Official Destination Web Site
of the Sunshine Coast

Feature articles raise your business out of the hundreds listed on the site,
by featuring:

• A blurb on the main inside front page of the site;
• A photo and link on the category or location page of your choice
• Up to 1000 word article about your business in magazine style format. You supply in digital format. Or hire our writer to create a tailored piece for your company and our site for best return, and use for your own purposes besides! This is tracked and we will let you know how many times the page is loaded per month.
• Or, if you track your own stats, use a direct link to your web site.
• Features are kept up and linked through the story archive for a minimum of 6 months after they have run.
  
  

  EXAMPLE: Beachcomber B&B Marine Spa -
  front page link & attached article

$150/per month, per category/location for major categories; $100 per month sub-categories in non-accommodation sections.

BANNER & PANEL ADVERTISING

BANNER: Standard 460x68 pixel animated or non-animated banner ad showing in rotation throughout the non-listings portion of the web site. Supply finished in RGB format under 16kb in size digitally or have our artists create one for you ($45 non-animated, $65 animated).

Full rotation of the site only
All Premium Listing owners get one free 3 month campaign every year

$75/quarter
full site
rotation only

PANEL: Standard 90x120 pixel non-animated panel ad showing in fixed position on either the front page, section fronts, or special sub-pages. Supply finished in RGB format under 12kb in size digitally or have our artists create one for you ($45 non-animated).

Front page, Section front or Interior page

Browser-based editing (PC only) makes these sites easy to update and expand as your online presence grows. Sites cost between $9.95 - $39.95/month with quarterly, biannual or annual billing, and the cost includes hosting - and your domain name costs for the first year!

Features include:

• up to 60 templates to choose from for design
• a range of pre-made page layouts to choose from
• photo album page and easy-uploader
• add pdfs or mp3s to your site
• newsletter signup
• visitor polls/surveys
• spam-filtered email accounts
• traffic reports
• site search
• feedback form
• meta tags
• events calendar
• press releases
• FAQ manager
• E-commerce

Set up yourself or have us do it for you with custom art and graphics based on your business image.

$9.95 - $39.95/month
Optional setup, average $300

Custom sites are evocative, compelling, and create and reinforce your brand for the web environment. Your web site will be your most important communication and marketing tool for your business. Don't skimp on it, or try and do it yourself, or get a friend (unless they are a professional designer/developer) to do it - get it professionally done. A big disconnect between the image your business has in the real world and how it looks online could seriously damage your business.

90% of those customers who pay for and are trained to manage self-maintained web sites don't do it. Why? Because their business is not about web development, marketing or communication.

You know your business better than anyone. If you run an auto shop, then you are fixing vehicles and talking with customers. If you run an electronics store, restaurant, B&B etc. you are busy enough already working full-time in your business.

Unless you have a specific interest in technology or already successfully manage the communications for your business on a regular basis, hire a professional to create your web site for you. It will go up faster, be more professional, and cost you less in the long run after the initial investment is recovered.

Custom-designed sites, created with industry standard software like Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop/Image Ready, Flash, and Homesite can be managed by any professional web designer with the software. This means you are not dependent on only one resource to update and maintain your site should your main designer be unavailable.

A typical project includes:

• free short consultation to discuss your project
• detailed planning meeting
• mockups for your approval
• photography and writing if required
• staged development - setting goals/direction, mockup approval, content approval, final testing. Once everything is to your satisfaction the site goes live and is registered with Google.
• search engine submission (fee-based by time, additional fees charged by directories/engines extra).

While projects are quoted by estimate after the consultation, work is charged by the minute and you will only be charged for actual time spent. You will be notified if changes or additions you request will take you beyond the quoted estimate.

Sites range from $500 - $1500 on average.