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SMM Display Ads Purchase Arrangements
Buying Display Ads on online articles and blogs that target your specific market segments give you the best return on your advertising investment.The SMM newsletters and articles and the four SMM blogs are ideal for business, marketing and personal finance prospects. If you wish to advertise on a SMM web page, then please contact us to discuss appropriate arrangements. For the SMM blogs, which are listed below, package arrangements are available:
- BPWrap - Internet Marketing from a global perspective (BPW)
- The Other Bloke's Blog - Business and Internet Marketing from a Canadian perspective (OBB)
- Senior Money Memos - Personal Finance from a senior perspective (SMm)
- StayGoLinks - the Mobile Web from a desktop perspective (SGL)
The advertising arrangements below give much better value than you can achieve with Google, as we will explain.
You can choose to put your ads in the same prime spots on any or all of the four blogs. This gives you a wider coverage than if the ads were all displayed on a single blog that demands higher rates. The rates charged on an eCPM basis are similar to what SMM normally receives from Google if these ads were placed using the AdWords program. In effect your prices here avoid that middle-man.
The blogs attract lively interest since they tackle current topics usually from a different point of view. They are widely respected in the Internet marketing world.
You can lock in current rates and avoid future rate increases by using our Fixed Budget advertising arrangement. Full details are given below but in outline, you set your budget and this freezes the advertising rate at the present rate until your budget has been spent. You can also use the fixed budget approach for a shorter period than a month if you wish, if this fits better with your marketing plan. This latter feature mirrors the way Google charges for its Adwords program.
For pricing purposes, each blog page has three pricing level sections:
- the header section
- the upper right sidebar, and
- the lower right sidebar.
The blog design for all four blogs means more space above the fold and allows for wider advertisements.
The SMM Fixed Budget arrangement
These are the SMM Display advertising 30 day rates as of May 1, 2010. Remember a single order can buy the same prime spots in any or all of the four blogs. The following discounts then apply:
- For any two blogs, a discount of 10% applies on all rates.
- For any three blogs, a discount of 20% applies on all rates.
- For all four blogs, a discount of 30% applies on all rates.
If you wish to place ads in different spots in different blogs, then you must complete separate orders for each of the blogs and these discounts do not then apply.
| Type | Placement | No. of spots | BPW | OBB | SMm | SGL |
| 728x90 Leaderboard: | A | 1 | $49.00 | $37.00 | $61.00 | $66.00 |
| 336x280 Large Rectangle Ad: | B | 2 | $29.00 | $22.00 | $36.00 | $39.00 |
| 160x600 Sidebar Ad: | B | 2 | $27.00 | $20.00 | $34.00 | $36.00 |
| 160x160 Graphic Ad upper: | B | 4 | $10.00 | $8.00 | $13.00 | $14.00 |
| 160x160 Graphic Ad lower: | C | 4 | $7.00 | $5.00 | $9.00 | $9.00 |
Detailed Display specification
| 728x90 Leaderboard: | under 15K |
| 336x280 Large Rectangle Ad: | under 15K |
| 160x600 Sidebar Ad: | under 15K |
| 160x160 Graphic Ad upper: | under 8K. 15 second animation allowed. |
| 160x160 Graphic Ad lower: | under 8K. 15 second animation allowed. |
Other Terms and Conditions
- Ad rates and availability are subject to change at any time
- All ads must be visually appealing and are subject to editorial review.
- The hyperlinks in all ads are rel="nofollow".
- No overuse of caps and no over use of specials characters (!*@, etc.) will be accepted.
- We reserve the right to refuse any advertising or ad campaign at our discretion without explanation.
- Ad rates are based on pre-payment. As such, all advertising must be paid in full, in advance of any ad run.
- Payment is accepted by PayPal
- Due to the nature of advertising, we cannot provide guarantees on results nor do we provide refunds.
How to buy your display ad spots
Can I reserve a particular spot beyond the period I have paid for?
You have the right to have your ad appear in a particular position for as long as the budget you have paid covers the cost. You have no automatic right of first choice beyond that.
However if someone asks to take the ad spot when your paid period ends, you will be informed of the request. You then have 48 hours to decide whether you wish to pay a further amount (minimum payment is $75) to reserve the ad spot for a longer period. If you do not exercise that right, the other party can then pay to take over the ad spot.
The form below is used to confirm which spots you wish to buy and the date on which the arrangement should start. You should also calculate what budget you wish to apply to these ad spots. However the budget can never be less than 75 dollars or for a period less than one week. The period of time for which you will have the right to display ads is based on the number of days covered by your payment for the chosen ad spots. For example if the ad spots you have chosen would cost $95 for a 30 day period and your budget is $250, then this will cover a period of 250 / 95 x 30 = 78.9 days rounded up to 79 days.
You will be informed whether the ad spots you request are still available. However they are only assigned to you when payment is confirmed to SMM by PayPal. If another company requests the same ad spot prior to you making such a payment, you will be so informed and given 24 hours to make the payment. If this does not happen, then the other company will be given the right to make its payment and reserve the spot. Payment of the amount to cover your Fixed Budget should be made via PayPal to barry.welford@gmail.com.
PayPal accepts all major credit cards, bank transfers, and PayPal payments. It is a hassle-free process for you and us. You don’t even need a PayPal account. PayPal accepts payments in US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Yen, New Zealand Dollars, Swiss Francs, Hong Kong Dollars, Singapore Dollars, Swedish Kronor, Danish Kroner, Polish Zloty, Norwegian Kroner, Hungarian Forint, Czech Koruna, Israeli Shekels and Mexican Pesos.
The SMM Display Advertising arrangement delivers good impressions with a flexible budgeting arrangement, so why not start today by filling in the following form. If you wish to be sure of tying down your preferred ad spots, you should also deposit your Fixed Budget payment with PayPal as soon as possible. The SMM Terms Of Service apply to all transactions.
If you are interested in purchasing text link ads rather than display ads, then please send us a quick message for further information on these.
Revision as of May 1, 2010
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