About Us
The past 3 years we have seen how the financial world will sacrifice the "little guy" at all costs to make their own profits. The small businesses (in the Twin Cities and nationwide) are especially vulnerable to the fluctuations of the economy and have been gravely hurt. Twin Cities Cheap (www.TwinCitiesCheap.com) has been developed in an effort to combat the unfair advertising climate where the "big box" large businesses and financial organizations overshadow our small business community. We understand that many small businesses also have small budgets for advertising. Twin Cities Cheap is for the ethical or socially-conscious small businesses who directly benefit their local economy and those who seek to invest in them. All funds have gone into and will continue to grow our site which helps shine the spotlight on our wonderful small business community.
We, as consumers, have more power than we give ourselves credit for. TAKE YOUR COMMUNITY BACK! Save them from the "big box cheap" goods at the "big box cheap" prices, which only makes the USA and our creative people "CHEAP". Coupons have become Big Business for the big box companies, while they destroy countless trees producing coupons never used. The "little guy" doesn't stand a chance to compete with them in this arena; and to be honest, would they really want to? We offer the "little guy" of the Twin Cities a safe "arena" to advertise their discounts at an unheard of price! Coupons are only distributed online therefore paper would be used ONLY if a coupon is used. We help the consumer look to their local businesses for what they need, what they want and what they hope for!!
Advertising on Twin Cities Cheap
One of the benefits of being a small business owner in the Twin Cities is that you probably qualify to advertise on our new site Twin Cities Cheap. We at TwinCitiesCheap.com are dedicated to helping the people and business owners of Minnesota get together in a free market environment. This economy has placed many people and businesses in peril. This is our attempt to help in any way we can. To be considered to advertise on our site we would first have to make sure you qualify. Please look at the questions below.
1. Would you consider the size of your company small to medium?
2. Is your company locally owned and operated?
3. Are you able and willing to offer an exclusive coupon / discount on TCC?
4. Are you willing to accept our newsletter (Coupon of the Month) on a monthly basis and add a text back-link to your own site?
5. Commencing January 1st, 2010 are you able to pay the $3-$5 monthly charge for having your ad appear on Twin Cities Cheap?*
If you are able to answer yes to all five of these questions then you would qualify. Your ad would consist of the following:
* Please note: 2010 will be free to advertise on Twin Cities Cheap for qualified businesses. There is NO obligation to continue into 2011 where current advertisers will need to subscribe at a mere$3 per month. Businesses who sign up after Jan 1st 2011 will be charged $5. This is an unheard of charge for such an attractive advertising opportunity on a site which is gaining tons of local attention. Other charges for "Featured Business" video are listed on the site, but we are very flexible! If you want to be featured but can not afford the cost please call us anyway. We may be able to have an in-kind trade. We want to work WITH you!
Mini-Commercials
Each small business listed on Twin Cities Cheap will have the opportunity to be featured in our Coupon of the Month newsletter in a 1-3 minute mini-commercial filmed and directed by Twin Cities Cheap. This would be in tandem with a featured coupon offering the Twin Cities Cheap Reader and those who have subscribed to the newsletter a different discount than the one they have listed on the site. Featured mini-commercials or mini-infomercials can range between $1000-$5000 in the general market. We understand that this may be too expensive for many small businesses. This is why we offer our services for $500. This includes Katt as the spokesperson, the cameraman & director, travel time, editing & personalization. It also includes the ad space and distribution of their video and coupon through the website, newsletter and network partners.
The past 3 years we have seen how the financial world will sacrifice the "little guy" at all costs to make their own profits. The small businesses (in the Twin Cities and nationwide) are especially vulnerable to the fluctuations of the economy and have been gravely hurt. Twin Cities Cheap (www.TwinCitiesCheap.com) has been developed in an effort to combat the unfair advertising climate where the "big box" large businesses and financial organizations overshadow our small business community. We understand that many small businesses also have small budgets for advertising. Twin Cities Cheap is for the ethical or socially-conscious small businesses who directly benefit their local economy and those who seek to invest in them. All funds have gone into and will continue to grow our site which helps shine the spotlight on our wonderful small business community.
We, as consumers, have more power than we give ourselves credit for. TAKE YOUR COMMUNITY BACK! Save them from the "big box cheap" goods at the "big box cheap" prices, which only makes the USA and our creative people "CHEAP". Coupons have become Big Business for the big box companies, while they destroy countless trees producing coupons never used. The "little guy" doesn't stand a chance to compete with them in this arena; and to be honest, would they really want to? We offer the "little guy" of the Twin Cities a safe "arena" to advertise their discounts at an unheard of price! Coupons are only distributed online therefore paper would be used ONLY if a coupon is used. We help the consumer look to their local businesses for what they need, what they want and what they hope for!!
Advertising on Twin Cities Cheap
One of the benefits of being a small business owner in the Twin Cities is that you probably qualify to advertise on our new site Twin Cities Cheap. We at TwinCitiesCheap.com are dedicated to helping the people and business owners of Minnesota get together in a free market environment. This economy has placed many people and businesses in peril. This is our attempt to help in any way we can. To be considered to advertise on our site we would first have to make sure you qualify. Please look at the questions below.
1. Would you consider the size of your company small to medium?
2. Is your company locally owned and operated?
3. Are you able and willing to offer an exclusive coupon / discount on TCC?
4. Are you willing to accept our newsletter (Coupon of the Month) on a monthly basis and add a text back-link to your own site?
5. Commencing January 1st, 2010 are you able to pay the $3-$5 monthly charge for having your ad appear on Twin Cities Cheap?*
If you are able to answer yes to all five of these questions then you would qualify. Your ad would consist of the following:
- 240 X 140 Front Category Page Card Ad
- Your own "splash page"
- A TCC generated coupon
- Text about your company
- Any media or images you wish to include
- Text of the discount / coupon you wish to advertise on our site.
- JPEG of your logo.
- JPEG of any other images or media you would like on your splash page.
- Text about your company.
* Please note: 2010 will be free to advertise on Twin Cities Cheap for qualified businesses. There is NO obligation to continue into 2011 where current advertisers will need to subscribe at a mere$3 per month. Businesses who sign up after Jan 1st 2011 will be charged $5. This is an unheard of charge for such an attractive advertising opportunity on a site which is gaining tons of local attention. Other charges for "Featured Business" video are listed on the site, but we are very flexible! If you want to be featured but can not afford the cost please call us anyway. We may be able to have an in-kind trade. We want to work WITH you!
Mini-Commercials
Each small business listed on Twin Cities Cheap will have the opportunity to be featured in our Coupon of the Month newsletter in a 1-3 minute mini-commercial filmed and directed by Twin Cities Cheap. This would be in tandem with a featured coupon offering the Twin Cities Cheap Reader and those who have subscribed to the newsletter a different discount than the one they have listed on the site. Featured mini-commercials or mini-infomercials can range between $1000-$5000 in the general market. We understand that this may be too expensive for many small businesses. This is why we offer our services for $500. This includes Katt as the spokesperson, the cameraman & director, travel time, editing & personalization. It also includes the ad space and distribution of their video and coupon through the website, newsletter and network partners.
