Advertise to Tampa: How It Works, and 10% Off Through August 8

If you run a business in Tampa, you have probably been told to buy ads on Facebook or Google, hand over a few hundred dollars, and hope some of it reaches somebody nearby. This is the other option, and it is the one your neighbors actually see.

We publish the Tampa Community Website. Local reporting, the community calendar, the forum, the business directory. The ads on this site belong to businesses down the road from you, and for the next week there is 10 percent off for readers of this story.

Start with your name and number

Tell us who you are and what your business is. That is the whole first step, and it takes about a minute. You will see what advertising here costs for Tampa on the next screen, and nothing is charged for looking.

We design the ad for you, free

This is the part people do not expect. You do not send us artwork, and you do not wait on a designer. You describe your business in a couple of plain sentences, add your logo if you have one handy, and the finished ad comes back to you.

Then you look at it. If it is not right, you say what to change and we change it. Nothing is charged and nothing goes live until you have seen the finished ad and said yes to it.

Then it runs on this site

Ads go live the same day you approve them. Yours sits in the same rotation as the ones already running on the Tampa Community Website, at the top of the page and in the story feed, on phones and on desktop.

Who is going to see it

We publish 11 community news sites. Here is the whole network over the last three months, not projections:

Those are network totals across all 11 towns. Every town is at a different stage, and some are much newer than others. If you want to know what the numbers look like for Tampa on its own, ask us and we will tell you straight. An advertiser who knows what they bought is one who stays.

A few honest answers

I have never advertised before. That is most of the businesses on here. Tell us what you do and we will write and design the whole thing. You only have to say yes or no to it.

I do not have a logo. Fine. We design around your business name instead.

I want more than one town. Say so and we will show you the whole area. Covering several towns costs less per town, and that discount is bigger than this code and applies on its own, so you would not use both.

I want to tell a longer story. We also write and publish sponsored articles about local businesses, presented like a real story. Ask about one when you get in touch.

What if it does not work? Cancel. There is no contract and no cancellation fee, and we would rather you stop than resent it.

Claim the 10 percent

One minute, four boxes, and the code is applied for you if you use the button below. You will see the ad and the cost before you decide anything.

Rather talk to somebody first? Call or text 813-437-1676.