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Reach Annapolis…and Beyond

HometownAnnapolis.com is the dominant local Annapolis and Anne Arundel County website. Our traffic stats show that if you want to advertise on the web
in Annapolis, you need to be on our pages. And remember, our stats
show that 70% of visitors to the site do not subscribe to The Capital newspaper.
So you are reaching a large untapped audience that is not seeing
your newspaper ads. Click here to see our 2007/2008 advertisers.

20,000 Site Visitors A Day

  • More than 2.5 million page views per month
  • Average user views 4.5 to 5 pages per visit
  • 70% of site visitors are professionals
  • 65% of site visitors are between the ages of 35 & 55
  • 62% of site visitors are female
  • 35% of site visitors earn between 60K and 100K yearly
  • 20% of site visitors earn more than 100K yearly
  • 55% of site visitors have college degree or grad school degree
  • 70% of site visitors do not subscribe to The Capital Newspaper
*Sources: Google Analytics & Hitwise Online Intelligence Service

Contact our online advertising department:
410-280-5968
or econnors@capitalgazette.com
Hours: Mondays-Fridays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.


Online Advertising Rates

HOMEPAGE Exclusive

Get Attention Fast! Homepage ads are unique from other campaigns we offer. On the Homepage, you can purchase an exclusive, near roadblock position for specific periods of time. If you are familiar with our site, you know that we have three “Home” pages: HometownAnnapolis.com, CapitalOnline.com and the Newspaper Front Page blowup. A position on one buys you a position on all three. If your campaign is a short-term call to action this is a perfect advertising tool. Our homepage recieves around 15,000 visits a day. Your homepage ad will get instant traffic!

Exclusive Homepage Skyscraper 150x600 rate: $30.00 CPM
Exclusive Homepage Interactive Box 300x250 rate: $20 CPM
Exclusive Homepage Tower 150x170 rate: $10.50 CPM
Exclusive Homepage Box 150x75 rate: $7.50 CPM


RUN OF SITE (ROS) NEWS*

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Ad type

1 month

3 months
(10% discount)

6 months
(20% discount)

Year
(30% discount)

150x75 Pixels

$500

$1350

$2400

$4200

150x170 Pixels

$700

$1890

$3360

$5880

728x90 Pixels

$1200

$3240

$5760

$10080

300x250 Pixels

$1200

$3240

$5760

$10080

150x600 Pixels

$1500

$4050

$7200

$12,600

*ROS News ad rotation zone includes the following pages: Top Stories, Business, Entertainment, For the Record, Government, Boating, High Schools, Navy, Home and Garden, Lifestyle, Naval Academy, Opinion, Religion, Sports, Sailing, Outdoors, Sp. Section. Targeted page placement is also available on a limited basis. Minimum 240,000 page views per month per ad guaranteed. CPM Rate can be determined by taking the base monthly rate and dividing by 240; for example the monthly rate for a 150x75 pixel ad is $500.00 so the CPM rate is $2.08. LOWER PRICED OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. For details call 410-268-5968.

ROS NEIGHBORHOODS,FEATURES & LOCAL DIRECTORY*


Ad type

1 month

3 months

6 months

Year

150x75 Pixels**

$125

$336

$600

$1050

150x170 Pixels**

$175

$480

$840

$1470

728x90 Pixels

$400

$1080

$1920

$3360

300x250 Pixels

$400

$1080

$1920

$3360

150x600 Pixels

$400

$1080

$1920

$3360

*This is an affordable price point for small to medium businesses that are looking for hyper local exposure on our site. Ad banners are guaranteed a minimum of 60,000 page views per month. These pages are visited by thousands of local folks and local business people every week. Neighborhoods include the following pages: Neighborhood Section Page, Annapolis, Broadneck, Crofton, Crownsville, Kent Island, Severna Park, South County. Features includes Seniors, Children, Pets, Teens, Wine, Food, Our Bay and more. Your banner will also be displayed on our Local Directory pages in the targeted business zones. Targeted Neighborhood placement available. Call 410-268-5968 for details.
** These two ad sizes must be purchased with a 3 month minimum contract term.

ROS CLASSIFIEDS***


Ad type

1 month

3 months

6 months

Year

150x75 Pixels

$400

$900

$1500

$2800

150x170 Pixels

$650

$1200

$1800

$3200

728x90 Pixels

$900

$2430

$4320

$7560

150x600 Pixels

$900

$2430

$4320

$7560

***ROS Classifieds ad zone can be targeted by categories. Our jobs and real estate classified pages get between 4000 and 6000 visitors every day. Reach the locals here. Please call 410-280-5968 for details.

