Tell Two Friends about the GBYS

And They'll Tell Two Friends

With the weather getting nice and a forecast for sunny skies this weekend, why not make a commmitment to tell two friends about the Great Brookland Yard Sale and encourage them to sign up?!

I'll post a form on the listserve later this weeek. You can print it up and hand it to two of your neighbors and friends!

CALL FOR STORIES!

Make your yard sale stand out!

With 31 yard sales and counting, shoppers will have a range of choices when they come to Brookland on April 19th. Want to increase your chances of connecting to potential shoppers?

The best way to attract eager shoppers for your gently used items is to market your sale. In other words, to tell your "Yard Sale Story".

Here's how:

• Make a list of your big ticket or unique sale items
  Take some digital pictures of these items
• Write up a short list or description or your yard sale, include information about your life in Brookland to personalize it.
• Email your photos, list of items or 'yard sale story' to me at Fortinandrew@hotmail.com
• I'll post them to the blog, then link your story to the yard sale google map! (Note: your story may be edited for space or appropriateness)

Remember, all this technology is not a substitute for all of our collective efforts in getting the word out. But a yard sale story is a great way to distinguish you sale from all the others!

Let's Get the Word Out!

Post them signs!

OK Team Brookland, we're three weeks out from the Yard Sale. Time to get the word out.

As posted below, the planning committee has been working to post ads in local press, get the word out on local blogs and we've even developed a flier to post at work, at church, or in businesses across the region.

Our success depends on each of us taking small steps to get the word out.

Please take some time this weekend to distribute the Great Brookland Yard Sale Flier to local churches, businesses, civic groups or hand out to coworkers or post on work activity boards.

Today I was on Capitol Hill for some meetings. I posted the flier on the activity bulletin board outside the House Cafeteria in the Rayburn Building (See picture above). The Hill is full of hard working and underpaid young people would love probably love to get some good deals at our event.

So download the flier and make a commitment to get it posted in a nearby business or pass it on to at least three people over the weekend. The flier may be downloaded here. If that link doesn't work, email me at Fortinandrew@hotmail.com and I'll email it to you. It may also be found in the "Files" section of the Brookland Yahoo group in the "Great Brookland Yard Sale" folder.

Also, if you let us know where you posted the flier, I'll add it to the Yard Sale Map by making it with a light blue push pin. Take a picture of the posting with your cell phone and we'll show it on the blog!

Still Time to Sign Up

Help Us Make it 20 or More!

Still on the fence? Don't be, all indications point to a successful yard sale event.
There's still time to sign up for the Great Brookland Yard Sale. We've been picking up momentum all week and interest is growing. As to today here's where planning stands:

• More than 14 yard sale locations have signed up with 19 families participating.
• Local blogs including Stop-Blog and Roll, Best of Washington, DC and Historic Brookland have posted info on the event.
• Press releases have gone out to Brookland Heartbeat, DC's City Events Calendar and the Washington Post Events Calendar.
• An ad has been placed on DC Craig's list.

Join your neighbors on April 19th. Get rid of your clutter, make some money and help showcase one of DC's best neighborhoods!

Send Us Your Story

This is Your Blog

In addition to providing a way to keep us updated on the upcomging yard sale, the blog is a chance to get to know your neighbors. Send in your story and share your thoughts about Brookland, how you got here, what items you'll be selling at the yard sale or any other relevant thoughts you may have.