The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance offers its members discount rates on high-profile, cost-effective ways to be identified with Alliance programs, events and publications through advertising and exposure.
We are continuously adding new opportunities for member businesses to gain exposure through sponsorship and advertising opportunities with a variety of benefits and pricing levels.
Take advantage of these opportunities today and improve your business’s visibility throughout the community!
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Electronic Advertising
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance has an extensive email bank that represents Greater Reading’s business elite. Use this highly interactive medium to deliver your message directly to decision makers who also buy consumer goods. E-mail marketing allows you to change your message instantly and keep it fresh…allowing for maximum return on your advertising dollars. Options include:
The Connection – Electronic Newsletter – NEW!
We have re-designed our previous e-newsletter (Chamber Happenings) to provide the information our members crave in an eye-catching and easy to navigate way! The Connection will focus solely on GRCA news and events and continue to be delivered to you each Tuesday. This eNewsletter reaches over 5,000 members with an open rate of 25%.
- Banner Ad – 1 premium space available – $400/month (4 newsletter blasts)
Placement: Your premium banner ad will be located mid-newsletter.
Specs: 100 x 500 px at a resolution of 72 ppi.
Text should be limited and large enough to read. One link per graphic.
- Block Ad – 3 spaces available – $300/month (4 newsletter blasts)
Placement: Your block ad will be located at the footer of the newsletter.
Specs: 125 px x 200 px at a resolution of 72 ppi.
Text should be limited and large enough to read. One link per graphic.
Member Minute – Electronic Newsletter – NEW!
We have created a brand-new e-newsletter to focus exclusively on our members. This will be the place that announces important anniversaries, new members, gold star items, member events and more. This eNewsletter reaches over 5,000 members and is delivered on a bi-weekly schedule.
- Banner Ad – 2 premium spaces available – $250/month (2 newsletter blasts)
Placement: Your banner ad graphic will be located under our main topic headings.
Specs: 100 x 500 px at a resolution of 72 ppi.
Text should be limited and large enough to read. One link per graphic.
- Promotional Text – $75/newsletter
Placement: Your promotion will be located under “Member2Member”.
Specs: Your promotional text can advertise an upcoming special at your business, new product promotion, etc. and includes your logo, text (50 words or less) and link.
(Logo specs: 125 x 125 px at a resolution of 72 ppi.)
eSpotlight – Weekly eBlast
Your exclusive ad or video email message is sent directly to our entire email audience. This creative and timely advertising vehicle gives you flexibility to creatively get your message out using your full-color graphic linked to your webpage, video or podcast. These are emailed to our members on Mondays only.
- eBlast Image – 1 advertiser per email blast – $350/blast
One month prior notice required.
Specs: JPG – 600 px wide with a resolution of 72 ppi; 600 px high preferred but not required Subject line for eBlast & link; font should be at least 12 point size.
Website Advertising
Be seen 24/7/365! The new GRCA website offers an interactive platform for our members and now showcases not only Chamber activities but showcases how you can live, work and play in the Greater Reading area. In aligning with the Economic Partnership and Development Fund the reach of the GRCA website has never been larger. Utilize this platform as an opportunity to reach Greater Reading businesses and businesses outside of Berks looking to invest in our community. Options include:
Premium Webpages
Choose to place your ad on our NEW website! Your ad will rotate on our Premium Pages so no matter where our guests click through, your ad will be seen on our most popular pages.
Member Benefits – Business Directory – Events Calendar – Small Business – Business Resources – Financing
- Skyscraper Ad – 10 premium spaces available – $250/month or $700/quarter ($50 value!)
Placement: Your skyscraper ad graphic will be located vertically in the left sidebar. Ads will rotate between all Premium pages with only one ad on each page at a time.
Specs: 240 x 400 px at a resolution of 72 ppi.
Text should be limited and large enough to read. One link per graphic.
Enhanced Web Listing
Don’t forget to enhance your company description in the Member Information Center on our new GRCA website Member Directory. You can include a direct URL link to your company website, event flier advertising messages, contact information, videos & photos, education tips and much more!
- FREE to our members!
Additional Web Listing
All members receive a free member directory listing however taking the opportunity to list your business in other industry categories will enable you to reach more potential clients. Don’t forget you can make this extra listing, like your first listing, as enhanced as you’d like.
- $100 per extra listing – per year
Print Advertising
Meet Greater Reading
This year, the Gateway Guide and Directory will take as a new magazine: Meet Greater Reading. The Greater Reading region needs this fresh, updated look at why it’s a premier live, work & play community. Meet Greater Reading gives residents a fresh look at our vibrant community, and visitors to our region a glimpse at what makes our community special.
For advertisers, Meet Greater Reading is a new, exciting opportunity to advertise in a sleek, current piece that will be in every hotel; local, regional and state government offices; doctors’ office and salon across the county. Meet Greater Reading will also reach 1,200 business leaders via mailing to GRCA members. You will reach over 500,000 community visitors, residents, and leaders. The only publication of its kind in our area, Meet Greater Reading is the ‘go-to’ resource that promotes our area’s extraordinary quality of life.
- Advertising options range $1400-$3300
GRCA Signature Publications
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance offers excellent quarterly publications. If you are interested in advertising in these quarterly magazines, please contact Hoffman Publishing at 610-685-0914 ext. 1.
- Commerce Quarterly
- Women2Women
To advertise with the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, contact Rachael Romig.