Ad Sizes and Ad Production

AD PRODUCTION POLICY: We can create an ad for you in these sizes at an additional cost of $80.00 for Static Ads and $140 for Flash or Animation Ads. Our policy is to produce one ad after initial consultation with you. We will then allow one and only one chance for revision. Any additional work after this point will be at a rate of $80.00 an hour. Initial consultation must include IN WRITING all text that you want in the ad, all color suggestions, click through link and any photos or images that you want in the ad. HometownAnnapolis provides ad production as a service and we do not assume any responsibility for the performance of the ad. Allow 5 days for production time.
Multimedia block Box ad
Tower



Site Sponsorship Program

Background:
Our web site receives millions of local page views per month. Our home page alone receives nearly 15,000 page visits per day. This is by far the most popular local website in Annapolis. If you want to advertise on the web in Annapolis, you need to be on HometownAnnapolis.com. We are now launching a new advertising program: Site Sponsorship. This program will be highlighted by exclusive placement on our homepage as well as many other features. This is our way of trying to promote local businesses with a special program just for them. There are only 8 positions available in this program and currently 4 are taken.

Description:
The Site Sponsorship program is a bundle of advertising products that will give participants a multi-faceted presence throughout our website. And the program is Category Exclusive. There will be just one advertiser per category allowed to participate. For example, we will have just one restaurant, one hotel and so on. The package will be highlighted by exclusive placement on the home page as well as customized spotlight pages and much, much more. Read on for details.

What you get:
1-Site sponsors will receive exclusive placement in a tile on the upper-right corner of our homepage next to the masthead. Your ad will rotate with other site sponsors.
2-A Tower ad (150 x 170 pix) receiving Run of Site (ROS) News placement on our Top News and Sports Pages. This ad alone will recieve more than 200k page impressions per month.
3-Homepage Skyscraper(160x600 px)Exclusive position for 75K page impressions(approx. 6 days). Perfect vehicle for call to action campaigns. Subject to conditions.
4-Run of every other ad size we offer in remnant space in every section of the site. This includes ad sizes 300x250 pixels, 160x600, 728x90, 160x75.
5-Six eye-stopper ads on classified pages with option to change on a monthly basis-these can be used for Help Wanted ads in our employment section or any other classifed category.
6-Company Logo and website link will also appear in our online Merchant Directory with premium listing placement
7-Your ads will receive in total more than 700,000 page impressions per month in total. That works out to less than $1.50 CPM. This is a great buy!

Cost:
$11,880.00 for one year
$8400.00 for six months
If you add up the cost of all of the individual ad products the total comes out to more than $22,000 a year. You are saving $10,000 or more with the year contract.


AnnapolisJobs.com
Featured Local Employers Program

Background:
HometownAnnapolis.Com has launched an exciting new site within its pages called AnnapolisJobs.Com. This new “vertical” within The Capital’s website will highlight the paper’s popular Help Wanted and other Employment pages as well as new internet advertising opportunities for Employers and Job Seekers. AnnapolisJobs.Com will be the place to find information about Job Fairs, Resume Writing, New Business Hires and more. A highlight of AnnapolisJobs.com will be our list of Featured Local Employers. Extra, Extra, read all about it below!

Description:
Featured Local Employers will be a prominent advertising product on the AnnapolisJobs.com vertical. The Featured Local Employers page can be sold to companies seeking to promote their own job offerings and their businesses in a unique and eye-catching manner. It will give companies the ability to put their job listings at the front of the line. The Featured Local Employers program is a bundled package of exposures that will ensure maximum traffic for the participating companies.

What you get:
1-Featured Local Employers Box position centered on the home page of AnnapolisJobs.com
2-Featured Local Employers Box position on all generic pages of AnnapolisJobs.com including the employment classifieds pages
3-Box will link to custom-built spotlight page featuring participating company’s ad listings, logo and information as well as a link to company website.
4-Four eye-stopper ads on employment help wanted pages.
5-Exclusivity; the number of Featured Local Employers participating will be capped (for the present) at a maximum of four
6-Company Logo and website link will also appear in our online Merchant Directory with premium listing placement

Cost:
$600.00 for 1 month
$1500.00 for 3 months
$2800.00 for 6 months

Run:
Featured Local Employers must participate for a minimum of one month and thereafter in one-month increments unless participating in long-term contracts.


