Marketing & Advertising
Experience Ocean City
- Extensive Reach: 150,000 printed copies, reaching audiences across the US and Canada.
- Online and Social Exposure: Gain online visibility through our website, social media, and email marketing.
- Trusted Partnerships: Collaboration with Ocean City Tourism, Worcester County Tourism, and OceanCity.com to promote the guide, ensuring your business is seen by a wide and engaged audience.
- Targeted Distribution: Locally and regionally distributed to AAA offices, Information & Visitor Centers, transportation hubs and select trade shows.
Email Olive Mawyer, Membership Director, or call 410-213-0144, ext. 106
Experience Ocean City App Ads and Push Notifications
Unlock the full potential of your business by tapping into the power of our thriving community of 2,000+
users with the Experience Ocean City app. Whether you’re a local establishment or a visitor-oriented
business, our app provides the perfect platform to showcase your brand, engage with customers, and
drive remarkable results.
Email Jill Brady, Digital Marketing Manager or call 410-213-0144 ext. 132
Enhanced Listing on Chamber Website
Enhance your online profile on our website to include your company logo, photos, videos, longer business
description up to 1600 characters, bulleted items that you specialize in, a virtually unlimited number of
keywords, and more. Enhanced members can post up to 10 Hot Deals at a time!
Membership Directory Comparison Chart
Example of a member enhanced listing
How to Create Your Enhanced Web Listing
Email Olive Mawyer, Membership Director, or call 410-213-0144, ext. 106
Digital Sign Advertising
Advertise on the OC Chamber digital sign! Post your logo, special and/or message viewable from eastbound AND westbound lanes of Route 50. Annualized average daily traffic on US 50 is 33,500, summer AADT is approximately 46,500. Panels are typically displayed on a constant rotation for at least 6 seconds and appear at least once each minute or 60+ times per hour.
Price: $400/week; $1600/month; $4500/3 months
Email Debbie Haas, Communications Manager or call 410-213-0144ext. 104
Individual Business Eblast
Each Thursday, the Chamber will send one eblast highlighting one individual business. Member is responsible for creating content.
Email Jill Brady, Digital Marketing Manager or call 410-213-0144 ext. 132
Weekly Member Elerts
Each Tuesday, the Chamber sends a weekly member elert to active Chamber members and their representatives that includes quick links to relevant and timely information that impacts our members, compliance & regulatory, education & training, financial resources & grants, and news & events. There are three options to advertise your business or event in the weekly member elert: Listing; Leaderboard Banner Ad; or Partner Spotlight.
Email Jill Brady, Digital Marketing Manager or call 410-213-0144 ext. 132
Visitor Elert
The Chamber sends a monthly* elert to approximately 19,000 potential visitors who have expressed an interest in receiving information about Ocean City and shared their email addresses with us. This is your opportunity to promote your business/highlight specials to potential OC visitors. There are three options to advertise in the visitor elert: Listing; Leaderboard Banner Ad; Partner Spotlight.
*Timing: Sent Tuesday once/month October through March; sent twice/month April through September.
Email Jill Brady, Digital Marketing Manager or call 410-213-0144 ext. 132
Web Content Banner Ads
Visibility is key! An average of 28,000 unique users visit the Chamber website each month and are exposed to web content banner ads.
Email Jill Brady, Digital Marketing Manager or call 410-213-0144 ext. 132
Leads List
The Chamber website includes a detailed online form for potential visitors to complete to request the Experience Ocean City vacation guide in the mail. We also collect requests from a number of other sources. OC Chamber members can purchase the entire list or obtain the names & addresses of those who have expressed an interest in a particular category, such as: golf, shopping, specific types of accommodations, etc.
These “inquiries” are made available in Excel format and are emailed to member subscribers for their own marketing purposes. The lists are provided to subscribers each week from February to October containing over 25,000 names annually.
Pricing: 10 cents per name in Excel
Email Jill Brady, Digital Marketing Manager or call410-213-0144 ext. 132
Event Sponsorship
Many opportunities and sponsorship levels are available for various events throughout the year such as food, beverage, signage, program advertising, speakers, etc. Some opportunities start as low as $100, but vary per event. These events include:
- Alive After 5
- Chamber Awards Celebration
- Golf Tournament
- Job Fair
- Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
Email Colby Noble, Events Manager or call 410-213-0144 ext. 110
Alive After 5 “Spotlight Table”
Sponsorship tables are available for members to display their products or services during our monthly Alive After 5 (formerly Business After Hours). Your business will be included in any promotion of that month’s Alive After 5. Price: $50
Email Colby Noble, Events Manager or call 410-213-0144 ext. 110
Visitor Center Business of the Week
Members can set up a table (provided) in our Visitor Center for one full week (Sunday to Saturday) to display products or services. Our friendly staff will promote your business for that week any way you like (giveaways, coupons etc.) to all the visitors and locals who patronize the Center.
Price: $100/week in season (May 1—September 30) and $60/week off season (October 1—April 30).
Email Debbie Haas, Communications Manager, or call 410-213-0144, ext. 104
