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TheRockwallNews.com delivers more breaking/headline news stories faster to the residents of Rockwall County TX than any other news service.

We are content partners and share readers with the Dallas Morning News, NeighborsGo.com and Pegasusnews.com.

We also know that DFW TV and radio stations monitor our news coverage because several have come to Rockwall to cover stories which we originally broke.

Launched in May, 2009, our readership now numbers over 7,000 readers and over 35,000 page views per month – according to independent sources Google Analytics and WordPress.com.

With over 80,000 primarily upscale, educated, Rockwall County residents – plus hundreds of thousands more people who are interested in Rockwall events – we expect this number to easily double within the next year and eventually number in the millions of page views.

Just one year old, we’re working hard to become Rockwall County’s news leader as Rockwall County’s first daily news service – featuring a variety of printed and video news!

“First with the News You Want to Click,” we don’t publish an “old school” newspaper – just a state-of-the-art website, filled 24/7/365 with local breaking news, headlines, feature stories, videos, photos, opinions, comments and more.

At TheRockwallNews.com, we focus on publishing news stories about topics that Rockwall County residents tell us they most want to read about, not just the same old government and school stories and photos which are in the local newspapers.

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES

We also produce websites and social media sites for our clients, including blogs; Facebook, Twitter and Linked In pages; plus YouTube channels.

We further recommend and can set up a variety of other online social media sites, including Yelp, Digg and more.

ADVERTISING SUCCESS STORIES

1. One recent client which builds boat docks on Lake Ray Hubbard invested in advertising for one month, with one banner ad, one Big Box ad, plus a feature news story. After one month, the owner said they had received so many calls and emails that they had to stop advertising to follow-up on all of their new contacts!

2. During election season, one City Council candidate who is a regular blogger, said the day after his candidacy article appeared on our website, over 100 people clicked on his blog to learn more. He said they all must have come from the article because he hadn’t posted any blog entries for two weeks!

REASONS FOR ADVERTISING

Why should your business advertise on TheRockwallNews.com?

1. We reach more actual readers than virtually all other Rockwall County media – and we can prove it!

According to Google Analytics, our combined website and blog attract over 7,000 unique individuals and 35,000+ page views per month.

Local newspapers can only quote how many homes they deliver to.

2. Research shows that people who read their news online are more affluent and have more disposable income for purchasing your product or service.

3. Your eye-catching, animated, flash web ads can be easily seen across the top of each page and next to every news story a daily basis, 24/7/365. They can’t be missed!

Newspaper ads are squashed together and are hard to read in weekly or monthly publications.

4. Our advertising rates are low, providing the greatest dollar-for-dollar advertising value for reaching Rockwall County’s upscale residents.

5. More people now obtain their news from websites (47%) than from any other media, including TV (30%).

(We Media/Zogby Interactive Poll, 2008)

6. If you’re not advertising on TheRockwallNews.com, then you’re missing millions of readers who get their news from the Internet – not local newspapers.

ADVERTISING RATES

Top-of-page “Banner” ads and in-page “Big Box” ads are priced the same and rotate automatically across all 700+ pages of TheRockwallNews.com to provide you with maximum audience coverage.

Our flash and static web ad rates start at:

  • 1  week                               $275 per week
  • 2-  4  weeks                         $250 per week
  • 5-  7  weeks                         $225 per week
  • 8-  12  weeks                       $210 per week
  • 13-26  weeks                       $195 per week

Our video newscast rates start at $400 for a 60-90-second video.

Our video ad production starts at $750 for a 2-3 minute video.

Since readership is increasing so fast, we do not offer advertising packages for longer than 26 weeks/6 months.

Discounts are available for non-profit organizations.

AD SPECS:

Ad Types                                        Ad Unit Size        Maximum File Size

Top-of-page banners                         728x  90                           Open
Big Box ads                                            300×250                          Open

To email your digital artwork (GIF, eps or jpg files only in flash or image  only), please contact us first to obtain the correct email address. We do not post our email addresses to prevent spam (junk email).

If you do not have your own web ad(s) and need for us to produce one or more, our web designers can create extremely high-quality, animated Banner and Cube ads with up to three slides or copy changes for just $95 per ad. You can generally change and add three more copy changes for just $25 per ad.

Your web ads generally will appear online within 2-3 days of placing your order, unless you need a rush job which can be accommodated.

FEATURE NEWS STORIES

Another highly-effective way for you to spread messages about your business are through feature news stories. For just $395, we will write a top-quality, two typewritten-page feature story profiling your business.

For an extra $100, we can also place these same feature stories in other local Rockwall County media, including the Rockwall/Rowlett/Heath Neighbors Go, neighborsgo.com, PegasusNews.com and possibly other local newspapers. Please ask for more details.

OTHER  ADVERTISERS

Businesses which have selected to advertise or have news stories written:

  • Aundrea Whalen, REMAX Realtor
  • Best Western Plus Rockwall Inn & Suites
  • Blue Canyon Kitchen, Tavern & Wine Bar
  • Bounce N’ More Party Rentals
  • Butler Plumbing Company
  • CrossFit Rockwall
  • Eclipse Fitness
  • Edward Jones Financial Advisory Jerry Price
  • Horizon Auto Center
  • Jerry Hogan for County Judge Campaign
  • Ken Jones for County Judge Campaign
  • Knockouts Haircuts for Men
  • Lorie Grinnan for County Commissioner
  • Mathnasium
  • Paul Wilson for Rockwall County GOP Chairman
  • Rockwall County Mud Bog
  • Rockwall Women’s League Gala
  • Steve Clark for Congress
  • Texas Marine Technologies
  • Walmart

THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISING

Advertising experts agree that the key to successful advertising is to consistently reach enough people in your target audience enough times that they will be persuaded to contact or visit your business. Normally your ad needs to reach someone three times before he or she will respond to your message.

TheRockwallNews.com is now your best bet in Rockwall County for achieving that goal, plus we offer your business both paid advertising and free publicity opportunities.

WEBSITE PROMOTION:

TheRockwallNews.com attracts readers and builds traffic primarily online through our use of social media sites, RSS, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Google tools and email promotions (not spam) to Rockwall residents, organizations, churches, schools and businesses.

We also tell everybody we know and come across as we network in the community!

Please call J.J. Smith right now at 214-317-1718 (cell).

You’ll be glad you did!