RichHost.com offers a number ways to promote your business, organization, or event online to the Richmond community. Best of all, many are available at no cost to you- that's right, free advertising. We also offer premium advertising packages to let you take advantage of the full power of RichHost.com. »» skip ahead to advertising options

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Our visitors are highly-targeted to the Richmond VA area. This is a result of our top positioning in the major search engines, such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN Live Search. Some examples are:

This is just a small sampling of how people find us. Some additional terms that were used in search engines include:

We also invest heavily in targeted search engine ads, assuring you that RichHost.com is always a top result for people searching for popular terms like Richmond Restaurants, Richmond Real Estate, Richmond Shopping, and many more.

Visitors to our site spend a good amount of time on the site, giving your business great exposure when you use our banner advertising options. A look at our site statistics this morning reveals that so far today 42% of our visitors spent up to an hour browsing RichHost.com.

It's hard to keep a visitor for more than 5 seconds, which is why many sites will note the number of page views per month as a mark of popularity. But in most cases, these sites have up to 77% of visitors exiting immediately. These site are not "sticky". and therefore don't give your business the repeated exposure that is needed to make your advertising work.

Another telling statistic is the number of returning visits a site receives. One of the most popular areas of RichHost,com is the Events Calendar. New events are added almost every day, and many of our loyal readers return regularly to the events calendar to keep up with everything that is going on in Richmond.

Earlier we mentioned free advertising. The Events Calendar is one place that you can utilize free services. Add your next event at no charge, complete with a description, contact information, and optional image. Events in our calendar are typically top results with Google, in particular, and will give you some great exposure. Add Events Here

Visitors to RichHost are also geo-targeted. What this means is that the money we invest in Search Engine Advertising is directed to specific areas of the country. For example, when someone searches for Richmond Hotels or Richmond Restaurants, we allow this ad to appear anywhere in the United States. That way we allow those that will be travelling to Richmond to find the services they will use to plan their trip to Richmond. However, the term Richmond Furniture Store  would be limited to Central Virginia locations.

Advertising Opportunities

RichHost.com offers a number of ways for you to advertise your business, organization, or event. Many are available to you free of charge, and premium advertising starts as low as $50.00 per quarter.

The Richmond Events Calendar
We work hard to maintain the most comprehensive calendar available online. Look for all major events here, as well as many smaller gems. Any business or organization can submit their event free of charge. We do not accept consumer listings, such as homeowner's yards sales. However, we will accept organization listings, such as a community yard sales, church bake sales, etc. CLICK HERE TO ADD EVENTS
The Richmond VA Directory
Our directory features over 1,000 local businesses in many categories such as dining, travel and tourism, religion, sports and recreation, and many more. Heavily trafficked categories, such as dining, contain subcategories so that visitors can more easily find exactly what they are looking for. And there is an option to suggest a new category if needed for your business. Any Richmond area Business or Organization can add a listing for free. Additionally, there is a featured listing option available for $50.00 per quarter. Featured listings always appear at the top of a category, and are highlighted. Additionally, featured listings may appear in multiple categories, and may also have coupons. There is also a Featured Listing page, that receives quite a bit of visitors. Before you can submit your listing, you must register and login to the site. After logging in, you can submit your business for free; approval takes just 24 hours. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AT THE SITE OR LOGIN VISIT THE DIRECTORY AND BROWSE TO THE BEST CATEGORY TO ADD A LISTING CONTACT This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  TO UPGRADE YOUR LISTING TO FEATURED
Banner Advertising
Ad spaces are available above the main content area (2 spaces), and to the right of the main content area (1 space) on all pages. Banner ads start at $150.00 per month, with discounted buys on multiple runs. Ad spaces use standard IMUs of 468 X 60, 120 X 60, and 160 X 600. See the ads at the top and right of this page for sizing and location. » We can assist you with banner creation if needed. CONTACT This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  TO BUY BANNER ADVERTISING SPACE