Business Spotlight: $50 per month (125 x 125). Your ad will appear on the top right corner column/front page. Click here for example. All Business Spotlight Ads must be approved prior to posting. If you do not have a ready to post 125 x 125 image, we can design one for you for a one time fee of $20 (see "Button Design" below). This is a 3 month minimum.
Blog Post Ad: $20 per post (limit 2 per month) This option includes a FREE Facebook & Twitter Status Update. Click here for example.
Monthly Sponsorship: $200 per month (limit 2 monthly sponsors per month). This option includes a front page banner ad under the logo. The size of the banner is 100 x 400. Banner design is available for a one time fee of $40. This is a 3 month minimum.
"Button" Design: $20 one time fee. This is a one time fee and you will receive a jpeg of the "button". If you would like only your company logo displayed. There is a $5 fee to reformat it into "button" form. View the Business Spotlight section for "Button" Images.
*The prices above reflect per site pricing. A multiple site discount of 10% is available
* We also have a 3 month minimum for business spotlight ads.
* Payment must be received prior to your ad being placed
Events
On Location Event - pricing available upon request. Pricing varies depending on how many people you would like to attend and type of event. We will host an event at your location. We will network the event and work with PR companies to supply raffle items to compliment the event. We also suggest that you offer a discount to our guests at the event.
Virtual Extravaganza Event Pricing
Trivia: $50 ( you must supply prize)
We engage our readers in a series of silly trivia questions. Winner of the trivia question gets the prize. We usually host Trivia Events along with a holiday or special event. By participating in this event you sponsor a question (along with other sponsors) in the trivia series and provide the winner of the question with a prize. A photo of the prize or business logo & contact information is displayed on the site you are advertising on. The trivia games usually have 10 questions. This keeps the readers engaged and playing for at least an hour. Average participation for trivia events is 75 subscribers. *Please note your business will be a listed sponsor for the trivia event. Your prize will be for 1 of the questions during the event. You will get lots and lots of recognition for donating the prize! We suggest that the value of your contribution be at least $10.
If you would like to be the only sponsor for a virtual trivia event.. you can do that too! The cost to be the only sponsor for a trivia event is $10 per question plus the prize for the winner. You would just have to supply a prize for each question. You can determine how many questions there are, but we suggest at least 10 questions.
Scavenger Hunt: $75 per event ( limit 1 per month. You must supply prize)
We create a scavenger hunt on your website. We come up with questions about your business/product and direct our readers to your site and ask them questions about the product, company and/or site. The readers that anwser all of the questions correctly are entered into a contest to win a prize from your company. The scavenger hunts are very popular and draw an audience to your site that might not know about your business or products. Previous scavenger hunts have driven an average of 200 unique hits to the sites during the game time frame. We suggest that the value of the prize be at least $25. You will have a captive audience and will really want to give them a reason that they should hunt around on your site hoping to win the prize.
Welcome to the Web: $30 (1 time only)
We direct readers to your site to welcome your business into the "web-o-sphere" or blog-o-sphere", facebook or twitter. We suggest you offer a discount shopping rate to take advantage of the shopping traffic.
Social Media Chat Event: pricing available upon request
Coupon Blitz : $20 per month. Your coupon will be posted under the "local deals" tab and on the county specific Facebook page.
How do you promote the a Virtual Extravaganza Event? We promote the event on the county specific site, Facebook, Twitter, email and good old "fashion word of mom"
