Advertise with SBDCNet

To purchase, please E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   or call 1-800-689-1912. Current advertising rates expire June 30, 2010.

As the research arm of the Small Business Development Center’s nationwide network, www.SBDCNet.org is a highly-targeted website offering entrepreneurs volumes of information and resources through which they can find necessary information to support strategic business decisions.

Each month, the SBDCNet.org welcomes at least 17,000 visits by over 14,000 unique visitors, who spend an average of 4½ minutes per session. Recent growth patterns project a 12% monthly increase in visitors. Typical SBDCNet visitors are entrepreneurs who:

• are young, well educated and highly motivated
• have recently opened their business
• are exploring the option of business ownership Or… are business consultants who are searching for information to give to their clients to help them start or expand their business.

The SBDCNet website, www.SBDCNet.org, has links to and from some of the best and most often used research sites. The SBDC Business Advisor Toolkit offers a collection of SBDC counselor-developed tools such as spreadsheets, diagnostic checklists, forms, brochures and articles.

Web Ad Rates for SBDCNet.org

Positions/ Max Size	CPM rate	Estimated monthly cost at 60,000 page views - Mar. 2010.
Top Banner 468 * 60	$20	$1200
Left column Vertical Banner 120 * 240	$10	2$200
Half banner homepage near  bottom center 234 * 60	$10	1$145
Leader board across bottom of page 728 * 90	$5	$300 1$72.50
Left Column Skyscraper 120-160 * 600 First position Second position Third or  less	$10 $8 $5	3$100 3$80 3$50
"In content” ads Banners  468 * 60 Box 200 * 200 Button 120 * 60 Half Banner 240 * 60	$10 $10 $5 $5	4$50 4$50 4$25 4$25
Sponsored links bottom of page	$2 Can be targeted to specific pages	$120

See last page for exact positions.
¹ homepage only, monthly cost based on 14.5k views/month
² Not a run of site ad monthly cost based on 20k views/month
³ Not a run of site ad monthly cost based on 10k views/month
⁴ Not a run of site ad monthly cost based on 5k views/month

Expand on rollover, video, and flash banners are allowed for an additional $5 CPM. All ads with audio must have a mute button and audio must be initiated on-click never on-load.

Ads will be run on all pages minus any sponsored pages and news articles. No more than five sponsored pages will be allowed at one time.  Charges do not apply for impressions on pages that are sponsored by other advertisers.Specific pages can be sponsored for $50 CPM.  CPM is calculated for sponsored page only. Sponsorship of an entire page includes all ad positions plus 300 text characters above the top content on the page, except on homepage where it will be just above the footers.  Text can include hyperlinks, bold & italics but font and size will be changed to match page content.  Sponsorship of the homepage includes website wide ad space minus the sponsored links section for $85 CPM. The estimated monthly cost of $4250 offers sponsorship of the entire site for one month.Besides the homepage, the best candidates for sponsorship are shown in the following table.

Estimated costs are based on most recent traffic: 

Page	Page Views per month	Estimated monthly cost at $50 CPM
Homepage/entire site	60,000	$3000
Business Plans	3,000	$150
Demographics	4,000	$200
International Trade	1,500	$75
Marketing	1,200	$50
Find you local SBDC	1,000	$50
E-commerce	1,000	$50

Marketplace

All advertisers will get a place in our Marketplace section, this will be a storefront page dedicated to showcase your product or products.  The position on the page will be determined by money raised for SBDCNet program. The Marketplace is a perfect place for commission-based advertising as is the sponsored links section. To purchase, please E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 1-800-689-1912. Current advertising rates expire June 30, 2009.