Advertise on Hamuniverse.com! Why
should you advertise here?
Hamuniverse.com is
a general Ham Radio Information web site tailored to ALL classes of ham
radio operators worldwide. Since the year 2000, Hamuniverse.com has
received over 6.9 million page views and it's worldwide viewer exposure
is increasing daily. Hamuniverse.com is seen and used by Amateur Radio
Operators, shortwave radio fans, scanner buffs and many others interested
in communications.
Its numerous pages are linked to by many
thousands of ham radio web sites from around the world!
We have a
major number of "newbies" who visit the site to get the valuable
information they want and need that they can't seem to find easily on the
"other" web sites. We also have a large amount of
viewers that are asking questions and getting answers, that they can't
seem to find elsewhere easily...and they keep coming back for more! We can be
found easily by searching on Google using the words, ham radio
information or amateur radio information, hf antenna projects,
ham radio antennas, ham radio antenna projects and many more search terms
related to ham radio and radio communications. Our main
attraction is our antenna projects page along with other pages that
are almost as popular. We have projects and articles from
many published authors including a full online book about basic
antennas that is loaded with information and we are constantly adding new
pages loaded with information for hams of all
classes.
Just do a search on
Google for hf antenna
projects, ham radio antennas, antenna
projects or most any combination of those terms and you will
see that we are listed on the first page of Google results and usually
within the top 1 to 5 on the results!
If a new ham or more
experienced ham is looking for such things as, ham radio information, ham radio license information, hf
antenna projects, 2 meter antenna projects, as search terms in
Google, chances are he will find on the first page of the results, one or
more pages that direct him to a page on
Hamuniverse.com!
Contributors and authors to our antenna projects and
other articles are from around the world! So you can see that
Hamuniverse.com over a period of years has grown and become very popular.
No, it does not have the numbers that eham or QRZ have, but it
provides entirely different CONTENT and INFORMATION they don't have that
is easy to find! Hamuniverse.com is NOT a member only type web site. It
is free to anyone, especially Amateur Radio Operators or those interested
in Amateur Radio and radio communications. You will also notice that there
are NO LOGINS! Hamuniverse.com is totally 100% free access to
all.
If you are in the business of selling antennas, antenna
supplies, ham radio equipment and related products that may be of interest
to the ham radio operators or others with an interest in radio
communications, you should get much more exposure to your products and
services by advertising on the Hamuniverse antenna projects page
along with any other ham radio related products that would be appropriate
on other pages on the site!
So if you are interested in putting
your advertising on Hamuniverse.com to help increase YOUR exposure to more
viewers and prospective customers...then read on!
--------------- About our web
site page layout
This web page is our standard format
layout page that would contain advertising. Most of our pages
are "layed out" almost identical to this one. It is designed to expand
in most browsers and display the most popular screen resolution, 1024 X
768, and should appear the same on most browsers. Viewing
this page in 1024 resolution and many other resolutions should "fill
up" the entire width of the page.
Where is
advertising placed on the pages?
You should see on the left and right upper
side of this page, columns that normally contains the navigation
portion along with advertising. Your ads will appear either in the right or left side columns or at the
top or bottom center of our standard pages depending on the type and
size of ad space you use and the number and order in which the ads
are posted.
There are 3 types of
ads and placement that we offer on
Hamuniverse.com
#1. Sliding ad banners (at top of
page)
#2. "ON OFF" banners (usually at bottom center or
end of an article and sometimes within the page article) Our
choice of location!
#3. Fixed or "static" ads - (on left OR
right columns), near the top of the body of the page before the "fold",
depending on the number of ads already there. See examples on the upper
right and left of this page. This is the MAXIMUM EXPOSURE
AREA)
All 3 ad types are directly linked
to your site by a simple click of the mouse
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Examples: Sliding banner at top of page: (#1)
Your ad banner "Slides" from
right to left across the banner area and is visible for about 6
seconds at the location at the top of the page. The total time
displayed is longer than 6 seconds as it slides across the window. It is
in an endless loop with other advertisers, and as an added feature, it can be stopped with the mouse cursor for longer viewing
and clicking to your site. This example above has been slowed
down and can not be stopped. See the "ad banner"
at top of this page for the real
thing! ---------------------------------
"On
Off" Banner Example (#2)
(Banner Ad "On Off"
non-sliding about 6 seconds on) The length of time it takes for your ad to appear again will
depend on the amount of ads within the banner que. When any portion of
your ad is visible, it is clickable (linked) to your site. It does not
stop with a mouse over like the Sliding banner at the top of the
page. Your "On Off" banner ad is the exact same size as the sliding
banner (468 X 60) at the top of the page, but, it is setup in a strictly
"On Off" presentation along with other advertisers in an endless
loop. The length of time it takes to be seen again depends on the
number of other ads in the loop.
All Sliding and
"On Off" banner ads types must be in a 468 X 60 standard size format and
may be gif or jpg. File sizes should be about 15 to 20k
maximum if possible. (Remember, some of the viewers out there are on dialup
connections. If your file size is larger, it takes longer to "load",
and the viewer may miss it.) Animated banners are accepted but they are
not the most effective compared to Fixed ads and usually have the
larger file sizes which makes their download time longer. See
why they may be not be as effective below.
