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
The Connection focuses on GRCA news and events and continues to be delivered to you every toher Tuesday. This eNewsletter reaches over 5,000 members with an open rate of 19%.
- Banner Ad – 1 premium space available – $300/month (2 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 – $200/month (2 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.
Social Media Advertising
Are you looking for a new way to share your business’s updates, news, and hot items? Go live, or share your content all day, with GRCA and reach 6,600+ followers across Facebook and Instagram! Interact with our followers to share your message.
Options include:
Takeover – Facebook LIVE – $75/day
Utilize 10 minutes of the GRCA Facebook social media account to share your latest news, updates and business-related topics. Following your LIVE session, it will be available in the GRCA video archives on Facebook for all to see again, and again.
Takeover – Facebook Posts + Story Share – $75/day
Not interested in going LIVE for 10 minutes? Take advantage of our member following across Facebook and Instagram by posting 3 times in one day – you choose the message! It’s your choice where to post. You give us the content, and we post for you… all day! We’ll even share one of your messages in our Facebook + Instagram story.
Member Minute – Electronic Newsletter
This is the place to announce important anniversaries, new members, gold star items, member events and more. This eNewsletter reaches over 5,000 members and has an open rate of 20%. It is delivered on the third Thursday of every month.
- Banner Ad – 2 premium spaces available – $250/2 months (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 and has an open rate of 18%.
- 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 GRCA website offers an interactive platform for our members and showcases, not only Chamber activities, but also showcases how you can live, work and play in the Greater Reading area. 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 Web pages
Choose to place your ad on our 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 $600/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: 400 x 200 px at a resolution of 72 ppi.
Text should be limited and large enough to read. One link per graphic.
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 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 an 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 more than 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 $1,400-$3,300
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.
