Mercia Marina Banner Advertising + Bonus Sponsor Button

Internet Advertising: Why should I use Internet Advertising?

Internet advertising allows you to reach the Boating and Marina related community with your business, product or service.

Here are some excellent reasons why your company, organization should consider Internet advertising:

Reasons to Use Internet Advertising

• Adapt dynamically to current events, trends and audience interests.
• Rapid growth. More and more businesses are using Internet advertising to get their message out.
• Global audience. Boaters from around the UK and world can access your information.
• Cost effective awareness. Get your message out affordably to thousands of boaters.
• Strengthen your company's leadership position.
• Deliver highly targeted messages. Reach the specific audience you want.
• Establish and improve customer relations and services.

Why should I advertise on Mercia Marina Forum?

The Forum continues to grow and expand day by day, offering more services each week. We are reaching more and more Boaters with resources that they will use on a daily basis.

Where will my banners be displayed?

All banner ads will rotate on the top of the pages on the forum.
Your banner ads will be rotated across all pages on the forum.
Maximum # of Advertisers - 20

Bonus Sponsor Button will appear below the main forum categories accross all pages of the site and will be 130x30 pixels - This will also include a text link to your website

What are the ad size specifications?

Technical Data/Dimensions:

Width - 468 pixels
Height - 60 pixels
Resolution - 72 dpi
Maximum File Size - 25KB
Placement - Top, centre of the page
Format - GIF

Click-Through Statistics:

Our Click-through statistics system will tell you how many click-throughs you have received, please request this information.

Banner Review and Approval

Your banner will be reviewed by forum Admin. It will be checked against our banner specifications and quality standards. We reserve the right to reject any banner advertisement deemed offensive or inappropriate. The following advertisements and/or sites are expressly prohibited:

* Those that would violate any applicable law, regulation or third party right;
* Those encouraging illegal activity or racism;
* Alcohol, tobacco products, and materials, products and services related to pornography or adult content.
* Anything that is not related to Boating

Payment options

You will either pay monthly, half yearly or yearly by Cheque.
Monthly, Half yearly and Yearly Costs

When are payments due?

The first payment for all advertisers will be prepaid.
For monthly advertising, the first payment will be prepaid, the next payment will be requested in 1 months time and every month after that.
For half yearly advertising, the first payment will be prepaid, the next payment will be requested in 6 months time and every 6 months after that.
For yearly advertising, the first payment will be prepaid, the next payment will be requested in 12 months time and every 12 months after that.

How do I start the process?

Once we have received your payment, we will send your banner advert live. Your advert start date will not commence until your banner goes live on the forum.

To begin advertising with Mercia Marina Forum, please contact us here
(Please include the following information:)

• Your banner or your banner brief (please include as much detail as possible i.e. colours/fonts/layout)
• Your Click through URL

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding advertising, please contact us here: banners@merciamarina.co.uk

Terms and conditions

All advertising space is subject to availability.
We reserve the right to terminate Advertising and remove the Content and/or Design from merciamarina.co.uk forum for any reason.
Upon termination in accordance we shall refund you the proportion of the Advertising Charge applicable to any Service Period for which you will no longer receive the Advertising Services.
We reserve the right to terminate the Advertising and remove the Content and/or Design from merciamarina.co.uk Site without providing a refund of the Advertising Charge to you if, in our reasonable opinion, your conduct, the Content, the Design Information or the Website has brought or would bring us or any other member of ours into disrepute if we continued to provide the Advertising Services.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Design Charge is non-refundable upon termination of the Advertising Contract.

Liability: In no event shall we be liable to you, in contract or otherwise howsoever and whatever the cause thereof for any loss of profit, business, revenues or anticipated savings, increased costs, special, indirect or consequential damage or loss.
You acknowledge and accept that computer and telecommunications systems are not fault free and may from time to time require periods of downtime (being periods during which merciamarina.co.uk is not available to members) for the purposes of repair, maintenance and upgrading. Accordingly, we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the merciamarina.co.uk Site. You accept that you shall have no claim for breach of contract or otherwise in respect of any such period of unavailability.
merciamarina.co.uk reserves the right to change the terms and conditions and/or the content of this page at any time.