marinersguide.com Marinersguide.com - Affordable Internet advertising for the marine industry.

Now anyone can advertise on the Internet! We have programs for local, regional and national accounts. We have programs to fit every budget!

Our pages are intentionally designed with a simple, UN-crowded layout and a low contrast background that is easy to read. You don't have the competition and confusion you find on other web sites. The reader's attention is focused on your banner resulting in high click-through ratios.

Marinersguide.com is optimized for the best advertising exposure to a highly qualified boating market!

Marinersguide.com's targeted marketing!

Demographics: The average age of the serious sailors in the United States is 47, 56% are male and 44% are female. 31% have incomes in excess of $15000, 73% have college degrees and 38% own more than one home.

Geographic targeting: We divided the country into logical boating regions and gathered the basic information every boater needs for all of the ports in each region. The result is thousands of pages dedicated to local knowledge. These pages are indexed on all of the major search engines to draw in readers looking for very specific information about boating and other needs of interest to boaters. Find your favorite port and browse the pages of information we offer.

Now here is the absolutely best deal you will find on the Internet. You can advertise on a port/information page for just $49.95 per year. Your banner will appear proudly at the top of the page drawing qualified customers to your business. This is the best opportunity on the Internet for local businesses. You banner will be seen by customers boating in your area. Customers buying at your establishment!

It's easy to advertise on marinersguide.com. Just go to the page you want. If it is available there will be an "Advertise here" message under the banner. Click on it and complete the form. If approved, we will email you an invoice with payment instructions.

Major accounts: Our magazine section features stories about all things of interest to boaters. There is a huge photo gallery and any photo can be turned into wallpaper through our Wallpaper Factory! Our Dock Swap is a popular bulletin board where boaters can leave messages, buying and selling all things nautical. There are stories about our own racing campaign, our aging power-boat and so much more. Please, take a tour of our web site. It's easy with the handy navigator box appearing at the bottom of every page.

Run-of-site banner ads are served randomly from a pool of advertisers. Our banner pools can be customized to fit individual needs. We are offering ROS banner ads for only $5.00CPM (per thousand views).

Half banners are also run-of-site, but are fixed instead of being randomly served from a pool. Half banner ads are available for $3.00CPM.

Run-of-Site Rate Card
Advertisement Available
Monthly
Impressions
 CPM   CPC 
Top Banner SOLD $5.00 $0.35
#1 Half Banner 100000 $3.00 $0.35
#2 Half Banner SOLD $3.00 $0.35
#3 Half Banner 100000 $3.00 $0.35
#4 Half Banner 3x80000 $2.00 $0.35
#5 120x60 6x80000 $1.00 $0.35
Dividers 7x80000 $3.00 $0.35
Bottom Banner 200,000 $5.00 $0.35
Fixed Banner Discounts
Quantity Percentage Cost per Page
1-9 pages 100% $49.95
10-49 pages 90% $44.95
50-99 pages 75% $37.50
100-199 pages 65% $32.50
>200 pages 50% $24.95

CPM campaigns are counted with the cgi that actually serves your banner, eliminating false counts from search engine spiders and email raider bots.

ROS campaigns can also be purchased on the CPC (cost per click) plan at 35 cents per click for any ad position.

All banner ad plans generate separate logs including viewer's IP address, the date, time and the page viewed.

Send us an email to learn more about banner advertising on marinersguide.com.

 
Do you need more help?

Banner Design: TekVantage/marinersguide.com has teamed with Main St. Graphics to offer you design services for only $125.00 per banner.

Web Site Hosting: We can host your home page offering 20 megabytes on our domain for just $20.00 per month with a one time $40.00 start-up charge. Your World Wide Web address would be www.marinersguide.com/yourcompany .

Private Domain: We offer 50 megabytes of space and your own domain name hosted on our server for just $50.00 per month. There is a $100 start-up charge and Internic will bill you separately to register your domain.

Web design and Consulting: TekVantage (our parent company) offers web site design and programming at $65.00 per hour. Internet/Intranet consulting is available for $125.00 per hour plus expenses.

Please contact us, we are always ready to help!

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