2. We love Hastings. comprehensive online directory of every local business and every event promote your special offers, property, jobs advertisements and news our free weekly email newsletter features upcoming events and the latest special offers easily create, publish and manage your own listings on the site free listing for every local business and event enhanced listings cost from just £9 per month WeLoveHastings.comis run by a local team living and working in Hastings & St Leonards, and is sponsored by Hastings Borough Council. WeLoveHastings.co.uk is a comprehensive online directory of every local business and every event taking place in Hastings & St Leonards, plus the latest special offers, property, jobs and news. Our free email newsletter features every upcoming event in the area and the latest local special offers. We also spend 20% of all revenue promoting local businesses, events and the area via our website and newsletter marketing campaigns. WeLoveHastings.co.uk is an easy, affordable and effective way for local businesses and event organisers to reach local customers, visitors from nearby towns, and tourists from the UK and beyond.
3. We love Hastings ...do you? Starting in May 2011 our marketing campaign will reach local residents, nearby towns and villages and major tourism target areas across Sussex, Kent and London so keep an eye out for our posters, leaflets and advertisements! Advertisers can request a free window-sticker for their shop, venue or office, and digital copies of our logos can be downloaded from this website to use on your leaflets, advertisements and your website. We think there’s a lot more to Hastings than 1066. If you do too please join us in promoting the best of our unique town to residents, the local community, and visitors and tourists from around the UK and abroad. We Love Hastings spends 20% of all revenue promoting Hastings & St Leonards, our advertisers and local events.
4. The website is optimised to appear high in the search results on Google, Yahoo! and Bing, and we promote the site and our email newsletter extensively in the real world too via posters, leaflets and advertising. The media we read, how we shop and the way we plan our social lives have all changed dramatically over the last 5-10 years. We Love Hastings reaches your customers where they choose to spend most of their time - in their email inbox, online, and on the major social networks. Why advertise on welovehastings? Advertisers use WeLoveHastings.com and our weekly email newsletter to reach new and returning customers, encourage them to spend locally, and increase traffic to their own websites via our search-engine optimised listings pages. It’s easy and affordable to promote your business, event, special offer, property advertisement or job vacancy on We Love Hastings and your advertisement can be live on the site in minutes. We even offer a money-back guarantee!* All paid listings include a built-in contact form to make it easy to get in touch with you, and links to share your listing on facebook, twitter and by email to help your social media marketing too. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Money-back guarantee applies to all paid listings, terms and conditions apply. If you decide to cancel your advertisement for any reason we will refund your purchase price in full minus the initial card processing fees of 3.5%. Please note: refunds for 30 day, 6 month and 12 month listings must be claimed within 7 days, 15 days and 30 days of payment respectively
5. This listing can give potential customers detailed information about your organisation, add your logo/images, add a link to your website, choose unlimited service categories, upload a video (optional) and show your location using Google Maps. Gold Listings also include a customer contact form and links to easily share your information on facebook, Twitter and by email. Additional sponsor benefits include: 50% discount on event listings & special offers Unlimited free property and/or recruitment advertisements This is in addition to excellent branding and positioning on WeLoveHastings.co.uk, in our email newsletters and throughout our site marketing campaign: Sponsorship invitation. We are pleased to invite 5 local companies to join Hastings Borough Council as sponsors of We Love Hastings. Founding sponsors receive a 12 month Gold Business Listing which will appear above all Silver and Bronze listings on WeLoveHastings.co.uk. Your logo on every page of www.welovehastings.co.uk Button advertisement and hyperlink in minimum 1x email newsletter per month Logo on all leaflets distributed in marketing campaign (first print run 10,000), all poster advertising, and A5 page upwards print advertising 10% sponsor discount for you to pass on to your clients and stakeholders Sponsor positions are offered on a first-come, first-served basis with exclusivity of service category included at no extra charge (which means that we will only allow one estate agent, one recruitment company, one hotel etc...) __________________________ Sponsorship Cost:£750 +VAT __________________________
6. Choose your listing type and create your advertisement online in just a few minutes Trial a 30 day listing, or book for 6 or 12 months to claim up to 40% off Pay securely online by credit card, debit card or your PayPal account Publish your advertisement on the site immediately Pause, edit, delete or renew your advertisements at any time via your advertiser dashboard You’ll get a detailed automatic email when an enquiry is made via your contact form When your advertisement expires we’ll send you an email to let you know How to advertise.
7. We offer free basic listings for local businesses and events, and higher profile paid listings from just £9/month. *All prices are subject to VAT at 20% Rate card.
9. Free advertising – for a limited time only. ...to celebrate our launch and thank our first advertisers, we are offering one of the following add-ons completely free of charge to all Gold Business Listing advertisers: Unlimited Gold Special Offer Listings (suitable for all businesses) Unlimited Gold Event Listings Unlimited Gold Property Listings (ideal for Property Agents) Unlimited Gold Job Listings (great for Recruiters) The early bird... To claim this offer simply create and purchase a Gold Business Listing online and select the free add-on of your choice.
10. May special offer. 6 months for the price of 4 12 months for the price of 8 An additional 10% discount Plus our money-back guarantee* Advertise your business on WeLoveHastings.co.uk before Tuesday 31st May 2011 to get: Just use the code WELOVEHASTINGS when creating your advertisement online to claim this special offer.
11. Thank you for your time. For more information please contact Lee Branch at lee@welovehastings.co.ukor call him on 07984 133 008.