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With over 127,000 pageviews monthly and 44,000 unique visitors, we are a great platform for your business to get noticed, and we are always growing.
Demographics
The Costa Rica Star is listed in Google News and therefore we receive thousands of daily website visits related to Costa Rica, Latin America, and World News. We are also the top English news media website in Costa Rica in terms of Social Media engagement and email subscribers. We have a truly amazing community of readers who come back day after day, and we work hard to earn their readership time ongoing.
50% of our website traffic comes from Costa Rica IP addresses, made up of 25% English speaking Ticos, and 25% Foreigners who speak English and live in Costa Rica. The other 50% of our website traffic comes from a global audience with business, family, political, or other interest here in Costa Rica. Many of our readers come from Europe and Southeast Asia, on top of our Canadian and United States readers.
The top browser accessing our website daily is Google Chrome followed by Firefox, and 10% of our monthly traffic comes from smart phones via Facebook Mobile. 60% of our website traffic is new visits and the remaining 40% is returning visitors. We see the returning visitors metric increasing incrementally over time. We suspect it will be closer to 50% new visits and 50% returning during the coming weeks.
Introduction to Advertising
We believe that we are different. We reach an audience that is affluent, young, and using smart phones. Yes, we understand the mobile internet and transparent easy to consume news media content. We mix old school marketing on the ground around Costa Rica with Internet Marketing that you would expect to see in 2012, as well as dive into the waters of experimental online marketing.
If you are new to our website and this is your first visit, go to our Facebook page and click on the “LIKE” button at the top to get familiar with us before you decide to do any advertising. We want you to feel comfortable with your choice to do business with us.
Business Advertising Onsite
We have a number of options for advertising your business within The Costa Rica Star website.
Press Release $100 USD
-Costa Rica geo-targeted Press Releases for your local business. We write the Press Release for you on behalf of your business, using a new school approach with a clear call to action at increasing your social influence and market penetration for your brand.
Website Banner TOP RIGHT 468×60 – $1500 USD per month
Website Banner SIDEBAR RIGHT 300×100 – $1200 USD per month
Website Banner IN ARTICLE TOP 468×60 – $1200 USD per month
Website Banner IN ARTICLE BOTTOM 468×60 – $800 USD per month
Text Link SIDEBAR with contact info – $500 USD per month
Coming soon mobile website banner TOP – $800 USD per month
*Prices above include tax, ad design (if needed), English translation of ad copy, hyperlink to website.
*Ask about our discounts for volume and long-term advertising purchases.
*We can create your banner for you (no added charge) or you can submit it in JPEG/GIF format.
*We accept animated banners.
*Contact us well in advance of advertisement booking.
Business Advertising Offsite
Target 1.2 million People in Costa Rica – $3200 USD per month
-Through a private advertising network we are able to reach 1.2 million people here in Costa Rica directly, where they use the internet and smart phones the most. We use this same system for increased growth and readership of The Costa Rica Star website.
175,000 Banner Ad Impressions – $2800 USD per month
-Imagine having your Costa Rica business advertised on the New York Times, Wallstreet Journal, and top AOL news media websites! These advertisements only display for people who have previously visited your website, so they are highly targeted, tracked using cookies, and make you look like you have a HUGE advertising budget. You will realize an increase in business conversions over 5 times what you are seeing now, instantly.
