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Women of Distinction Marketplace Guide

Highlighting Our Local Women of Distinction Businesses

By Regeana Canada, publisher of Macaroni Kid Edwardsville-Glen Carbon, IL January 10, 2020

It's our FIRST year publishing the Women of Distinction Marketplace Guide for Macaroni Kid Edwardsville-Glen Carbon, and we are THRILLED to be supporting all our incredible local Women of Distinction Bosses in this way. Check out all the details below, along with all the information you need to list YOUR business in our annual guide! 

Women of Distinction Bosses! We have something EXTREMELY special for you and your business. It's called the Women of Distinction Marketplace Guide. Did you know that one of the MAIN reasons that Macaroni Kid exists is to empower women? We know that when owning your own business, you can often feel like you've exhausted your 'reach' with family and friends. Let us help you! When looking for a new hairdresser, what do you typically do? You ask your friends for a recommendation! This is an opportunity for you to become the recommendation for our community of moms & dads to share with their friends when they ask, "Who takes your family photos?" "Do you know a Mary Kay consultant?" "Who cleans your house?" "Do you know anyone who sells Usborne Books?"  "Who teaches your daughter piano?" YOU can be the personal recommendation for our area.

Not a local Woman of Distinction Boss, but know one? Send this article their way- it could be the best way you could support them AND their business!


By placing a listing in our Women of Distinction Marketplace, you will receive:

  1. A 1-year listing in our Mom Boss Marketplace Guide [Feb 2020 - Jan 2021]
  2. A brand NEW community of customers- over 1,400 LOCAL subscribers, readers, followers will receive this guide!
  3. EXCLUSIVITY. This is huge, but it is first-come, first-serve! If you sell Paparazzi Jewelry, you will be the only Paparazzi Jewelry consultant listed in our guide for the entire year!
  4. The listing tier of your choice, whichever you would find most effective for your business [you can find the tiers below]


Why place a listing in our guide? 

Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day is coming - this guide will be shared with our readers throughout the entire year, and will be available for our community to use for holidays, birthdays & anniversaries! Not only will this provide your business information to over 1,400 people who are already searching for gifts for their family & friends, but it is such a beautiful way for you to also support other Woman of Distinction Bosses!


Why tiers?

Each business is unique, and may need a little something different from Macaroni Kid Edwardsville-Glen Carbpn. We also understand the principle that it takes seven impressions before someone will act on your offer, and we want to provide you with as many impressions as possible!


Listing Tier  
What it includes:
 Price (per year)
Tier 1

$49
Tier 2

$79
Tier 3
$99
Tier 4

$129


Let's break it down:

1 year listing in the Marketplace guide: This will include your business name, description of your business, and any contact info you'd like to provide.

1 rotating ad x 3 or 6 months: See the square ads along the right side of our Macaroni Kid website? Your ad will be rotating there for 3 or 6 months! People will be able to click on your ad and go to our Women of Distinction Marketplace Guide, where we will link directly to your website and any social media outlets you may have.

Featured article in the newsletter: Your business will be featured in an article you provide and sent out via newsletter, which is an amazing way for the community to get to know you, and for you to share what you have to offer in more detail!

Optimize your advertising with the following additional opportunities:

Women of Distinction Monday Social Media Macaroni Kid will feature one business each Monday throughout the year-$10

Women of Distinction Featured Article your business will be featured in article that you provide and sent out via newsletter-$20

Women of Distinction Giveaway will run in May 2020. The giveaway will run for a week, each business will be featured in a Facebook Live Segment and in the giveaway article. Participating businesses are required to provide a prize at no less than $25.

Looking for more? We are looking for ONE stellar Woman of Distinction Boss interested in sponsoring our Women of Distinction Marketplace Guide. Please contact me at regeanac@macaronikid.com for more information.

Please enter information about your Woman of Distinction Business in the Google Form here. Once completed, you will receive an invoice for your chosen tier of the Macaroni Kid Edwardsville-Glen Carbon  Women of Distinction Marketplace. Woman of Distinction Boss' must reside or have their business in the Collinsville, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Madison, Madison, Maryville, Pontoon Beach, Troy area (or anywhere in between) to be included in the Marketplace Guide. We want to advertise LOCAL businesses!

*Only one "Woman of Distinction Boss" for each company will be listed in the Marketplace Guide. This will happen on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you are a duplicate of another company, you will be given an opportunity to be listed in our business directory at a discounted cost!* (For example, only one Young Living consultant can be listed but a Young Living AND doTERRA consultant both can be listed). 


Fill out the Google Form HERE to be listed in Macaroni Kid Women of Distinction Marketplace Guide for 2020-2021!

Questions? Feel free to contact me at regeanac@macaronikid.com for more information! 

DEADLINE to submit the above Google Form to ensure listing upon initial publication is January 26, 2020. Listings may be submitted after this date but are not guaranteed to be present for initial publication. 

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