Spotlight on HEREChapin: Sponsored Articles
This is the page that explains paid sponsor articles on HEREChapin. Any story marked PAID SPONSOR links here. It is also where Chapin and the Midlands region businesses can order their own: a news-style article about your business, published permanently on HEREChapin.com.
$69.99 per article · per city
What “Paid Sponsor” means on HEREChapin
Paid Sponsor A Spotlight or sponsored article is paid for by the business it features. Every one is labeled at the top with a PAID SPONSOR badge, says “Sponsored Content,” and ends with an Editor’s Disclosure that names the sponsor and links to its partner page on HEREChapin. Sponsored articles are separate from HEREChapin news coverage. Our full policy is in commercial relationships.
Current Spotlight articles on HEREChapin
Paid SponsorBusiness Spotlight
Business Spotlight: Charles Interactive Shows Chapin Businesses Where to Start With AI
Sponsor: Charles Interactive
Your story, told like local news
A sponsored article is your business’s story with a local news site behind it. Our writers produce it in an editorial voice, not ad copy, and give it the Chapin context that makes local readers keep going. It runs on HEREChapin.com, the local news domain for Chapin and the Midlands region, not a generic directory, and it stays there.
What you get for $69.99
Custom editorial article
500 to 800 words, written or refined by our editorial team in journalistic style, with local context for Chapin readers.
On a local news domain
Published on HEREChapin.com, where people in Chapin and the Midlands region already read the news. Readers and search engines see it as local coverage.
Permanent, no expiration
Your article doesn’t come down when a campaign ends. It keeps building authority and drawing search traffic for months and years.
Built for search
Proper headings, local keywords, metadata and schema markup, so your business can rank when locals search for what you offer.
Indexed by AI tools
HERE content is indexed by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews, which puts your business in front of people who ask AI instead of searching.
Social and RSS promotion
Shared to HERE City social channels and sent by RSS to subscribers in each market, for reach beyond search.
How it works
1. Choose your markets
Pick HEREChapin, or add other HERE cities. Each city has its own local news domain and its own local audience. Pricing is per article, per city.
2. Send your story
Share your key messages, talking points or a draft. Our editorial team writes or polishes it in local news style.
3. Live in 24 hours
Your sponsored article is published within 24 hours. You get the permanent URL and a confirmation that it is live.
Want more than one article? A Spotlight pairs well with a partner page and a section sponsorship. See every option on our advertising page.
Tell your story on HEREChapin
Get a news-style feature about your business published on the local news site for Chapin and the Midlands region, live within 24 hours, for $69.99 per article.