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There are a few ways that "Shambles"
can compliment your own advertising or marketing strategy :
(i) The Website www.shambles.net
The website was initially designed to support the international school
communities (and friends) across 17
countries in S.E.Asia (400 schools) : students, teachers, support staff,
administrators and families.
Access is free with 99% of it being public.
(the very small private area is just for the webkeeper)
Shambles uses Google Analytics to track website traffic which is now more than 7,000 individual visitors per day looking at over 12,000 pages per day - now a worldwide audience not just S.E.Asia visitors.
The "Shambles" website is well established in the major search engines and comes up frequently when searching with key works related to education and Asia. (over 30,000 listings in Google)
Many pages on Shambles have a spot for advertising
(ii) The Newsletter
www.shambles.net/newsletter
The newsletter was started in 2002 and is emailed out once a term, they
are archived online and is
free.
There are over 10,000 people on the mailing list, (plus an RSS Feed), many are working in international schools in.S.E.Asia but, as with the website, it is now also attracting a much larger worldwide audience.
The newsletter has space for adverts and the opportunity to contribute towards editorial content
(iii) Podcasting
www.shambles.net/podcasting
Four Podcasting series were started in 2006 and are growing in popularity
and distribution .... there is an opportunity to sponsor a single programme
or a series.
The Education Project Asia
DIGG this page
Submit to StumbleUpon(iv)
Second Life (3D online virtual world)
http://internationalschoolsisland.blogspot.com
One of the most exciting marketing (advertising) opportunities right out
at the leading edge of technology is to have a presence in Second
Life .. an online 3D Virtual World ... with over 9,000,000 residents,
Shambles has an island in S.L. called "The
International Schools Island" which will be open to the public
at the end of 2007.
For details of the opportunities available to you ... CLICK
HERE .... but remember that we are still building and this page is
evolving as the island comes alive.
(v)
Google Adwords
At the risk of losing revenue (for Shambles)
.... if you are looking for ways of advertising your school, product or
services then I would highly recommend you also considered using Google
Adwords .... this enables you to have simple text adverts that link to
your own website.
These adverts are only displayed when people search Google for key words
you decide or on webpages that contain your keywords ... which can also
be geographical ... i.e. only displayed in Asia or a specific country.
You can set up your own Google Adwords scheme automatically online in only a few minutes .... and the important part is that you can stipulate your maximum monthly spending .. so you have full control of your budget.
Click this button to sign up
Shambles does display adverts from the Google (Adwords Scheme) and you will often see adverts from international schools appear in these ads ..... the boxes in the top right .... of most pages ... and the very low cost is very affordable.
Finally
For a list of previous & present advertisers, sponsors,
affiliates and partners CLICK HERE
For additional details of how sponsorship, affiliation, partnerships can
operate CLICK HERE
For advertising rates or any other questions please
contact the webkeeper
Chris Smith csmith@csmith.info
The Mechanics for adverts
- all advertisements are fixed to particular pages so when submitting an application then the page requested should be stated
- spaces available can be seen by viewing the site, where advertisements are allowed there are a maximum of five per page (size 136x50) (except for the search results page)
- minimum advertising period is one year
- the minimum size of an advertisement
on a page is 136 pixels wide x 50 pixels high but adjacent spaces may
be taken up for greater height :
- 2 advert space is 136 wide x 110 high
- 3 advert space is 136 wide x 170 high
- 4 advert space is 136 wide x 230 high
- maximum 5 advert space is 136 wide x 290 wide
- only single 136 wide x 50 high advertisements are available on the front page
- advertisements should be static gifs or jpegs, no animations, sounds or other formats
- advertisements may be hyperlinked to the advertisers own site
- the Shambles webkeeper has the final say on the suitability of advertisements
- advertisers already in place have priority on keeping that position when time for renewal, other potential advertisers may request a place on the waiting list for specific locations.
For other affiliate opportunities visit the commercial AFFLIATES SECTION on Shambles
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