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"Every summer, parents and journalists ask me to name 'the best' camps in the US and Canada. I tell them it's an impossible question because the key to a top-drawer camp experience is finding the best match for a child's interests and abilities. Then they ask an intelligent question: Where can families start looking for a 'best match' camp? That's easy. I send them to the most trafficked camp search engine on the Internet: MySummerCamps.com, and to the best teen travel directory, AllensGuide.com. What's more, MySummerCamps.com and AllensGuide.com also produce outstanding web design." Christopher Thurber
Psychologist at Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter, NH, USA
CampSpirit.com "Evan Heltay’s internet marketing information is a must for all camps. If you only walk away with one tip, and act on it, your marketing results would increase significantly." Joe Chapon
Vice President
San Diego, CA, USA
SuperCamp "When it comes to Internet marketing, many of us are just not up to speed on all the possibilities or challenges of search engine marketing. MySummerCamps.com has made our entry into this world an easy one. They do the work, people find our site and we get new leads. Thanks to the staff for making it a breeze to get signed up!" John Friesen
Executive Director
Beaverton, ON, Canada
Fair Havens Ministries "We have used MySummerCamps.com for many years now and have been pleased with their service. They are specialists in understanding how search engines work and are consistently at the top of all search engines when people search for all varieties of summer camps. We have experienced a large number of potential camper families attracted to our website every month through this partnership. In this complex internet-driven world it's great to have them working for us." Steve Archibald
Summer Camp Director
West Guilford, ON, Canada
Medeba Summer Camp "Today’s families are conducting their camp research via the internet. With this in mind, it is very important for our camp to be listed prominently online so as to be accessible to all. Based on our research MySummerCamps.com was the logical directory on which to list our camp. MySummerCamps.com is the first result seen when searching for Jewish summer camps on Google. Since listing our camp on MySummerCamps.com we have noticed a significant increase in traffic to our website as well as a rise in telephone inquiries. Listing on MySummerCamps.com gives our program added credibility and the most prominent online exposure available. Thanks for all your effort and support to help us reach families!" Rabbi Zalmy Kudan
Camp Owner
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Camp Gan Israel of S. Barbara "Other directories are out of date and don't understand that no one wants to use online databases anymore; they want to Google a topic and be taken directly to the relevant page. Now that MySummerCamps.com owns AllensGuide.com, it has achieved what Pinky and The Brain can only hope for: world domination. They've cornered the market with the perfect software technology. No other Web site works like this, matching every conceivable find request on Google to pages already constructed to meet them. The best part is, it's not necessary to contrive a clever search for MySummerCamps.com to work. Any search about summer camps pops MySummerCamps.com at or near the top of Google or any other search engine. Through this method, MySummerCamps.com generates vastly more searches than any other online summer camp guide and unobtrusively guides scores of potential campers to Kippewa's web site. Like any other great technology and unlike any competing online database, the workings of MySummerCamps.com are invisible to the user. Most parents who find my camp online have no idea that they passed through MySummerCamps.com. I have heard them say, 'I don't know how I got to you; I Googled and a really simple web page came up with links to all the camps.'" Jon Silverman
Co-Director
Monmouth, ME, USA
Kippewa For Girls "Rein Teen Tours has been operating since 1984. We used to advertise in the back of the New York Times Magazine Section for Summer Camps, along with a number of other newspapers. Over the last few years we did print advertising, it became apparent that families looking for teen tours and travel programs were strictly using the internet and not looking at the old traditional advertisements. Three years ago, we realized that print advertising was no longer worthwhile and decided to put all of our advertising dollars where our target market is searching - the internet. Last year was one of our most successful seasons ever and we did no print advertising whatsoever. Due to its prominent positioning online MySummerCamps.com has consistently brought us a strong return on our investment. If you operate a summer program I recommend that you consider working with them." Norman Rein
Director
Wayne, NJ, USA
Rein Teen Tours "Your service at MySummerCamps.com has been a valuable part of our marketing approach these past few years. In fact, the #1 way people find our program, besides personal referrals, is through the internet, and this trend is growing. Your website was listed more than any other summer camp directory as the way people found us. In our experience, good organic search results are the most important measure of internet advertising success, unlike pay-per-click ads which are really not very effective. Your services have increased our organic search rankings tremendously, so thanks for helping make our business a success!" Phil Gibson
President & Founder
Campbell, CA, USA
Digital Media Academy "While MySummerCamps.com is one of our busiest incoming links, I am even more impressed by the conversion rate of these visitors. The percentage of people requesting a DVD, viewing our dates and rates page or enrolling as campers is higher than any of our other incoming link visitors. It is clear that the people visiting our site from MySummerCamps.com are serious about finding great camps.
