GovDelivery^® Customer Successes

Menlo Park Now E-mailing 56-Page City Magazine to Improve Service and Reduce Cost

Menlo Park, CA - Menlo Park Mayor Nicholas Jellins hosted an online sign-up event this summer to launch the City's new "Menlo Home Delivery Email" service, using GovDelivery.  The Mayor personally helped explain and sign-up residents to receive the 56-page recreation class magazine called the Activity Guide.  The publication had been previously sent out City wide by U.S. mail.

Public Information Manager, J. Michael Gonzales says, "This new e-mail service is a tremendous addition to our public communication efforts."  Although complete information is not yet available, by offering over 120 subscription options, the City is projecting a significant savings on its public communcations costs.

Visit the City of Menlo Park's website at: www.menlopark.org

Featured GovDelivery News

Washington, DC Wins Best Website Award

The Center for Digital Government awarded Washington, DC first place in the 2003 Best of the Web awards.

A panel of IT experts judged over 260 public-sector websites on categories such as; web-based delivery of public services and economy and functionality for improved citizen access.

Washington, DC has been using GovDelivery since June 2002 and has over 10,000 subscribers.

Stearns County, MN Takes 3rd Place in Best of the Web Awards

"The GovDelivery subscription system helped distinguish Stearns County from other counties in the Digital Counties Survey where our website ranked 3rd in the country for counties our size," said George McClure, Information Services Director.

See the DC story in Government Technology here

Visit DC's award-winning website at: www.dc.gov

See the Stearns County news release here

Publicizing Subscription Features to Maximize Return on Investment (ROI)

As part of every GovDelivery launch, GovDocs' Citizen Outreach team provides a range of support and marketing tools to help governments publicize subscription features.  Some tools include:

• Sample press releases
• Publicity event ideas and support
• Publicity support from PR firm, as needed
• Signage to display in high traffic areas
• Script for public service announcement
• Script for phone messages

Somerset County, NJ recently placed this advertisement in the local Sunday newspaper alerting residents of their new e-mail service. The County has sent over 130,000 e-mails using GovDelivery in the past year. Visit the Somerset County website at: www.co.somerset.nj.us

Featured GovDelivery Launches

GovDelivery is currently in use by over 30 public sector organizations in 12 states, the District of Columbia, and at the Federal level.

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene		Passaic County, New Jersey
NYCDOH is using GovDelivery to distribute urgent health alerts.		Passaic County publicized the new service with a press release and an article in their quarterly newsletter.

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