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Static or "Fixed" ad example
(#3):
Static Ad Your
content here! 115 X
90
(Static ad) This is our PREMIUM
AD...MAXIMUM
EXPOSURE! The most value for the dollar. It is placed on the upper most
visible part of the page along with others. (Left OR right
column block style banner in the 115x90 format, example
above) This is the MAXIMUM exposure area of the ad space on the
page!
Your Static ad is
placed on the left or right page column area with other
company ads either above or below yours...sorry...no choice...first
come...first served.
We try to limit a maximum of 3 static ads on
the left to prevent the navigation section from being "off
screen" and below the "fold" when first viewed. So if your ad is the
fourth one in order as received, it will be positioned on the top right of
the page column, the next ad in line is the #5 spot and in sequence from
that point on down the right side of the page. As other company
ads expire, yours will be moved up higher on the page. Each successive
ad posted after #6 will be on the right hand side under it and will be
posted under the one above it. Again, as ads expire, yours will move
closer to the top of the page. (See upper left navigation bar and right
side on this page for an example of ad placement.)
These
positions on a web page have maximum
exposure for your advertising dollar! They doe not rotate like the ad
banner at the top or elsewhere on the page. The ad remains
fixed in that position and is seen with EVERY PAGE
LOAD. Many regular viewers of a web page will get accustomed
to it being there and remember the location of your ad and actually LOOK
for it! This increases your "brand" exposure and usually gets the
best results for your company compared to the banner ads on
the top or bottom of a page.
Animated ads! As an added note, according to many
experts who have studied the long term habits of web surfers, most people
tend to "turn off" or ignore moving or flashing ads instantly out of
the corner of their vision....in other words, anything moving on the page
is considered an advertisement to many! The static
ads that have fixed content within them will be
looked at more times and longer than the same size ad that has
moving (animated), flashing content. This is why most people tend to
look at static ads more closely than animated ads. If you have ever
visited a web page with multi moving ads, animations, flashing words,
popups, animated banners, etc, it can become a very "busy" web page
to your eyes and soon you get frustrated trying to find anything on it and
you move on to the information on that page that is being "still" so you
can look at it...or worse case...go to another web site! However, hams are
always looking for new products, so as a general rule, they do look at
moving ads longer than the regular visitor. Sure, those flashy
animations may get your prospective customer's attention, but
not for long unless they are really interested like lots of hams are. This
choice is up to you. We do accept
them! -----------------------------
Advertising Price structure now including
BARTER! Yes you read that correctly!
$25.00 per
month Minimum 4 months Total $100.00 Payable by PayPal
$15.00 per
month Minimum 4 months Total $60.00 Payable by
PayPal
$85.00 per
month minimum 4 months Total $340.00 Payable by
PayPal
(When comparing our prices, others charge as much as
$599.00 per month for Fixed
Ads)
If you wish to place your ad on
any page OTHER than the "Antenna Projects" page, it will be for a
duration of 6 months at the same price as the 4
month ads above.
Example: A 468 X 60 Sliding Top Banner ad
placed on the home page or any other page except the Antenna Projects
page of Hamuniverse.com would be priced at $100.00 for 6 months.
You would just order the regular Sliding ad thru PayPal above and let us
know what page you wanted it on in your email with your
banner. If you wish to place an ad for
longer than 4 months, please contact us for our
offer.
Single Month Pricing (Antenna Page
Only)
Single month Pricing - Single month
pricing is available for any of the 3 type ads above on the Antenna
Projects page. Pricing is at a rate of 2 times the normal "per month" charge in the chart
above if you don't order the standard 4 month ad periods
as a minimum. Select the type of ad above and multiply
it's "per month" price by 2.
Example: One month using Side Fixed Banner ad
would be $170.00 (2 X $85.00 = $170.00) Pricing on other pages on Hamuniverse.com OTHER than
the Antenna Projects page would use the same method of calculating
cost as above BUT would be placed on a single
page for 6 months for the price of
one! Contact us ALSO SEE "BARTER" METHOD BELOW! We both
win!
Order Single Month advertising
below:
Single
Month Pricing(Antenna Projects Page Only)
#1 Top Banner Single
Month $50.00
#2 "On Off" Single
Month $30.00
#3 Side Fixed Single
Month $170.00
(Prices effective until further notice, are subject to
change, and payable in advance, non-refundable.)
Important
instructions! Immediately after you place your order
above, send us your ad in gif or jpg format in an email to, n4ujw@hamuniverse.com
Subject: Attention Don, Site Advertising
Banner. Please include your company name and
contact person's name and email address within your email along with a
copy of the ad banner you wish placed on Hamuniverse.com and confirm
the type of ad, duration purchased, it's location, page expected, it's link address to your web site, and any other
details you may wish to ad. We will in turn, confirm your order,
check for accuracy, and give you the details of when the ad will
be placed on the web site via a return email. Remember that we can not do anything without your received
ad and your paid order.
