How to advertise at KVR Audio
If you would like to advertise at KVRaudio.com please contact us to discuss availability, pricing and your requirements.
e-mail us: advertisewithus@kvraudio.com
Banner Information
We currently offer four "image" banner positions and two "text / HTML" advertising positions.
Image banner positions:
- 728x90 "Super Standard Banner"
- 300x250 "Square Banner"
- 120x600 "Skyscraper Banner"
- 90x90 "Sponsor Banner"
Graphical banners can be in GIF, JPG, PNG, SWF or HTML formats.
SWF (Flash) banners need to adhere to certain requirements:
- SWF banners may NOT include sound.
- To enable Click Throughs to be logged a clickTAG must be used, rather than an embedded URL, therefore Flash banners must be built using the guidelines set by the Macromedia Flash Advertising Alliance.
Essentially the banner must include the following code. The click-through URL is then assigned to the banner by our banner serving script when it is delivered. Please note that the code is case sensitive and the "_blank" argument is required to ensure it opens in a new window:
on (release) {
if (clickTAG.substr(0,5) == "http:") {
getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}
}
Text / HTML Advertising positions:
- "Text Ads" in emails
- "Sponsored News Headline" on the news headline pages
(including the KVR Audio front page)
728x90 "Standard Banner"
| Overview: | 728x90 "Standard" banners are shown in rotation over the whole of KVR Audio for a calendar month. i.e. if you purchase 100,000 banners for a month they will be shown evenly over the course of the month. You can of course choose to have the banner(s) displayed over a shorter period if required (e.g. 14 days) resulting in a higher visibility but a shorter campaign. |
| Availability: | Available in multiples of 50,000. |
| Format: | Image |
| Dimensions: | 728 x 90 pixels |
| File Size: | 60 Kb maximum |
120x90 "Sponsor Banner"
| Overview: | The 90x90 “Sponsor” Banner position (displayed in the top right corner on every page at KVR) is shown on every page at KVR Audio for a calendar month. This is a very high visibility position. A bonus 200,000 728x90 Standard banner impressions, to be shown over the same calendar month, are also included. |
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| Availability: | Available for a set monthly fee irrespective of impressions. | |
| Format: | Image | |
| Dimensions: | 90 x 90 pixels | |
| File Size: | 30 Kb maximum |
300x250 "Square Banner"
| Overview: | The 300x250 “Square” Banners are displayed on all plug-in / host database pages and all individual news item pages. |  |
| Availability: | Available in multiples of 50,000 | |
| Format: | Image | |
| Dimensions: | 300 x 250 pixels | |
| File Size: | 40 Kb maximum |
Email Text Ads
| Overview: | Text Adverts are shown in all emails sent out to KVR Audio members including the weekly newsletter (55,000+ subscribers), news notifications and forum topic reply notifications. |
| Availability: | Available for a set monthly fee irrespective of emails sent (Currently in excess of 250,000 each month). |
| Format: | The text ad should consist of around 50 words plus a link. The weekly newsletter is sent in Plain Text and HTML formats (KVR Audio members can choose which they receive - currently over 94% of members choose to receive the HTML version). The HTML version allows for a small image (banner) to accompany the text advert. |
| Dimensions: | The image can be up to 200x200; GIF, JPG or PNG. |
| File Size: | 20 Kb for the Newsletter image banner |
Sponsored News Headline
| Overview: | The "Sponsored Headline" HTML ad position at KVR gives you a high visibility campaign on the KVR home page and news section headline pages. Please see the KVR home page for the current example. Essentially, the lower yellow block is labeled as a "sponsored news" section and contains a news headline for a fixed 7 day period. The advertiser guarantees themselves 7 days of prime exposure on the KVR home page, which should coincide with an important news announcement such as a new release or major update. It is important for KVR that this is only a sponsored headline, and not a full blown advert. KVR retains editorial control over the contents of the news item and it must only be for news items that KVR would normally post. To explain how it works - a news item is posted as normal and additionally a sponsored headline is also posted which has two links associated with it - a link to "read more" which displays the news item in full, plus a visit www.advertiserspage.com link so people can go directly to the advertisers page if they so wish. NOTE: The news item and sponsored headline do not have to appear at exactly the same time - KVR endeavors to post news as quickly as is humanly possible and would prefer not to hold a news item back just because a sponsored headline is not due to begin for a few days. So, a news item could be posted several days before the sponsored headline is scheduled to begin which means that this is also a good way to "bump" your headline back to the top. |
| Availability: | Available for a set weekly fee irrespective of pages shown. |
| Formats: | News headline to coincide with a legitimate news posting. |
| Dimensions: | N/A |
| File Size: | N/A |
120x600 "Skyscraper Banner"
| Overview: | The 120x600 “Skyscraper” banner is displayed on most pages at KVR in the right column. It is shown in rotation over the whole of KVR Audio for a calendar month. |  |
| Availability: | Available in multiples of 50,000. | |
| Format: | Image | |
| Dimensions: | 120 x 600 pixels | |
| File Size: | 40 Kb maximum |
We do NOT offer PopUp, PopUnder, Interstitial, Superstitial or any other annoying banner types!
