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--------------------------- Advertising Features, Descriptions and Plans------------
------------------Need Critical Visibility to the World's Tourism Markets?
--------------------------There's no substitute for StMaarten.org!
-------------------- StMaarten.org Delivers Customers to Advertisers!
Each year, StMaarten.org attracts hundreds of thousands of dedicated travelers who are focused on visiting St. Maarten/St. Martin. Many are repeat visitors to the island. In a recent survey, 99.9% of visitors to our website stated they were planning a trip to the island; two-thirds of those visitors stated they had been to St. Maarten/St. Martin more than once and planned to return.
Since 1995, StMaarten.org, The Value Guide of StMaarten/StMartin and The StMaarten/StMartin Connection Newsletter have provided global advertising visibility for island businesses to reach the world's tourism markets. Our visitors have included more than 1,500,000 tourists from 174 countries including all the Canadian Provinces, and 49 of the 50 USA States.
In the last five years, StMaarten.org has averaged 182,550 Unique Visitors to our site and since each visitor has a spouse, partner or travel friend, this makes 365,100 dedicated travelers who annually have visited our website searching for island businesses they can trust. StMaarten.org delivers hundreds of thousands of customers to our advertisers' messages before these tourists arrive on island! In addition, each issue of The StMaarten/StMartin Connection Newsletter is read by 20,000 to 35,000 subscribers.
In today's economic environment, island businesses are looking for effective ways to reduce the cost of acquiring customers while increasing their business' name recognition. With an eye on these goals, we have created very attractive advertising features at a reasonable cost in an effort to satisfy your needs. Features may be purchased individually or you may wish to consider The Gold Plan which is a bundled collection of features at a "Value Added" price. Please view our features, plan and descriptions below.
1. Top of Home Page Animated Banner (960 x 90 pixels) Rate: $4,495
This banner receives more visibility than any other advertising feature on StMaarten.org. Located at the top of the website, it is the first area Unique Visitors/Tourists see as they come to the site. This banner links directly to the client's website or any other landing page driving traffic/tourists to the client's site.
2. Special Banners (600 x 150 pixels - lateral or 120 x 600 pixels - vertical) Rate: $2,495
Special banners can run laterally or vertically on any site page in addition to the Home Page. These banners are also linked to the client's website or any other landing page on their site driving traffic/tourists to the client's site. These banners may be either dynamic or static. Currently La Samanna Resort & Spa, Pierres Caraibes Villa Rentals, Roland Richardson Gallery and Holland House Beach Hotel are utilizing special banners.
---------- All Rates including The Gold Plan are for Annual Agreements!
3. Home Page Rotating Photos (960 x 350 pixels) Rate: $595
The Rotating Photos at the top of the Home Page were created to give your business maximum customer visibility through the use of an attractive image. When StMaarten.org opens on a computer screen, the rotating photos are viewed by customers first as they rotate across their screens. This provides your business the greatest level of visibility and name recognition; and, to paraphrase a very famous saying, "A photo is worth 1,000 words!"
The Rotating Photos rotate once every 3 seconds, which allows each photo to be viewed approximately once per minute. In addition, every photo in the rotation is viewed more then 500,000 times worldwide during the year. You may replace your photo with a new one every three months. In addition, Rotating Photos hyperlink and deliver customers to your web site. The sole purpose of the rotating photos is to provide your business with maximum customer visibility and name recognition before they arrive on StMaarten/StMartin. Your business name, location, email address or a brief advertising message can be typed across the photo.
4. Platinum Rotating Banner (300 x 200 pixels) Rate: $395
Although the Platinum Rotating Banners are smaller in size than the Home Page Rotating Banners, they also provide your business excellent visibility to potential custumers through the use of an attractive image. The Platinum Rotating Banners are also linked and deliver customers directly to your business' website for greater visibility and name recognition. Your business name will be typed across the photo.
 5. Premier Banners (146 x 110 pixels) Rate: $195
Premier Banners link and deliver traffic (Unique Visitors) directly to an advertiser's website. Month after month, the premier banners while conveying a description of each business pass along traffic to client websites providing the opportunity to have new customers visit their websites on a daily basis. Customers get to know your business before arriving on the island.
6. Client Videos Rate: $395
Videos allow your business the opportunity to capture the attention of potential customers who view and listen to your message. All videos are prepared and created by clients. They can be a business version prepared by a video professional or a YouTube version prepared by the client's staff, customers or friends. All video screens should be approximately 300 x 300 pixels in size. Playing time can be up to six minutes in length and may include voice as well as music. Although, all videos will be located on the Client Videos page, each video will periodically be located on StMaarten.org's homepage for two-week periods.
