Advertising Information & Rates
The Winnsboro Online Guide offers a low-cost marketing opportunity for any business in the Winnsboro area. You don’t have to be a member
of any group or organization to participate.
This is the Official Site of the City of Winnsboro and the central
location for visitor information on the Internet.
Unlike one-time print ads, the site gives visitors 24/7 access
to your information every day of the year.
The purpose of the Winnsboro Online Guide is to promote our city
as a destination for visitors, vacationers and retirees, as well as
local residents to bring new customers to you and entice existing
customers to return.
| THREE STEPS TO SIGN UP |
STEP ONE
REVIEW ADVERTISING OPTIONS
Listed Below
STEP TWO
LOG IN TO THE MERCHANT SERVICES PAGE
Click on "MERCHANT LOGIN" on the Home Page
(NOTE: If you need a username and password just follow the instructions on the Merchant Services page.)
STEP THREE
SIGN UP FOR ADVERTISING
The Merchant Login will take you to the Merchant Services page.
Just select the Advertising option you would like, and complete the form.
PAYMENT
Mail payment to:
Main Street Partnership, Inc.
P.O. Box 585
Winnsboro, TX 75494
| ADVERTISING OPTIONS |
FEATURED LISTING
This advertising option gives you the most features and exposure for
your business. Included features are a Merchant page, Directory listing with a link
to your website, Weekend Planner, Guest Pass Offers, Blog posts and the
option to add a video to your Merchant page or Blog post. Read more
about these features below.
RENEW YOUR FEATURED LISTING
fees for the merchants page and the marketing tools.
DIRECTORY LISTING WITH LINK
Add a link to your website for $60 paid in advance for the year.
DIRECTORY LISTING – FREE to all local businesses.
The City Directory is the 2nd most visited web page on the site.
| MORE ABOUT WHAT'S INCLUDED |
FEATURED LISTING WITH MERCHANT PAGE:
The Featured Listing gives your own page on the website.
Showcase your business any way you like and capture the attention
and interest of new and existing customers.
VIDEO
(Included in Featured Listing only)
What a great way to give visitors a special view of your business.
Send us a short video and we will place it on your Merchant page
or the Blog page.
WEEKEND PLANNER
(Included in Featured only)
Every Wednesday we e mail the Weekend Planner. It includes
a list of all the events and details for the upcoming weekend in
Winnsboro. As a Merchant you need to sign up for this mailing.
Sign up for the Weekend Planner on the homepage next to the
video.
GUEST PASS OFFERS
(Included in Featured Listings only)
Once a month we send out specials, coupons, featured items from
your business. Just let us know what your Guest Pass Offer is and
we will include it in this monthly mailing.
BLOG POST
(Included in Featured Listings only)
If you would like to have a blog post about your business
when a noteworthy event is happening or just plain old exciting
news just let us know. We will post a blog for you and get the
news out.
| SUMMARY OF ADVERTISING OPTIONS AND FEATURES |
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FEATURES |
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ADVERTISING |
Directory |
Directory Listing |
Standard Listing |
Merchant Page |
Weekend |
Guest Pass |
*Blog Post |
** Video |
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Featured Listing |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Directory Listing |
x |
x |
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Directory Listing |
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**Video must be supplied by Merchant
| RATE SCHEDULE |
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YEARLY |
6 MONTHS |
QUARTERLY |
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FEATURED LISTING |
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$130 |
$70 |
| FEATURED RENEWAL |
$150 |
$90 |
$45 |
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DIRECTORY LISTING |
$60 |
NA |
NA |
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DIRECTORY LISTING |
FREE |
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READY TO SIGN UP.......Go Here to Login and get started.
(NOTE: If you need a username and password just follow the
instructions on the login page.)
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Quick Facts about the first year statistics
from August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2010:
CONTENT
- Over 150 pages of content
- 142 announcements were created.
All announcements have their own pages
with a phone number and/or link for
further information. - 84 blog posts
VISITS and PAGE VIEWS
- Total visits: 40,596
o Avg. per month: 3,383
o Avg. per day: 111 over the entire year
o Avg. per day in the past month: 160
o Increase August 2009-2010: just under 100%
- Unique visits: 33,841
o Avg. per month: 2,820
o Avg. per day: 92 averaged over the first 12 months.
Looking at monthly numbers, we saw a jump
this summer from about 100 per day to an avg.
of 150-160 per day, and in the week of Aug 7-14
the number reached 194 per day.
o Increase August 2009-2010: just under 100%
- Page views: 131,163
o Avg. per month: 10,930
o Avg. per day: 359
- Blog page views: 24,420 making the blog the #1 page on the site
o There were 1,000+ page views during 9 of the 12 months
o In January and June of 2010, there were
2,240 and 2,466 views respectively
o In July of 2010, there were 3,741 views
o April of 2010 views reached 4,814
- Announcement views: 5,276
visibility to your market.
