What is Madison Area City Guides (MACG)?
Madison Area City Guides (www.madisonareacityguides.com) is a locally owned online directory serving the greater Madison area. Stoughton-owned.  MACG is a leading presence and the largest online directory of businesses and organizations dedicated to the Madison area, and offers customizable advertising for each business listing. MACG is consistently at the top of search engine queries for Google, Yahoo, and others.

Why do you need an on-line presence?
More and more people are turning to the internet to find businesses and events than ever before, and you need exposure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Madison Area City Guides provides this to you and is an extremely affordable marketing channel that enhances your brand on-line.

If you do not yet have a website for your business, MACG provides you with the exposure you need for your business on the internet. And if you have a
website, MACG supplements your website presence and will drive more traffic to your website where customers can learn more about what you have to offer.

Madison Area City Guides is customizable! MACG gives each businesses and organizations a unique opportunity to build their own customized listing, an
online yellow pages with videos, web links, and more!

Need help with your listing?  Contact us to setup an appointment with one of our account representatives.

Increase your online presence
Listing in MACG will instantly give your business an online presence (or an expanded presence), and will enhance your search engine optimization. Businesses are given online tools and are encouraged to self-post changes and updates to listings, post coupons and more on their own timetables.
 

Affordable marketing channel
Low annual pricing and an array of add-on features make each listing economical and tailored for the business. Banner advertisements, home page features and videos are just a few of the tools to which you will have access.

Responsive customer and support service
MACG takes great care in providing exceptional customer service for each listing. MACG also helps you with designing or redesigning logos and graphics, developing your webpage, and account management.

Analytics
As a special service, MACG can provide customers with special statistical reports to show the impact of your listings.

Locally-owned
MACG is dedicated to benefiting the greater Madison community. We offer internet marketing tools and other support for local charities and fundraiser promotions, offer a community calendar and marketplace, and are focused on each business’ local needs.

MACG is part of the Go Green Initiative
The bottom line is that the greater Madison-area public is finding MACG, and using the site to make decisions about what businesses to frequent and organizations to turn to. Don’t miss this opportunity!

Nationwide, online research and shopping is continuing to grow and is shown to be an increasingly effective way to reach customers.

• In 2007, online advertising surpassed radio advertising for the first time, and EMarketer estimates online advertising will reach $36.5 billion by 2011.
• In 2007, 74% of US households had dial-up or broadband Internet access.
• In 2007, searches for retail and consumer goods were in the top 10 gaining site categories.

Logo and Graphic Design:
Design or re-design your logo with the help of MACG. Enhance your online visual brand with an animated graphic. MACG can help manage logo and animation designs.

Webpage Development:
Maximize your online presence. MACG can help you create your own webpage. If you don’t already have an online presence, MACG can assist with your domain name.

Account Management on an hourly rate:
If a business needs help with their web development and managing their account with us, or just has a lack of time, MACG is available to manage their account at their discretion.

MACG Premium Advertisements:
Advertise your business on the MACG with banner at a low monthly cost:
$150.00 per month Home Page Featured Business
$100.00 per month additional categories

Marketplace unlimited online stores:
$300.00 per year.
Account setup: $150.00
Professional video production services within Dane County:
30-second: $950
60-second: $1,500

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