Can Pride of Dakota make your business more profitable?

Did you know that Pride of Dakota products can benefit your retail business? Here are a few ways the North Dakota Department of Agriculture can help:

• Web Site Advertising
  
  We can put your store information on our website advertising that you carry Pride of Dakota products!
  
  The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has a website, www.agdepartment.com, which has a complete Pride of Dakota section. The website is widely used by a number of people across the state and country.
  
  Have your store's name, address and phone listed on the site - even put an e-mail address and a link to your website. This is a great form of free advertising for you!
  
  Visit the Stores that carry Pride of Dakota Products List
  
• Preferred Caller List
  
  We can put you on a preferred caller list -- which means when we get a request of where to find Pride of Dakota products -- you'll be on the list!
  
  We constantly receive calls and e-mails from consumers requesting to buy Pride of Dakota/North Dakota products! We would like to start a database of stores who carry these products so we can refer the customer to you!
  
  This list would not be shared with others and would be used solely as a reference list for our office.
  
  
• New Product Notification
  
  We can notify you on a quarterly basis of new Pride of Dakota members and their products!
  
  New members continually join our program. To keep abreast of new companies and new products, you will receive e-mails on a quarterly basis. You will be one of the first stores to know about an exciting new Pride of Dakota company!
  
  
• Point of Sale Materials
  
  We can provide you with Pride of Dakota signage and posters for your store!
  
  Pride of Dakota has a variety of Pride of Dakota signage that you can utilize in your store. Here's what we have:
  
  

  Poster:	An 11 x 17 inch color poster that states "Proudly supporting North Dakota Companies"
  Shelf Talkers:	10 7/8" x 7 1/2" 5" x 3 1/2" 3 1/4" x 1 1/4"
  Pride of Dakota Window Clings:	6" x 4"
  Pride of Dakota Directories:	The membership directory lists all of the Pride of Dakota members. There are almost 400 members!

  
  
  
• Public Relations Support
  
  We can help you write press releases on your store and the fact that you carry Pride of Dakota products!
  
  We have a press questionnaire that you fill out and we can help you write a press release! To qualify for this benefit, you must carry Pride of Dakota products!
  
  It's simple -- you fill out the questionnaire form, submit it back to us and we write it! After we write the release we'll send it to you for revisions/corrections and we will fix them for you. We will then send it back to you with a sample cover sheet and instruction sheet on how to get the release out to the media!

For membership information contact:

North Dakota Department of Agriculture
Marketing Division
600 E Boulevard Ave Dept 602
Bismarck ND 58505-0020

Phone: (701) 328-2231
Fax: (701) 328-4567
E-Mail:  ndda@nd.gov

Pride of Dakota Internet Mall
(www.shopnd.com)