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Ridertown 10 years

Attention all new (and current¹) Ridertown.com Sponsors

Here's the deal: -- Ridertown.com turns ten years old in 2009, and all year we are offering Ridertown.com sponsorships for the original 1999 price. That's right: $50 for six months - a 60% savings compared to current Ridertown.com new sponsorship prices. Call it a celebration, a sale or a cynical attempt to capitalize on the economy -- whatever you call it, you save money and promote your St. Marys, Ohio business.

What you get: -- Local internet exposure. Ridertown.com is focused on attracting local traffic, and between Jan. 1, 2000 and Jan. 1, 2009, Ridertown.com received 1,005,320 visitors². That's a nine-year average of 1,117 views of your name per sponsorship dollar. Sign up now!

If you already have your own web site, your Ridertown sponsorship will link directly to it. A banner link at the bottom of the Ridertown.com screen, a link in rotation on the Ridertown Home Page, a text link on Ridertown.com's "Sponsors" page and random banner link ads throughout the Ridertown Forums and the 2009 "Spring Street Journal" all call up your existing site.

If you do not already have a web site, you receive all the links described above directed to a "Storefront" web page provided by Ridertown.com as part of your sponsorship. Your "Storefront" page can display as much information about your business as you wish, and we will update it for you on request.

"Sponsor News" press releases are published free of charge for sponsors as news items in The Spring Street Journal, Ridertown.com's online newspaper, as often as you wish to submit your news.

All for the throwback price of $50.00 for six months. Eleven³ visitors to Ridertown.com will see your linked business name for each penny you spend. Compare that to traditional advertising rates. Sign up now!

1. Current sponsors will be billed at the $50.00/six-month rate. Thanks for sponsoring Ridertown.com!
2. Ridertown.com's counter is incremented only when the site is opened, not when separate inside pages are viewed during a visit. An hours-long session on Ridertown.com counts as only one visit.
3. More than eleven, really -- the nine-year average is not weighted to reflect increased visitor traffic in later years. For example: for 2008, the views-per-penny average for a $50/six-month Ridertown.com sponsorship would be 15.

What attracts people to Ridertown?

Ridertown is St. Marys' original internet resource -- Only a few St. Marys Ohio businesses had web sites of their own when Ridertown.com went online ten years ago. Ridertown.com has been a reliable reference, updated daily for St. Marys, Ohio web surfers more than 3,400 days (yes, including weekends and holidays) and counting.

The Spring Street Journal. -- Ridertown.com's news section features original and submitted news stories, "Around Ridertown" weekly news summaries and complete Roughrider Football coverage. Fully archived.

Free Service Organization Pages -- The Club Pages in the Community section of Ridertown.com provide free one-page information posting for dozens of St. Marys service organizations, clubs and non-profits.

Free Classifieds -- St. Marys and area residents take full advantage of Ridertown.com's free Classified Ad service. The Classifieds page, updated daily, lists scores of active ads published with email links.

Free Email Directory -- The St. Marys Ohio Email Directory brings more than 1500 current and former St. Marys Ohio residents together online.

The Ridertown Forums -- Sometimes controversial but always engaging, the Ridertown Forums reveal free speech in its purest civil form. Since 2003, more than 3,000 registered members have shared news and opinions. Free, of course; fully archived and newly refurbished.

...and more. -- Sponsor links, the Virtual Cruise, St. Marys History in photos and text, the Scroll Board, the annual Prom Promenade, daily quotations, church links, family links, Local Links and thousands of images, news stories and references guarantee that Ridertown visitors never run out of things to discover.

Ridertown is Ridertown.com. Sign up now!

Time's a-Wastin' -- Sign Me Up Now!

Hi, I'm Chris Botkin; I'm the guy you're dealing with here. If you prefer sending me an email to filling out the form, that's fine, I'm always online, but make sure you tell me in the email what I need to know*. My telephone number is in the book. I check my answering machine annually.

I'm a 5th-generation St. Marys, Ohio resident and I will write your code into Ridertown.com and maintain it for 50 bucks every six months because that's what good St. Marys folks do.

It's a good deal. Send me your contact info and we'll get in touch to work out the bugs, no commitments. I'll invoice if you don't PayPal. It's a pleasure doing business and keeping it in town. And remember:

If you're not in Ridertown, you're virtually nowhere.

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