How much does an Anytime Fitness membership cost?
I negotiated down from the original $69.95 per month to $49.95 with no sign up fee at my local venue. They said that if I started going to a venue other than the one I signed up to, then the monthly fee would change to the other location’s monthly fee and my “home” venue would be centrally changed to the new place I was frequenting. Then if I returned to my local one at a later date, the new price would reflect the current available monthly fee. Not that I go often enough to make my gym membership worth it, but I'm too scared to go elsewhere now.
What are tips for living cheaply in Sydney?
As of December 2011, Sydney is the 5th most expensive city in the world in terms of cost of living, and New York appears to have 'fallen' to 15th place, so you're absolutely right.These tips are aimed at people living in or near the city. It's much cheaper to live in the Western or Southern Suburbs and there will be different tips for someone living there.Entertainment: In summer and usually every weekend, Sydney has a bunch of free entertainment. Look in the Sydney Morning Herald weekend edition for a page of free activities, or look in Time Out for free stuff (this search came up with a few pages of free events in the next week http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney...). For the cost of a bus ride or two, my vote for best free entertainment (in the world) would be to go to the beach. Movies are cheap on Tuesdays.Meeting people: There are many meetup groups in and around Sydney. Some are specifically geared towards meeting new friends. They generally meet in cafes or pubs so won't cost you a bunch of money.Food: Chinatown would be my recommendation for cheaper and interesting food. There are a couple of good food courts that are well worth checking out. Stay away from Surry Hills and Redfern unless you specifically know a cheap place (e.g. The Shakespeare Hotel in Surry Hills has a great menu for $12.50 or less). Drinks: There are many smaller local pubs around that sell reasonably priced schooners. I would say a cheap schooner is worth around $4.50 but usually $5.00 if you need a judge of the place.Housing: The big one. If you want to live in the inner city you will probably struggle to find somewhere cheaper than $800 per month for a room in a share house, but $1200 is more likely (again for a share house). Marrickville, Enmore, Stanmore, St. Peters are all inner-west suburbs with lots of share houses that are cheaper.Transport: Buy a bicycle. Trains and buses are not cheap, but if you get a weekly ticket and use them a lot it ends up being ok.Clothing: Go find the large charity warehouses (there's one in St. Peters and one in Summer Hill), they used to sell clothes by the bagful on the cheap. There's generally good variety because they haven't yet sold off the good stuff to second hand shops.Furniture: You can easily find furniture out on the side of the road if you know someone with a car and find out which days are 'council pick up' days. Just drive around some of the middling to rich suburbs.
Media Buying: How much does it cost to advertise in a movie theater?
Theater Ads are customized by the theater and company. Different theater chains (i.e. Regal, Cinemark, AMC, etc.) charge different rates. Generally, you’re looking at $3000-$10,000 for a 3 month campaign with a 30 second ad. You can also do a 15 second ad for less. You will also need to create your own video. Don’t bother spending the money if all you have is a cheesy video.Like all marketing, your success depends on how much you put into it. Have a video that really impinges on the audience and you’ll be successful. Create a large business card and you’ll flop.Theater ads work best for local businesses that cater to a younger audience (15–30 year olds). You can order mobile ads and lobby ads as well. You can sometimes target specific times of the year, like summer and Christmas time, when blockbusters are scheduled to get more bang for your buck.The posters in the lobby have been replaced by big screen TVs that loop your spot.You’ll buy a spot on every screen in the theater, not individual screens. Your ad will show once per showing every day.Call me to get specifics for your business 727–754–9585.