Grant County Good News
Your marketing done for you. Everything in Featured Sponsor plus a complete local marketing system — customer email list management setup, review campaigns, referral programs, seasonal promotions, and performance tracking. Designed for businesses that want the newsletter to become part of their daily marketing operation.
All Featured Sponsor benefits:
We help you set up a simple way for customers to sign up for your email or text list.
Regular customer-facing emails to keep your business top of mind with past and current customers.
Follow-up campaigns that make it easy for happy customers to leave honest reviews.
Targeted messages to bring past customers back in — seasonal, event-based, or offer-driven.
Turn your best customers into a referral network with simple share-and-earn prompts.
Featured placement in holiday gift guides, seasonal campaigns, and local shopping events.
Connected placement with complementary local businesses — cross-promotion built into the guide.
Help promoting your events, workshops, grand openings, and community gatherings.
Participate in a reader loyalty program that rewards repeat visits to sponsor businesses.
If you do not have a Google Business Profile, map listing, and business review site, we will set it up for you.
If you do not have a website, we can help create a simple one-page landing page that shows your services, contact info, directions, and offer.
Beyond the weekly email — deeper analytics, trend reports, and actionable insights showing exactly what drives calls, visits, and reviews.
Help choosing and improving your weekly offers so they are more likely to get clicks, visits, and redemptions. Seasonal campaign ideas included.
A professionally written, in-depth feature story about your business published annually in the Grant County Good News and on your sponsor page.
Three branded social media posts every week promoting your business, offers, and events to the Grant County community.
A fresh article written and published on your website every week to keep your content current, improve SEO, and give customers a reason to keep coming back.
A one-time optimization of your website for search engines (SEO) and AI answer engines (AEO) so local customers can find you more easily online.
Most small businesses rely on foot traffic and word of mouth — but have no way to reach customers directly. VIP sets up your customer email or text list and helps you send weekly messages that keep your business top of mind. When you have a slow week, you have a list of people to invite back.
You already serve customers who love your business. The problem is they rarely leave reviews on their own. VIP runs automated review request campaigns that ask happy customers at the right time. More reviews mean better Google rankings, more trust from new visitors, and a stronger local reputation.
It costs more to find a new customer than to bring back an old one. VIP creates comeback campaigns that reach people who have not visited in a while with a reason to return — a seasonal offer, a new service, or a reminder of why they liked you in the first place. And referral campaigns turn your regulars into your best advertisers.
Holiday seasons, local events, and seasonal shopping periods are when local businesses get the most attention. VIP sponsors get featured placement in seasonal gift guides, holiday campaigns, and local shopping events that drive traffic during the times when people are most ready to spend.
The Business Matchmaker places your business alongside complementary local businesses — a restaurant next to a bakery, a salon next to a boutique, an auto shop next to a tire dealer. Cross-promotion is built into the guide. And the Local Loyalty Trail encourages readers to visit multiple sponsor businesses in a single outing.
VIP is a good fit if you want more than visibility — you want the newsletter to become an active part of how you reach customers, collect reviews, run promotions, and track what works. It is designed for businesses that are ready to invest in a consistent local marketing system.
🔄 You Want Repeat Customers, Not Just One-Time Visitors
VIP builds systems that bring people back — email follow-ups, loyalty trails, and seasonal promotions.
⭐ You Want More Reviews Without Begging
Automated review campaigns ask satisfied customers at the right time. No awkward requests at the register.
📊 You Want to Know What Works
Weekly stats show calls, taps, scans, offers claimed, and reviews left. Make decisions based on real data.
🤝 You Want the Guide to Work for You
Your business gets promotion support, campaign ideas, and regular attention from someone who cares about your success.
Not sure if sponsorship is right for your business? Every business starts somewhere. Get your Grant County business listed for free — no commitment, no credit card, no risk.
Request My Free Listing →Schedule a free 15-minute call to discuss whether VIP sponsorship is a good fit for your business.
$99 per month — complete local marketing system. Fill out the form below to get started.
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