Can you get other
size format ads on Hamuniverse.com? The 468 X 60 and the 115 X 90
are the most popular ad sizes, however, if you are interested in larger
size ads other than the standard sizes for pages on the
site, contact us via email for pricing. Please state the page on
which you would like your ad placed.
As you can guess, there is only
enough "room" on a web page for a certain number of Fixed or static ads
without destroying the page layout and creating nothing but a page of
ads. We will make every effort to place your Fixed ads "above the
fold", which in web terminology, means along the edges that are
visible before the page is scrolled down upon first loading in the
browser. This of course will vary depending on the page resolution the
viewer is using which is beyond our control and epending on the number of
ads on a page, this may sometimes not be possible.
Can you have a
"PopUp" ad......NO! Most web page visitors hate Popups and have their
popup blockers turned on...so don't ask!
Sorry, but at the prices of our ad structure, we
do not offer any tracking of your ads. You can check your server or web
site statistics log for visitors coming from
our site to yours (just look for the url
"hamuniverse.com" in your stats), and of course
we can not guarantee sales for you. Only you and your
products can do that. The number of visitors coming from
Hamuniverse.com to your web site would depend on internet traffic which is
beyond your or my control.
If you don't have a good web site statistics "counter" we
recommend you try StatCounter. They do have a free plan or a more advanced
premium plan. It works great. www.statcounter.com.
BARTER FOR AD SPACE ON
HAMUNIVERSE.COM!
Bartering
Definition
BARTERING is a system of trading goods and / or services for
advertising time or space. For example, a hotel might trade-out the
value of one or two nights' stay to a newspaper in return for the
same value in advertising space. Bartering is the trade of goods or
services of monetary value from one enterprise to another, without the transfer of payments. Many internet
businesses are trading their products and services, to avoid payments and
/ or to stimulate demand, at the early stages of their life cycle. This
has also become common practice for the trade of banner advertisements on
the internet for products of equal value. Barter exchange enables small
advertisers with limited budgets to exchange their products and service
for advertising space, but large enterprises are also involved in this
practice.
Bartering was the means of exchange between traders and
customers in markets, before money was developed, so is closely associated
with very early market development! In the early model, money was
developed to make markets more liquid, with the internet, bartering is
used due to the lack of liquidity of many internet
businesses.
Interested? Read on.....
Trade your products or
services for advertising space on Hamuniverse.com! You read that
correctly!
If your
advertising budget is too "short" or maxed out with too much month
left at the end of your advertising dollar, and you have products and
/ or services to spare, then we offer an excellent method of
"payment" in exchange for advertising space on Hamuniverse.com that should
make everyone happy!
Here is how it
works! You and I, will simply come up with a ruff "value" in
dollars for your product or service in payment (trade), for our
advertising space for your ad! Simple as that. No money is exchanged, only
our ad space in trade for your product or service. Also as an added
bonus to you, I will agree to recommend your products or web
site in articles on Hamuniverse.com and in the many emails we
get requesting us to recommend a particular product like yours where
this would be appropriate. If we have more direct access to your products
using this barter method, this will help us to form our own opinion of
your products rather than doing the time consuming research we would
ordinarily do. We get many emails from all classes of
hams wanting our recommendations on everything from antennas to
radios and other related ham radio equipment.
After we reach a
fair trade amount agreement for your product of service in trade for ad
space, you simply ship it to me at no cost to me for the product or
shipping, then I place your ad on the agreed page or pages on
Haminiverse.com for the length of time we agreed upon in an email. The
email confirming the agreement would be the "agreement" between you
and me, Don Butler, N4UJW, Hamuniverse.com. Once your product arrives at
my location, your ad will be immediately posted on the site
within a very short period. An Example: You
would like a Fixed ad on the Antenna Projects page running for the
standard 4 months period. This would normally be priced at $340.00
for the ad space. You have an Icom IC-V8000 new in the
box and your normal selling price is $200.00. You throw in
another (as close as you can get), $140.00 at your
selling price of any other product you wish to ad to that to
come close to $340.00 for trade for the ad space....You contact me telling
me what you want to "trade"....I agree in an email, you send the
product/s to me, you pay the shipping, and you get your ad! No
money changes hands. Since you are probably a dealer, you come out on
the best end of the deal due to YOUR COST in the product/s! This type
of "payment" gets you the exposure on Hamuniverse.com and allows
us to get a bit more "hands on" experience with your
products. No used or "returned" products accepted. Must be new
in the factory packaging. However, we can bend the "rules" from time to
time, our choice, depending on what you have to trade and our
agreement! Another example: You would like to have a Top Sliding Banner ad which is priced at
$60.00 for 4 months. You realize you have a couple of 4:1 baluns or an
antenna that about equals our ad price with YOUR SELLING
price. Let us know what you have...
Getting your ad on
Hamuniverse.com may be easier than you think! Contact me, (Don Butler,
N4UJW), at
n4ujw@hamuniverse.com if you wish to do some
"tradin". We can
work with you using the "barter" system to both of our advantages! We
will do everything within our power to please! Hamuniverse.com reserves the right to refuse advertising from any
source.
