What benefits does Coffee News Online offer to readers?
Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
4.5 Coffee News Online Services. In addition to the hardcopy Periodical related services, we are proud to announce the release of Coffee News® Online, a new digital companion to our print publication. Coffee News® online will retain many of the same features as the hard copy format used worldwide, but with enhanced features, making Coffee News® more accessible to readers, offering greater marketing opportunities, and generating additional advertising revenue from existing advertisersas well as restaurants at a modest cost. To enroll the Coffee News® Online feature, there are currently two (2) options for enrollment:
4.5.1. Basic service:
- 4.5.1.1 Provides the layout of current content, submitted ads and What's Happening events dated and posted for each Monday for publishers to send to their contacts each week.
- 4.5.1.2. Dedicated URL for your online edition (i.e. www.coffeenewsonline.com/ME/Bangor). All online editions can be found via a dropdown menu from the main site.
- 4.5.1.3 Provides up to 40 single (400 x 300 pixel) ad spaces for sale from all industries including restaurants. Double ads (400 x 600 pixel) are also available to sell (and are counted as 2 ads). All ads rotate weekly.
- 4.5.1.4. Ads are mobile responsive and clickable, linking directly to the advertiser's web, email or phone contact information.
- 4.5.1.5. Provides 1 sponsorship ad for each week's online edition.
- 4.5.1.6. Coffee News® man is hidden in one of the ads each week and clickable to the contest entry form as part of the Coffee News® Contest.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 36–118)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Coffee News Franchise Disclosure Document, Coffee News Online provides several benefits to readers. The online version retains many of the features of the hard copy, but with enhanced features, making Coffee News more accessible. This accessibility is achieved through a dedicated URL for each online edition, such as www.coffeenewsonline.com/ME/Bangor, and a dropdown menu on the main site where all online editions can be found.
Coffee News Online also enhances marketing opportunities and generates additional advertising revenue. It provides up to 40 single ad spaces (400 x 300 pixels) for sale from various industries, including restaurants, with double ads (400 x 600 pixels) also available. These ads rotate weekly and are mobile responsive, linking directly to the advertiser's web, email, or phone contact information. Additionally, each week's online edition includes one sponsorship ad.
To further engage readers, Coffee News Online incorporates the Coffee News® Contest, where the Coffee News® man is hidden in one of the ads each week. Readers can click on the hidden character to access the contest entry form. These features collectively aim to provide a more interactive and accessible experience for readers while also boosting advertising revenue for franchisees.