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Co-Op Advertising & Marketing Opportunities for 2025
Trumbull County Tourism is excited to present co-op advertising opportunities designed to maximize your advertising budget and enhance your visibility. These programs subsidize costs and reach current and future visitors to the Northeast Ohio region.
By participating in these cooperative marketing programs, you can significantly enhance your business’s visibility and attract more visitors to Trumbull County. Join us in making 2025 a successful year for tourism in our region!
Why Participate?
Participating in these programs allows you to maximize Trumbull Tourism’s resources and expertise, reaching a wider audience while keeping your marketing costs low. It’s a win-win partnership that enhances your business’s visibility and attracts more visitors to Trumbull County.
Trumbull Tourism will do targeted outreach one on one sessions.
2026 Truly Trumbull Trip Ideas (Visitors) Guide
Description:
An award-winning annual visitor guide distributed at key locations and digitally available. Advertisers receive digital links to their websites or Facebook pages.
Why Participate?
Gain extensive exposure through a trusted and widely distributed guide, enhancing your visibility to visitors across Northeast Ohio.
Trumbull Tourism Marketing Investment:
Approximately $40,000 (subsidizing about 75% of advertising costs).
Partner Cost:
$300 (¼ page) to $1500 (full page) for 2024; 2025 costs to be determined.
Contact Person:
Nichole Cardinale, Great Lakes Publishing, 330-265-8665, ncardinale@glpublishing.com
Listing Promotion on TrulyTrumbull.com
Advertise on Trumbull Tourism’s website to reach a targeted audience of visitors. Options include Basic Listing and Enhanced Listing. Must be a visitor-serving business.
Why Participate?
Leverage a well-established platform to reach a broader audience without significantly increasing your marketing budget.
Basic Listing (Things to Do, Dining & Accommodations):
Free; includes business name, address, phone, website, and a brief (up to 25 word) description along with one high-resolution image.
Enhanced Listing:
Annual Package $1,200; $900/6-month package or $600/3-month package; includes priority placement, photo gallery (up to 3 photos). No single month listings available.
Confirm Participation:
Complete the form and be approved as a visitor-serving business.
Contact Person:
Nick Lehner | Nick@trulyTrumbull.com
Event Promotion on TrulyTrumbull.com
Advertise on Trumbull Tourism’s website to reach a targeted audience of visitors. Options include Event Listing, and Featured Event Listing. Must be a visitor-serving business.
Why Participate?
Leverage a well-established platform to reach a broader audience without significantly increasing your marketing budget.
Event Listing:
Free; promote your event on our most visited landing page.
Featured Event Listing:
Located at the top of a specific month. Pricing is per event. $300/3-month package ($100 per month) or $350/2-month package ($125 per month). No single month premium event listings available.
Confirm Participation:
Complete the form and be approved as a visitor-serving business.
Contact Person:
Samantha Ensminger | Samantha@TrulyTrumbull.com
Dedicated Email Blast
Feature your business in a standalone email focused solely on your visitor experience. Only 12 spots available, only 1 per month, to a list of nearly 20,000 subscribers.
Why Participate?
Make a significant impact with a dedicated promotion, ensuring your message stands out to nearly 20,000 email subscribers.
Partner Cost:
$300 per email.
Contact Person:
Samantha Ensminger | Samantha@TrulyTrumbull.com
Marketing Your Visitor Experience | Blog, Email Blast and a Social Media Post
A standalone blog post and email promoting . (Only 12 spots available, only 1 email per month)
Why Participate?
Make a big splash with this promotion! This package includes:
- An in-house written blog and posted onto TrulyTrumbull.com
- A dedicated email blast to nearly 20,000 subscribers with a follow up resend to non-openers to maximize visibility
- A social media post to amplify your reach.
Partner Cost:
$800 per packag
Contact Person:
Samantha Ensminger | Samantha@TrulyTrumbull.com
Hot Peppers in Oil Night @ the Scrappers
Description: Participate in a popular event featuring hot peppers, sponsored by the Italian Food Trail.
Trumbull Tourism Marketing Investment:
Sponsorship to subsidize the event.
Why Participate?
Engage with a large audience at a highly anticipated event, enhancing your brand’s local presence.
Partner Cost:
Free to submit hot peppers; tasting and judging are free with an admission ticket.
Contact Person:
Heather Sahli, General Manager | hsahli@mvscrappers.com
Cookie Table Night @ the Scrappers
A bridal show and cookie tasting event sponsored by Trumbull County Tourism.
Trumbull Tourism Marketing Investment:
Sponsorship to subsidize the event.
Why Participate?
Showcase your products at a unique and popular event, attracting both local residents and visitors.
Partner Cost:
Free to submit for cookie table night.
Contact Person:
Heather Sahli, General Manager | hsahli@mvscrappers.com
Talent Boost: 2025 Destination Uplift
Trumbull Tourism is investing in YOU and Your Business! This program provides access to an extensive on-demand marketing education and resources to enhance your business’s digital marketing skills. We’re working again this with Two Six Digital who provided our 2024 marketing education.
Why Participate?
Improve your marketing capabilities and stay competitive with up-to-date digital marketing strategies.
Partner Cost:
Free.
Contact Person:
Beth Carmichael | Beth@TrulyTrumbull.com
Mobile Data Visitation | Placer.ai Reports
Foot traffic analytics to understand customer demographics and behavior to identify existing and new markets.
Trumbull Tourism Marketing Investment:
Financial investment in the platform to assist partners.
Why Participate?
Gain valuable insights into your customer base, helping you make informed marketing decisions.
Partner Cost:
$200 for a comprehensive business overview report that includes, trade area, guest demographics, zip code origins, and potential markets.
Contact Person:
Nick Lehner | Nick@trulyTrumbull.com
CisionOne Media Outreach
Media outreach and distribution services to amplify your brand reach.
Why Participate?
Increase your brand’s visibility through targeted media outreach, attracting new customers from the US and Canadian markets.
Partner Cost (Varies by Service):
- Press Release Distribution: $200 per request.
- Custom Media Lists: $400 per request.
- PR Newswire Distribution: $750 per release.
- Trumbull Tourism Marketing Investment: Approximately $10,000 plus staff assistance.
Contact Person:
Beth Carmichael | Beth@TrulyTrumbull.com
Working with Trumbull County Tourism
The purpose of Trumbull County Tourism is to encourage economic development through destination marketing, management, and development. For its Partners, it will publicize businesses that the criteria for a “visitor serving business.” This includes various attractions, recreational, natural, and cultural activities, entertainment, unique historical sites, lodgings, event space, and dining establishments serving visitors and organizations visiting the county. Trumbull Tourism will highlight those sites and activities that generate visitor interest based on research and current visitor trends and interests locally, regionally, and nationally.
Trumbull Tourism greatly emphasizes promoting businesses that align with our mission and meet our criteria for inclusion in our promotional efforts. While we strive to support and showcase a diverse range of businesses in the tourism industry, we reserve the right to exercise discretion in selecting which businesses to promote.
Trumbull Tourism evaluates businesses based on various factors, including relevance and alignment with our target audience. We aim to maintain the highest standards in promoting businesses that provide exceptional experiences to visitors.
As such, Trumbull Tourism may choose not to promote your business if it does not meet our criteria or is deemed incompatible with our objectives. We value transparency and will communicate our decision to you should it be necessary.
We ask that you complete the form(s) provided when selecting your partner marketing choices and submit back to us.
You are responsible for payment.