This site offers low-cost online advertising for garden-related retail products and services, targeted at Queensland residents.

Listed below are some of the options available.

Don't hesitate to get in touch to discuss your product and your particular promotional needs.

Directory Listing:

By appearing on pages which are relevant to your product categories, you can be found by visitors searching for suppliers in those categories. Your listing will appear indefinitely for a one-off payment.

One page: $220

Two pages: $330

Three pages: $440

Additional categories (each): $110

These prices include GST and apply from 1st January, 2008. The price for multiple pages applies when taken at one time as a package.

These prices also apply to similar services on The Australian Native Plant Pages and The Self Sufficiency Pages.

Each listing can include (as appropriate): name, address, customer contact details, website link, descriptive text (approx 100 words), plus optional logo and/or small image (example below).

EXAMPLE NURSERY

35 Osmosis Street,
Leafytown Qld 4###
Phone (07) 3### ####
Fax (07) 3### ####
www.an-example.com.au

LOGO
May also be linked to your website

OTHER
IMAGE
May also be linked to your website

Come to Example Nursery for a wide selection of Australian native and exotic tropical plants. Our range includes ferns, palms, cordylines, bromeliads, ornamental gingers and many more.

We also stock a large selection of aquatic plants, ponds, water features, pots and garden ornaments.

Expert staff will help you select plants and provide advice on common garden problems. A garden design service is also available.

For more information visit the Example Nursery WEBSITE.

Premium Service

Tailored to your product, may include directory listings on appropriate pages, graphical advertisements, text links, features, plus ongoing discussion and ideas about the marketing of your product throughout the year. Price negotible.

Free Publicity

This site offers highly targeted paid advertising at low cost. Nevertheless, there are also some opportunities for free publicity:

* All listings in the Events Diary are free. If you're hosting a workshop, seminar or garden show in Queensland, send in your details.

* News items, if appropriate (e.g. a nursery sponsoring a community project). Send in your press releases.

* Send in your brochures, price lists or product factsheets (Send here). This will assist with locating suppliers for clients or when handling "where can I buy" type enquiries from the general public.

* Non-profit organisations such as garden clubs are invited to submit links, events, news and articles to help publicise their activities.

How to arrange advertising

Don't neglect your online presence any longer!

For a friendly, informal discussion about promoting your Queensland garden-related business on this site, simply email or phone:

advertise@calyx.com.au

(9am - 9pm, 7 days)

IT'S EASY! Simply get in touch by phone or email to discuss your requirements.

After some consultation, the publisher can suggest suitable page(s) on which to list your business. A text can even be written for you at no extra charge, based on your current brochure, website or other promotional material. A draft will be prepared and sent back to you for approval.

Be sure that you're authorised to grant permission for use of any text or images, and for it to be edited if necessary.

Australian businesses only. To appear on the Queensland Gardening Pages, it's a requirement that your products are available for purchase in Qld (may include interstate mail order and online stores).

Payment in Australian Dollars. Payment is by cheque, money order or electronic transfer. GST applies from 1st June 2007. (ABN 38 518 961 623). Please also read Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, Privacy.

If you have any other questions, please get in touch.

More about advertising at www.calyx.com.au

Why?

Because an weak internet presence
could mean you're missing out.

Isn't the internet is the first place many people look for information these days? They want and expect that information to be available at their fingertips when they need it.

Someone could even be searching for your type of products or services on the web while you're reading this. However, that potential new customer could fail to find you because:

1. You don't have an internet presence at all,

2. Your website is too difficult to find, especially via search engines (the way most people are probably loooking for your products).

If your competitor is easy to find, that's where the business could go. Meanwhile, your competitor is also building brand awareness for future purchases.

As the importance of the internet continues to grow, can you afford to neglect this aspect of your business while competitors gain market share?

A simple test

Go to any popular search engine and try searching as if you were a customer. Don't forget to try the "Australia only" option if your target market is within Australia.

If you specialise in xyz and you're located in or near Brisbane, you might try variations like the following, substituting your product(s) or service(s) for "xyz":

xyz Brisbane
xyz nurseries Queensland
xyz nursery Brisbane
xyz suppliers Qld
xyz for sale Brisbane
your actual business name

You might be suprised at what you find!

What do you get?

Advertising on www.calyx.com.au can provide:

An inexpensive and easy internet presence, even if you don't have your own website. A directory listing includes full contact details, a description of your products or services, and a small logo or other image if you wish.

A link to you website if you have one, giving internet users an additional route to your pages. You can add or change your website link at a later date, if you wish, at no extra charge.

Strong targeting of Qld residents, plus the site is visited from other parts of Australia and the world.

Personal service from someone familiar with the garden industry in Queensland.

Free editing, including basic editing of graphics. Material can even be adapted from your existing marketing materials if you wish, at no extra charge.

Contact

If you would like to arrange advertising, or if you have any more questions, simply call or email:

Calyx Horticultural Services
PO Box 220
Coopers Plains, QLD. 4108

Email: advertise@calyx.com.au

(9am - 9pm, 7 days)