For Sponsors
Reach the valley
Listings are free. Sponsorships pay for the site. Three ways to put your business in front of Mission Valley visitors.
This is how a directory with no outside advertising stays viable.
If your business reaches valley visitors and you want a more prominent presence than a standard listing, we have three options.
Three options
Sponsor tiers
Tier 01
Featured slot
A featured business slot on the homepage and the relevant category or town landing page. Your business gets a featured card: larger imagery, a longer write-up, homepage rotation. It’s labeled Sponsored, never Editor’s Pick. That star is editorial and can’t be bought.
- Monthly or annual placement
- Includes a longer description and a photo gallery
- You provide creative; we handle production
Tier 02
Town sponsor
Per-town sponsor slot on a town landing page. One sponsor per town. Your business gets a dedicated sponsor card on that town page, in the directory’s town block, and a credit line near related listings.
- Annual placement, exclusive per town
- Best for businesses whose customers are concentrated in a single town
Tier 03
Event sponsor
Sponsor a specific event or seasonal feature. Cherry Festival, cherry season, the events calendar itself. (Cultural and CSKT events are never sponsorable.) Your sponsorship appears across the event coverage and any related editorial.
- Per-event or per-season placement
- Includes editorial mention where appropriate
What we need from you
- Business name and category
- Logo (SVG preferred, otherwise high-res PNG)
- One or two high-quality photos
- 50 to 100 words of copy
- Destination URL
We don’t accept programmatic ads, third-party trackers, or interstitials. Sponsor creative is treated like editorial: it has to fit the site visually and serve readers.
Audience and reach
We’ll share current traffic, audience sources, and top-page reports during the conversation – real numbers, current month. We don’t publish them on the site because they go stale too fast to be useful.