Dear Businesses, Nonprofits and Schools,

It's holiday season  and you can see all of the Halloween pumpkins being replaced with holiday decorations and information.   Be sure and read about upcoming newsletter issues we have planned for families to prepare for this busy time of year.

If your business is not listed on LIParentSource.com, this is a great time of year to start so that you have an avenue to promote all of your holiday specials. (Scroll to the bottom of this e-mail for a coupon you can use for listing during November!)  Through LIParentSource.com, you can reach parents directly with a Business Membership or Enhanced Listing.  Your information and website link can be available to local families with packages starting at $99/year.  More details >>>

If you haven't already voted, click here to vote for LIParentSource.com as the Best Long Island Based Website as nominated in the Long Island Press's Best of 2010. 

EDITORIAL CALENDAR

LIParentSource.com's subscriber rate is steadily increasing. We currently have over 6,500 local families that subscribe to our weekly e-newsletters. Upcoming parent newsletters include:

• Nov. 19 - What's for Dinner? (Dining and meal planning)
  
• Nov. 25 - Holiday Issue
• Dec. 3 - Families Giving Back Locally
• Dec. 10 - Shop till You Drop
• Dec. 17 - Family Traditions
  (Please contact us at info@liparentsource.com if you would like to place an ad in any issue.)

We are currently hard at work on our Editorial Calendar for 2010.  If you have a topic that you would like to see covered in our 2010 e-newsletters, drop us an e-mail and let us know.

KEEP PROMOTING YOUR BUSINESS!

If you have purchased an Enhanced Listing or Business Membership, be sure to keep posting your Parent Perks discounts and specials.  Our Parent Perks e-newsletter is sent the first Tuesday of each month.  If your perk is not included in the newsletter due to space limitations, it will be visible by all when parents click through.  If you do not currently receive our weekly Parent E-Newsletter, sign up here >>> or click to view the Newsletter Archives >>>

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES

As always, we work very hard to keep up with the latest technology and implement the best ways possible to gain visibility for our site and your business.  We recently launched our new blog, Read Our LIPS, which you can find here >>> Listed businesses and business members can submit articles and tips for us to publish and promote on our blog (in addition to e-newsletters, space permitting).  We are also looking to launch a separate blog dedicated to best business practices and local networking events before the end of the year.  If you are hosting a networking event or know a great group, please e-mail us at blogs@liparentsource.com and let us know.

Thank you for continuing to support our site and families across Long Island.

Marketing Information & Opportunities

OFFICE SPACE TO SHARE

• Beautiful Office for share 2-3 days per week - VERY reasonable. Must see. I travel a lot and it's a shame for it to sit empty! Located on the North Shore, call Pam for more information, 516-624-2332

REACH LOCAL FAMILIES THROUGH SCHOOLS

• Elementary school in Syosset (grades K through 5) has limited space available for ads in their parent newsletter.  The newsletter will be sent home in December with 500 children residing in Syosset, Jericho & Muttontown.  A business card sized ad costs $50.  If you are interested, please e-mail amyp1007@gmail.com or call 516.297.3497.

DO YOU WRITE?

• With the launch of our new blogs, we are looking to also launch a collaborative Long Island parent blog focusing on the personal, funny and often excruciating lives of families in our communities. If you're a mom (or a dad) and want to write, send an e-mail with a writing sample to info@liparentsource.com.  We'll be looking for one original post per week.  This is a great way to promote your personal or business blog to the Long Island communities.