FREE banner advertising on

To introduce local businesses to the banner  advertising on our local community website, we're offering banner positions free for a  limited period to anyone who wants to try them. 

How banner ads work:
Banner ads are brief messages at the top of our pages. They can consist of one simple statement, or a series of short statements which appear consecutively (like the one you clicked on to reach this page).

There is not space for a lengthy selling message in a banner, although banners can be effective for announcing a sale, new address, etc.

Mostly, banner ads are used to make one provocative selling statement, with an invitation to "click here". If someone is interested and clicks on the banner, it takes them to a new page which contains a conventional advertisement.

Targetting your market:
This site is visited primarily by people who live or work here. So advertising on this site reaches a "readership" which is already filtered for people who have a definite potential to become your customers.

Secondly, you can place your banner in a section of the website which is related to your product - the sections of the site are indicated on the "navigation panel" on the left side of the page. 

Thirdly, we can give you statistical information on the response to your banner which can never be equaled by conventional advertising in newspapers or broadcast media. We can give you information such as:
a) how many people in total accessed the page on which your banner appears
b) how many of those clicked on your banner to see your full ad
c) how many responded to the offer in the ad

What we can do for you:
Everything. If you have your own advertising agency, you may wish to provide us with material created by them. If you don't, we can build your banner and advertisement page with you. 

What's the next step?
email:

Yes, it really is free. No contract, no commitment to anything further. The only limitations are:
* first come, first served (there's limited space)
* certain pages are not available