Advertising and Dedicated Web Pages on PickYourOwn.org
I aim to always provide free basic listing for farms to encourage every farm to get listed here! The goal is to provide a comprehensive, accurate and current resource for consumers to find Pick-Your-Own farms! This is who-what-where-when-how much information; factual and to the point.
Of course, it does cost money to run the website and it takes time away from other things I do to support my family, so, I do appreciate farms that wish to advertise! And you may wish to build business with much larger listings, graphics and other advertising, which can be much more than simple factual who-what-where-when information!
The paid advertisements for farms on the website come in three forms:
- Featured, expanded listings - $95 per year. A banner-type listing at the
top, preceding other listing on the page that is relevant to the farm (their geographic area).
It may have a logo, image or photos, a border and colors! For example,
if your farm or activity is located in the Piedmont area of North Carolina,
then your listing would be the first listing on that page, and it would be
in color and include photos or images. The links to
you website are direct, with no banner, ads or anything else. Below is an example. And for another example, see this page:
http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/VApnorthen.php#listings . And
if you have your own website, we also drop the ad banner frameset across
the tops on links to your website, and give you a direct link!
 Rock
Farm U-Pick Farm Pick your own
sweet corn, tomatoes, blackberries, apples, scuppernongs and muscadine
grapes Be sure to visit their website and the farm! |
4470 Wesley Chapel Road, Marietta Ga. 30062. Phone: 770-992-1669.
Pick Your Own Fruits and Vegetables in the Atlanta Georgia area. A small
family run U-pick produce farm located in East Cobb County, a suburb of
Atlanta, between Roswell and Marietta Georgia. 2004 prices:
scuppernongs and muscadine grapes were $1/lbs.
- Custom Website/page(s) - Your farm's own website
Websites are $125 per year for up to 3 web pages (each up to 100k of text and images), which you can design; or we can do for you (and no extra cost for 3 simple pages), containing text, images, links, etc.Typically, the pages are (click on the links to see an example):
- a home page,
- a maps, directions, and contact information page, and
- harvest updates, crop information, special activities and events, etc.
Of course, if you need additional pages, we can add them at $25/yr each.
The url (address) would be similar to: http://www.pickyourown.org/happyhillsfarms/home.htm etc.
If you'd like your own domain name (e.g., www.yourfarmname.com ) that adds $35 /year.
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A dedicated webpage for your farm
$60/year. One page dedicated to your farm, event or activity, with no other content, or adds, other than the standard footer with links back to PickYourOwn. 15 free updates per year.
This is a good option for a farm that just wants a page on the internet, dedicated to their farm, without popup ads and other junk. Here, you can put contact information, several photos, a map, directions, seasonal hours and dates, events, etc. Update it monthly, or as often as you like (up to 15 times per year, additional updates beyond that are $5 each, just stop avoid abuse), allowing you to keep it current to the month, season and events! Send updates and changes via email. This gives you the advantages of having your own dedicated website, without needing to learn how to build a website, acquiring domain names, hosting, etc. Your page has its own url, like http://pickyourown.org/yourfarmsname.htm. You can even replace that with your own domain name, www.yourfarmsname.com, for only an additional $15/year. This is probably not a suitable option for a farm that has constantly changing information, or is a large, complex operation, or has an owner that is very fussy and wants a very particular look and feel (those are situations where the farm should get their own website). I'm not making money at these rates; this is just to help farms get their own page on the internet, who could not otherwise afford it or master the technology.
- Standard Banner Advertising - Starts at $125 per year, per page,
some pages are more. A leaderboard (728 x 90) banner ad listing at the
top, right below the existing horizontal Google banner you will see on each
page. It may have a logo, image or photos, links, a border and colors!
Blinking and pop-ups are prohibited, as are ads for content that is
inappropriate for a family, small children, etc. This option is ideal
for manufacturers, distributors and sellers of products and services that
are appropriate for an diverse family audience that represents a wide
cross-section of the population.
If you are interested in either advertising or webpages, just write me by clicking on the Feedback link here.
Blake
