Our membership levels include benefits designed to give your business as much online exposure as possible so that you will appear in visitor searches when they search by location and/or service type.
To get the full benefit from your listing, it is very important that you fill out your Business Profile completely and accurately.
The search algorithm for PTC lists our higher membership levels first in the search order when someone searches by category or location. So, the higher your membership level, the higher on the search results list you will appear when someone searches for a business in the same location or category as yours. No matter what your level of membership, your business will appear in search results when someone searches for a business like yours (as long as your profile is filled out accurately), you may just be further down the list.
The following describes the benefits included in our Membership Levels. Depending on your membership choice, you may not have all of the benefits, so please refer to the Pricing Chart for what is included in each Membership Level. You may upgrade your membership at any time.
All our membership levels include business contact information (address, phone, email), website link, and your logo.
Basic memberships include listing one business location address. Higher memberships include the option to list additional business locations.
Many people prefer checking out and following businesses on social media platforms, so we allow some of our membership levels to include their social media links in their listings to provide visitors with another way to gain business followers and leads.
Have a promotion or special running? You can include them in your listing and update or change them at any time! This is a great way to let people know about your sales, seasonal discounts or other promotions you may be offering.
Our Home page has a Featured Business area that brings our King Pine and Mast Pine members front and center as part of this higher benefit. Home page is prime real estate to be seen by visitors no matter what they may be searching for, and includes a short business description and button link directly to the full business listing.
One of the unique aspects of Pine Tree Connect is that we aim to be an ongoing resource for people, businesses and communities so visitors will return again and again. Our blog articles feature our member businesses, offering an additional chance to have your business highlighted and for people to learn more about you. Our two highest membership levels, Mast Pine and King Pine have blog articles included as part of their membership.
We also accept press releases for article ideas, and guest blog post articles. If you are interested in submitting content to PTC, please see our Editorial Policy.
PTC sends regular email newsletters to our mailing list. Each newsletter features member businesses with links back to your business listing on PTC. This is an additional chance for people to learn more about your business and visit your listing who might not otherwise know about you.
Of course, PTC is active on social media, and we feature our members all the time! We include announcing and welcoming new members, as well as mentioning current members. We also highlight our business categories, blog articles, and other social posts to both drive traffic to your listing as well as to PTC to attract visitors to come and look around.
PTC has several advertising areas. Our two highest membership levels, Mast Pine and King Pine have ads included as part of their benefits. We also make ad space available for purchase at an additional cost. Please contact us to inquire about advertising space.
