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VSC Partner Resources
Welcome, Partners! Thank you for your support and passion for our tourism industry. Let us help you make the most of your partnership.
Join Fellow Partners at our Coffees & After Hours
VSC has B2B networking events exclusively for partners that rotate to host locations around Sarasota County. Attendees are welcome to bring a giveaway to these events and promote the latest happenings at their business. Please stay tuned to Partner e-newsletters for more information, or visit the Partner Portal to view upcoming events.
Partner Portal – Your Marketing Command Center
Our Partner Portal is your command center for fully maximizing your partnership. Conveniently from your account, you can update listings for our website and Visitors Guide, access our membership directory, upload deals and offers, and more. All leads, web listings, visitors guide listings and partnership-exclusive information will be updated regularly in our extranet. If you do not have access, please contact Partnership immediately.
Partner Advertising and Co-Op Opportunities
Have you met Andy Roberts yet? Andy is your representative to learn more about advertising and co-op opportunities with Visit Sarasota County, including the Visitors Guide. Get qualified leads and place valuable messaging to capture travelers' attention at the perfect time and place. More than 2 million visitors explore VisitSarasota.com each year in search of tourism information, so make sure your business stands out through deals, display advertising, email marketing, featured listings, commercial-grade video content and much more!
- For details about partner advertising with Visit Sarasota County, contact Andy Roberts at 941-342-2429 or email [email protected].
Share Your Images
Do you have captivating photos that you'd love to share with us for our promotional campaigns or media inquiries? We welcome your contributions and appreciate your support! Upload them to our image database.
Additional Partnership Opportunities
- Add your own events to our VisitSarasota.com calendar.
- Upload your deals via our Partner Portal.
- Obtain a Visit Sarasota County Partner Badge to display on your own site.
- Access the Tourism Business Marketing Academy (TBMA)—a new online platform covering best practices to improve your business' presence in Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor and more. (Email our Sales team to resend your password for the TBMA.)
- Watch the webinar “Leveraging Google in Red Tide Recovery” and learn how to make the most of Google My Business features and improve engagement and conversion with customers.
- Review the “Leveraging Google Presentation” to understand how your business, and all of Sarasota County, benefit when you optimize your Google My Business listing.
- Watch the recording of “Leveraging Google – Live Session” for an in-depth lesson on optimizing your Google My Business listing as well as a Q&A conversation with local businesses who attended.
- Download a copy of our W9 Form.
