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• Full year online banner advertising
package
Investment & Return:
• Emerald Coast cost: $3,000
• Cost per six partners: $500
• Impressions: 600,000 minimum
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The Griffon
Rationale:
• Government authorized, award-winning quarterly
publication
• The 108th Training Command has over 10,000 units in
GA, AL, MS, FL, NC, SC, DC, VA, MD, TN, KY, VA
• Regular Travel USA features on family trips, reunions
and group getaways
Highlights:
• Circulation: 15,000 – required reading
• FP4C: Spring 2015 (Feb 26) & Fall 2015 (Sept 3)
Investment & Return:
• Emerald Coast cost: $3,690 per insertion
• Cost per six partners: $400 per insertion
• Impressions: 30,000 minimum
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Military Groups Plan:
Leisure, Reunion
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Military Reunions
Rationale:
• Only publication for those organizing military reunions
• Multiplatform: print, website, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest
Highlights:
• Circulation: 15,000
• 1/3P4C: Reunions Workbook – April 2015 and CVB Issue –
August 2015
• 12-month print and online annual listing
• 12-month online banner advertising
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $8,000
• Impressions: 75,000 minimum
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Sports
Co-op Media Plan
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Connect Sports
Rationale:
• Published by Collinson Media, a leader in travel and
meetings industries
• Reaches 90% of sports industry decision-makers
• Online version has searchable features and is
available 24/7
Highlights:
• FP4C with three pages of sponsored content (four
pages) – March 2015
• Online edition links to website
• Ability to highlight up to eight venues
Investment & Return:
• Emerald Coast cost: $2,500
• Cost per six partners: $417
• Impressions: 5,500 minimum
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Sports Destination Management
Rationale:
• Editorial focuses on event location strategies and management
• Governing bodies – site selectors and logistics managers
• Highest circulation publication within sports category
Highlights:
• FP4C destination spotlight – includes 2 pages of advertorial
with photos (3 pages) – September/October 2014
• Includes 500 reprints for distribution
• Additional 12-month online package available
Investment and Return:
• Emerald Coast Print cost: $3,650
• Cost per six partners: $609
• Emerald Coast Online cost: $2,625
• Cost per six partners: $438
• Impressions: 78,000 minimum (Second Spotlight in Groups Plan)
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Group Sports Plan
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Sports Destination Management
Rationale:
• Editorial focuses on event location strategies and
management
• Governing bodies – site selectors and logistics managers
• Highest-circulation publication within sports category
Highlights:
• FP4C Destination Spotlight – includes two pages of
advertorial with photos (3 pages) – March/April 2015
• Includes 500 reprints for distribution
• Additional 12-month online package available (in Co-op Plan)
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $7,300
• Impressions: 18,500 minimum (Second Spotlight in Co-op Plan)
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Sports Planning Guide
Rationale:
• Part of Premier Travel Media – network of over 130,000
planners
• Integrated print and digital products and site profile
summaries
Highlights:
• Sports market site inspection: site profile with multiple
images, links back to Emerald Coast site
• 12-month profile presence
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $1,295
• Impressions: 50,400 minimum
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Sports Websites
Rationale:
• Ensures coverage against entire sports planning industry
• Provides 24/7 ongoing coverage
• SportsEvents
• SportsTravel
Highlights:
• 12-month online banner advertising
• 6 months on each website
• Qualifies for SportsEvents lead generation program
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $8,370
• Impressions: 60,000 minimum
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Canadian & International
Markets
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Snowbirds and International Travel
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Canadian Traveller
Rationale:
• Distribution: paid subscribers, digital by request and national
newsstand sales per issue
• 70% of subscribers in SW Ontario, 30% in balance of Canada
Highlights:
• FP4C in Visit Florida 2015 Canadian Guide – January 2015
• FP4C in Canadian Traveller Fall Guide – August 2015
• 12x in e-newsletter, deployed to 17,000+ opt-ins
• 6x online articles and 2x social media pushes (FB, Twitter, Pinterest)
• 100,000 online impressions
• Prize partner in sweepstakes: print, online, e-blasts
• 4+ page “Destination of the Week” feature written by staff with
supplied editorial – Canadian Traveller TRADE INDUSTRY
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $26,100
• Impressions: 1,520,000 minimum (digital inclusion in Co-op)
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Dreamscapes
Rationale:
• Inserted in The Globe and Mail and available to frequent
travelers through Air Canada Maple Leaf Club lounges
• Distribution: Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and
Quebec
• Audited circulation is available in print and online
Highlights:
• Circulation: 106,000
• 2/3P4C: Visit Florida: Fall/Winter – 10/22/2014
• 2/3P4C: Visit Florida: Winter – 11/26/2014
• Spotlight on Florida in Fall and Winter issues
• Ad investments guarantee editorial coverage
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $7,900
• Impressions: 212,000 minimum
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Crossings
Rationale:
• Canadian pub for cross-border explorers
• Distribution in seven Ontario daily newspapers, Windsor
CVB, Windsor Airport, travel information centers across
Ontario & travel agents
• Distribution in Ontario and Michigan
Highlights:
• Circulation: 150,000
• Visit Florida FP4C: Fall/Winter – October 10, 2014
• Florida editorial and guaranteed Emerald Coast - specific
content
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $4,500
• Impressions: 150,000 minimum
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Toronto Life
Rationale:
• Canada’s No. 1 city magazine
• Readers are 70% more likely to have traveled to
Florida in the past three years
Highlights:
• Circulation: 89,082
• FP4C: Visit Florida: Escape to the South – January
2015, On Sale Date in mid-December 2014
• Available both in print and online
Investment & Return:
• Cost: $11,387
• Impressions: 89,082 minimum
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International Travel Guide
Rationale:
• Visit Florida fulfillment piece, available in print and
online
• Distributed in 17 markets, including entire U.K.
• Three language editions: English, French, German
Highlights:
• HP4C: January 2015 – full year exposure Distribution by Country /
• Distributed at trade and consumer travel shows Language
• Digital edition includes live website and video links
21%
Investment & Return: 13%
53%
• Cost: $6,110
• Impressions: 74,925 minimum 13%
UK France Germany English
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Canadian & International
Co-op Media Plan
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Canadian Traveller
Rationale:
• Distribution: paid subscribers, digital by request and national
newsstand sales per issue
• 70% of subscribers in SW Ontario, 30% in balance of Canada
Highlights:
• FP4C in Visit Florida 2015 Canadian Guide – January 2015
• Supplements FP4C insertion in same issue from Leisure plan
Investment & Return:
• Emerald Coast cost: $2,463
• Cost per six partners: $411
• Impressions: 130,000 minimum
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Canadian Traveller, Digital
Rationale:
• Online presence complements print commitment,
allowing for maximum coverage against Canadian
Snowbird market
Highlights:
• Impressions across CanadianTraveller.net
• Newsletter banners
• Recommend further enhancing reach with
publisher social postings
Investment & Return:
• Emerald Coast cost: $4,350
• Cost per six partners: $725
• Impressions: 159,000 minimum
