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Targeted Advertising Opportunities and Bridal Leads for Members
Chicago Wedding Market

Learn why Generating Qualified Online Leads is far more effective for your business than simply Driving Traffic to your web site. Our Members know and you will too.

 

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As a member of ChicagoWeddingServices.com, your business will benefit from highly targeted traffic and leads. Most of our visitors find us via Google (51%) and the other major search engines including Yahoo! and MSN.
Because we naturally rank high for targeted keyword searches, many of our visitors are not only in the market for your particular services, they're local or planning to get married in the Chicagoland area.
We have designed our site to convert as much of this targeted traffic into very pre-qualified leads for our members.
Since 2001, ChicagoWeddingServices.com has grown dramatically by listening and developing strong relationships with each of our members and visitors. Find out why our members and visitors rave...


What one of our members has to say...

"You are by far the best wedding site out there. Keep up the good work and thanks for helping us stay busy!!

You have done a fantastic job and I have found it to be one of the most user friendly sites... You have given us more leads than anyone else on line. Donn has brought us much great business. Thanks Donn!!"

- Amy Coghill, Events Coordinator
Silver Lake Country Club
www.silverlakecc.com



Quick Website Popularity and Traffic Ranking ( Alexa.com as of February 10, 2009 )
for Illinois Wedding Directories and Guides category

Quick Annual Stats

  • Over 200,000 unique visitors / 330,000 page views
  • Over 4000 leads sent to our members
  • 1/3 of our leads have a wedding budget over $20,000
  • More than 80% of our members renew every year

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Quick Audience Demographics (QuantCast.com)

  • Gender: 67% female / 33% male
  • Household Income: $30-60K (40%) / $60-100K (29%) / $100K+ (20%)
  • Household Education: College (56%) / Grad School (16%) / No College (28%)

"I'm so happy with the traffic I've been receiving from your site!! I've referred many new vendors to your site because the traffic has proven itself.... thank you!"

"Your traffic to our sites has been incredible!!! Your site is one of our favorite and best traffic providers for us!! Just to let you know...for ArtisticAisles.com the traffic from you was higher than from....Google, MSN and Yahoo search engines! That's awesome! I hope you're proud of your site!!"

- Valerie Soos Sinclair -
Artistic Floral Design
www.artisticfloraldesign.com
silks.artisticfloraldesign.com

Artistic Aisles
www.artisticaisles.com


Standard Benefits for All Membership Levels

  • Personal attention and innovative member services with a focus on ROI (Return On your Investment and online advertising spend).
  • Business listing in target category. Every category membership level is limited/capped to prevent over saturation (no more paying for advertising where your business gets lost in the crowd).
  • Pre-qualified and targeted leads via email...custom filters can be applied to further screen incoming leads
  • Substantial savings for 1 year commitments
  • Locked membership rate unless you change your membership level or your commitment terms...Regardless of our new member rate increases every year, Grandfather sign-up rates will hold for existing members.
  • We want you to make money instead of spending on ineffective advertising. And, we reward you for taking action early (top level positioning is determined on a first-come-first-serve basis and category membership levels are capped to avoid over-saturation).
  • The CWS Guarantee: Guaranteed lifetime listing after first year of membership, and if you're not happy with our service or your membership benefits, for any reason, you can cancel within the first 60 days for a FULL refund.
Still not sure? Read on or contact us for more details about the benefits of being a member of ChicagoWeddingServices.com

If you're ready to become a Member / Advertiser, choose membership level below and once you complete the payment process, you will be redirected back to ChicagoWeddingServices.com where you can submit your business listing information. You will also be provided with instructions to sign up for leads and submit graphics, if applicable.

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An entry level option for a basic listing including a paragraph of ad copy, contact information and link to your website

listing in one category
targeted leads via email
monitored campaign reports
more information
advertising questions?

Click on an option below to become a General Member today...

