Your Customers Are Online... Your Competition Is Online... Can You Afford Not To Be Online? Affordable Local Internet advertising! Dothancityguide.com is a Dothan Community Guide owned and operated locally. It is very important to remember that the Internet is global and that clicks on most Websites can be from anywhere in the world! Here on Dothancityguide.com, most viewers are in the Dothan and Houston County area, and your business receives local clicks. 5 local clicks are better than 2,000 clicks from another country, state, or city! That's why we could care less what our Alexa or Google ranking is ! We are local, and we bring you local customers! Dothan/Houston County area residents visit our site daily for their local news, weather, sports, entertainment, contests, and more. Be very cautious of Websites that brag about how much traffic they get! Traffic doesn't sell advertising! What sells your business is people that are not just clicking by from anywhere in the world, but instead are local Dothan and Houston County area residents staying on our site for a longer period of time because of the LOCAL CONTENT.  Your Advertising will be seen by local Dothan/Houston County area residents again and again! Your advertising will be seen on our site 24 hours a day!  Unlike print advertising, which is one-and-done, tossed out with the household trash, Internet advertising is online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. It's there when viewers want it and search for it.  Unlike broadcast advertising, which has a shelf-life of just seconds and must be repeated--and paid for repeatedly--to get people to remember it . . . Internet advertising is online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. It's there when viewers want it and search for it.

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Business Directory Listings: All listings are 12 month listings. No cancellations. No refunds. Payable monthly by credit or debit card only, or annually. Annual payments are discounted. Payments accepted by check or credit card. If you do not have a banner image or photos, we will create your banners and take your pictures, FREE!

Banner Ads: Rotating Banner Ads change every few seconds and appear on every page. Fixed Banner Ads appear on the same page, in the same position, every time that page is viewed. Check for availability of desired fixed banner location.

Rotating Banner: $35 / mo. or $350 / year.
Fixed Banner: $75 / mo. or $750 per year.
12-month plans only.
Monthly payments by credit or debit cards only.

Block Ads: Block ads appear on one page, in the same position every time that page is viewed. Large block ads appear at the top-center of the page. Skyscraper and Button Block ads appear in the left or right columns of the page. Check for availability of desired block ads location.

Real Estate Listings: Individuals and Brokers, list your real estate properties for just $5 per week! Complete description of your properties and up to 7 pictures. Registerand Loginto submit your properties immediately. Special unlimited listing packages are available for Real Brokers and Affiliates, which are described above.

Auto Sales Listings: Individuals may list vehicles for just $5 per week! Includes complete descriptions and up to 5 pictures. Register and Login to list your autos immediately. Special unlimited listing packages are available for Auto Dealers.

Photo Contest Sponsor : Sponsor one of our monthly Photo Contests! A new Photo Contest starts every month. Get cheap exposure for a month on Home Page. Your cost is just $450 per year. Increase your exposure! To get on our list to sponsor a photo contest, please take a moment to Contact us to added to our sponsor list.

FREE Classifieds Ads: Individuals can advertise cars, furniture, bric brac, home for sale by owner, or anything. Register and Login to submit your classified ad.

FREE Garage & Yard Sale Ads:Individuals can advertise your garage and yard sales free.Login and Register to submit your garage sale ad.

FREE Local Job Listings: Register and Login to submit your company's job openings.

Why you should advertise on the Internet!

• Businesses using the Internet to promote and sell their goods and services have grown 46% faster in the last two years than those that don't. - U.S. Department of Commerce

• Online spending will hit $3.9 billion in 2005. That's 46% greater than 2004. - Borrell Associates

• 87% of online users depend on the Internet to access local information. - Digitrends

• 52.7% of an online business directory users visited a merchant because of what they saw online. - Digitrends

• 85.5% of users of an online business directory would recommend the site to friends and family. -Harris Interactive

• 74% of adults are searching online an average of 9 hours a week! - Harris Poll

• Less than 50% of people in the United States read newspapers daily. - Washington Post

• People want to pick what they see, not what editors and TV producers pick for them. Online, people can choose what & when they view, not what editors and TV producers choose for them.

• People are turning to online sources of information and advertising because they can search & select!

We attract viewers to the our local area with top positions in most major search engines via paid advertising of our site, ensuring that your business gets the best possible exposure. We spend a portion of every advertising dollar promoting the site and driving traffic to your business and to your Web site.

People are looking for the content!

Most searchers are window shoppers. If they don't like what they see in the window, they won't be coming back. Without good content, our site becomes a ghost town with a big "Road Closed" sign in front of it. So with us, content is priority one!

It's the content that drives people to our site. Even if they use a search engine to get here, what good does it do if Google refers a million visitors to our site if they don't find what they're looking for? We concentrate on good content, so our viwers keep coming back. And keep seeing your ads.

Why Are People Online?

• People want to pick what they see, not what editors and TV producers pick for them.

• Online, people can choose what & when they view, not what editors and TV producers choose for them.

• People are turning to online sources of information and advertising because they can search & select!

• 1st quarter 2004 online retail sales were $15.5 billion, more then 28% greater than 2003. (Source: U.S. Department of Commerce)

• 87% of online users depend on the Internet to access LOCAL INFORMATION. (Source: Digitrends)

• 52.7% of an online business directory users visited a merchant because of what they saw online. (Source: Digitrends)

• 85.5% of users of an online business directory would recommend the site to friends and family. (Source: Harris Interactive)

• 74% of adults are searching online an average of 9 hours a week! (Source: Harris Poll)

• Less than 50% of people in the United States read newspapers daily. (Source: Washington Post)

Why do businesses advertise?

• Businesess advertise to present their message to viewers and readers.

• Viewers and readers seek content: news, pictures, information, and advertising.

But . . . 

• Viewers are replacing readers and now outnumber them.

• Viewers are turning to online sources for content and advertising.

• Online viewers search and selectonline sources of content and advertisng -- if and when they want it.

• Online advertising is the only source available to them that fulfills this requirement.

"Print is dead" 

"Print is dead," Sports Illustrated President John Squir