Great Getaways Newspaper Insert

Program Details (Shoulder)

South Dakota is full of terrific vacation opportunities that await visitors from nearby markets. The Great Getaways Co-op is a chance to get your business in front of thousands of these potential visitors, whether you have a family attraction, quaint resort, fun event, or B&B.

• The South Dakota Office of Tourism will produce one 16-page, full-color, magazine-style marketing piece for the shoulder season.
• The Great Getaways Co-op has room for 42 partners.
• Cost for the co-op per partner is $450.
• Insertion will take place in newspapers in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
• It will be inserted into newspapers the week of August 15, 2010.
• Each partner receives 40 words of copy, including phone number, email and/or Web address and a color photo.
• To reserve a space in this marketing piece, please send in the registration form, 40 words of copy, photo and a check for $450. Participation is limited to the first 42 partners, based upon receipt of payment and the ad materials.
  
  Payment may also be made online with a credit card (Visa or MasterCard). You still need to complete and submit a registration form, including your copy and photo, to secure your spot in this fall's insert.

Newspapers

Listed below are the newspapers included in the 2010 Shoulder Season Great Getaways program with a total circulation of 541,646.

 

COLORADO Ft. Collins Coloradoan Greeley Tribune Loveland Reporter-Herald   IOWA Carroll Daily Times Herald Council Bluffs Nonpareil Denison Bulletin Fort Dodge Messenger Mason City Globe Gazette Sheldon NW Iowa Review Sioux City Journal Spencer Daily Reporter   MINNESOTA Mankato Free Press Marshall Independent Worthington Daily Globe

NEBRASKA Lincoln Journal Star Scottsbluff Star Herald Omaha World Herald   NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck Tribune Dickinson Press   SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen American News Pierre Capital Journal Rapid City Journal Sioux Falls Argus Leader Watertown Public Opinion   WYOMING Casper Star Tribune Cheyenne WY Tribune-Eagle Gillette News Record Sheridan Press

Copy Instructions

Please email or include with the registration form your 40 words of copy describing your business. If you email your copy, send it to Natasha Bothun at natasha.bothun@state.sd.us. Remember to also fill out the registration form completely, including all contact information and heading which will be included in your Great Getaways ad.

Photo Instructions

Please include one high quality digital image or color print. Remember, we do not allow photos that have been altered with the addition of a second image or logo, this also includes the addition of maps to your business. Photos may be sent with the registration form or emailed* to Natasha Bothun at natasha.bothun@state.sd.us.

* When submitting your digital photo, please rename the file as it relates to your business and the insertion piece.
(Example: BearCountryShlderGGet2010.jpg =
Bear Country Shoulder Great Getaways 2010.)

If you cannot find a photo you would like to use, please contact Chad Coppess, Senior Photographer, to check on availability of an image from the Office of Tourism's photo files.

 

Great Getaways registration form (PDF, 249 KB) 

 

Registration deadline is June 2, 2010, or when 42 partners are approved, whichever comes first.

 

FOR INFORMATION

Please contact Natasha Bothun, Visitor & Industry Relations Representative, for more information at 605-773-3301 or natasha.bothun@state.sd.us.