BUSINESS CARDS (or flyers) to hand out and conveniently lay around for 

others to see. These are my main awareness tool . Mine simply say:

Is Your Dog On Meds?

www.DogsAdverseReactions.com

Before It's Too Late!

These cards have been very effective and cost about $55 for 1,000 

cards or you can buy blank business cards so you can create and print your

 own on your home computer or print your message on card stock or plain paper.

If you see someone out walking their dog, give them a card. 

I received a call from a truck driver from Oklahoma (thanks Tom!) 

who picked a card up at a truck stop in Hamburg, PA., where I left a 

stack on my last return trip home from a camping weekend. He found me 

from the website. I sent  him a box of business cards and he distributes 

them all over the US as he travels now. 

When I pay my bills by mail, I drop a card inside each envelope. 

All those free credit card offers you get thru the mail with the prepaid 

return envelope? Don't fill out the paperwork. Drop in a card and send it 

back to them anyway. Ask that the card be circulated within the 

department and passed on.

The local boy that delivers newspapers, I slip him $10 now and 

then to drop a card in each newspaper when he delivers them door to door 

in the neighborhood in the morning. I told him if any other carriers 

were interested to have them call me. I've been called by 6 carriers for a 

total delivery of about 550 newspapers now.

I did the same thing with the pizza delivery guy. He keeps a stack in 

his delivery vehicle. Each time he drops off a pizza....he hands them a 

coupon for another pizza...and a business card.

All those free community bulletin boards in the local grocery stores, 

beer distributors, post office, vet?....pin up a few cards.

Have library books that you need to return….put a card in them

I rented space as an advertiser in the local school football bulletin that 

gets handed out at all the games. Very effective. I just got a call from 

the printer again for this fall and I signed on again. It cost $35 for the 

year - 16 games.

I talked to the local ice cream shop. They hand out buy one - get one 

free coupon cards all summer. I paid for half the printing cost for 

their coupon and they allowed me to advertise on the back of their own 

business size coupon card. It cost me $20. What a deal!

Church bulletin....on the back, as a sponsor. For a three month listing 

I paid $25.

Local restaurants. Advertise on their placemats. (This one came to me

 while eating breakfast and reading all the other advertisers on my 

placemat!) Price varies but if you explain to them (find out where 

the restaurant gets their placemats printed) our cause...many 

times they cut the price. I paid $20 last time for 10,000 placemat 

advertisements....about 8 months worth at the typical restaurant.

Magnetic stick on sign for your vehicle that says the same thing as the 

business card - large enough to be seen from 50' away. My first one was 

stolen of the back of my pick up tail gate. The second one's magnetic 

is so strong, I can't get it off to wash my truck! Cost was $28. 

If they want it, they'll have to take my tailgate with it!

If your community has free paper, call the editor and see if you can 

advertise. We have three such local small community papers. The 

owners/editors were more than happy to give me some free 'fill' space

 when ever available.

When you have appointments quite often you have to wait in the lobby 

or waiting room. Take some business cards or flyers with you or print

informative articles written by reliable sources and place them inside 

magazines while you wait.

Having a yard sale? Print some flyers and hand them out. 

Most important....awareness...awareness...awareness! Stay after your 

local newspapers. Push them to run a weekend article, the 

biggest days for news paper circulation. If we get the word out then our 

cause runs like a pyramid...it just keeps going...getting 

stronger...bigger. 

Be sure to contact your politicians, share your concerns with them

and don't back down. Let them know you expect action.