Advertising on Glass Steel and Stone is an economical and effective way to get your message to potential customers. The people who visit Glass Steel and Stone are a diverse group in age, sex, income, and ethnic background. They are equally diverse in thier motives for visitng the web site. Some are real estate professionals doing research. Some are tourists checking out the city before they visit. Some are college students preparing for classwork. Many are simply local residents who like to keep up on what's going on in thier community.
Glass Steel and Stone receives thousands of visitors each day, and serves tens of thousands of page views as outlined in the chart below.
Average unique visitors per day: |
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2, |
866 |
Average unique visitors per month: |
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88, |
846 |
Average unique visitors per year: |
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1,046, |
090 |
Average page views per day: |
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10, |
110 |
Average page views per month: |
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313, |
398 |
Average page views per year: |
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3,690, |
150 |
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Numbers as of April, 2005. |
You can get started reaching this wide and diverse audience for as little as $10. Just look at the advertising options below and pick the ones that suit your needs. We've included pictures of the web site to demonstrate where the ads will be placed. Your ads can be online in a day or less.
| Option |
Type |
Size |
Format |
Best for |
A |
Top of page banner |
468x60 or
728x90 |
Graphics or text |
Creating awareness of a brand via graphics or animation, and generating web site traffic. |
B |
Skyscraper |
120x600 |
Graphics |
Creating awareness of a brand via graphics. |
C |
Box |
300x250 |
Graphics or text |
Delivering a message, creating awareness, generating web traffic, and text links to be picked up by search engines. |
X |
Site blitz |
All |
Graphics and text |
Promoting a special event, sale, date, or reaching people just before an event or holiday. Ensures your message is seen by all Houston Architecture Info visitors. |
This is an example of the main web site page. Here you can see advertising options A and B in place. Option A banners are seen across the entire web site, not just on the opening and navigation pages. Option B skyscrapers are seen on the main page and on navigation pages. Rates are as follows:
| Option A |
$40/month |
| Option B |
$30/month |
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This is an example of an article page.
It is possible to request a specific building and only your ad will be seen in the Option C space for that building. For example, a law firm might want to be the only advertiser on the Williams Tower web page because thier firm is in Williams Tower. Or a sporting goods store might want to advertise exclusively on the Minute Maid Park page where many sports fans check out the stadium before going to see a game. Rates are as follows:
| Option A |
$40/month |
| Option C |
$25/month non-exclusive |
| Option C |
$10/month per page exclusive |
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Option X is a unique opportunity to guarantee that your message is seen by every visitor to the Houston Architecture Info web site and the Houston Architecture Info Forum on a particular day. In effect, you are buying out the entire ad inventory for an entire day, so only your ad is seen in every possible spot. This might be a good option for a business planning a big upcoming sale, or celebrating an anniversary, or to target late-December holiday shoppers. It's up to you.
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- Artwork is the responsibility of the buyer. We do not offer banner creation services.
- All artwork or code must be e-mailed to us before ads can be shown.
- Acceptable ad forms include: GIFs, animated GIFs, JPEGs, Flash, plain text, and HTML.
- We reserve the right to refuse ads for pornographic material, cigarettes, online gambling estabishments, or any other product or service we choose not to promote.
- With the exception of Option C Exclusive Pages, all ads are sold on a RON basis and will be displayed in rotation with other advertisements.
- The number of times an ad is displayed will vary from day to day with visitor traffic and competing advertising inventory.
- We guarantee a minimum of 1,000 impressions per dollar spent. In the event all of the ads are not served before the end of the contract, the length will be extended until the minimum is met. Surplus views will not incurr an additional charge, and will be presented gratis.
- Unless otherwise noted, all terms are quoted in calendar months. Because months vary by length the actual number of days an ad runs will vary with the calendar. A one month contract from February 3-March 3 will have fewer days than a one month contract from March 3-April 3.
- In the event that an Option X ad campaign is executed during regularly scheduled ad runs, all purchases of Options A, B, C, and D will have their contracts extended by one day at no additional charge.
- Acceptable payment forms: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover Card, Paypal, personal or business check made out to "Artefaqs Corporation."
- Payment must be made before ads will be displayed. Checks must clear the bank before ads will be displayed.
To get started, simply fill in these forms:
Which advertising options interest you?
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