More Mailing Clients

Today I received and responded to several messages from possible clients relating to this project. I sent Jon Wardle the exact specs for the size of the article. This took a bit of time to find out due to there being no information about the exact proportions of the page on the NewspaperClub website. To find out, I had to go to Wikipedia and research tabloid newspapers. When I read that article I then went to an article about the different sizes of paper. After scrolling down I discovered that the name of the size of paper that is used for tabloids is 'ANSI B paper'. After this I was very quickly able to find out that the dimensions of this were 279 by 432 mm. I quartered this and deduced that that must be the size of the quarter page advert. So I replied to Wardle telling him that the size of his advert should be approximately 70 by 108 mm. I then asked Nick about the payment process and was told that they would be invoiced by Pete.

Here is a picture of the email below:

*Wardle's reply TEXT:

'Hi Alexander

Thanks for the offer...we would be interested in taking out a quarter page advert. What are the dimensons of the advert? and how would we pay you the £50?

J'

My response TEXT:

'Hi Jon,

Sorry for the length of time it has taken to get back to you, the printing company we are using doesn't have the most helpful website. However they advertise their papers as being standard tabloid size, this size is ANSI B size paper (11 by 17 inches, 279 by 432 centimeters).

The avertisment images should be a quarter of this size. This is 70 by 108.

My teacher Pete Fraser will invoice you for the advert.

Thanks again,
Alexander'*

I also received a reply from Robert Carlton regarding the advertisements. It was rather brief but confirmed that he was going to look into the matter. I promptly replied with thanks and am now waiting for his (their) decision.

His email, along with my response is shown below:

*Carlton's reply TEXT:

'Hello Alexander

I'm just replying to let you know that I've just picked up your email. I'll look into this and get back to you on this as soon as I can.

Regards

Rob Carlton
Qualifications Manager (Arts, Media, Life and Work Team)'

My response TEXT:

'Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply, and I look forward to hearing from you.

All the best,
Alexander'*

I also replied to the email I was given by Mike Mason that I received on tuesday.

Here is his email:

I responded to him with an email asking for a little more information about what it was that he wanted. Shown below:

*Mason's reply TEXT:

'Hello Alexander,

we would be very interested in supporting you with this project and taking out an advertisement. I have copied in Sarah Barrow, our new Head of School, who will need to authorise this and Richard Vickers who can put together the copy you need.

I wish you every success with your venture into publishing which sounds very interesting indeed,

all the best,
Mike'

My response TEXT:

'Hi Mike,

That's fantastic, may I enquire as to which kind of advertisement you would like to purchase, the quarter page or the half page? Details are at the bottom of the last email I sent to you.

Thanks again,
Alexander'*