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Spread the Word

JULIE members can help to spread the word about damage prevention.  Listed below are potential uses for JULIE free materials and additional opportunities to effectively reach community residents and professional contractors.

Opportunities To Reach Your Community

  • Add JULIE Before You Dig contact information to the home page of your website.
  • Provide a link to the JULIE website JULIEBeforeYouDig.com from your website.
  • Social Media – Like Us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at “JULIE1call.” Repost and retweet our messages to your social media lists. Post safe digging message to your followers, such as:
    • August 11 is National 8/11 Day, the perfect reminder to contact JULIE before you dig to have utility companies come to your property and mark where underground utility lines are buried. #National811Day #DigSafeIllinois #JULIEBeforeYouDig #Call811
    • April is Safe Digging Month, a reminder to follow safe digging practices like contacting JULIE before you dig to have utility companies come out to locate and mark underground utility lines on your property. #SafeDiggingMonth #DigSafeIllinois #JULIEBeforeYouDig #Call811
    • Know what’s below and protect your community, your family and yourself. Contact JULIE before you dig. Every project. Every time. Go online anytime or call 811. #DigSafeIllinois #JULIEBeforeYouDig #Call811
  • Promote that there are three easy ways to reach JULIE: online at JULIEBeforeYouDig.com or via phone at 811 or 800-892-0123.
  • Include a JULIE television commercial in the rotation as a Public Service Announcement for your customers and/or residents.  Click here for our video library or call the Marketing and Communications Department at 815-741-5936 and request a copy of the commercial.
  • Develop Public Service Announcements that can be included in your spring, summer and fall radio, television or billboard campaigns. Click here for scripts and produced radio spots. Or here for produced commercials.
  • Distribute safety materials at public safety forums, community events or open houses. Place order.
  • Put “Safe Digging Partner” stickers on your company vehicles. Place order.
  • Develop a “Contact JULIE Before You Dig” campaign targeting internal and external audiences.
  • Submit news releases or safety articles to “Contact JULIE Before You Dig” to the editor of municipal/community newsletters, local newspapers or similar types of publications. Click here for a sample article.
  • Distribute information about your public safety campaign to local and state officials.
  • Provide landscape companies, nurseries, home improvement and rental stores with information about the safety campaign.
  • Participate in JULIE’s Direct Mail Campaign by placing informational inserts in your billing statements.  Place order.  Contact Barb Owen to place an order at 815-741-5936.
  • Add a line to promote safe digging to monthly bill statements or newsletter articles.
    • GENERAL: Protect your family, your neighbors and yourself when doing outdoor projects. Contact JULIEBeforeYouDig.com.
    • APRIL: April is Safe Digging Month. Remember to contact JULIEBeforeYouDig.com when your outdoor project requires digging.