• You will display your business to thousands of visitors a week who are looking for services like the ones you offer. • The site has excellent ranking on Google, Yahoo, and all other major on-line search engines. • The site draws as many as 2,500 visitors weekly. • Hundreds of web sites link to us, which serves to positively affect our search engine ranking. • Our Corporate Sponsors have "linked" their name to ours and prominently advertise our web site. Our sponsors include Fox Radio, Chronogram Magazine, The Hudson Valley Business Journal, Hudson Valley Magazine, HVMag.com (Hudson Valley Magazine's web site), WestchesterWeddings.com (Westchester Magazine's web site), Southern Dutchess News, Northern Dutchess News, Netstep.net, and TheComminutyGuide.net. These Corporate Sponsors are listed and linked to on our Home Page. • Our weekly blog "Wedding Guru" is on the wedding section of HVMag.com, Hudson Valley Magazine's web site, WestchesterWeddings.com (Westchester Magazine's web site). • Southern Dutchess News and Northern Dutchess News two of our Corporate Sponsors, run a biweekly Q & A column, which we write, called "Wedding Guru." • The Hudson Valley Business Journal runs a monthly business-related article, which we provide, and which has a substantial bio about HudsonValleyWeddings.com. • Many Regional Bridal Shows are listed at no charge, repeatedly drawing hundreds of brides to the site. • We send follow up E-mails "introducing" our site to the hundreds of brides who attend those shows. • Our informational handouts are distributed by show promoters at each of their Regional Bridal Shows. • We draw visitors from the Hudson Valley and throughout the tri-state area . • • We provide visitors with a FREE, extensive, on-line Wedding Guide, with hundreds of pages and still growing . The Guide saves the brides time and money and brings them back to the site, repeatedly. • We offer brides vendor promotions and specials, which brides often come back to check. • Because we are on the web, our site can be accessed 24/7 by brides . . . statewide, nationally and internationally • Brides can be reading your ad within seconds of accessing the site. They don't need to "dig" through layer upon layer, as they do on national and international sites • Allowing brides to prescreen your business will save time and money, because only serious customers will contact you. • Our fees are extraordinarily competitive. A full page, custom-designed (including two images, up to 100 words of text, and a link to your web site) is just $195, annually. $95 text-only ads are also available. • We have established credibility. On-line since 1996, we have served well over half a million visitors. • We have 29 categories and more than 500 advertisers, many who have been with us from our inception. • We maintain a 98% vendor renewal rate. • We are attractive to brides, because we offer products and services to suit different tastes and budgets and an extensive list of Hot Links and Wed-Hot Links to other sites of interest. • Our articles, with bylines, regularly appear in newspapers, magazines, wedding supplements, bridal pages and guides. We are often called upon by freelance writers to provide editorial content. • We wrote for a weekly blog called "Wedding Veil," which is now "archived" on Hudson Valley Magazine's web site at hvmag.com/Blogs/Valley-Veil. The entries included "Tips from HudsonValleyWeddings.com," with links to related articles on our site. The Media wrote: Hudson Valley Magazine: "HudsonValleyWeddings.com is a regional Internet site with loads of information . . . as well as lots of useful wedding-day tips for the couple-to-be." A Wedding Guru blog reader wrote "I just love your blog . . . I've been telling all of the couples I work with about it! Keep up the great work!" Southern Dutchess News: "HudsonValleyWeddings.com . . . a powerful center for information . . . The site provides comprehensive planning information to brides and grooms planning a wedding in the Hudson Valley. The site also provides a 'level playing field' for smaller businesses that may not have the advertising budget that larger businesses have." Hudson Valley Business Journal: "Judy Lewis keeps the about-to-be-wed in touch with those who provide the traditional and routine, and the sometimes not so routine . . . An Internet Wedding Guide, a collection of articles she has written contains answers to questions that she has accumulated since launching her service." Saugerties Post Star: "Vendors have found that listing with Hudson Valley Weddings not only provides a way to make themselves known, but is also a vehicle for networking with other wedding professionals in the area." Chronogram Magazine:is local site provides comprehensive links to local providers of just about everything you'll need for your wedding: bakeries, florists, photographers, tuxedo rentals, tent rentals, transportation, etc. The site also has a page of discounts and promotions. Wedding Mistress Judy Lewis, also posts useful articles and tips on how to navigate the ins and outs of the big day." "Judy Lewis, of HudsonValleyWeddings.com, has been advising people on their weddings in the Hudson Valley for a decade, and is definitely the "go-to gal." Taconic Press, Editorial Director, Specialty Publications: "I value the special working relationship we have. You're one of the most professional people I've had the pleasure of doing business with." Parry Teasdale, former Publisher, Ulster Publishing, the Woodstock Times"Thanks so much for your truly informative & well written piece ---hard to believe that I would enthuse over a bridal story, but I thought yours was excellent." Vendors wrote: "I always ask my customers where they found me at on the net, or how they heard about me. I have rec'd a lot of attention from your site, this is why I am now considering a banner on your site too. This is ten times better then the yellow pages ever were." "I just wanted to let you know how happy we are with our advertisement on your website. We have been getting several inquiries, and have booked two jobs!! You have the highest rate of return, of any of our advertising. Thank you... " "Your web site has consistently and clearly been our single best resource for new business. In fact, I would characterize your web site as the one most indispensable aspect of all of our advertising and marketing. And as an extra bonus, exceptionally reasonably priced!" Prospective Brides wrote: "Oh, what fun I had surfing your site. What great checklists, explanations and graphics. You are obviously very talented, innovative people." "Your web site is so helpful and all-inclusive! I am excited to see more to come, and we will be checking in often! Thanx for doing this -- it's actually the first time I've ever really used the internet for any period of time." "Once I ran across your site I placed it in my Favorite section. I am truly impressed with all the information that you have provided . . . THANK-YOU THANK-YOU THANK-YOU from the bottom of my heart... and my daughter THANKS YOU as well.....I am a planning consultant and your site will always be #1 in my book and I will forever refer it to others. Keep up the good work and Have a Blessed Day. ." Even More Words Return to Welcome Page ©The right to download and store or output (e.g., print) materials found in Hudson Valley Weddings Web Site is granted for personal use only. Materials may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction or editing by any means mechanical or electronic without the express written permission of Hudson Valley Weddings is strictly prohibited. Certain names, logos, and/or phrases on these pages may constitute trademarks or tradenames of Hudson Valley Weddings or its clients. |