Welcome to AFCP
The Association of Free Community Papers (AFCP) represents publishers of nearly 3,000 free-circulation community papers, reaching nearly 45 million homes weekly. If you are an advertiser or an advertising agency, the PaperChain site contains tools to help you identify the AFCP publications that are best suited to reach your target audiences, whether locally, regionally or nationally. And, if you are a publisher of a free distribution periodical, click here to view AFCP's membership benefits.
National Advertising Network, Inc. (NANI) is the largest national classified advertising network in the country, offering advertisers a convenient, one-stop opportunity to advertise products and services in shoppers and community newspapers. Placing an advertisement in this network of more than 2,000 local, shopper, hometown weekly, biweekly and regional free-circulation papers is possible with just one phone call!
NANI Display is now available! Design, schedule and place display ads in free papers across the country. Just click here!
AFCP is a proud sponsor of PaperChain, the industry's national branding and marketing initiative. PaperChain provides information about the industry and its participating publishers for media buyers.
Important Links
Hot Links:
Read Newspapers & Technology for complete coverage of technological developments in the printing and publishing industries.
Support Free Paper Week 2008 -- Free Paper Week celebrates the contribution free papers make in every community. Get involved and "Toot Your Horn"! Click here to download information regarding how you can celebrate Free Paper Week and here to download this year's logo.
Link and Learn -- "Drawing to a Close" gives you a great new sales technique for closing a sale. Click here to find a sales tip sheet about drawing sales to a close.
Read the latest PaperChain Newsletter! Click here to download and read the latest PaperChain newsletter.
Support March of Dimes! March of Dimes is the recognized national charity of the free paper industry. Help build support for your local WalkAmerica Campaign by running ads in your local paper. You can obtain public service announcements and forms for reporting the value of your free advertising by clicking here. Stay on top of the important work of this wonderful organization by registering to receive their e-newsletter. Click here to register for the March of Dimes e-newsletter.
|
