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Put Your Business In Front Of TheDelaware Beaches

Reach locals, visitors and second homeowners through Delaware Beaches Online, across our website, app, social media, email, video and original content.

And when you need more than exposure, our full-service marketing agency can help with strategy, websites, SEO, paid advertising, content, video and everything in between.

Only the best Delaware Beaches brand in the world!!

What is “Delaware Beaches Online”?

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Delaware Beaches Online is one of the fastest-growing brands at the Delaware Beaches. Some say we're the best Delaware Beaches brand in the world!

Founded in 2021, we started as a website and social media brand — and quickly snowballed into much more. Today, we've grown into a locally built digital platform that connects people with everything happening at the Delaware Beaches.

Through our app, website, social media, newsletter, and original content, we help residents and visitors:

  • Find places to eat
  • Discover things to do
  • Check how busy the towns are
  • Find parking
  • Stay in the know before heading out

Our goal is to create the best possible partnership for the trusted local brands we represent. With one partnership, businesses can reach an engaged audience across multiple trusted platforms.

We're taking over — and taking you with us!

A local audience, powered by real marketing expertise

Built by marketersnot publishers trying to market.

Delaware Beaches Online was founded by Chris David, owner of the successful advertising agency Syndicate Marketing. We're marketing first, for our sponsors.

We know marketing because we live it every day — building brands, creating campaigns, producing content, driving traffic, and generating measurable results for local businesses.

We're not a publication that added marketing services. We're a marketing company that built a trusted local brand. That means every partnership benefits from agency-level strategy, creative execution, cross-platform promotion and a deeper understanding of what actually motivates customers to act.

WebsitesMobile & AppsSocial MediaSEO & SearchContent & VideoEmail & NewslettersAnalytics & GrowthLocal Discovery
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Our Reach

Audience Demographics

Our platform connects directly with the key demographic influencing purchasing decisions in Southern Delaware.

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Instagram Followers
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Facebook Followers
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Views in 2026
Across all platforms

Audience by Age Group

Audience Share (%)

18-24
10
25-34
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35-44
20
45-54
25
55+
30

Women 55+ are our largest and most engaged segment — the daily decision makers for dining, shopping, and local services.

The Partner Playbook

A Few Ways We Advertise Your Brand

Every DBO Partner is woven into the full ecosystem — from first search to final visit.

Live Stream — Penny Lane

Live from the heart of Rehoboth

Local events, food specials, weather conditions and more.

Biggest benefit: We'll feature your specials or events on the live feed. Select partners get premier placement here!

Delivering big value in the first month alone

Content Creation

Every DBO partnership includes professional content creation by Chris — our professional photographer and content creator — giving your business high-quality photos and/or video you can use anywhere.

  • Professional photo and video content featuring your business, team, products or services
  • Used by DBO for your partner announcement, social media features and press release/announcement
  • Higher partnership levels include longer shoots, more content and increased shoot frequency
  • Use your content on your website, social media, advertising, email and more
  • The finished photos and videos are yours to keep and use in perpetuity

Biggest benefit: We're not just promoting your business — we're creating professional marketing assets you own and can continue using long after the campaign.

View samples of our portfolio →
Thrasher's French fries on the Rehoboth boardwalk — a content shoot sample

One shoot. Multiple touchpoints. More visibility.

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Capture the Content

Photo + video shoot — build the content library.

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Featured Social Post

Collab with client FB + IG — expand reach on social.

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Website Feature

Press release or featured blog published on DelawareBeaches.Online.

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Newsletter Distribution

Shared with photos + video, delivered to our email audience.

The future of local is here!

Our Proprietary App!

The first app of its kind for the Delaware Beaches — and we're just getting started. DBO is building something completely new for this market: one app combining local discovery, proprietary tools, events, dining, beach resources, and sponsor integration.

Not a directory. A local utility.

Parking tools. Events. Beach info. Local resources. And new features built specifically for how people actually use the Delaware Beaches.

Your brand can become part of the product.

Select partners can sponsor — or help inspire — custom tools, guides, resources, and app features built around their industry.

Built-in sponsor visibility.

Premium in-app placement puts your brand directly inside the experience — alongside the information people are actively looking for.

What's next

AI itinerary building. Smarter resources for locals + visitors. Push notifications. Sponsor specials, events, and promotions integrated naturally and tastefully into the experience.

This isn't just another place to advertise. It's an opportunity to become part of the infrastructure of the Delaware Beaches.

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Be seen where locals & tourists are engaging

Website Visibility + SEO

HUGE SEO and AI optimization benefit! Your partnership gives you the opportunity to submit articles, events, and specials for our website and mobile app.

