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THE AUTOMATIC AGE
Vol. 5
CH ICAGO, JA N U A R Y , 1929
No. 6
Extensive Advertising of Detroit Convention
Advertising fo r the Detroit E xpo­
sition, February 25-28, has been
placed through the G. Reed Landis
Advertising A gency o f Ch’ cago, in
B'llboard, Novelty News, Opportun­
ity Magazine, and Popular Mechan­
ics. These magazines will carry dis­
play space in various amounts up to
$100, which goes to the Billbiard.
Besides this, classified advertising
Js being used in the best Sunday
morn'ng newspapers, under “ Business
Opportunities,” in the follow ing cit­
ies: Detroit, Toledo, Grand Rapids,
Cleveland,
Columbus,
Cincinnati,
Pittsburgh, Louisville, Indianapolis,
St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo, Milwau­
kee, Akron, Dayton and probably a
few others.
These magazine} and newspapers
will total fifty million circulation and
will reach fully one-half the adult
Population o f the U. S. W e have
used the biggest dailies in the large
centers within a night’s ride from De­
troit, with the hope o f interesting
Uew blood in the coin machine busi­
ness, to put out the various new ma­
chines that are coming on the mar­
ket. This ought to be very valuable
to the Exhibition. Any marufactux-er
Who does not appreciate this service,
against the way the money has
° een dissipated heretofore, does not
aye much foresight or vision into
^ e future.
At the Detroit Convention this
year, the manufacturers will be
called into a room and an itemized
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list o f expense disbursements read
to them.
Every manufacturer will
know the total amount received, what
each paid and will have before him
the receipted bills fo r disbursements.
There is absolutely no graft in this
Expos tion in any way, shape or form.
Ih is v; the first year that the E x­
position has been advertised. Here­
tofore it has all been left to the
A U T O M A T IC AGE to drum up the
crowd This year the A U T O M A T IC
AGE i3 working as hard as ever to
make a success o f the Convention.
W e are giving freely and liberally o f
our space and time, but we have no
bills o f any kind to present to the
Association. W e are wili ng to give
our space free and let the surplus
money go to other publishers. The
A U T O M A T IC AGE originated the
idea o f the exposition. W e got up
the first one and have been holding
them ever since. Y et we have never
tried to make any money on it. W e
have absolutely no interest except to
see that the Exposition is in honest
and proper hands, that it is ran with­
out profit and that everybody comes
in on an equal basis.
Every operator who comes will be
given free acce s to the Convention
and Exposition without obligation.
He does not have to join anything or
pay any fees, likewise every manu­
facturer who wants to exhibit is wel­
come to come in on the same basis as
any other manufacturer.
It is our idea that this Exposition
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