The reviews are in, and if you’re surprised,  you haven’t been paying attention.

 

Here’s what newspapers said about

 BRACKETBUCKS 2004:

 

“I am so, soooo, sooooooooooo glad we did it.  As long as I’m at this newspaper, we’ll be carrying BRACKETBUCKS.”

 Rachel Raney

Assoc. Publisher

The Paducah Sun

Paducah, KY

Call her at (270) 575-8600

 

“Our advertising revenues were up 37 percent over 2003.  A great contest!”

Kevin Prior

Advertising Director

Midland Daily News

Midland, MI

Call him at (989) 835-7171

 

“Another record year for entries – nearly 1,400!  That’s almost twice the previous year.”

 Randi Arnold

Marketing Manager

Kalamazoo Gazette

Kalamazoo, MI

Call her at (269) 345-3511

“Nobody here was prepared for the response we got to BRACKETBUCKS.  People were lined up in the lobby to buy newspapers so they could enter.  Please let me write you a testimonial letter.”

Rich Cains

Advertising Manager

Post-Tribune

Gary, IN

Call him at ((219) 648-3000

 

“Thanks for a great contest and a great job.” 

Bill Couton

Retail Advertising Manager

The Connecticut Post

Bridgeport, CT

Call him at (203) 330-6236

 

“Because of BRACKETBUCKS, our single-copy sales jumped by 1,000 per day.  A total of 3,000.  It’s always a big seller for us.”

 Jim Rasmussen

Circulation Manager

The Journal Times

Racine, WI

Call him at (262) 634-3322

 

“We’ve been running an NCAA promotion for 10 years.  This year’s was the best response we’ve ever had --  about 3,000 entries.  The second-best was last year – the first year we used BRACKETBUCKS --  with 1,800.  Your contest has certainly brought us a big spike in entries.”

Maia Conway

Advertising Manager

Travis City Record-Eagle

Traverse City, MI

Call her at (231) 946-2000

 

 

“BRACKETBUCKS is one of the best – if not the best – return on investment of anything we do.”

Jep Bloor

Advertising Manager

The Register

Sandusky, OH

Call him at (419) 625-5500

 

 

“We had readers calling a month in advance to make sure we were going to carry BRACKETBUCKS.  It creates a lot of excitement.”
 

Kathy Beatty

Circulation Sales Representative

The Journal-News

Hamilton, OH

Call her at (513) 200-2613

 

“The BRACKETBUCKS contest couldn’t have gone better.  Everything went smoothly, and our readers couldn’t get enough of it.  POWER POINTS is a company that does what it says it will do, and we appreciate that.  I’d be happy to take a call from any newspaper wanting to look at doing BRACKETBUCKS.  It’s a winner.”

Vincent Puchalski

Marketing Director

The Scranton Times & Tribune

Scranton, PA  Call him at (570) 348-9151

 

 

“I’d say BRACKETBUCKS has been a very, very successful promotion for us.  Our readers and advertisers go for it in a big way.”

 

John Speck

Advertising Director

Southwest Times Record

Fort Smith , AR

 

“We’ve never had this kind of contestant response to anything we’ve ever done.”

 

Paige Ledford

Advertising Manager

The Fayetteville Observer

Fayetteville , NC

 

“Awesome”

 

Sara McDonald

St. Paul Pioneer Press

St. Paul , MN