Why Your Business Should Consider Advertising On Bellport.com...

With your morning coffee, newspaper advertising is pretty good. Here at Bellport.com, we have Newsday and The New York Times delivered everyday and the Advance once a week. For the most part however, as an advertiser, you only have one chance to grab the readers' eyes as they turn the pages. Once the reader has gone through the paper, out it goes, along with your chance of attracting their attention.

In addition, with the larger papers, you’re paying for circulation that probably isn’t going to be much good to you because the readers simply live and work too far from your business. At least the Advance will allow you to narrow down your advertising to the area covered by Patchogue, Bellport, Mastic, and the Moriches, but is this an area narrow enough for your business? In addition, if all your business needs is about a two inch by one inch ad, newspaper advertising is pretty inexpensive. However, if you need more room to tell your story, newspaper advertising gets expensive very quickly.

At the present time (October 2008), Bellport.com’s traffic averages over 30,000 visits and over one million hits a month, with over 900 people receiving our weekly email "blast" mailing. Bellport.com is now an integral part of life in the Bellport area, from East Patchogue to Brookhaven, and from Yaphank, to Medford. Our calendar is THE source of information regarding the many organizations and groups in the area, as well as The South Country School District. The residents and visitors turn to us for information regarding upcoming events, Late Breaking News, and just about everything else they want to know about the area.

The really important thing is that unlike a newspaper, Bellport.com is there 24 hours a day,
7 days a week from anywhere in the world.
 

Advertising Options...

We understand that every business is unique. One size doesn’t fit all so we don’t have a rigid set of advertising options that you must conform to. Instead, we’ll be glad to discuss your unique needs and how we can tailor your advertising on Bellport.com so that you get the most from your advertising dollars. Consider the options listed below to be only suggestions. Together, we’ll come up with a flexible plan that will work for you. Just give us a call at
631-286-8014 or send us an email at office@bellport.com .

Simple Business Listing for a year - $100 for the year

A Simple Business Listing includes your business’s Name, Address and Phone Number, but it does not include any web links or email addresses. Click here to see some examples of Simple Business Listings on our Shops & Businesses page.

 

The next step up from a Simple Business Listing is an Enhance Business Listing. It provides a lot more information about your business along with web and email links and a map showing the location of your business. More importantly, it includes one of our Advertising Campaigns for your business.

It would include...

• Your Company Name, Address, Phone Number

• A Photo or Logo and 50-60 words of text about your business

• A Website and Email Link

• A Map showing the location of your business

• A Banner ad on at least two Bellport.com pages

• Placement of your business at the beginning of the category rather than alphabetically

• And, One Advertising Campaigns Package during the year

Click here to see some typical Enhanced Business Listings on the Shops & Businesses page.
 

A Full Web Page includes all of the above plus a lot more room to tell people about your business. More importantly, it includes FIVE of our Advertising Campaigns for your business. It’s clearly our most effective program and it would include…

• An Enhanced Business Listing (above) on the Shops & Businesses Page

• Your own Bellport.com web address and page

• Your Company logo and up to 7 photos on your web page

• Up to 250 words of text on your web page

• A link to your company website

• A link to company email address

• A Map showing the location of your business

• A Banner ad on at least three Bellport.com pages

• And, up to Five Advertising Campaigns during the year

Here are links to some Full Page advertisers...

The Bellport Restaurant

Village Yoga

Eileen Green Realty

Village Paint
 

Advertising Campaigns

Our advertisers tell us that our Advertising Campaigns should really be called "Public Relations Programs" too because of the way we present your advertising on Bellport.com.

Enhanced Business Listings and Full Page Listings both include Advertising Campaigns for your business. A yearly Enhanced Listing includes one Advertising Campaign and a yearly Full Page Listing includes up to FIVE Advertising Campaigns for you to use during the year. A simple business listing does NOT include any Advertising Campaigns. However, Advertising Campaigns can be purchased separately.

Each Advertising Campaign includes...

• Inclusion in the Weekly Email Mailing for that week Click Here 

• Inclusion in both the weekly Village Calendar and the Yearly Village Calendar (where appropriate) Click Here

• Inclusion in "This Week's Featured Events" on our Home Page with photo or clipart (where appropriate) Click Here

• Inclusion in The Village News, Late Breaking News section with photo or clipart (where appropriate) Click Here 

• Inclusion in the “What’s New on Bellport.com” section on our Home Page for a non-event promotion (where appropriate) Click Here

• Following the event, the Late Breaking News item may be moved to the Seen & Heard section depending on the nature of the event  Click Here

• Includes photo or clipart and approximately 50 words of text

• Includes name, address, phone number, email address, and web address of business

You can also buy additional Advertising Campaigns. Please contact us for pricing details.
 

Additional Services Available
 

• Additional web pages
• Photographic services
• Writing services
• Video inclusion
• Audio inclusion
• PDF File Inclusion
• Bellport.com mailbox
• And much more!