The Owners of SupportGranville.com
Would like to SUPPORT your LOCAL business and to EARN your respect!
When we built this site we felt that it would be a great idea to give local businesses an opportunity to have even more exposure on our site by placing an advertisement. And we are confident that doing so will help the business to generate FAR MORE profit than the cost of the ad. So, we placed “advertise here” banners on our page to give local businesses an opportunity to purchase ad space. But to be frank, there are 3 things that we don’t like about the “advertise here” spaces…
1) Let's be real... They are ugly - No one wants to see multiple duplicate copies of any graphic, no matter how good it looks.
2) We understand that it's natural to have some concern regarding "is it worth it" for any advertising, especially from a new website.
3) Pricing - That's always a tough one, right? We KNOW the value of what we are offering, so we don't want to price it too low... at the same time, we also want to encourage businesses to see the value, so you can't price it too high. So, we based our pricing on other similar projects that we have done with great success and gave some nice incentives for placing the ad... But there is always room for adjustment in the beginning and of course, improvement.
We also understand that we are a NEW website, but with GREAT potential!
So we’ve decided to “put our money where our mouth is” and prove our advertising value by giving it away for FREE!
For the record, we are not saying our advertising isn’t worth anything… quite the opposite actually, we are saying that we are so confident that it IS worth something, we are willing to start it off as “FREE” because we are CONFIDENT that you will find it to be more than worth it and convert to a paid advertisement!
THIS TYPE OF ADVERTISING WORKS!!!
Think about it...
You wouldn't be HERE if you hadn't clicked on one of our banners or links!
THE DRAWING
We are going to hold a drawing to select up to
12 Lucky Winners!
One for each of the 12 advertising spots available in the 12 categories that don’t currently have a paid advertisement in them. This is a 100% FREE opportunity to get a FREE advertisement on our site! And it will remain there until it replaced with a paid advertisement -or- until we have another “free” drawing. We haven’t decided yet if we will hold these drawings once a month or once every 3 months… but it won’t be any sooner than once per month. This will give you a great opportunity to test it to see how it works for you and to potentially give others chance to participate in the future!
TO QUALIFY: Your business service area MUST include Granville, Ohio
THE DETAILS
FREE ad disclaimer info
This area is where the disclaimer text will be displayed showing that this particular advertisement is a "free" ad, provided by SupportGranville.com
Clicking it will take the view to the advertising page, in which they may elect to purchase ad space to replace this ad. But until it gets purchased (if it does) or until the next free drawing - It will display your ad. You may of course purchase this space at any time (until it has been purchased) to lock it in for yourself as well!
YOUR advertisement area
This is the area that your advertisement will be displayed! It is 1025 x 450 and must be a static image.
We DO allow animated gif's in the paid advertisement space though, which is a GREAT way to get the maximum value of your ad space!
This is roughly the size of your ad
Specifically, it is 1025px wide by 450px tall.
The “Free” ad space will include the text disclaimer at the bottom of the ad. This is so we can be completely transparent to the viewers with what advertisements are free vs. paid. We believe in transparency and feel that this is a very small “price to pay” – which costs you nothing – for the FREE large advertisement area.
- Your ad will remain in place until it is replaced with a purchased ad (from any business) or until the next drawing.
- Your ad will cost you NOTHING, 100% FREE - Unless you DECIDE to lock it in by purchasing the ad space, at which time it will be at the chosen rate.
- The "disclaimer" at the bottom does NOT count in your ad space. (You get the full 1025x450)
- The FREE ad space size is 1025 x 450
- The "PAID" ad space size is 1025 x 575 - The extra size is because there is no "disclaimer" at the bottom for paid advertisements.
- The FREE ad space must be a static image
- ANIMATED GIF's ARE allowed in the PAID advertising spaces.
- The drawing is of course, FREE to enter! FREE to win! FREE really does mean... FREE!
SO, WHY WOULD I PAY FOR AN AD?
Especially when I can get one for free by winning the drawing?
There are of course advantages to purchasing an ad vs the one you can win for free
Here are some of the main advantages of paid vs. free
- Your ad will remain in place for the time that it is purchased. (Free ads can be replaced by a paid ad - paid ads will not be)
- There is no "disclaimer" at the bottom of the paid ads.
- The "PAID" ad space size is larger (1025 x 575) - The extra size is because there is no "disclaimer" at the bottom for paid advertisements.
- ANIMATED GIF's ARE allowed in the PAID advertising spaces.
- With a paid ad, you are guaranteed a spot. (The free one is a luck of the draw drawing - you might, or might not get selected)