?
Are there locations such as restaurants or convenience stores that will allow you to place fliers and/or posters for customers to take?
Are local news stations, radio stations or newspapers willing to do a segment on the upcoming Veteran Banner program and what a great thing it is for the community?
Managing Your Program
Once your program has opened for orders to be received, managing your program properly is important to ensure that all banners sponsored are displayed according to the dates promoted.
One of the most important factors of managing a program is the receipt of sponsorship payments. Payment for sponsorships are made directly to the organization promoting the program. At this time, we are working on a system to allow payment to be made at the same time as the online applications but this has not come into effect as of yet. Currently, we simply provide sponsors with the information as to how payment is to be made.
You will need to keep track of all payments received and convey it to your organization as it needs or laid out in its financial policies. Once approval is sent to print a banner, we will invoice for it. Keep in mind that payments from sponsors should be received in a timely fashion to allow for production and shipping time.
Questions To Ask:
Who will be in charge of managing the program – keeping track of sponsorship payments as well as being being in communication with the sponsors for payment reminder purposes?
Who will be in charge of ensuring that the program location is readied for the upcoming display and scheduling the manpower needed? Are there any payments that need to be made or items purchased for the display?
Do brackets need to be purchased (if not installed already) and when do they need to be purchased by to ensure that they are installed when needed?
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Real talk from programs we work with.
“When we started the Riverside Veteran Banner Project, Chris and the Memorial Banner Program came highly recommended as they did banners in Aurora, where one of our project team members first saw the banners. From first contact to going through the whole process, the Memorial Banner Program has been helpful in guiding us to ensure the banners for our veterans were special. Their system is easy to use in getting pictures loaded and the extra step of getting a mockup really helps in making sure no errors are involved. The quality of the banners, poles and brackets is top notch and this is one of the reasons, they are the folks to see and work with if you are looking to start up a banner project. I cannot recommend them enough and I thank them for what they have done for us in our project.”
The Veterans Banner project allows families and the community at large the opportunity to honour and remember the men and women that have served our country.
The banner project has created an environment that allows multiple generations of each family to participate and learn about their Veteran with the end result being a welcomed visual reminder of the Veterans that fought for the rights and freedoms that we all enjoy today.
Chris has been a key player in developing our local Veterans Banner project by providing us with the expertise and an attractive product at a price point that enables us to encourage families to participate in the program.
“Working with Chris at Memorial Banners has been a great experience. He is very knowledgeable and provided us helpful information as we started our Veterans Banner Program. I would strongly recommend Memorial Banner as a partner for anyone interested in offering such a great program for our veterans.”
“I have been dealing with Chris and OnePromo since 2017 in
producing the vinyl Veteran Street Banners for the Town of
Mount Forest. Including this year I have been extremely
pleased with the service and treatment I have received and
will continue to work closely with them on this excellent project”