7. Business Profile Pages In The Index Categories Rate: $295
Website visitors click on profiles to view the business' information. Business Profile Pages are visible in StMaarten.org's home page Index Categories. Pages include business name, address, phone, fax, email address, website link, and up to a 600 word write-up with four photos and a logo.
8. Business Listings In The Index Categories Rate: $150
When visitors visit the website and go to the Index Categories and click on a Category (Hotels, Shops, Restaurant, etc.) a drop-down menu will appear with a listing of the Business Profile Page names in the category such as La Samanna, Radisson, Westin, etc. At the bottom of each drop-down menu will be the title, Other Hotels, Other Shops, Other Restaurants, etc. Under these titles is where the Business Listings will be located. Each Business Listing will include a logo (120 x 90 pixels), business name, address, phone, fax, email, address, website link, and up to 100 words of text.
9. Featured Pages in The Value Guide of St. Maarten/St. Martin Rate: $195
The Guide delivers valuable island information to tourists including full Featured Business advertising pages from clients. The content is updated every six months to stay current. The 197 page Guide is carried to StMaarten/StMartin by tourists who purchase it from our website. Featured pages (8 1/2" x 11 1/2") include up to 500 words of text with business name, address, phone, fax, email address, website address and two photos.
10. Informational Listings in News from the Island... Rate: $195
The News from the Island... column is an exciting feature created for your business. It provides advertisers greater visibility to potential customers and delivers visitors directly to your website or email address. It allows island businesses to immediately advertise events, functions, announcements, press releases, entertainment, promotions or post information on StMaarten.org's home page 52 weeks per year. This feature puts your business name/advertising in front of worldwide visitors, gaining greater name recognition and customers. Within hours after receiving your information, it will be posted for worldwide visibility (some restrictions may apply). Maximum number of lines: ten (10) lines of text visible to viewers including the name of the business bolded and linked to its web site, email address and/or telephone number. Every week, businesses may post advertising or information that can be repeated or changed on a weekly basis. Only 90 days of postings are visible in the News from the Island… feature.
11. Listing in the Need Accommodations Page (Hotels, Villas, Condos) Rate: $195
This Feature includes the business name, location (Philipsburg, Marigot, etc.), website address, one photo and 75 - 90 words of text and provides excellent visibility to customers worldwide. The Need Accommodations Page is usually one of the top six pages most viewed by tourists who visit StMaarten.org.
12. Periodic Listing In Featured Businesses of the Week Rate: $195
Includes the following four categories: Hotel/Villa/Condos, Restaurant, Shops/Car Rentals and Activities. Located on StMaarten.org's home page, this advertising feature highlights businesses weekly providing greater visibility to tourists worldwide. Four businesses are featured and each client is featured multiple times during the year.
13. The StMaarten/StMartin Connection Newsletters Rate: $195
Periodic Feature/Mention in the Newsletters. This advertising feature highlights client businesses in articles, profiles, repeated name mentions, sponsor ads, brief paragraphs, and featured pages in an issue or periodic mention in the What's Happening in Paradise column of the Newsletter. Each Newsletter issue is posted on our website where it is read by 20,000 to 35,000 subscribers/island travelers. As part of the Newsletter Archives, past issues of newsletters are often read months later by additional readers to StMaarten.org.
14. The Gold Plan - Rate: $1,695 - Includes the following features:
Home Page Rotating Photo #3
Platinum Rotating Banner #4
Premier Banner #5
Business Profile Page in the Index Categories #7
Featured Pages in The Value Guide of St. Maarten/St. Martin #9
Informational Listings in the News from the Island... #10
Listing in the Need Accommodations Page (Hotels, Villas, Condos) #11
Periodic Listing in the Featured Businesses of the Week #12
Periodic Feature/Mention in The StMaarten/StMartin Connection Newsletters #13
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Of the Thousands of search engines and Billions of listings on the Internet, when a tourist searches for St. Maarten on any of the World's Top 20 Search Engines, StMaarten.org is usually in the 3rd to 15th listing position on their first or second page. And, when they search for "St. Maarten Information Guide," StMaarten.org is the #1 listing on every one of those top 20 search engines. Pretty impressive!
--------------------- In addition, StMaarten.org provides your business
---------------- with visibility to six of the World's Seven Continents including
--------------- Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.
If you would like StMaarten to customize an advertising plan for you, please email Sam Fusco at
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. Indicate which features interest you, plus your annual budget, and we will reply within 24 hours. You may also telephone us at 001.973.835.0600 with questions.--------------
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