What are the enhanced features of Coffee News Online compared to the hard copy version?
Coffee_News Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
e initial payment of the training fees referenced in Paragraph 10 hereof, Franchisee agrees that it shall use the printing services of Coffee News Printing, LLC during the term of the loan.
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.
- 4.5.2. Premium Service. The Premium Service is designed for publishers who do not already use an email marketing application such as MailChimp or Constant Contact. In addition to the Basic Service, Chil Consulting and/or Shadow Fox Consulting, the current third party contractors that provide Coffee News Online services, will provide email marketing services of your online edition and any other email marketing messages to your contacts for you each week. You would provide the email content to Chil Consulting and/or Shadow Fox Consulting.
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Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 36–118)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Coffee News's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Coffee News Online retains many of the same features as the hard copy version but includes enhanced features. These enhancements aim to make Coffee News more accessible to readers, provide greater marketing opportunities, and generate additional advertising revenue from existing advertisers and restaurants.
The basic Coffee News Online service provides the layout of current content, submitted ads, and "What's Happening" events, dated and posted each Monday. It also includes a dedicated URL for the franchisee's online edition. The online edition offers 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. All ads rotate weekly and are mobile responsive and clickable, linking directly to the advertiser's web, email, or phone contact information. Each week's online edition also features one sponsorship ad.
Additionally, the Coffee News man is hidden in one of the ads each week, and is clickable to the contest entry form as part of the Coffee News Contest. For franchisees seeking more comprehensive support, Coffee News offers a Premium Service. This service includes email marketing services provided by third-party contractors, Chil Consulting and/or Shadow Fox Consulting, for an additional fee. The franchisee would provide the email content to the consultants, who would then manage the email marketing to the franchisee's contacts.