Thanks for providing an outstanding service." Adam Boyd
Director
Black Mountain, NC, USA
Camp Merri-Mac "EVAN! You are the man. On behalf of the entire Cedar Bridge Staff and Board, I want to thank you and your awesome company for putting CMA on the map. We have over 130 Cadets going this summer as compared to before we used your service (30!). We never thought we would be able to get this far, this quickly. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You guys do a wonderful job. Last year we had 65, this year doubled! We were able to purchase a new HQ, get all the needed "goodies" that the office needed to operate as well as put our own (regular Academy) Cadets to work for the whole summer. We currently have 5 weeks of camp with over 130 cadets. I don't know where we would be without you, thank you - we are very excited and hope to have a long working relationship with you and your company." Steven T. Baryla
Sergeant First Class
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
Barnegat, NJ, USA
Cedar Bridge Military Academy "There are many camp search services on the web and I have been skeptical of the value of all of them. Over the years I have demanded that they prove to me that they are actually getting us referrals and click throughs to our site. We track our referrals and have found that mysummercamps.com is the only one that consistently delivers referrals (click-throughs and phone calls) to us. There is nothing that speaks like results. I believe the reason mysummcamps.com is so successful is because it is a leader in understanding web search strategies and maximizing it’s exposure. I am also impressed and grateful for their assistance in creating our ad and advice they have for improving our profile on the web." Leon Muszynski
Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
Camp Arowhon "It is always a challenge to get the word out about our camp to find enthusiastic and qualified summer staff. This year we used MySummerCamps.com. We were more than pleased with the level of the attention we received from the company. It was easy to navigate, and the service was friendly and efficient. The site is designed well and receives hits from all over the world. Within a week of posting we had potential staff making inquires! I would highly recommend the service to other camps." Tom Stewart
Assistant Director of Programs
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
CAMP TRILLIUM "There are a number of so-called 'cutting edge,' 'must have' online search engines for any business - summer camps, in particular. Never before have I received the attention from the staff of said engines, than that which I received from MySummerCamps.com. The staff was not only courteous and forthright, but willing to spend a significant amount of time explaining the process - and the potential results to me in a detailed manner. I recommend MySummerCamps.com to all summer camps, and to smaller camps such as mine, in particular. With only 92 campers at camp at any given time, we can ill-afford to invest in search engines who get our annual fees, but fail to deliver on their promises. I'm sure MySummerCamps.com will deliver. I'm anxious for the results!" Pat Kennedy
Director
Ahmic Harbour, Ontario, Canada
Camp Ak-O-Mak "I conducted a lot of web searches and researched different options for marketing my camp on the internet. I determined that MySummerCamps.com is a leader among camp search engines in terms of its technology and far-reaching exposure. In two seasons, they have continued to meet, and exceed, my expectations. I recommend MySummerCamps.com to all camp directors looking to maximize their camp’s visibility in cyberspace." Steve "Monkey" Monke
Gold Arrow Camp
Lakeshore, CA, USA
Gold Arrow Camp "CCC is a relatively new camp with a very specialized, focused program. As such, finding, recruiting and hiring highly skilled staff members who contribute to our program and interact well with kids is quite a challenge. We've been very successful in meeting this challenge using the camp staffing tools provided by Evan Heltay and MySummerCamps.com. Evan's site has such high visibility in specific targeted areas of interest on the Web that it attracts numerous qualified candidates seeking summer camp employment. As a result, we receive lots of inquiries from highly-skilled job seekers for each of the positions we post on the site. In addition, the resume search feature is very user friendly and allows us to search out, identify and recruit candidates with very narrowly targeted skill-sets. Kudos for providing camp directors with such a powerful staffing tool!" Eddie Armbrister
Owner/Director
Dugspur, VA, USA
Camp Curtain Call "Marketing online has proven to be the most cost efficient method of promoting our programs to North American families. Of the many Internet based sites we have used, MySummerCamps.com has proven to be one of the most effective source for securing traffic and enrolments. In addition the team at MySummerCamps.com has provided excellent support when we have had need to contact them. If you operate a program that caters to an international audience I recommend that you participate on MySummerCamps.com" Alain Vadi
Managing Director
Montreux, Switzerland
ESL-Ecole Suisse de Langues "It is a real pleasure to have our camp listed with a marketing engine that is simple, elegant and effective. Beats Google AdWords hands-down in terms of cost effectiveness and getting through the day — that is, dealing with real, live, knowledgeable service consiglieri whose only business is our business. We have been with Evan and mySummerCamps from the beginning and expect to still be here when they eventually morph into the Godzilla of camp search engines." Alex Levitch
Owner
Northern Lake George, NY, USA
Adirondack Camp "We rely heavily on the internet to market our programs and MySummerCamps.com has definitely been one of the best sources for us in terms of getting traffic to our website. We also have been impressed with the great service they have provided – working with us to ensure we’re getting a product that really suits our needs. Camp Scholar and other informative articles we’ve received through MySummerCamps.com have been a real added bonus." Alan Roessel
Camp Director
Calgery, AB, Canda
Adventure Teen Travel "Camp Kimama, Israel's first American style summer camp, has participated on MySummerCamps.com for the last 2 years. Initially we were doubtful that Jewish families would search online to find summer camps. Our fears were quickly set aside as we began to receive inquiries from Jewish families living in North America, Europe and South America. We received 68 inquiries from families via email as a result of MySummerCamps.com and we enrolled 12 campers as a result. We would not have had the ability to market to these families without MySummerCamps.com.
