Advertising on the web site for Marine Engineers

Thank you for considering advertising your product, or firm, on Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net.

The website was never created to make a profit, but in order to provide a quality web space, there is always need to raise some funds. If you have a product, ideas, magazine or just want to increase your brand recognition, Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net is an excellent avenue to promote directly to professional, and prospective marine engineers all over the world.

 

Why use this site?

You can access a TARGET MARKET of professionals actively involved in worldwide commercial marine environment. Advertisements are colorful, attractive eye-catching graphics which rotate around the Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net site, providing hypertext links to a web site of your choice.

Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net's web pages are viewed tens of thousands of times every month (over 69,000 pages on the site are viewed every month); our visitors are searching for information on YOUR company and OUR industry. With over 20,000 monthly visits, Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net, is one of the most popular marine engineering web site on the Internet.

Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net is run by a marine engineer and is an INFORMATION site - not simply a promotional site. If your company is involved in the marine industry, Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net most likely contains information about it. Why not complement this information with your own advertising?

Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net has a long and reliable track record, we have been on the World Wide Web since November 1999, and has extensive recognition worldwide, especially in North America. View our About Page for more information on our traffic and history.

Low cost. A basic linked text / logo of your company on Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net is free, and probably already exist on the "Directory Page". A 120x120 pixel button on the main page starts as low as $ 3.25 USD/cpm ! Advertising on Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net is a great value, at a fraction of the average cost ("Technical website" ads which run about 70$US/CPM - source: http://adres.internet.com/).

 

What's available

Banners can be used to drive traffic, increase brand awareness or a blend of both. If the objective is to drive traffic, we recommend a frequently updated, "action-oriented" banner inspiring the viewer to "click through". If the objective is branding, then a long life banner featuring just your corporate logo would be appropriate. I would be pleased to advise you on these issues and provide the best option for you.

We can offer many solutions to your needs. Various sizes and styles of "buttons", "vertical banners", "box banners", etc. are available. Vertical banners and buttons are on the main frame, and therefore visible throughout the visitors stay. The dimensions are 120 pixels wide by any height up to 240 pixels.

We can also provide a "standard banners" which can carry a focused message offering direct exposure on one specific page. They are visible on a targeted page, and displayed only on that page, the dimensions are 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high (standard size).

 

Advertising Rates 

3 months introductory contract = $ 375 USD
($125/mth, ~ $4 US/CPM - cost per 1000 displays)

6 months introductory contract = $ 600 USD
($100/mth, $ 3.25 US/CPM)

Here's a typical advertising button, 120 pixel by 120 You get: one "button" (120x120pixels - like the one to the right), displayed on Martin's Marine Engineering Page - www.dieselduck.net for the length of the contract. These rates are not set in stone, nor are they expected to stay this low, they are meant for you to try it out. Why not !

As discussed above, we can offer smaller buttons and other banners, site wide campaigns, etc; contact us for further pricing information. Banner and Button ads are sold on a cost-per-thousand impressions. All Rates are net, and payment is due within 30 days from contract start

Below are some example of sizes and looks; almost all are produced in house - one less thing to worry about...

These are primarily for the main page, and are called buttons. The standard is 120x120 pixels, but I have been know to make it bigger just for the heck of it, like the one for Safety at Sea International Magazine.  
These are the standard full size banners. Available on targeted web pages.
This is a half banner.
These are smaller buttons, ideal for the main page. A quickie.
This is a special size for no particular reason, since I had room on the machinery page.  

 

Don't want to pay cash?

That's ok with me; its just easier to pay the internet service provider with cash; but I can be happy with some other compensation that is mutually agreeable. Got some nifty magazine subscriptions, cool company merchandise, neat service, great tools, marine engineering content for the site... whatever; bartering is in my dictionary.

 

Production Requirements: 

Total file size cannot exceed 40K, and animation are OK 

File format types: GIF or JPG 

Your banner ad will be hyper linked to the web address of your choice. Please indicate the URL in the text area of your message. If you do not have a website, we could discuss other alternatives.

Send your banners by attaching them to an email addressed to sales@dieselduck.net

 

Free Stuff

Over in the Links Page, you might have already noticed that your company's logo is there. If it is not, I would be happy to included it in the Links Page (directory) for free. If you are a commercial maritime services and equipment provider, just send me your logo and URL - I will take care of the rest.

 

Contact us

I am open to new ideas and comments, so please feel free to mention them. I would be happy to discuss any of your concerns. Drop me an Email and we proceed from there. I can provide detailed analysis of the site's traffic, to better shape your advertising campaign.

 

Thank you for your visit and interest,

Martin Leduc
Marine Engineer & Webmaster
Martin's Marine Engineering Page
www.dieselduck.net