Hotels/B&B's
Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel*
Spring Hill Suites Annapolis
Reynold's Tavern
O'Callaghans Hotel
Annapolis Accommodations
Best Western Annapolis
Annapolis Hampton Inn & Suites
Butterfly Fields Bed and Breakfast
Chez Amis Bed & Breakfast
Loews Annapolis Hotel

Automotive
Jaguar/Land Rover of Annapolis
Autosail
Tischer Nissan/Acura
Annapolis Subaru
Silverstar Service Center
Lexus USA
Annapolis Moterwerks
Wilkins Automotive
Koons Annapolis Toyota
Tate Chevrolet
Tate BMW
Tate Mini of Annapolis

Banking/Mortgage
Severn Savings Bank
BankAnnapolis
B B & T Bank
Justice Mortgage, Inc. *
A.G. Edwards and Sons Inc.
Easyhome Mortgage
Open Mortgage
Allied Home Mortgage
Jim Turk - Global Mortgage
Prosperity Mortgage

Apartment Rentals
Reserve At Quiet Wters
Watergate Village
Stone Point
Landing at Spa Creek
Spa Cove
1901 West Street

Home Builders/Community Developments
Ryan Homes
Park Place
Acton's Landing
Lennar Homes
Winchester Homes
Grandview Condominiums

Real Estate
Long and Foster Annapolis Eastport *
Annapolis Accommodations
Capital Auctions
Liberty Estates Property Management
Maryland Association of Realtors
Mona LaCovey- Remax Expert
Susan Nealey - Keller Williams Select Realtors
Champion Realty - Annapolis
Coldwell Banker Annapolis Plaza Office
Coldwell Banker Church Circle Office
David Noce - Remax Expert
Charles Kraus-Remax
James D. Harrison- Remax Expert
Howell, Stephen-Coldwell Banker Residential
Johnson, Elaine and Ralph - Long and Foster
Williams, Candy - Long and Foster
Annapolis Overnight
Earp Property Management
Paul Tringali - Exit Realty
Wallace Appraisal Service
Jacqueline Reinauer-Long and Foster

Restaurants
Phillips Seafood Restaurant
Pusser's Caribbean Grille
Reynold's Tavern
Boatyard
John Barry Pub
Northwoods
O'Learys Seafood
India's Restaurant

Services
Bubbles Hair Salon

Alternative Health
Amelia Mitchell Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
American Healing Arts Alliance
Chiropractic Lifestyle Clinic
Quiet Waters Center for Trauma

Colleges
Salisbury University

Recreation
Annapolis Baseball Club

Boating/Fishing
Schooner Woodwind
Admiral of The Bay
AAA Fishing Charters
Annapolis Fishing Charters
Pirate Adventures on the Chesapeake
Watermark Cruises and Walking Tours

Private Schools
Annapolis Area Christian School
Chesapeake Academy
Huntington Learning Center
Wye River Upper School

Insurance
Bay Area Insurance
Browns Insurance Group
CNR Insurance, Inc. - Full Service!
Kurek Insurance Associates Inc
CNR Insurance

Kids
Lullaby Baby
Usborne Books - Eileen Hawkins

Home services
Advanced Concrete Design
River Crest Design Services
A T & T Wireless
Internet Telephone, Globalinx
Systems Electric, Inc
The Maids Home Services
Compass Pointe Craftsmen
Happy Hounds at Home
South Arundel Veterinary Hospital
The Cleaning Program
Happy Pet
Annapolis Exteriors
Jeanine's Cuisine Personal Chef Service
Netflix

Business services
Chesapeake Telephone Systems, Inc
Internet Telephone, Globalinx
Money Mailer of AA County
Workable Web Solutions / Annapolis Web Design
311 Media Group - Web Design and Development
Chesapeake Telephone Systems
Better Business Brokerage

Entertainment/Media
City Of Annapolis Special Events Dept.
Capital City Colonials
Passagemaker/Maryland Trawler Boat Show
Waterfowl Festival
Maryland Home and Gardent Show
Baltimore Auto Show
WNAV Radio

Retail Stores
Annapolis Lighting
Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits
Glitzy Things
East West Tea Emporium
Chesapeake Audio

Government
United States Coast Guard
Anne Arundel County Department of Health
Annapolis Regional Transportation Association (ARTMA)
Annapolis Department of Transportation-Bus Service
Annapolis Parks and Recreation Dept.

Health/Fitness
Annapolis Allergy & Asthma, LLC - Duane Gels, MD
Anne Arundel County Department of Health
Anne Arundel Urology
Anne Arundel Medical Center
Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Merritt Athletic Clubs
Fitness Together
Occupational Therapy Services For Children, Inc.

Artists and Galleries
Annapolis Photography Online Gallery
Paintbox

Trade Associations/Unions
Maryland Association of Realtors
Maryland Association of Restaurants
Maryland State Teacher's Association
Service Employees International Union

*Site Sponsorship Program participant




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