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Quick Win6–8 weeks

Newsletter & BillabongTV Advertising

Local businesses pay to reach your residents. Annual prepay, near-zero cost.

Profit margin~80%
200-home village$1,900annual revenue
Time to launch6–8 weeks
The case for it

Your monthly newsletter and BillabongTV digital signage reach every home in the village. Local businesses — real estate, GPs and pharmacies, mobile mechanics, restaurants, retirement-relevant services — pay annual contracts to be on those channels. Invoices are issued upfront, deposits go straight to the association's bank account, and the committee reviews creative before it runs.

Average revenue by village size.

VillageAnnual revenueAnnual profitHours / week (team)
100 homes$950$7600.5–1 hr / week
200 homes$1,900$1,5201 hr / week
300 homes$2,850$2,2801–2 hrs / week

Figures assume annual prepay contracts and a typical local advertiser pool (real estate, services, food & drink). Villages closer to a major town will achieve more; remote villages less.

Benefits to the village.

  1. Residents discover trusted local services through their own community channel.

  2. Builds working relationships between the village and local business community.

  3. Funds events and amenities without asking residents for more money.

  4. Annual prepay smooths cashflow for the year ahead.

Setup actions.

  1. Decide your channels

    Newsletter only, BillabongTV only, or a bundled package. Bundled commands higher pricing.

  2. Set tiered annual packages

    $50/mo newsletter slot, $100/mo newsletter + BillabongTV rotation, $150/mo premium positioning. Annual contracts only.

  3. Build a one-page rate card

    Audience size — homes, residents, average attendance — so advertisers can value the reach.

  4. Identify 5–10 obvious local advertisers

    Approach them in person. Coffee at the clubhouse beats a cold email every time.

  5. Invoice the full year upfront

    Eliminates the bad-debt risk of monthly billing and gets the cash in early.

  6. Set a committee review step

    Every new ad reviewed against the AANA Code of Ethics (legal, honest, no misleading claims) before it runs.

Operating model.

Run annual contracts aligned to the financial year. Treasurer issues invoices with the association's ABN and collects upfront via bank transfer. Advertising income is assessable income for the association — treat it like any other revenue line. Committee reviews each new piece of creative before it goes to print or to BillabongTV. Set a renewal reminder 60 days before expiry to lock next year's revenue early.

Where BillabongLife fits.

The software side

Digital signage, marketing automation, and a newsletter that sells itself.

BillabongTV makes the digital signage half of the package fully automated. Marketing automation handles renewal chasing. Silver covers newsletter advertising on its own — go Gold to unlock the BillabongTV revenue line.

Gold tierBillabongTV digital signageRotates ad creative across clubhouse displays automatically.
Gold tierMarketing automationPrompts advertisers ahead of contract renewal so the treasurer doesn't chase manually.
Silver tierEmail campaigns & newslettersThe newsletter module includes configurable ad placement slots.
Tier recommendationNewsletter-only is Silver-feasible. Gold required if you want to sell BillabongTV signage slots — the bundled tier is where most revenue lives.
Want one of these?

A tailored playbook for your village.

Tell us your size and stage and we'll send a costed proposal with revenue projections specific to your village, plus a 30-minute call.