Back when we started the Summer Camp Guide for Beaconites, it was primarily because there were so many great camps around us, yet it was hard organizing which camps which of our children should go to on which dates. So we made a list about it, and that list quickly got used by many, many parents to referred to it as a bible as they plotted their summers.

We have also now learned that the building of these Summer Camp Guides starts in November (a great tip given to us by a magazine publisher friend). So we are announcing now the ability to get us your information so that A Little Beacon Blog’s Summer Camp Guide can be spit-spot ready to go by March, which is when the camps start sending out their notices to parents, and parents begin locking in plans.

About A Little Beacon Blog’s Readers:

Readers come from Beacon, but they also come from other Hudson Valley towns including Fishkill, Wappingers, Peekskill, Kingston and Poughkeepsie. Even New York City! We have even gotten requests from people who live in those communities to start something like A Little Beacon Blog in their cities or towns.

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How A Little Beacon Blog’s Guide Works (The Secret Sauce)

Our guide is a living guide, which means that it lives online on the same web page every year. This is how it has maintained its #1 ranking in Google over the years for people searching for summer camps. All of our Guides work this way, in fact. Here’s our Secret Sauce:

• Lots of Great Recommendations: We include basic information for camps based in Beacon for free. This includes the dates. The dates are the most important part for parents.

• Links: We include links to camps’ websites because that’s what Google loves, because readers love links. Easy-peasy connections to info!

• Dedicated Sponsor Pages: Advertising camps get their own pages on A Little Beacon Blog. So, you pay for a page on our website that can include lots of details about your camp, including price, descriptions, photos, etc. Even videos if you have them!

Why Advertising In The Guide Is Crucial For Camps In And Outside Of Beacon

There are a lot of great camps. The space even inside of Beacon has gotten crowded. Parents look outside of Beacon for different date ranges, age ranges, and specialties. A Little Beacon Blog’s Summer Camp Guide is a central place for them to refer to as they research and register.

• So Much! While we started listing as much as we could for free for Beacon businesses, we started drowning over the years. We no longer can keep it up without sponsor support from the camps.

• Dates get released late into the season. While this turns into breaking news and is good for us to get the scoop on, we might not get to it because, well, Life. This is why advertising is helpful. It locks in your update!

• Stand out in the competition. Those who advertise get logos and photos, and can get featured on the main page of the Summer Camp Guide.

Early-Bird Special - Pay Now - Get Your Camp Info Updated In Advance!

The Early-Bird Special is going on now for enhanced listing in A Little Beacon Blog’s Summer Camp Guide. Parents are planning their summers early. Let them see your programming and dates!

The Summer Camp Guide lives here:

https://www.alittlebeaconblog.com/summer-camp-guide

An advertiser at Level 2 in that guide ($485 Early Bird, regularly $685) is ID Tech Summer Camp. See how their listing looks in the main Summer Camp Guide, and then the special sponsor page they get.

Their dedicated sponsor page is here:

https://www.alittlebeaconblog.com/summer-camp-guide-listings/id-tech-summer-camp-stem-education

You can purchase the advertising online here at any time, and we will get it up for you onto the website. That way it will be ready for whenever it is that parents begin their research!

Even if you don’t know dates yet, you can buy now during our Early-Bird period, and submit the information when you’re ready.