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ADVERTISING ON HOMETOWN HEADLINES
Looking to reach football fans? You can't beat Hometown Blitz
Websites. E-mails. Facebook. Tweets. Hometown Headlines has a football coverage plan that can't be beat.
Our starting line-up: Banner (top of the page) ads available on:
-The Football Report, our home for high school football, featuring John McClellan's dead-on local high school picks each Tuesday as well as game results.
-Norman Arey's Sports Commentaries. Northwest Georgia's most unique spin on football--and just about all sports. Plus: Get Norman's laser-eyed look at college football, including his Norman's No-Nos, 15 for-sure losers each Friday during the regular season and bowl season.
New this season:
-Sponsor our football updates, including red-hot Twitter and Facebook users. At least 15 updates each week during the season on our football coverage.
-And the latest from the Shorter Hawks, including the key game in the Georgia Dome vs. first-year Georgia State.
Banner ads start at $350 per month on The Football Report or on Norman Arey's Sport Commentaries. (That's $350 per page banner).
-Exclusive sponsorships of our 15-plus weekly updates on Twitter, Facebook: $400 per month (combined).
Or go for The Hometown Blitz:
-Banner ads on The Football Report AND Norman Arey's Sports Commentaries--plus a special ad on all Hometown pages linking visitors to our football pages.
-You get both football pages and all the updates for $1,000 a month.
The package starts Aug. 24 and continues through Nov. 24 (three months). Continuing coverage throughout the playoffs is free on The Football Report.
The NAIA football package is not included in this offer.
Details: John Druckenmiller, 706-346-2031 or druck@hometownheadlines.com
Advertising on Hometown Headlines
Three reasons to advertise on the Hometown Headlines media group:
-Trusted: We're Northwest Georgia's most trusted media.
-Connected: We're in touch via Web sites, e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, radio.
-Audience: We have the most affluent audience in Northwest Georgia.
For six years, the Hometown Headlines family of Web sites has been delivering Northwest Georgia's most critical news and weather information to your laptop, desktop and smart phone (iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.)
Our Web sites cover Rome/Floyd County, Bartow County, Polk County and Gordon County as well as local dining and information for parents and kids.
New in 2009-10: The Wine News Vine, serving wine lovers and the North Georgia wineries. Georgia's wine industry is about to explode in popularity.
Nearly 57 million hits have been recorded on our sites since we launched on Jan. 29, 2004. We average almost 49,000 hits a day.
Our unique visitor count was 1,235 a day (weekends and holidays included) in the last three months in 2009, a 13.2 percent increase vs. the same time in 2008.
-No other media in our market can match that growth rate.
Also new in 2009: Our explosive entry into social media:
-We administer Facebook pages reaching more than 3,800 people each day:
-Rome, Ga, Facebook Directory: 2,300 members.
-Cartersville, Ga., Facebook Directory: 380 members.
-Gordon County, Ga., Facebook Group: 540 members.
-Polk County, Ga., Facebook Group: 550 members.
-Plus our Hometown fan page with more than 350 friends.
Our Twitter followers are growing as well. We offer Twitter updates from:@Hometown, @bartowheadlines, @winenewsvine; watch for more on @hometownadlines.
Plus our free, requested e-mail alerts go to more than 700 addresses in Northwest Georgia, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., each weekday morning and as critical breaking news/weather occurs. We do not share these addresses with anyone.
On the radio: The Druck Report is heard on WRGA 1470 AM each weekday at 7:40 a.m. and at 12:40 and 6:40 p.m. Get the latest business news and views in the fastest four minutes heard on local radio. The Druck Report also is available on demand at www.wrgarome.com.
-In Cartersville, join us each Tuesday at 7:50 a.m. for Bartow Headlines on WBHF 1450 AM. We're also your home page for all of WBHF's local news and sports programming.
Online, on the air or on your phone, we connect you to what's happening each day in Northwest Georgia.
Below please see our ad options. Please let us know which best fits your needs. Plus: we're always open to new ideas and concepts.
SITE SPONSOR:
-For $500 a month (six-month commitment), our site sponsor's ad will appear on the right side of our logo on each of our pages (Rome, Bartow, Gordon or Polk).
BANNER ADS:
-For $300 a month, you become a page sponsor. Your ad will appear in the banner spot under our logo and it links our readers to your Web site immediately. You pick the page. We offer one banner per page.
IN-PAGE ADS:
-For $250 a month, your ad will appear on any page you prefer. Your ad will link site visitors to you immediately. Maximum size: 513 by 140 pixels.
CUBE ADS:
-For $250 a month, your add will appear on our pages. Your ad will appear on all pages of the specific site you buy -- Rome, Bartow, Gordon, Polk, Dining, Wine, Kids, Downtown Headlines -- and will link visitors right to your Web site. We have the right venue for you.
-Double cube: Double your exposure on the left or right side of the page. Cost: $400 a month.
MULTIPLE SITES:
-Save 10 percent or more: We offer discounts when you advertise on two or more of our sites
'FLASHING' ADS:
-Your ad can flash or rotate up to four times at no extra cost. We believe the ad space you buy is your real estate to use as you wish -- as long as it doesn't display objectionable material to our audience (all age groups).
ON RADIO/THE DRUCK REPORT
-Our four-minute radio show highlighting local business news and views is heard three times each day. You can sponsor the 7:40 a.m. or 12:40 or 6:40 p.m. broadcasts on WRGA 1470 AM. The 30-second ad costs $25 per day (that's for one broadcast, not all three).
-Radio bonus: The ad includes a Twitter update each day to more than 250 "followers" as well as a posting on our Hometown Facebook page.
FACEOOK & TWITTER PAGES
-We can connect our audience to your ads via our booming social media outlets.
AD CREATION FEES:
-We outsource ad creation. Fees normally range from $50 to $75 an hour. Ad creation costs are added to the terms of your contract. You then own the ad for use on any Web site you choose in addition to our own. There is no handling fee charged by Hometown.
CONTACT US:
-Please call us for more information on advertising on Hometown Headlines at 706-232-0425 or 706-346-2031.
Or please e-mail us by clicking druck@hometownheadlines.com
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