Other Links  

Great Lakes Region   

www.sdgreatlakes.org

Glacial Lakes Region   

www.sdglaciallakes.com   

Black Hills Region   

www.blackhillsbadlands.com

South Dakota Tourism
www.sdvisit.com
www.travelsd.com

Oyate Trail
www.oyatetrail.com

Missouri National
Recreational River
www.nps.gov/mnrr

      We are sending a monthly newsletter to 5000 visitors who have opted-in to receive email from us. The newsletter includes vacation packages and features member businesses. Each newsletter features events and on-line vacation packages.

    If you want your business included in this email newsletter, consider creating a packaged vacation or weekend getaway. Each offering must include a lodging property with an attraction or event. Packages are listed free on our website and we choose from those packages what will be featured in the E-newsletter. The newsletter also includes a link to all of the packages.

Submit your package here 

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    We are giving visitors ideas for creating their own unique vacation. The email list continues to grow so we reach more visitors with each E-newsletter. Contact the SSDTA office to see how you can be part of this on-line marketing effort.

National Music Museum

Founded in 1973 on the campus of The University of South Dakota in Vermillion, the National Music Museum & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments is one of the great institutions of its kind in the world. Its renowned collections, which include more than 15,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods, are the most inclusive anywhere.

On the campus of the University of South Dakota  414 E Clark, Vermillion   

www.nmmusd.org 

     Make your brochure or community visitor guide available to visitors 24/7, exhibited in view and print format on-line at www.southeastsouthdakota.com. (There may be an additional fee for set-up of magazines). Your on-line brochure then links directly to your website. Click here 

to view on-line brochures.  Annual fee for Magazine - $300  Brochure - $150

     Not just a "banner ad" but a photo and full length story about your business, including logo and important contact information. Web visitors want to read more about you. The Story Ad links directly to your website for even more information. Fee for Home page $250 Other pages $150

     Place your packaged vacation on www.southeastsouthdakota.com for free. Put together an attraction or event with an overnight stay, add other things if you like such as meals, gift coupons etc. One package price, one phone number. Did we mention this service is FREE!  And these packages are promoted on the website and in our email newsletter to visitors who have opted-in to receive information about the region. Click here 

to see other packages.

Coop costs and more...

   February 23 - 10am Prairie Arboretum, Freeman  

   April 27 - 10am Madison Chamber   

   July 27 - 10am Elk Point  

   Everyone is welcome to attend board meetings and  serve on a

   committee.  We value your opinion and welcome your input at    

   meetings. Please feel free to attend and participate.
       Please join us for a meeting and lunch. If your business would

   like to host an SSDTA board meeting call 888-353-7382   

   or email: jacquie.sesd@iw.net  

BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS are currently being taken for board seats being vacated by annual rotation. Submit nominations by March 15th to: SSDTA, 1101 Broadway, Suite 113, Yankton, SD 57078 or by email to: jacquie.sesd@iw.net 

      As we prepare for our peak season marketing campaign, we are calling for fun and unique vacation packages with visitor appeal. Many of our marketing pieces include vacation packages and we are currently producing these marketing materials and advertisements. Your vacation package could appear in our national advertising!

     Vacation packages are listed free of charge and all packages appear on our consumer website, www.TravelSD.com. Packages need to include at least one night of lodging and one activity. To submit your vacation package, go to www.SDVisit.com and download a registration form. If you're currently a Digital Revolution partner you can add your vacation packages directly from your business page. For more information contact Brad Lemmel at 605-773-3301 or bradley.lemmel@state.sd.us.

     All SSDTA members are linked from our website to their own website. Now we would like you to link back to the SSDTA website. WHY? Often when visitors are searching for information, they may look at your website and then want more information about what else there is to see and do in the region. With a link to www.southeastsouthdakota.com visitors can easily find that information and maybe stay an extra day. 

     If visitors find your website from another source, they can get more information from links

you have on your site. We hope that you value the information provided on the SSDTA website and will link up today. If you need assistance in linking, please call and we can help. Here's the link and logo: http://www.southeastsouthdakota.com/  

     Thanks to those who already link to SSDTA. Sioux Falls CVB is one of our top referral sources.