Visit Dorset Business Support Increase your business profile with Visit Dorset

Do you want to increase your customer numbers by marketing to visitors to Dorset? If the answer is yes, visit-dorset.com is just the place to spend your marketing budget.

Visit Dorset is a trusted and established brand, our website ranks highly in all Dorset tourism related searches.

Our website has more than 1.7 million users per year and we have advertising options for all budgets including our maximum exposure listings to be featured on a large proportion of our webpages.

We offer great value options for our business members to enhance their marketing with us and can provide you with statistics so that you can assess your advertising and book again with confidence.

Advertising options for Visit Dorset members include the following extra options:

• Banner adverts displayed on most pages of visit-dorset.com 
• Feature adverts displayed on specific sections e.g. Things to Do, What's On events pages, Visit Weymouth, Visit Bournemouth, other towns or village landing pages, the Jurassic Coast, Places to Eat and Drink in Dorset, as well as lots more options.
• Competitions where you can partner with us and we will host the competition on our website, backed with a social media marketing campaign.
• Visitor e-newsletters - promote your business or event to circa 30,000 visitors who have signed up to receive regular Dorset e-newsletters.

Please call us to discuss your ideas and advertising needs.

Maximum exposure for your business on visit-dorset.com.

These popular advertising spaces features not only on the visit-dorset.com Homepage, it's also on most pages of the website.

We price these adverts on a monthly basis, as our website user visits fluctuate seasonally from 105,000 to 235,000 users per month.

Option 1 - Large Banner Advert

Please note that a business can only book this Large Banner Ad for a maximum of two consecutive months at a time, and bookings are taken on a first come first served basis. Contact us for our monthly prices ranging from £330 to £550 plus VAT, and derails regarding about word count and URL requirements.

Our Large Banner Advert measures 1000 pixels wide x 400 pixels high. Here's an example of how this advert placement could look for your business...

Option 2 - Small Banner Advert

Our Small Banner Ad measures 600 pixels wide x 500 pixels high - these banners are displayed in sets of 3 and you are able book one or more at a time, perhaps for a campaign or special event.

These advertising banner adverts are not only on the visit-dorset.com Homepage, they are also on most pages of the website.

We price these adverts on a monthly basis. Please contact us for our monthly prices ranging from £55 to £110 plus VAT per feature banner ad.

Here's an example of how our Small Banner Advert placement might look for your business...

Want to promote your business to our growing database of over 30,000 visitor e-newsletter subscribers for just £100 + vat?

If you've got an exclusive offer, competition, seasonal campaign or new-opening that you would like to promote to our enews subscribers, you can book an advertorial space which includes 1 image, up to 250 words and a URL link.

Our campaign bundles are the perfect way to give your event, new development, or grand opening the spotlight it deserves. Running over a dynamic 6–8 week period, each bundle is packed with powerful marketing options to help you stand out. With a number of flexible levels to choose from, there’s a solution to suit every budget and ambition.

Bundle 1 - £600 plus VAT

• An e-newsletter advertorial article in our visitor mailout, sent to over 30,000 people
• A small website banner advert - featured on our Homepage and many other webpages
• Up to 3 social media posts spread across the Visit Dorset platforms, to fit with your target audience (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
• A Blog post, along with social media promotion.

Bundle 2 - £960 plus VAT

• A dedicated e-newsletter sent to over 30,000 visitors who have signed up to receive regular Dorset enews
• A large website banner advert
• Up to 4 social media posts spread across the Visit Dorset platforms, to fit with your target audience (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
• A Blog post, along with social media promotion.

Bundle 3 - £1200 plus VAT

• A dedicated e-newsletter sent to over 30,000 visitors who have signed up to receive regular Dorset enews
• A large website banner advert
• A large Homepage slider graphic
• Up to 4 social media posts spread across the Visit Dorset platforms, to fit with your target audience (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
• A Blog post, along with social media promotion
• A Competition hosted on the Visit Dorset website, including opt-in email data.

For more details and to book your chosen package please contact the Visit Dorset team.

Visit Dorset members can use our successful social media channels on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to run a campaign for your business.

• Facebook 45k followers
• Instagram 47k followers

Read our quarterly digital performance statistics. 

Don't forget to tag our social media channels for a chance to be shared onto our feed or stories - Instagram @visitdorsetofficial, Facebook @VisitDorset, and TikTok @visitdorset.

Contact us to discuss your requirements and budget.

Are you an event organiser looking to promote your Dorset based event to new audiences and highly engaged visitors? Our Visit Dorset event advertising opportunities are designed to help your event shine and succeed.

Tap into our trusted website and social media platforms to connect with new markets and see real, measurable returns on your investment. Let’s make your Dorset event unforgettable!

Find out more about the event promotional packages you can purchase.

If you are a Visit Dorset member and you'd like to partner with us to offer a competition prize, please contact us. Offering a fabulous prize can be a really effective way of raising the awareness of your business and Visit Dorset is a trusted brand which helps competitions have a great success rate.

Offering prizes can also be a good way to increase your email database or social media followers for future communications. Competitions with opt in data (email addresses)s are available to Platinum members with no additional charge. Competitions are available for members on lower packages, but a £200 plus VAT fee applies should you wish to receive the opt in data.

All competitions are hosted on the visit-dorset.com website within our Competitions section, and are promoted via our social media channels as well as our regular visitor e-newsletters.

Here is an example of a competition partnership with Durdle Door Holiday Park:

If you are a Visit Dorset member and are interested in hosting press trips to journalists or social media influencers on a complimentary basis in return for promotion to new audiences, please contact us. We'll try to help you reach your target markets via our media networks.

If you are launching a new business, recently invested in your business or have something unique to offer, tell us about it - we can then pass the information onto to Visit England for a chance to be promoted on a national scale.

If you offer a special discount or an open day for owners of Dorset tourism businesses, you might like to use our Industry e-newsletter to advertise your promotion or invitation.

We send monthly communications to circa 700 Dorset tourism business and could help you deliver your news. Our businesses trust us to make sure that we only send information that's relevant to them, so these emails have a very high open rate, and we can only accept certain articles that fit our criteria.

The member price is £100 plus VAT per e-newsletter (with 1 image, 250 words maximum and a URL link). 

Love what we do and feel that your brand is a great fit for us? We'd love to hear from you about collaborating for mutual benefit. Visit Dorset is supported by Dorset Council and it's important for us to find innovative ways of funding what we do. We can work with you to design a promotional package that fits your budget and helps you highlight your brand to our considerable audiences.

Read our quarterly digital performance statistics. 

Contact us to arrange a discussion with our marketing team.

Visit Dorset now offers a range of options to town councils and partner organisations. Our tourism websites feature incredible technical functionality and the ability to help you support your communities. Visit Dorset now provides town websites (microsites of visit-dorset.com) for three Dorset towns: Lyme Regis, Sherborne and Swanage.

Our team can also help plan and host social media campaigns and banner adverts for Town Councils, Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) or organisations in partnership with you.

We welcome discussions and collaborations. We offer creative ideas and solutions that can be economical and effective for you, as well as benefitting from our team's expertise and experience.

Contact us to arrange an initial chat to see how we can help.