Advertise With Us
Do you want to grow your business, gain more enquiries, and connect with our local community?
If you answered yes, then you’re in the right place.
Lake Mac Family Life launched in November 2019, and we’ve already established ourselves as the go-to for everything our audience needs in Lake Mac.
One Of A Kind
Lake Mac Family Life is the only comprehensive online space for parents and families living and working in Lake Mac. So if you're looking for a highly targeted audience of parents across Lake Macquarie, then you're in the right place.
We Support Local
Lake Macquarie has a pretty amazing community. We're already supporting over 200 local Lake Mac businesses. Our goal is for our audience to search, find, and support local first.
Family Fun
Inspiration and fun for families right here in Lake Mac. Families can explore our new digital magazine, local guides, playgrounds, events, workshops and more. All family-focused content for our audience to enjoy.
business, event, and job directories
Our results so far..
Business Directory
Joining our directory means joining our family.
Inclusions:
- 12 months – listing in our directory (+35% growth vs. 2020)
- Up to 12 posts – monthly Facebook group business hour (+32% growth vs. 2020)
- Random shout – Facebook business page (+115% growth vs. 2020)
- FREE unlimited listings in our Events Directory (normally $100/per event)
- FREE unlimited listings on our Job Board (only available to our business listings)
- Instagram Business Story (+ saved in our Highlights Directory)
- Placement in our Lake Mac Parents Facebook group short-cut section
Plus, where applicable we include our businesses and directory links in content around school holidays, Mothers Day, our new Magazine, articles and any time we see an opportunity.
Featured Listing
Less than $6 per week!-
Pinned listing (won’t move)
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Featured on all categories page
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Images and logo
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Description
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Social & website links
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Customer contact form
Standard Listing
Less than $5 per week!-
Images and logo
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Description
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Social & website links
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Customer contact form
Featured Listing
Less than $6 per week!-
Pinned Listing (above all standard listings)
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Business name
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Business description
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Images and logo
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Description
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Social & website links
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Customer contact form
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Opening hours
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Location map
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Up to 3 categories
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Visitors can:
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Share your listing
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Call you directly
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Get directions
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Leave or check reviews
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See if you have any events on
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See if you have any job listings
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Email you via the contact form
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Once you secure your spot in the featured list, no other new listing (featured or standard) can sit above your business
Standard Listing
Less than $5 per week!-
Business name
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Business description
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Images and logo
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Description
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Social & website links
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Customer contact form
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Opening hours
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Location map
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Up to 3 categories
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Visitors can:
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Share your listing
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Call you directly
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Get directions
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Leave or check reviews
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See if you have any events on
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See if you have any job listings
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Email you via the contact form
EVENT DIRECTORY AND JOB BOARD
Both events and job listings are advertised across our social media.
If your business is already listed in our business directory you can list events or jobs for no cost. Please choose the NO COST options below.
Event Listing
Business directory members only-
Main image
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Description
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Dates and times
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Venue and map
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Social and website links
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Contact details
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Linked back to your business listing
Job board
Business directory members only-
Business logo
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Title and description
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Vacancy type, hours & days
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Business details
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PDF attachment
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Social and website links
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Linked back to your business listing
Event Listing
Non-members pricing-
Pinned listing (won’t move)
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Main image
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Description
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Dates and times
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Venue and map
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Social and website links
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Contact details
Advertising
Once you join our directory, there are plenty of ways you can achieve even greater exposure. Any advertising package can be tailored to your objective and budget.
- Website display advertising
- Sponsorship articles
- Editorial articles
- Promotions/giveaways in our
- Facebook group
- Business review articles
- Social media campaigns
- Lake Mac Family Life Magazine advertising
Lake Mac Family Life Magazine is a high traffic digital guide for our families to enjoy each season. After the success of our first edition, we’re excited to grow its engagement into 2022. For content deadlines and pricing please reach out via the contact form below.
Work with us
If you’ve got any questions about joining our family which are still unanswered, please reach out.
You can book a phone call with Sonia through the link below, or send a quick email and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Frequently Asked questions
There are 2 listing options for business.
- Featured Listing $275/yr (+GST)
- Standard Listing $225/yr (+GST)
Both listing options have to same inclusions, however our featured list sits above the standard list in each category. So this means if you take a featured listing, your position will be secured for as long as you list with us. A standard listing will move down as new featured listings join our directory.
All our business listings go in date order, so the sooner you list your business the better position you’ll have.
You can list events with us for FREE if you have your business listed in our Business Directory, or you can choose a Featured Event for $100 if you don’t have a business listed in our Business Directory. You can list an evet up to 8 weeks before the event date.
Listing a job on Lake Mac Family Life is FREE if you have a directory listing.
Yes. You can create an event without a business listing, however, if you have a business listing it can be linked to your business and it will also appear on your business page.
Linking an event to your business means visitors can easily find it. This link is selected during the event listing process and will appear in your Listing Dashboard.
Job listings are exclusively for our directory businesses.
Here’s all the business categories on our website so you know exactly what you’re looking for during the listing process.
We suggest looking at this list prior to submitting your listing, so you can plan the most effective position for your business.
To make your listing look amazing you need to resize your images before you add them.
Business Listing
1 x Main image – 1800×1200 jpg
6 x Gallery images – 640×427 jpg
1 x Icon image (logo) – 200×200 jpg
Event Listing
1 x Main image – 1800×1200 jpg
Job Listing
1 x logo – 200×200 jpg
If you have multiple locations around Lake Macquarie and one single business name, we suggest putting ‘Lake Macquarie’ as your suburb. In the description field, you can add the locations with addresses, phone numbers, and hours of operation for each location.
Absolutely! You don’t need to have any other presence online. You will need a main image and the icon/logo for your listing to be accepted. See the Q&A question above on ‘What image sizes do I need for a listing?”
We have lots of ways you can connect with our Lake Mac families.
You can book a call with Sonia and she will talk through all your options and answer any questions.
If you would like to book one of our advertising spaces, we’ll provide you with the ad sizes but it’s up to you to organise the creative.
You can DIY it by using an awesome tool called Canva. It’s a free program and they have lots of set templates you can use and tutorials to learn from. Please note, it does need to look professional, so we highly recommend showing it to some friends or Sonia can also review it for you.
Another option is to outsource it. We have someone who can do this for you at a fee. Please talk to Sonia about this on your call with her.
Easy peasy! You have full access to your user account through your Listing Dashboard. Your Listing Dashboard can be accessed through the blue button at the bottom of any page on our website. It’s labelled “Listing Dashboard”.
In the dashboard, you’ll see all the activity in your account.
- How many people have viewed each listing
- Types of devices used by the viewer
- Where the visitor has come from on the website (referrer)
- Platform used by the viewer
- Types of browsers used by the viewer
and all your account details, listings, and various information you can use to make the most of your listing.
Want more proof our advertising works?
Read it first hand from local businesses just like yours..
They really care about the local community and this is demonstrated by the manner in which they bring Lake Macquarie people and businesses together. Highly recommended."
