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ADVERTISING, PROMOTION AND ON-LINE RESERVATION SERVICES

For more than 11 years, Winter Island Group, publishers of DownEastGuide.com have successfully promoted tourism businesses in Maine. This year in addition to our web efforts, we launch the Maine Vacation Guide (Printed Edition).

Maine Vacation Guide
Where to Stay, What to Do, and Where to Eat in Coastal Maine.

We recognize that 2009 brings new challenges to those of us in the Maine Vacation Industry. We need to be smarter, more efficient and most importantly more effective.

That is why we have designed a comprehensive marketing system.

Visitor Guides - printed and web
Target e-Marketing - e-Newsletters, Blogs and email
Website promotion - Search Engines, and Directories
On-line Booking System - Website - You log-in and manage (Launch Aug 08)

We drive the visitor to our new on-line reservations system with our print and web guides. The on-line reservation system closes the loop in Vacation Marketing. Quantifiable Return on Investment!

2009 Media Kit - DOWNLOAD NOW! (click here. 2 meg PDF file)

Print Advertising

Web Advertising

2009 Maine Vacation Guide,
(Printed Edition)

50 plus pages of high-quality four color, full size, printed tourist guide promoting Coastal Maine's buinesses.

Where to Stay, What to Do, & Where to Eat!

Print Distribution
We distribute 100,000+ copies of the guide at Maine Tourism Information Centers, Chambers of Commerce, Transportation Partners, as well as National and International Trade Shows.

Web Distribution
An additional 20,000+ copies are expected to be downloaded via the internet in PDF format.

Print Advertising details, click here.

MaineVacationGuide.com
(Website Edition)

Deliver bookings with our on-line reservation system! Quantifiable Return on Investment!

e-Promotion
Our quarterly e-newsletter, and outbound email promotions drive more than 200,000 readers to our website every year! They are asking us where to stay, what to do, and where to eat!

Reach this qualified group of people planning vacations to Maine now!

Last Minute Specials Program
For our advertiser, our on-line Last Minute Specials program permits you to promote your available inventories to our readers, live, on-line and immediate.

On-Line Booking
Log-in and update or change your offer any time you wish.

Put your inventory in front of the people looking to buy! You now have controlled access to this targeted market of buyers.

Web Advertising details, click here.

Take advantage of this powerful market tool today. Maine Vacation Guide! To learn more about promotional opportunities, or to get your free listing on MaineVacationGuide.com and DownEastGuide.com, call or email us.

Contacts:

Bryan Burns, Publisher, bburns@winterisland.com

Dick Leeman, Marketing Director, dleeman@winterisland.com

Gerard Sperry, Advertising, gsperry@winterisland.com

Winter Island Group, LLC
583 Forest Ave, Portland, ME 04101