Choosing to participate on MySummerCamps.com has been a key to the success of our program. If you wish to grow your camp enrollment we highly recommend that you participate on MySummerCamps.com." Avishay Nachon
Director
Rishpon, Israel
Camp Kimama "In our first year of listing with MySummerCamps.com, we received more REGISTERED campers from them than from all other internet advertising (other than our own website) combined. That's pretty much the only statistic you need to know." Randall Grayson, Ph.D.
Director
Nevada City, California, USA
Camp Augusta "I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know how impressed I am with MySummerCamps.com. As a former web site developer, I appreciate how intuitive your site is in terms of the flow of information and ease of use. We have received many legitimate referrals from parents, staff and groups interested in renting our camp. In addition we find that the additional camp resources you offer, including your monthly eNewsletter and CampScholar content, really separate you from the pack. When you reminded me that MySummerCamps.com has been online for only four years, I was caught by surprise, it seems like we have relied upon the site and service for far longer then that. Thanks again for being so knowledgeable about what you do." Mark Diamond
Camp Director/Owner
McKellar, Ontario, Canada
Camp Manitou "We are a very unique camp. Almost all of our campers find us through the internet. I have been very pleased with MySummerCamps.com. When I do a Google search for our keywords, mySummerCamps is almost always number 1 or 2. We are a small camp so it is very important that our resources for internet searches are well spent. Our resources are well spent with MySummerCamps.com." Paul Oesterreicher
Founder & Director
Jeffersonton, Virginia, USA
TASC Canadian Wilderness Fishing Camps "MySummerCamps.com is one of the few on line services that successfully provides more than one resource. The calendar, staff hiring, rental resources and camp scholar are more than the common token efforts; each is a real help. More importantly, they have not lost track of their primary purpose, to drive campers to our site, and in this they have been remarkably successful. I am convinced that the best way for my camp to do well is for all camps to do well and so I strongly encourage others to list with MySummerCamps.com." Adam Boyd
Director
Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA
Merri-Mac/Timberlake "We receive 90% of our inquiries through internet sources. MySummerCamps.com has been a prime vehicle of communicating our programs to those who may be interested in the experiences we offer, and has directly facilitated growth well beyond our expectations." Pat Maloney
President
Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
Travel For Teens "All suppliers make claims that their product is 'the real thing'. Well, MySummerCamps.com is! We have been on your website since October, and have had more traffic, enquiries, and registrations than all other sites combined! Its not just the site, but your helpful insight and suggestions. So many thanks for your help and a great site!" Michael Bakker
Assistant Director
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Canadian Adventure Camp "Last year we signed on in May with MySummerCamps.com in the
hope of attracting a few more campers to our school for the summer camp. Our band camp had all of three
campers signed up. MySummerCamps.com CAME through with flying colors. Within a week of being on their
site we had 6 more band campers signed into the camp with three more the next week. Thanks to MySummerCamps.com
for saving our band camp." Jeff Bond
Director of Student Activities and Summer Camp
Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
Valley Forge Military Academy & College "I launched my specialty camp in the
summer of 2004 and utilized both newspaper and internet advertising to generate
awareness and leads. Understanding the target group, I felt that online
advertising was a good way to target both internet savvy kids and their
time-starved parents. However, I had not anticipated the significant response
that I would receive from one particular website - MySummerCamps.com. By far,
the advertising dollars spent with MySummerCamps.com was the best investment I
could have made and I will continue to include MySummerCamps.com as a key
component of my future media plans." Ann McKee
Founder & Managing Director
Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
5 Elements Camps & Workshops for Girls "It was apparent to our organization that MySummerCamps.com received quite a bit of traffic from people looking for camping services. Fortunately we decided to utilize their services, and as a result, increased both traffic to our website and registrations to our camp. Well worth the investment!" Marcus Lewis
Founder
Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
The Marcus Lewis Day Camp "My staff and I spent several weeks reviewing the site and speaking with other camp directors after being contacted by the team at MySummerCamps.com. No matter where we searched or whom we spoke to it became quite obvious that MySummerCamps.com was the site to advertise our program." Collins P. Davison II "Skip"
Director of Recruitment
Northfield, Vermont, USA
Norwich University - Future Leader Camp
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