Hi Anahata
I do say No to performers. There is little point them wasting there money. I know my market and the places to advertise etc. Thats the wonderful thing about the Internet, and if you have good IT skills, its amazing what you can do. One of the best things I did, was to design my own website. In seconds I can update it, and I can create pages and links for all the performers.
I always hand out a diary at each meeting, which is duly updated. I find it one of the most effective ways of getting the info across.
On top of that, it goes in the local rags, as well as being mentioned on Folkwaves and Radio Lincolnshire folk program.
I do posters but not many.
The rest is word of mouth.

>>It gets your name known, subliminally and cumulatively. It contributes to making the difference between "who?" and "oh, yes, I've heard of them"...<<

Yes it is good from that point of view, but never the less there is still a lot of money being wastefully spent out there, and if you think of the complaints about there not being enough money in the folk world.

When you come to MRFC in October, the only thing I would expect from you and Mary, is that it is on your website and that your aquaintaces up here know about it :-) The rest is up to me. I see little point in me putting a lot of effort into running the club and then not promoting it. However, the majority of publicity is paperless.

Cheers
Les