Now more than ever, technology is changing almost daily. It seems that as soon as you purchase “the latest thing”–it’s already obsolete. Especially this past year, right?                                                                                                     
To address these rapid technological advances Southwest Florida Business Today (SWFBT) is dedicating its July FocusFeature to this theme, “SWFL’s Technology Update.” So share with us your business/industry’s latest technological updates, maybe because of or accelerated by COVID19, and how they affected your business here locally. There is no charge for these guest column submissions: they run space-available, advertisers receive top priority, but you don’t have to be an advertiser to get published.   
  
This special section gives you the forum to reach 50,000 local business owner and professional readers, both online and in-print–circulated throughout Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Estero, Bonita Springs and Naples–with your business technology story. 
  
Guest column guidelines are as follows. First, we’re looking for original material. Second, it must have a local angle and educate the business owner/operator; it must not promote your business. Third, we would like a 20-30 word “mini-bio” of the author and we will print that in addition to contact information. If you have a photo we can use, that would also be appreciated. The average column is around 500 words, but we are open to something more in-depth as well. Guest column submissions are due by 5pm Wed. 6/16.
 
For this issue, your submission can be about a new technology in your industry that you want to educate our readers about, or perhaps a new technology that you’ve used in your business and your experience with it. We are also still accepting COVID-19 Success & Survival  Stories, as related to using technology in your business (maximum 300 words.)
  
Ad prices and sizes are as follows:
 
Full page: $799 (10 in wide by 16 in high) 
Half page: $509 (10 in wide by 8 in high or 5 in wide by 16 in high) 
Quarter page: $369 (10 in wide by 4 in high or 5 in wide by 8 in high) 
Eighth page: $249 (5 in wide by 4 in high or 2.5 in wide by 8 in high) 
Sixteenth page: $119 (6.5 in wide by 2 in high or 3.25 in wide by 4 in high) 
COVID-19 BONUS: Get full color for the above ads for $50 (a 30% savings)
Business Card: 3.25 in wide by 2 in high for $59. Add 4-color for an additional $30, normally $40.  
  
Send all ad files to publisher@swfloridabusinesstoday.com. Specs are available online. 
 
Don’t miss this opportunity to highlight YOU and YOUR BUSINESS–it’s coming up fast with an ad proof deadline of Friday, June 18.
 
With my best wishes for you and yours,