News: VivaLoudoun Breaks 100,000 Page Views! Site Ready for Advertisers Who Want to Support Local Sports Coverage

(Nov. 26, 2009) - It's Thanksgiving and VivaLoudoun.com has a lot to be thankful for -- and we aren't even talking about the pleasure of covering back-to-back volleyball state titles on Saturday in Richmond and the prospect of getting to cover three regional title football games this weekend! -- as the 3-month-old hyperlocal Loudoun-based website has broken the 100,000 page barrier for a single month.

Started in mid-August by Dan Sousa, former founder and editor of the popular LoudounPrepSports.com and LoudounYouthSports.com websites, VivaLoudoun has already drawn nearly 200,000 page views and almost 40,000 visits including 117,570 page views in the last 30 days and 21,905 visits, including 8,034 unique visitors.

"When I started VivaLoudoun I didn't know how quickly local players, parents, coaches and sports fans would find the new site but thanks in a larger part to our social marketing on Facebook and Twitter, the audience has found us," said Sousa.

For the first time, VivaLoudoun's Facebook fan page broke the 1,000 fans mark. Join the page here! And you can follow VivaLoudoun's timely -- and often unique! -- tweets by signing up on Twitter here!

The goal of VivaLoudoun is to provide coverage of all the public high schools in Loudoun, as well as youth sports, and all the sports and activities from football to band, from cross country to drama.

A big part of VivaLoudoun's quick success has been the photos and videos put up on SmugMug. Already in November some 827,580 photos have been viewed in various sizes and locations. Check out the photos here! Loudoun-based professional and amateur photographers are welcome to put their photos up on VivaLoudoun and sell the prints to VivaLoudoun's expanding audience.

Photo sales alone will not keep VivaLoudoun going so Sousa is seeking advertisers to back the unique coverage.

"In order to keep the site up and running and not charge our viewers a subscription fee, we need local advertisers willing to support our coverage," said Sousa. "I think not only will advertisers be supporting a good Loudoun-based cause but they will be reaching our parents, players, coaches and fans -- a very valuable demographic in this affluent county."

VivaLoudoun is offering affordable advertising rates from $100 to $250 per month. Please contact Dan Sousa at 703.509.8826 or email dan.sousa[at]verizon.net.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving from VivaLoudoun!