FAQ's
The Internet has significantly changed the face of the
Advertising and Marketing industry. Along with these
changes, many of our clients are making the switch from
traditional advertising using technology to focus Ad
dollars where they can be most effective. With these new
opportunities come many questions.
New clients making this transition often have many
questions. We hope to help you by providing a list of
common questions and their answers! However, if you
donĂt find the answer to your question here, please
contact us directly:
sales@verticalmedia.com.
How does Vertical
Media bring visitors to its websites?
We place our websites in the locations where visitors
are searching for appropriate terms that include travel
and lodging phrases for Yellowstone and surrounding
gateway communities. Sources of visitor traffic include
Search Engines (e.g. Google, Yahoo, MSN), other
travel-related websites and portals and repeat visitors.
Why do you have so
many websites?
Each website targets a specific industry, destination
and/or visitor demographic, giving us more opportunity
to attract your customer. A targeted and qualified
audience is more likely to become your customer when we
refer them to your website. Rather than having one
generic audience, we have segregated and targeted the
audience to your business, which provides more value for
your advertising investment.
How do I know buying
advertising from you works?
Internet advertising is the most measurable form of
marketing and promotion. We provide specific reports
detailing the referrals we send you. Our surveys show
that 78% of our visitors plan to purchase travel,
lodging and/or activity services from one of the vendors
on our site. When visitors actively seek these services,
the likelihood of purchase is high. Your Account
Executive can also show you simple and effective ways to
measure the sales you receive from these visitors and
how to calculate your return on investment with us.
Can you help me show
how many of your visitor referrals result in booked
sales?
Systems ranging from simple formulas (total website
sales divided by total website visitors) to embedded
tracking technologies can help you determine how many of
your visitors resulted in booked sales. Sometimes
determining the true source of a lead can be difficult.
Your Account Executive has seen a large number of these
tracking solutions across many industries, and can give
you suggestions customized to your budget and needs.
How can I convert more customers?
- Respond to your website email at least 3X per day (AM, Noon, and PM)
- Make it easy for prospective customers to contact you by displaying your Phone, Email and Fax at the top of all pages in your website.
- Your customers want to know what they will experience and what they will pay for that experience. Show them both the experience and the price early and often.
- Make sure all the visitors that arrive at your website have been pre-qualified as potential customers!
- Ask for the sale, when appropriate!
How do you determine
advertising prices for businesses in my industry?
By advertising with us, you are buying potential
customer referrals. Pricing is based on 1) the quantity
of leads you seek; 2) the industry in which those
referrals seek services; 3) the destination market they
seek; 4) the quality of these referrals (seeking generic
or specific services); 5) the going market rate for a
similar lead in other online advertising sources. Our
goal is to provide the greatest value; this means the
highest quality (likely to buy) referral at the best
price. Since our medium is measurable, our pricing is
accountable. Your business can receive more than 1000
leads starting for as little as $500/year.
Do you have any
guarantees on your advertising products?
At any time during the first 90 days of your contract,
if you are not satisfied with the results, you may
terminate the contract and receive a full refund. After
90 days, you may cancel your contract at anytime and
receive a full refund on any unused portion of the
contract.
Why should I
advertise with you if I am already ranked in Search
Engines?
Search Engine ranking is one good source of generating
leads, but often ranking well under a few key search
phrases does not generate enough leads to sustain your
business. We offer an alternative source of customer
leads that you can control without the worry of losing
your ranking.

