Interested in spotlighting your products to dignitaries, business executives and heads of state? TDA now offers another great opportunity for GO TEXAN members.

Donate your shelf-stable products to TDA for inclusion in VIP packages and your products may be seen and sampled by buyers and officials from around the world.

Here at TDA we value and appreciate great partnerships and contributing even a small amount of your product could potentially offer your company well-deserved local and/or national exposure. For more information, contact Mary York at (512) 463-8289. Fill out the donation form below and send to:

Texas Department of Agriculture
Attn: Mary York
1700 North Congress Ave.
Austin, Texas 78701

Being a GO TEXAN member just got better! Texas Monthly offers heavily discounted rates on its Marketplace advertising rates specifically for GO TEXAN members. With the Holidays just around the corner, now is prime time for you to get the word out - at a bargain rate. The November and December issues of the GO TEXAN Marketplace will have a special holiday look! All Marketplace advertising is prepaid by the 23rd of the month two months prior to issue date. Texas Monthly has a subscribership of 300,000 with 2.4 million readers, reaching 1 in every 8 adult Texans! Ninety-four percent (94%) of its subscribers have taken action during the past year as a result of reading the magazine. Plus 91% of subscribers have ordered by mail/phone/or internet in the last 12 months.* To take advantage of the special GO TEXAN advertising discount, contact Texas Monthly at 800-780-0007. Don't forget to tell them you are a GO TEXAN member!

*based on 2007 MRI Subscriber Study

Texans have always been known for their pride, and now there are more ways than ever to show upport for the Lone Star State. From entertainment to travel, agriculture to dining, Austin Monthly's GO TEXAN Guide keeps Texas local. Whether you advertise from the plains of West Texas or the hills of East Texas, Austin Monthly's 112,000 readers are waiting to hear from you. Quite simply, proud consumers want their products branded by Texas, and what better way to reach your new customers than by advertising with the best of Texas. After all, in a state as busy as ours there is certainly room for all of y'all.

Special Features:

• The GO TEXAN section is listed in the Table of Contents to easily guide readers to the section and to your advertising.
• The section will be located near the Dining Guide in Austin Monthly in all six issues. Our Dining Guide is the definitive resource for fine dining, food products and food related events in Austin.

Special Discounted Rates:

GO TEXAN members are invited to take advantage of a fantastic advertising discount in the increasingly popular pages of Cowboys & Indians magazine. In an exclusive partnership with the Texas Department of Agriculture, Cowboys & Indians is offering reduced advertising rates in the special gift-buying section of the December issue which will reach more than 766,000 readers. The issue hits newsstands Oct. 21. Deadline for this outstanding opportunity is Aug. 27 so act now. For more information, contact Brandy Hawkins at (817) 739-1885.

Bigger is always Better in Texas! GO TEXAN and Texas Co-op Power, the biggest circulating magazine in the Lone Star State, are happy to announce big discounted advertising opportunity for the 2008 Holiday Gift Guide - special advertising section. In November and December over 1.1 million magazines will be mailed each month to Texans across the state. If you want big reach, you need an ad in Texas Co-op Power.

Texas Co-op Power is offering a 10% discount to all GO TEXAN members who include the GO TEXAN logo.  This discount is in addition to the already low rate for our 2008 Holiday Gift Guide. The Holiday Gift Guide is a special once-a-year advertising section for anyone trying to market products or services around the holiday season.

GO TEXAN members get a special rate of $2,520 for two months! That's an additional 10% discount off the already low rate of $2,800 for an 1/8-page, four-color ad in two issues.  And, that includes production!
 
To reserve space, complete the advertising space contract and return to Martin Bevins. Phone: 512-486-6249, fax: 512-486-6254, mbevins@texas@ec.org.

Neil Sperry's GARDENS Magazine is Texas' most reliable source of landscaping and gardening information. Featuring the finest gardening authorities in the state of Texas, the magazine has been recognized nationally as being the best regional gardening magazine in America. A special GO TEXAN section runs with every issue. The cost to GO TEXAN members for a 1/6 page ad is $246 per issue.

If you sign up for a full year (6 issues) the price is $1,350 per year. Contact the magazine for deadlines and details at (972) 979-3508 or e-mail mailto:mshook@sperrygardens.com?subject=GO TEXAN Advertising Opportunity or Patti Karamas at (972) 562-5050 or e-mail mailto:patti@sperrygardens.com?subject=GO TEXAN Advertising Opportunity.

To invest in your business and take the full advantage of this GO TEXAN member benefit contact Mario Garza Country Lifestyle Magazine-Go Texan Advertising 830-816-7355 office or 210.825.0231 cell or email mario@countrylifestyle.net

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RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY!

