Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce

Newsletter insert
$50 (provide us 450 flyers, 8.5 x 11 double-sided, regular weight paper)
Printed newsletter done approximately quarterly.

Newsletter ad
$50 business card size ad.
Call to discuss formatting details, 207.824.2282.

E-notice ad
Each week we send out an electronic text news update to approximately 350 members and professional contacts. In it, our members may reserve a text-based ad message. The cost is $15 per week or $50 for four consecutive weeks (Copy may change during four-week duration.)

Banner ads on www.bethelmaine.com
$150 per year.  Specs: 72dpi, 468 by 60 pixels, in JPEG or GIF format.

Year-round Map (to replace Summer & Winter Maps)

Distribution:  60,000 copies
October-November 2008 project
Ad: $250-325

Annual Guidebook

Distribution:  60,000 copies
August 2008 project
Ad: $360-$2190
Dining Graph: $60 or $50, if take an ad
Lodging Graph: $60 or $50, if take an ad

Basic Listing: $25  (If you pay dues for multiple businesses, you, of course, get a basic listing for each business.)

Additional Listings: $45

Additional descriptive lines to basic listing or additional listing.
$10/line (a line is 50 characters/spaces)

Maine Invites You
Cooperative ad (this is the State of Maine’s primary publication)                          

July 2008 project
350,000 copies distributed.

1 unit ad: 2 3/16” wide x 1 1/8” tall $360 w/ early pay discount, $385 without discount
up to 8 units or larger

Host a Business After Hours to showcase your business.

Display your business at a showcase at the Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River Ski Resort (retail and attraction businesses only).  Contact chamber office for details on this.

Where to Eat & Shop Binder
November 2008 project
We organize and place these binders in 100 strategic locations throughout the Bethel area. Contact office for details.

Sponsor an event to get marketing exposure (details on sponsorship page):

Awards Dinner -- May 9, 2008

Art Fair -- July 5, 2008

Mollyockett Day Duck Race -- July 19, 2008

Mollyockett Day Road Race -- July 19, 2008

Golf Classic – July 14, 2008

Maine State Triathlon Classic – August 3, 2008

Kids’ triathlon: August 2, 2008

Corvette Festival – August 14-17, 2008

Harvest Fest & Chowdah Cook-off -- September 20, 2008

Local Wares Fair – November 28, 2008

Taste of Bethel - TBD

Wagon Rides during Country Christmas in Bethel – December 6, 13, 20, 2008

Host a travel writer

Provide complimentary accommodations, dining at a discounted rate, and complimentary activities (get together with fellow chamber members and put together a package) and you could be featured in the newspaper, magazines, television or on the web.