Advertise With Us

(Click here for advertising rates.)

Yes, you could (and should) promote your business with free listings on sites like Yelp and Google.

However, if your market is Lake County California, or you want to benefit from web visitors searching for information about Lake County businesses and services, you'll want to advertise here on Shop, Stay & Play.

Here are 7 reasons why:

1. It's FREE

Need we say more? Actually, there are paid membership levels that give you more features, but at the very least you can list your business here on the site so everyone in Lake County can find you!

2. Our online presence is supported with offline marketing.

You can't ignore the importance of offline marketing to attract ready-buyers to your website. The internet research organization iProspect reports that over two thirds of people who perform online searches do so as a result of exposure to some offline channel. 39% of these offline-influenced people then go on to make purchases. That's pretty significant!

By blending offline with online marketing, Shop, Stay & Play enables businesses that advertise with us to

• Have wider reach to the local market
• Reach people when they’re not online - when they’re out and about enjoying all that Lake County has to offer
• Remind people through a wide variety of media channels to visit our website (and your business!)
• Stretch advertising budgets and participate in offline marketing activities

Here’s a sample of the offline marketing channels we're using to promote our website

• Retail Point of Sale material
• Radio
• Newspaper
• Street Banners
• Mass Transit posters
• Events
• Education sessions
• …and more 

And, here's a sample of online marketing techniques included in our marketing plan:

• Micro-blogging (e.g., Twitter, Google Buzz)
• Email list marketing (e.g., Online Newsletters)
• Search Engine Optimization ("SEO") to attract visitors searching online for Lake County
• Facebook Pages
• Badges and Link Sharing

3. We'll help you improve your marketing skills

We're only successful if you're successful. Not only will we help you to better your results using Shop, Stay & Play, but we'll also teach you how to improve your marketing message and develop ALL your marketing programs

If you need more help, there are internet marketing experts you can hire right here in Lake County to coach you to create amazing Outrageous Deas, write eye-catching business descriptions and use all the resources Shop, Stay & Play has to offer.

4. There's lots of free stuff

Every business that signs up with Shop, Stay & Play:

• Gets to list their business for free here on Shop, Stay and Play
• Can use our online and offline marketing education without charge, including
  • Online videos
  • E-books
  • Teleseminars
  • Webinars
  • Offline classes and workshop

Every business that signs up with one of our paid membership plans gets the following marketing material absolutely free:

• SSP window-cling decals
• SSP “Bookmark” Bag Stuffers to hand out to your customers and shop visitors
• Tent Cards to place around your business

5. Sell online easily and quickly

You know you need to get started selling on the internet, but were hesitant because of the amount of time, effort, money, and learning you'd need to do before you get started.

Fear no more!

With an premium and exclusive Shop, Stay & Play membership, shoppers can purchase a business's Outrageous Deals directly from the Shop, Stay & Play website.

Why is this so cool?

• Money (almost) immediately appears in your bank account
  
  We've invested in a state-of-the-art E-commerce solution that eliminates us as the middle man and passes on the money of your Outrageous Deal sales directly to you with a short waiting time (about 1 week - this will be shortened the more popular we get)
   
• Grab the impulse shopper.
  
  Adweek reports on a recent 2009 study by ShopSmart that over 60% of female shoppers say they've made an impulse purchase online during the past year. And this purchase wasn't for low cost trinkets – the average price tag per order was a non-trivial $108. Don't you want to be on this bandwagon?!
   
• We're an easy way to begin selling online (or a great compliment to what you’re already doing if you are)
  
  We take the hassle  of setting up the online portal for you. All you have to do is make sure your Outrageous Deal is enticing to customers and post it on the Shop, Stay & Play website using our easy-to-use "Add an Outrageous Deal" feature. And, you don't have to worry about selecting an online merchant service provider – use ours, and the sales you make will be directly deposited into your bank account.

6. You get valuable feedback.

Lake County community is a close-knit community. People from around here see each other and need each other in every area of their lives.

And they talk.

They talk about you in front of you and behind you and around you. They tell their friends, their uncles, their children, and their dogs about you. They let you know in no uncertain terms how they feel about your business.

Shop, Stay & Play provides a forum for this discussion to take place so you can know firsthand what Lake County residents are saying about you.

This is a good thing!

How can you know if what you’re doing is helping or hurting your business unless you get feedback? Shop, Stay & Play is a great place to find out this information so you can decide with confidence to keep doing what you’re doing, or if you need to make some important changes to what you thought was gospel truth as to how you run your operations.

Those businesses who respond to the needs of their customers will be recognized here at Shop, Stay & Play and will rise to the top. Isn't it about time your great customer service gets recognized by the Lake County family?

7. And finally,

Over time we expect our traffic numbers to approach those of other popular Lake County sites. And when this happens, our best Enhanced or Premium business plan members could make over $15,000 annually from their participation on the Shop, Stay and Play website!

Advertising Rates

We have various membership plans to suit your needs.

We take 5% from every Outrageous Deal sold to cover the cost of the credit card transaction and merchant services provider's fees