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COLEMANNEWS.COM / COLEMAN CHRONICLE AND DEMOCRAT-VOICE Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) |
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[News] [Free Classifieds] [Celebrations] [About Us] Who can submit news? ColemanNews.com and the Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice encourage anyone in the community to submit relevant articles, press releases, or human interest stories. Our news generally comes from in-house writers, freelance writers, community correspondents, or from people just like you. What is news worthy? We typically separate news into different categories: standard news, celebrations and announcements, and advertising. Standard news includes news articles, press releases, or human interest stories concerning our community, while celebrations and announcements often relate to individuals or groups observing an occasion or event. On the other hand, Dictionary.com defines advertising as "the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc." If a news release or article sounds anything close to the preceding definition, we will not run the story. Nonetheless, we will gladly help you with any of your advertising needs. After all, we are a business just like a hardware store or accounting firm, and advertising allows us to deliver Coleman County news to our community via the world wide web and newspaper! When do you update the website? We update the website continually throughout the day as news breaks and rolls in to our inboxes and office. We are typically more busy on the weekdays, but post several updates on Saturday and try to rest on Sunday (though we do post breaking news from time to time). Is the classified advertisement section free? Yes. The classified section is free to individuals selling items, wanting items, missing things, providing services, etc. Simply email us at mail@colemannews.com with your ad and we will gladly post it. Are there any restrictions? Yes. There are three: 1) We do not provide free services for businesses. We stand by this policy because we cannot ask for some businesses to pay for advertising, while others get our services for free. Also, we too are a business, and in order to provide free services to our thousands of readers, we need businesses to support our news service with advertising. However, if you do advertise in the classified section in the newspaper, you may also have an online classified advertisement complimentary. 2) We will not post an excessive amount of pictures on free classified ads. While we encourage you to post a graphic of your item or service, we ask that you do not submit multiple pictures. Picture files are extremely large and occupy valuable service space. They not only absorb server space, but they also make the website slower. 3) We ask that classified advertisers only submit a maximum of three advertisements at a time. Spam is a serious problem on free service websites. In order for us to be fair to everyone else's postings, we cannot take over three ads per individual. Are there any exceptions? Yes. Businesses who advertise in the classified section in the newspaper may indeed advertise for "free" in the classified section online. Why didn't my ad get posted? For one of two reasons: 1) Your ad either violated one of the above restrictions or it was inappropriate, 2) It was accidently filtered or overlooked. If you feel your ad was overlooked, simply email us again or call to verify. Due to the high quantity of emails we get a day, we do sometimes fail to see all messages. Why don't I get a confirmation email concerning my advertisement? Due to the high quantity of emails we receive a day, we do not respond to every message. In fact, if we do not respond to your message, assume that we're posting or posted your ad. If you sent the email later in the evening or at night, we may not post it until the next morning. What counts as a celebration? Birthdays, birth announcements, anniversaries, engagements, holiday wishes, reunions, etc. However, we do not post birthday party invitations or any kind of celebration invitations. When should I send in the celebration announcement? Please do not send the announcement too far in advance, as we receive a large volume of emails and your email could be overlooked. We ask that on Monday through Friday you send it the day of or the day before the celebration. For weekend celebration announcements, please send postings before noon on Friday. The Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice is a bi-weekly newspaper dedicated to community news in Coleman County. The Chronicle and DV, as it is often referred to, has served Coleman County since 1881. The newspaper is owned and operated by Brett Autry and Evan Autry. The Chronicle and DV is the parent company of ColemanNews.com.
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