
Carson Now Advertising Information
Top 11 Reasons you should advertise your business on Carson Now:
- We bring together all the best news about Carson City in one place.
- Our news is free for everyone to read.
- Carson Now had 29,316 unique visitors in November 2011.
- Readership of the local newspaper has dropped by almost half, while Carson Now continues to grow.
- We offer the most affordable local advertising options for your business.
- Our patent-pending Now Ads allow you to change your advertising message anytime you want.
- No two businesses are alike, and we have advertising options to fit your needs.
- Carson Now is the only locally owned news source for Carson City.
- We encourage our readers to contribute stories, photos, comments, etc.
- Our focus is and always will be Carson City.
And: 11. Your support helps us to bring quality local news coverage to Carson City.
Introducing Now Ads
We have created a unique, patent-pending advertising system that gives you the power to update or change your ad instantly, using the power of social networking. Now Ads pull in your latest status update from Twitter or Facebook, and displays it on all our news pages with your company’s logo and link to your website.
- Change your ad anytime by posting another status update
- Update your ad every day, or several times a day
- Perform updates from your computer or cell phone
- Extremely easy to set up and use
- Great for advertising daily specials and events
- The most recent Now Ads show at the top of the page
- The more you update, the better your exposure
- Helps build awareness and traffic for your Twitter and/or Facebook pages
- Readers respond better to freshly updated advertising messages
Now Ads is the easiest advertising program we have ever offered. Just send us your logo and Twitter handle (or Facebook page URL), and we can have you set up in minutes. Now is the time to sign up for Now Ads.
—Special! $100 per month (offer ends Feb. 1, 2012
Got Questions? Now Ads FAQs
New! Button Ads
This new format was created to give small businesses an affordable, effective way to reach their potential customers. These 125x125 pixel button ads appear on every page, plus are embedded three at a time on a rotating basis after the third paragraph of every story page for maximum exposure.—Special Introductory Price $50 per month
Top Right Banner
These standard 300x250 banner ads rotate at the top of the right column on every page. Sold in blocks of 10,000 impressions per month.
Sponsor Showcase
This is Big, Bigger than any web ad you will ever find. The Sponsor Showcase ads are displayed very large at the bottom of every news pages, and include a headline, photo and text, and can even incorporate video. More than just an ad, these ads also include a full profile page that are indexed by search engines, and shareable on social media sites. These are also included in our Business Directory. Each Sponsor Showcase Ad also includes a Button Ad for maximum exposure.—Sponsor Showcase: $200 per month
Sponsor Profile Links
This is an affordable advertising option that includes our Sponsor Profile page that can contain text, photos, video, links, your business address and contact info, and a Google Map link to point customers to your door. These pages are indexed on Google and other search engines, shareable on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, and included in the website’s business directory. In addition, we place a link to your profile page on every news page of the site, to help potential customers find you.—Sponsor Profile Links: $10 per month
Category Sponsorship
Your Business can sponsor specific categories of the site. These sponsorship ads appear at the top of the pages associated with specific categories such as: Outdoors, Sports, and Breaking News etc.—Category Sponsorship: Prices start at $100 per month
Featured Events
The events calendar is one of our most used features. This package guarantees your event will run at the top of all events so the most people see it.—Featured Event: $50 per event
One-Time Blasts
Does your business or organization need to get the word out about a special event? We can create a short-term advertising package to fit your needs, including putting your message on our popular Twitter and Facebook pages.—One-Time Blasts: Prices start at $100
Search & Social Media Package
We can help you take advantage of the social web by setting your business up with a Facebook page and Twitter account, plus creating or claiming listings on Google Places, Yahoo! Local and Bing Local Listings.—Search & Social Media Package: Prices starting at $300
Video Commercials
These video commercials are included in OurTown video news segments. These are seen on the website, as well as on YouTube.—Video Ads: $100 per month (commercial production extra)