  • Include backlinks to your website, helping strengthen your overall SEO presence
  • Build additional local relevance around the services and topics you want to be found for
  • Create more opportunities for your business to appear in Google search results
  • Repurpose published articles across social media, email and your own marketing

Biggest benefit: You're not just buying temporary exposure — you're building a library of local content and backlinks that can continue supporting your search visibility over time.

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Published on DBO

Blog posts, PR & features

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Backlinks to your website

Relevant links support SEO

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More content = more keywords

More blogs, more benefits

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Build topic authority

Strengthens relevance for your services

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Index in Google & drive traffic

Helps people find your brand

Digital Coverage

Be seen where locals & tourists are engaging

DBO partners receive prominent digital placement across DelawareBeaches.Online and the Delaware Beaches Online mobile app, putting your brand in front of residents and visitors while they are actively planning, browsing and looking for local recommendations.

  • Visibility across the DBO website and mobile app
  • Reach users while they are actively looking for things to do, places to eat and local services
  • Placement alongside trusted local content, guides, events and resources
  • Higher partnership levels include more prominent and expanded placement
  • Drive traffic directly to your website, offer, event or landing page
  • Reinforce your brand across multiple touchpoints throughout the DBO ecosystem

Biggest benefit: Your business stays visible in the places people are already using to explore the Delaware Beaches.

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High Visibility

Stand out in key placements.

Across Devices

Engage users on web and mobile.

Audience Reach

Connect with a broad, relevant audience.

Measurable Impact

Drive awareness and action that matters.

Reach 30,000+ email subscribers each week!

Newsletter Coverage

Delaware Beaches Online sends a weekly newsletter featuring local events, things to do, community information, dining, food specials, and more.

Premium placement by partnership level

Top newsletter sponsorship positions are prioritized by package level:

Concierge→Premier→Featured→Partner

Every partner gets visibility

Every active sponsor is included in our Partner Logo Carousel, providing recurring brand exposure throughout the partnership. Restaurants can appear alongside dining specials. Event venues can be featured with upcoming events. Relevant businesses are integrated where our audience is already looking.

30K+ Subscribers • Weekly Distribution • Built Around Local Content

The goal isn't just to place an ad in an email — it's to put your business in the part of the newsletter where it actually makes sense.

One post. Shared across multiple accounts.

Value Added Social Media Benefits

We share your stories

DM Delaware Beaches Online on Facebook or Instagram and we can reshare relevant content directly to our Stories — including specials, events, promotions, announcements and timely updates.

We create the content, too

When we're out shooting, we'll also capture local lifestyle content that feels natural for our audience — food, experiences, properties, events, behind-the-scenes moments and other content that fits the Delaware Beaches lifestyle.

Collaborative reach

When it makes sense, we can publish as a collaborative post with your Facebook and Instagram accounts, helping the content reach both audiences at once.

More relevance = more opportunity

If you have something especially timely or relevant to our audience, send it our way. We're happy to promote strong partner content more frequently when there's a natural opportunity.

The goal: make your brand part of the local content — not just another advertisement.

Pricing

Flexible Pricing Built Around Your Business

Immediate Value

Every partnership includes a professional photo shoot and featured social media content within your first 30 days — or your money back.

Tailored To Your Industry

Every industry is different, so our partnerships are too. Pricing varies by industry, audience value, level of exposure, and included services — with multiple tiers available for every category.

Flexible Commitment

Partnerships are billed for an initial six-month commitment, then continue month-to-month, giving you the flexibility to adjust as your needs grow.

Higher Tiers Unlock More

Higher tiers unlock additional content, greater exposure, premium placement, dedicated campaigns, and custom integrations across the Delaware Beaches Online ecosystem.

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Full Concierge — Managed by Us

Your outsourced local marketing team — highest priority across the board.

$2500/mo

Category Exclusivity

You are the only partner in your category.

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We manage everything

Strategy, content, promotion, publishing and placements handled by us.

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Top priority placement

First priority across website, app, newsletter and social.

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Content + promotion

Monthly shoots, sponsored posts, stories and featured articles.

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Custom branded resource

We can build a sponsored tool, guide or feature around your business.

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Full ecosystem visibility

Website, mobile app, newsletter, social and ongoing local exposure.

One partnership. Fully managed. Premium visibility everywhere.

We're building a community

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Phone

302-212-4382

Delaware Beaches Online — Southern Delaware's premier digital tourism platform. Partner with us and become part of the story.