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Newcity to Earn First AWN Sales Bonus

By Sarah Billingsley, Communications Director

We’re excited to announce the recipient of the first AWN sales bonus award, Mike Hartnett (Newcity – Chicago) one of AWN’s top salespeople.   Mike will receive a $1,000 bonus from AWN for his $76,000 network display print ad buy sold to a new liquor advertiser Pisco Portón.

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Pisco Portón, a Peruvian liquor is being launched officially in the U.S. this year following a long history of Americans bringing various versions of the drink to the States. When mixed, Pisco Portón creates a whole new category of cocktails, more flavorful than vodka and more subtle than tequila. Pisco Portón is a new spirit, a new world of cocktail according to the makers.  The agency of record for the brand is U Marketing LLC, based in New York.

A majority of the display advertising revenue will be divided between three AWN publications;  San Francisco Bay Guardian, Boston Phoenix and Newcity beginning in September.

To qualify for the bonus, a minimum of $25,000 must be placed in the network (in publications other than the seller’s paper).   As a reminder, here’s how AWN sellers can earn the bonus through our new sales incentive program.

The sales incentive, in the form of a cash bonus, will be paid directly to individual sellers (not publications) based on new sales sold into the network as follows:

Net to paper sales bonus to AWN seller
$5,000  =  $100 bonus
$10,000  = $250 bonus
$15,000  =  $500 bonus
$20,000  =  $750 bonus
$25,000+  = $1,000 bonus

AWN Sales Bonus FAQ’s

What qualifies as a new AWN sale?
Initially, any advertiser that has not run in the past 9 months

What other restrictions are defining AWN sales?
A network sale qualifies if the advertiser runs in any publication other than the salesperson’s publication.

When will a bonus be paid to the seller?
The bonus will be paid to a seller upon receipt of payment from advertiser

… So who will be next?
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