Poll: CPU Reviews agrees to make advertising exception for TA

[DanC]

OK guys -
I've done a little arm-twisting. We can now proceed with CPU Reviews if the team agrees. This is VERY high-profile, and dnet advertises here too. Here's the skinny:

We would be pleased to run a 25,000 impression top of page banner ad
campaign for you (after we approve the creative).

Your cost would be:

$625.00 25,000 impressions at $25CPM rate (same CPM as 50K impressions)
-$ 62.50 less 10% "first order" discount
--------
$562.00 total cost (US funds; Canadian taxes only apply to Canadian firms)

Please register your preference. If a winner, we'll go ahead and place the ad.
Thank you!

dc


edit: PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ON THIS!!!!

 

[nickdakick]

How high is their traffic ?

 

[DanC]

...Staggering.

 

[JHutch]

Go for it. Sounds like it'll be a good recruiter method!

JHutch

 

[networkman]

Go for it!

 

[RaySun2Be]

Sounds like a go to me!

 

[CurtOien]

Cool.

 

[Fardringle]

Yep, CPU Reviews is a nice site with lots of traffic. We should get a pretty decent response from that, especially if they put it in a fairly prominent position on the site.

 

[DanC]

I asked for top of the page.... Numero Uno... Big Banana, Top Spot, Big Cheese, Ipso Facto, Ergo Summum, you get the idea...

 

[IsOs]

Sounds good. Although it's been some time since I visited the site. I can't even remember why I stopped...hmm.

 

[xrayman]

Sorry, I haven't kept up on this topic lately.
What's the linkage for the banner ad? Something very cool I hope.

 

[nickdakick]

<< Numero Uno... Big Banana, Top Spot, Big Cheese, Ipso Facto, Ergo Summum, you get the idea >>


Only the best for the best huh Dan ?
I got the idea err... quite I guess.

 

[DanC]

I've asked Mika to set this up for us:
____________________

Welcome to Team AnandTech!

We'd like to extend an invitation to join us in Distributed computing.

Why you ask? - Simple. Distributed Computing offers an opportunity to further the cause of computing in general, to solve immense problems, and the thrills of competition all wrapped up with teamwork and fun!

We have a very active Distributed Computing forum which deals with virtually every subject of computing including networking and system performance.

We're dedicated to peak performance in ourselves and in our equipment. If you've ever wanted to be on a winning team - this is your opportunity to be a star. Learn, contribute, advance your skills and make new friends!

Team Anandtech participates in a wide variety of distributed projects. Among them: SETI, Gamma Flux, RC-5, OGR and more!

Just what are these things? Here is an explanation. (link to dnet here)

Please feel free to visit our forums, log in and ask any questions you like. We have a bunch of really friendly and helpful folks that will be glad to help you out!

Don't forget to visit the home page of AnandTech too! - The premiere hardware review site on the Internet. It's all free - and it's all fun!

Welcome Aboard!
_________________

He just e-mailed me to indicate it would be up this afternoon.
Thanks Mika!

 

[Athlex]

Looks like a great site for recruitment. Good articles too...

 

[danzigrules]

sounds good, but don't ya think that there should be a link about all the d/c proggies?
kinda like the one that was one our main page, instead of just to dnet?

just a thought.
no flames intended

 

[JimMc]

danzigrules--The page that is up is very even handed, I don't think it favors any one subset of the team. Here's a link to the finished product Welcome Page. It doesn't actually link to Dnet--should be great for all of us .

 

[DanC]

I intentionally fought with my admitted bias toward RC-5 and attempted to create a message that would get people to join the forums. Once in - we have a chance to talk to them.

It's not intended to do anything else but get them to say hi.

Sales job is up to us.

 

[Kilowatt]

Heres some banners I did a few months back.

Let me know if you need something else.

 

[Wolfie]

Maybe I missed something.... but where is this site at? Maybe we could look at it and kinda get an idea where it looks like it will be placed?

Wolfie

 

[xrayman]

DanC
That's a very well writen piece, guy!
The only suggestion I might come up with is to add something that emphasizes our appreciation of the the newbie and put in some links for the various FAQ's.

NICE JOB!

Geoff

 

[sciencewhiz]

wolfie,

www.cpureview.com

 

[PeterN]

Nice work DanC,

I will now start the three months banner space campaign. As soon as it is up I'll give an update.

I do want to know a little thing.
About two weeks ago, someone made an asp-link on the team-website to check how many click-throughs we got from which source?
Is that link still available or built in? It would be nice if it is. Then we can do some sort of analysis of which sort of links are the best to work with.

 

[DanC]

Peter -
That was graciously made by Mika.
He has created a new page that tracks separately the clicks from CPU Review from the Active Hardware.

Awfully nice of him don't you think?

 

[Wolfie]

Thanks sciencewhiz.

I thought I tried that but maybe it was the lack of sleep and the thoughts of getting a new job. I will find out in a couple of hours weather or not I get the job. Should be interesting...

Wolfie

 

[Nohr]

Good luck Wolfie. I'm sure a lot of us have our fingers crossed.