To learn more about this opportunity, contact DeAnna Jarnagin at
 (972) 227-1344 or DeAnna@americancowboy.com.

Contact: Brandy Minick Hawkins, regional sales manager with Cowboys & Indians for pricing at (817) 739-1885or by e-mail at brandy@cowboysindians.com. You can also contact  Julie Andrews, TDA's coordinator for media and advertising at (512) 463-7566 or julie.andrews@agr.state.tx.us for more information regarding this opportunity.

Yee haw! GO TEXAN is pleased to announce an exclusive GO TEXAN advertising partnership with Pro Bull Rider magazine! Pro Bull Rider is offering a drastically reduced advertising price for a special GO TEXAN shoppers guide. Bull riding is hailed as "the fastest-growing sport in America," and Pro Bull Rider magazine is distributed to members of the PBR fan club, TeamPBR, and found on newsstands in Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders and Wal-Mart. In addition, Pro Bull Rider magazine is available at all Built Ford Tough Series and USSTC Challenger Tour events.

Participating GO TEXAN members will receive 40 percent discount on any ad size under the 1x to 3x time regular advertising rate. Members who wish to take advantage of this offer should contact Zach Haynes with Pro Bull Rider at (888) 431-2877, ext. 3773 or zach@grandviewmedia.com.

Important note: You must identify yourself as a current GO TEXAN member to receive the discounted rate when first contacting Pro Bull Rider magazine!

Western Horseman works like a salesman for you - seven days a week:

• Western Horseman delivers your message to more than 200,000 subscribers and newsstand purchasers who are passionate about horses and the Western lifestyle.
• Their subscribers own more than 1 million horses.
• They are an affluent audience with an average household income of $98,700.
• They wear Western clothing all the time - not just to charity events or when the rodeo is in town.
• Western Horseman is a great marketplace for apparel, home décor, food items, books, videos and anything related to horses.

 GO TEXAN MEMBER DISCOUNTS:

Western Horseman will give GO TEXAN members a 10 percent discount off their 12-time rates.

Here are the TDA member rates for 4-color ads:

$5,990 - Full page	$4,784 - 2/3-page
$4,190 - ½-page	$2,849 - 1/3-page
$2,408 - ¼-page	$1,625 - 1/6-page

Shopper's Corral ads are also available in two sizes:

$1,274 - 6" tall x 2" wide  or  $671 - 3" tall x 2" wide

Advertisers will be given an additional 15 percent discount off those rates for sending camera-ready ads.

To sign up, contact Mark Herron of Western Horseman at (817) 569-7103 or e-mail mark.herron@westernhorseman.com. For other questions regarding this opportunity contact Mary York, TDA's state marketing coordinator for fiber, at (512) 463-8289 or mary.york@agr.state.tx.us.

GO TEXAN members that participate will receive a discount at any Show Technology Productions sponsored show.  Members will receive a 5 x 10 booth at a cost of $200.  For the shows that do not have 5 x 10 booths, participants will receive a 10 x 10 booth for the $200 cost. Corner fees are extra! Shows are throughout Texas, Georgia, NC and the Northeast.

Contact Info for all shows:  Pamela Rogers, 1-877-663-6186 - pam@showtechnology.com.  A complete show list is available at www.showtechnology.com.

Western & English Today magazine is the nation's leading equestrian trade magazine, reaching more than 12,000 Western & English retailers across the nation. These retailers - 78 percent single stores and 22 percent chains - turn to W&E Today for the newest trends and hottest products driving the marketplace. From tack and saddlery to apparel, jewelry, boots, home furnishings, candles, body care and foodstuffs, GO TEXAN products will find a receptive marketplace among the readers of Western & English Today.

To help connect GO TEXAN members to this powerful purchasing audience, Western & English Today is pleased to offer a 30 percent discount off their lowest rate to all GO TEXAN members (the 12x rate on the published rate card), beginning with the September/October 2006 issue.

To take advantage of this special offer, contact Susan L. Ebert, associate publisher of Western & English Today at (214) 239-6966 or e-mail sebert@cowboysindians.com. Be sure to identify yourself as a GO TEXAN member to receive your discount!

If you are interested in submitting information about your products and services for possible editorial consideration send it to:

Alyce Eyster, Publisher & Editorial Director
Publisher@culinarythymes.com

Culinary Thymes Magazine
1302 Waugh Drive, PMB 291
Houston, TX 77019

(713) 667-3349; (713) 667-6094 fax
www.culinarythymes.com