CYtes of Ames Promote Inform Involve You are a CYtes of Ames! Ames will welcome 508,900 overnight visitors and thousands more single-day visitor to our community this year. Visitors spend $107 million dollars in Ames*. Be part of it! You’re already an Ames InCYder benefiting from the services we provide. Now become a CYtes of Ames with even more advantages to promoting your story to visitors. Top 5 CYtes of Ames Marketing Advantages 1 / Social Media Promotion 2 / Event Promotion 3 / Member Listing 4 / ThinkAmes.com 5 / Promotional Item Distribution Telling Your Story to Visitors Together, we will share your story with your visitors, Ames residents and employees through engaging pictures, content and social media. Together, we will share all there is to DO, EAT, SHOP, and STAY in Ames and Iowa State University. Sharing the place we love with the passion of visitors! *Source: Iowa Economic Development Authority, 2015