$20/month
no long term commitment

$15/month (1 year)
1 year commitment

alternate payment
options

Higher exposure in all relevant directory categories. Available banner ad rotation. Graphic listing above General Members.

all relevant categories
targeted leads via email
monitored campaign reports
125x125 graphic with listing
optional banner rotation
listed in autoresponders
to all prospective visitors

custom lead form
more information
advertising questions?

Click on an option below to become an Inner Circle Member today...

$60/month
no long term commitment

$45/month (1 year)
1 year commitment

alternate payment
options

Maximum exposure and corprate branding throughout site. Highest click-through rate to your business website. Business positioned above Inner Circle and General Members.

all relevant categories
targeted leads via email
monitored campaign reports
125x125 graphic with listing
custom banner design
optional full page ad space
custom designed lead form
heavy banner rotation
featured in autoresponders
to all prospective visitors

more information
advertising questions
?

Click on an option below to become a
Site Sponsor /
Alliance Member today...

$100/month
no long term commitment

$85/month (1 year)
1 year commitment

alternate payment
options

Only Want Leads?

Benefits of CWS E-mail Leads:

  • Flat monthly fee regardless of how many leads you receive.
    Unlike some other lead generation sites, you do not have to pay per lead. You can easily pay much more for Pay-Per-Click advertising on the major search engines and not receive as good of a return.
  • Targeted, local, fresh and detailed.
    Rather than a generic spreadsheet of registered brides and grooms compiled over a week or a month, you receive leads within 24 hours after they are submitted. CWS visitors are planning a wedding in the Chicago area and are specifically asking vendors from specific categories to contact them (i.e. they're hoping you'll respond with useful information). You receive a detailed lead that allows you to respond with personalized information that can better address the uniqueness of each prospect. You can also better identify which leads are not a good fit for your business.

If you're not yet interested in listing your business in the directory, but would like to subscribe to targeted leads generated through our information inquiry form, choose from one of the following options:

Subscription to 1 Category of E-mail Leads ($10/month)

Subscribe to only one category of business (ex. photographers) and receive detailed e-mail leads after they are submitted through our online inquiry form.

Register to Subscribe Here
Only $10 per month for 1 Category of E-mail Leads. No long term commitments. You can cancel at any time.

Subscription to Multiple Categories of E-mail Leads ($30/month)

Subscribe to any categories relevant to your business (ex. photographers and videographers and video montages) and receive detailed e-mail leads after they are submitted through our online inquiry form. This subscription option is designed for businesses that offer services or products that fall under more than one category.

Register to Subscribe Here
Only $30 per month for E-mail Leads from multiple categories. No long term commitments. You can cancel at any time.

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"I just wanted to let you know that your wedding site is a great source of information to brides and you are doing a fantastic job keeping those referrals coming. We appreciate it! We wish you much success this year! I'm just delighted with the service."

- Sharon De Jong -
Claudia's Mementos
www.claudiasmementos.com

According to a study by the Fairchild Bridal Group, there were 82,076 weddings in Illinois in 2003. With the Echo Boomers (children of the Baby Boomers) reaching their age for getting married, "the bridal market is projected to grow 22% over the next 15 years."

Although most (about 19%) of all engagements are still in December, engagements are spread fairly evenly throughout the year. During this engagement period, To-Be-Weds in the United States decide to spend over $50 billion dollars for their wedding and honeymoon.

The average cost of a Midwest wedding is $20,678. How much of that bridal market do you share?

Why become a member of ChicagoWeddingServices.com?

ChicagoWeddingServices.com, of the Sound ReCreation website network, is an online directory and wedding resource with a lot of highly targeted traffic. Most visitors are looking for local service providers and vendors as they plan for a Chicagoland based wedding.

Whereas many online wedding directories are comprehensive wedding resources covering a wide array of content, our focus at ChicagoWeddingServices.com is on the venues, service providers and vendors that To-Be-Weds and wedding planners need to make a wedding vision become reality.

"The site is classy, well-organized and easy to navigate, especially compared with many other wedding planning sites. It projects the image that I also want my business to project."

- Devon Haupt, Harpist -
www.theclassicharpist.com