Great features – many FREE – on PotomacLocal.com
Just like your favorite app, your trusted community news website should be useful.
After nearly five years on the job, we’d like to think we’ve built PotomacLocal.com to be a daily, useful tool in our readers’ lives.
In addition to seeing news about what’s happening in your neighborhood, here are some other great features on PotomacLocal.com:
What to do this weekend?
Believe it or not there are great things happening all around us. Our readers frequently check our local events calendar for fun things to do in our region.
It’s also FREE to post events to our local events calendar.
See / post help wanted ads
There are lots of folks looking for jobs. And there are a lot of people who need help.
Job seekers may browse help wanted ads.
Employers may post help wanted ads for $10 each. Yep, just $10 each .They include a company logo, and they’re never deleted from our site.
We’re sure that’s not something you’ll find at those “other” jobs websites.
See obituaries
Our readers tell us all the time they miss having a daily newspaper that featured the day’s obituaries. PotomacLocal.com not only has a paid obituary section, but we also provide valuable information for those who need to post an obituary on our site or in regional print publications.
Encourage your local funeral home to post their obituaries on PotomacLocal.com.
$12 business directory
Our Business Directory includes YouTube videos, photo slideshows, and links to your business website. It costs $12 per year to be included. Yes, $12 per year. It’s a great way to be seen by our readers and on web search. Contact us if you want to get in.
Headlines emailed daily
Did you know we send out a daily email that features the day’s headlines? Did you know it’s FREE?
It’s a great way to catch up with the day’s local news All you have to do is sign up and we’ll email to you each morning.
Nope, we don’t sell the list to anyone else, and those who sign up for our daily headline email will get only that – headlines, nothing else.
Send us a news tip
We’re a news website, but that doesn’t mean we automatically know everything that’s going on around here. We rely on you, our readers, to drop us a line and tell us about what your business or organization is doing.
You can also post press releases and photos directly to our website for FREE. It’s a great way to get out the word about your next great event.
Got other ideas of some great features we could add to PotomacLocal.com? Leave us a comment below!





