Greenville Philatelic Exhibition, or GREENPEX. Most people won't have a clue what "philatelic" or "GREENPEX" mean, but I'm not sure that would matter. People who aren't interested in stamps wouldn't attend if you were to hand out free Penny Blacks. Stamp collectors will be there, though. How about advertising thus: "Visit GREENPEX, Greenville Stamp Club's Stamp Fair".
The truth is within and only you can reveal it 24 Jul 2019 07:53:03pm
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How about something like this:
"Discover the worlds greatest hobby at the first annual Greenville Stampathon"
Another easy thing you could do is set up a table with a computer or two with my website "The World of stamps" This would enable people to view all of the countries with which they might find interest in. Of course there is nothing for sale there so that should not be a conflict.
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The Chapter Chatter section of Topical Time, the journal of the American Topical Association, reviews newsletters submitted by the clubs, and reports a bit of who-did-what.
Here's a recent item ... italics not mine, but they might as well be:
Do you know of any dealers nearby who would come and set up a table ? That seems to draw a few outsiders to our yearly show. Start with one or two and see how it goes. Club members also pick up interesting items....
Freebies
Exhibits on various themes
Appraisals of your stamps and albums
Presentations, short and sweet.
Q & A Bring your stamp collecting queries and baffle our experts
Our local club voted on the name for our upcoming show at the Flat River Public Library
here in Greenville, MI;
the winning title was, "GREENVILLE STAMP FAIR"
Here is an initial mockup of the flyer/handout we will be printing up -
Colors have not been decided as yet;
we will have NO sales of any kind, as this is not allowed at the library;
this will be our second 'Fair' - our first was at a much smaller town library.
Thanks to all who posted ideas/suggestions! We used a few!
I am not sure "fair" conveys much about the content of the event. Given there are no sales, this is an information only event (no sales), this should be emphasized more. It is more like a show-and-tell.
If you want to test names or concepts, find people who do not collect and ask them what impression they get from the name and flyer. People who already collect are biased.
Be sure that the presenters and exhibitors are geared towards the general public and new collectors. On the "What I Collect and Why" it would be best to have someone with general USA, general world, a topical or two... I wouldn't want to do my presentation on the 1902 Ben Franklin stamp there!
Same with the exhibitors. Make it light and visual.