Link / Banner Exchange & Add Rates

A virtual community like Long Beach Culture.org drives a tremendous amount of traffic. That means as advertisers, you'll have a good deal of exposure for your product and/or service when you advertise in Long Beach Culture.org. Why Advertise in Long Beach Culture.org?:

Long Beach Culture.org [LBC] is the on-line source for music and arts in the local community. Complete with searchable databases of events, performers, artists and their showcased works, LBC let's people know what, when and where events and concerts are happening. LBC's marketplace is the art and music community - the largest demographically attractive audience for retailers. LBC's business model and community relationships ensure for a heavily trafficked web presence. LBC can also use your advertising dollars to help maintain our active growth and that will help shape our community into a place where there is something for everyone.

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Who Can Advertise in Long Beach Culture.org?:

All businesses, artists, musicians and community organizations within the Long Beach Metro area. Drop us a line if you think this includes you.

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Long Beach Culture.org Advertising Rates:

Long Beach Culture.org has built in many options for advertising within our web site. Your ad can be rotated with other advertisers on one or many pages. Or, you can request a dedicated banner on one or more pages. Please review the schedule below and choose which level is best for you. If you need help, just drop us a note.

LOCATION/PLACEMENT FREQUENCY COST
Home Page 1 month
3 months
6 months
12 months
$645.00
$915.00
$2,320.00
$3,710.00
Search Result Pages 1 month
3 months
6 months
12 months
$350.00
$525.00
$600.00
$1,050.00
Other Pages 1 month
3 months
6 months
12 months
$110.00
$230.00
$475.00
$750.00

SITE VISITS PER MONTH - 17,500 - 22,500 (example)

CONVERSION; 20,000 visits X 1 -5% click-thru* = 200 - 1,000 highly targeted audience X 5% conversion to sales = 10 - 100 probable sales.

*Click-through ratio (CTR): A method of rating how many times a banner is clicked on. A ratio of the number of times a banner is shown to the number of times it is clicked on. For example, if a banner has a CTR of 20:1, it means that 1 out of 20 people have clicked on it (i.e. 5% of the people who viewed it).

A CTR is merely a ratio of exposures to via a banner. In an economic model, the CTR is a of advertising (the banner exposures). Judging the effectiveness of a CTR then becomes a reaction of advertising vs. revenue. A good CTR is dependent upon many factors, including the banner design and the content of the web site the banner is supposed to represent.

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Help Promote Long Beach Culture.org?:

The more that Long Beach Culture.org is promoted, the better chance you have of attracting an audience for your product and/or service. So, if everyone helps promote LBC, everyone wins. Let's all do our best to help promote LBC. Our web team has made the following LBC logos and the image source code available for you to download and use in your print and web media efforts. Help raise your chances of success by adding the LBC logo and link to your site. Put the logo and the LBC web address on your flyers. Remember, the more traffic that's generated via LBC, the better chances you have.

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Long Beach Culture.org Logos and source code:

It's easy to help promote LBC with these custom LBC logos and source code.

Choose from the following:

1. Small Logo and related source code



Just highlight, cut and paste the following into your html page:

<A HREF="http://www.longbeachculture.org/mainindex.cfm"><IMG SRC="http://www.longbeachculture.org/bannerex/smlbc.gif" ALT="LongBeachCulture.org" BORDER="0" align="center"></A>
2. Medium Logo and related source code



Just highlight, cut and paste the following into your html page:
<A HREF="http://www.longbeachculture.orgmainindex.cfm"><IMG SRC="http://www.longbeachculture.org/bannerex/medlbc.gif" ALT="LongBeachCulture.org" BORDER="0" align="center"></A>
3. Large Logo and related source code



Just highlight, cut and paste the following into your html page:

<A HREF="http://www.longbeachculture.orgmainindex.cfm"><IMG SRC="http://www.longbeachculture.org/bannerex/lglbc.gif" ALT="LongBeachCulture.org" BORDER="0" align="center"></A>
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