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We do the build
You provide the facts, offer, photos and direction. SurfLocal handles the technical construction, organization and presentation.
Professionally built for you
Start with one ad
Your ad is only the beginning.
A SurfLocal advertising item is not a do-it-yourself graphic dropped on a page. You tell us about your business, your offer and the customer you want to reach. SurfLocal builds the advertising professionally, gives interested customers a clear way to respond, and can connect additional advertising into one organized Business Center as your needs grow.
Step 1Tell us about your business
Step 2SurfLocal builds the advertising
Step 3Interested customers respond
Step 4The opportunity reaches your business
Not a template. Not another project for you to manage.
The visible ad is only one part of the service. The larger value is the professional setup behind it: the business information, offer, response path, customer contact details, supporting content and the ability to keep building around the same business instead of starting over every time.
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Customers get a next step
The goal is not simply to be seen. The advertising is designed around a response: call, contact, request information or act on the offer.
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The system can grow
Start with one advertising item. When connected service is activated, more advertising can feed the same Business Center rather than becoming disconnected campaigns.
Start with the format that fits the job.
Each single Advertising item in GUIDE currently has a $79 build charge and $39 monthly service. The sample shows the visual format; the service is the professional work and response path behind it.
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Billboard Ad
Bold, simple and high-visibility. Useful when fast recognition and a clear message matter most.
$79 build + $39 monthly
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Web Ad
Clean online placement with a focused message and direct customer action path.
$79 build + $39 monthly
V
Virtual Ad
Flexible category placement designed around a headline, offer and local customer interest.
$79 build + $39 monthly
S
Slideshow Ad
A rotating visual format for businesses that need multiple images or messages to tell the story quickly.
$79 build + $39 monthly
GUIDE also offers managed Advertising Packages when you want broader placement instead of purchasing one item at a time. The buying page remains the source for current package selections and pricing.
One professionally built ad can stand on its own.
A business does not need to buy a giant system just to try SurfLocal advertising. The starting point is deliberately simple: give us the information, let us build the advertising, and give interested customers a way to reach the business.
What you provide
Your business and contact information
The product, service or offer you want promoted
The area and type of customer you want to reach
Photos, documents or other material when available
Any style or branding direction you want us to consider
What SurfLocal handles
Professional advertising construction and formatting
Offer and response-path organization
Supporting copy and technical presentation
Customer-response and lead-delivery configuration
The technical work required to publish and maintain the advertising
Multiple ads can become multiple doors into one business.
This is where the larger SurfLocal idea begins. Instead of building unrelated advertisements that create separate islands, connected service can tie multiple advertising assets to the same Business Center group and organize the response around one business.
Advertising sources
Billboard Ad
Web Ad
Virtual Ad
Slideshow Ad
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Customer response
Each advertising path can point the interested customer toward a useful action instead of ending with a passive impression.
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One Business Center
Lead ManagerOrganize opportunities
Email ManagerCustomer communication
Client ManagerCustomer records
Billing ManagerBusiness billing tools
Payroll ManagerBack-office operations
Screen ShareConnected support
BookingAppointments
Lead RoutingDelivery and alerts
Connected growth: A single Advertising item is designed to work as a simple starting point. Business Center tools are enabled through eligible connected service levels, allowing more advertising and business tools to be organized around the same company as the relationship grows.
Two different jobs. One larger strategy.
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Advertising
Focused ad and offer placements designed to attract attention and create a customer-response path. Billboard, Web, Virtual and Slideshow ads belong here.
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Marketing
A larger page-based product designed to explain, persuade and build around a service, product, audience, location or campaign. Marketing remains a separate product family inside GUIDE.
You give us the business information. We take it from there.
This is intentionally simpler than the old technical coupon form. You should not need to decide SEO fields, code values or advanced color variables. Give SurfLocal the information a professional needs to understand your business and your offer.
Advertising Build Information
Use this whether you already selected an item in GUIDE or you want SurfLocal to recommend the right starting format.
The simple idea
Start with one doorway. Add more when it makes sense.
A customer can begin with a single Advertising item without learning an entire platform. If the business later wants more advertising, stronger lead organization or back-office tools, SurfLocal already has a structure for connecting those pieces around the same business.