How This Website Is Promoted

Boating Georgian Bay™ is heavily marketed to insure that Georgian Bay boaters are finding the site to address all their cruising and boat service requirements. Boating Georgian Bay is also a great "up to date" general directory resource for tourists visiting the Georgian Bay & North Channel regions. New articles and information go on the site every few days on a year round basis.

• www.BoatingGeorgianBay.com was developed by www.first-page-seo.com to serve the Ontario boating viewership, marine service operators and the Georgian Bay & North Channel business community at large.


• We are boaters on Georgian Bay just like many of our viewers and we are anxious to help drive business to businesses in ports all around Georgian Bay and the North Channel.


• First Page SEO is rated by www.topseos.com as one of the Top 30 organic search engine marketing firms worldwide.


• We are experts at placing web sites including our own directories ... this site has been optimized for placement on all major search engines as of March 26th 2010. The site is now generating 2,000 unique visitors per day on average (over 3,000 peak), and dominates organic search for Georgian Bay boating related terms and many Ontario yacht related terms as well.


• We are running a Google AdWords paid advertising PPC campaign to supplement organic search using 14 unique ads targeting all of Ontario for 46 different keyword phrases including the following themes: marina, boat repairs, boat sales, yacht brokers, yacht charters, boat anchorages, restaurants, general yachting and Ontario, Georgian Bay, North Channel and Ports of Call cities & towns keyword phrases. It is an extensive campaign.


• Enews and social media releases syndicated through our 45 different Enews engines and article sites. This is a viral process ... with each release creating over 50,000 media reads on Google, Yahoo & MSN news services AND typically several hundred one way anchor text based backlinks voting back for the site. Check us out on Google news by keyword searching "Georgian Bay boating" "Ontario yacht brokers" "cruising Georgian Bay" or any related phrases.


• Our site backlinks to your site not only promotes your business to a targeted audience ... the backlink votes are also a powerful Google Page Rank vote to your site, helping your own web sites position. Backlink votes to your site are a 25% weighting factor in the Google algorithm influencing your site's placement.


• Postcard brochures have been distributed to marine themed vendors and tourist operators throughout the Georgian Bay region over the past two years.


• 1,000 cool looking www.BoatingGeorgianBay.com embossed silicone wrist bands will be randomly distributed at marinas and stops by while doing our own yachting and travels around the Bay during the 2010/2011 season.


• Twitter contributor for live time Georgian Bay boating news. See our Twitter feed onsite.


• We are a corporate sponsor for the America's Great Loop Cruisers Association and we communicate on their forums, distribute information at their member Rendezvous and offer an on site membership contest. AGLCA cross markets our services in their advertising.


• We participate in AGLCA radio broadcasts promoting cruising on Georgian Bay.


• We have acquired an 8' x 16' billboard location on highway #93 between Midland & Penetanguishene beginning May 1, 2011.


• Boating Georgian Bay™ attends and covers as many marina events and Rendevous as we can fit into our schedule.


• We attend, network and report on boat shows ... including the Toronto International Boat Show, Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, Miami Boat Show & Annapolis Boat Show.


• From time to time, we webcast events, shows and boating adventures on You Tube.


• We are Tugfest Gold Sponsors. Tugfest cross markets our brand.


• We have our own brand of environmentally friendly boat cleaner.


• We distribute our brand on clothing and hats at various events.