What is SDFish.com?

San Diego Fish (sdfish.com) provides information exclusively about fishing in San Diego, CA. We publish fish reports, have an active forum with over 3,000 members (growing at a rate of over 100 per month), cover local fishing news, operate a directory of San Diego fishing businesses, and much more.

SDFish.com is also one of the longest established fishing websites on the 'net, founded in 1996. Since it's inception, our website has provided fishermen a home to learn about and discuss all things relevant to fishing San Diego waters.

SDFish.com appears in the top 20 results in over 500 popular and relevant search engine keywords and phrases. We are currently the #1 search result for "san diego fishing" and "san diego fishing reports" among many others.

Our website has been referenced in dozens of national publications including Bassmaster and Field & Stream magazines. The San Diego Union Tribune links back to SDFish.com in the Outdoors Column of the newspaper's website. 

"SDFish.com is uniquely positioned to speak to and about a fishing community that is avid in both their freshwater and saltwater pursuits. From family outings on accomodating local waters to long range sportfishing ventures ranging nearly to the tropics, SDFish.com is right in the middle of things. And it's fresh caught, everyday."

-- George Kramer
Western Outdoor News writer and creator of kramergonefishing.com, an online bass fishing blog

What sets us apart from other advertising opportunities for you?

SDFish vs. Newspaper and Magazine Print Advertising

Cost - Print advertising is extremely expensive compared to almost all forms of web advertising, including SDFish.com. Advertising in a newspaper's sports page can cost thousands of dollars per issue! Because SDFish.com is San Diego's #1 fishing website, you can reach the same viewers, more often, for much less. 

Audience Profile - SDFish.com is a highly targeted and specific niche community website. If your goal is to reach potential customers who have a passion for fishing and either reside in, or plan to visit San Diego, there is no better place to invest your advertising dollars. Newspapers may generate an immense readership, but only a small percentage of readers may be even remotely interested in fishing. Why pay to reach all of those extra readers who aren't even interested? Our visitors are interested in one thing; fishing in San Diego.

Direct Advenue to You - Online advertising provides an immediate and direct link from your ad to your website. With a simple mouse click, an interested viewer will be on your website getting relevant information about you and your product or service. 

SDFish vs. Other Fishing Websites

Ad Packages -Most fishing websites offer "tenancy" packages, meaning you pay for an ad space that is static and visible on every (or select) page. While this might sound appealing, it is not very effective. Your ad can end up lost in a big mess of graphic ads with their other ads. Other websites offer "rotations" that charge a flat rate for your ad to appear in a rotation with no guarantee of how many views you receive. The more advertisers they have, the less views you get for the same price. SDFish.com uses an advanced ad serving software program allowing us to sell and guarantee impressions (views). You purchase and receive a guaranteed amount of views, delivered throughout the term of your contract. This keeps our ads directly adjacent to conent and in the viewer's sight each page view, not in a cluttered block of easily ignored ads.

Audience Profile - We are one of the few fishing websites specific to San Diego, and the largest of those. Our visitors are either fishermen living in San Diego, or are planning to visit San Diego to go fishing. 

Additional Promotional Opportunities - At SDFish.com we understand that our advertisers are supporting us for one reason, to receive sales with a high return of investment. We will promote your company's product or service every chance we have. We will publish your press releases and notify our viewers of specials or events you are having, as well as make mention of you and your services in our regular content when appropriate. 

Cost - Highly targeted sites like ours, referred to as "niche sites" charge from $15 to $50 per 1,000 impressions. For the same size ad we charge a low $5 per 1,000 impressions.

Available advertising opportunities

San Diego Fish Online has one of the most advanced advertising systems in the industry. While most sites still charge you a flat rate to occupy a certain spot on the website, we only charge our clients for the amount of views their campaign gets. Because of this, you are able to set your own budget, determining the amount of views you receive per month.

We have two ad zones available, both 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels tall (pictured below). The rate for these ad zones is ONLY $5 per 1,000 impressions (or views). Our minimum monthly budget is $50, which would give your ad 10,000 impressions. Each banner can contain either a link to your website, or a custom page on sdfish.com outlining your product or service. If you don't have your own website, we'll create a custom landing page on SDFish.com for you free of charge.

All contracts include press releases and additional promotional efforts on SDFish.com. Custom packages are available with custom ad sizes, placements, and impression rates.

You can design your own ads, or we can design them for you free of charge. You just tell us the message you want to get across and we'll design the ad, and begin your campaign with your approval.

 
Billing

We will work with you to create an easy billing schedule for you, whether it be annually, quarterly or monthly. You can pay by check, or we even accept credit card payments through PayPal. Our whole program is designed to be as easy as possible for you, so you can concentrate on taking advantage of your extra publicity. 

How to get started

Getting your campaign up and running on SDFish.com is easy and pain free. We can literally handle every step of the process, tailored to your needs. With five quick steps we can have a custom ad running in less than a day!

1. Decide your monthly budget, purchase monthly ad views
2. Provide us with the advertising message you want expressed in your ad
3. Review your ad proofs and approve the ad you want
4. Tell us how often you want reports automatically emailed to you
5. Take advantage of your increased traffic!

Click here to contact us with further questions, or to launch your successful advertising campaign on SDFish.com!