1. How does the banner program work?

Banners are displayed in a rotating order. This means that a different banner will display every time someone loads one of the pages listed in the table below. When all of the banners in the queue have been displayed, the rotation will begin again. Therefore, if there are two banners in the rotation, each ad will be displayed every other time one of the pages below is loaded. If there are three banners in the queue, each ad will be displayed every third time one of the pages below is loaded.

2.Where will my banner be displayed?

Section	Pages currently displaying banner ads
Message Boards (ALL)	All message board pages
Classified Ads (ALL)	All classified ads pages
Q & A	Main Q & A pages
Articles (1)	Index page only
Birth Announcements (1)	Index page only
Related Links (1)	Index page only
Sponsorship (2)	Main page and banners page
Our Sponsors	Static banner (doesn't rotate, clicks not included in stats page)

Our website is run under the following domains: 

www.surromomsonline.com
www.surrogatemothersonline.com
www.surrosonline.com
www.surromothers.com
www.surromothersonline.com

Your banner is run on each website domain at no extra charge-that's 5 websites for the price of 1!

3. What size should my banner be?

Banners should be in .gif or .jpeg format. The standard banner size is 468 x 60 pixels. Your banner should not exceed this size, however, it may be smaller, if you so desire. A sample banner is shown below.

4. Do I have to provide my own banner or will you design it?

We currently do not offer banner design services. In order to enter the banner program, you will need to design your own banner or hire a graphics professional to design one for you. If you need help designing your banner, here are a few artists who are willing to help:

Jeff Bonker - Click here to view samples of banners that Jeff has created for different clients.

5. What are your rates?

To better accomodate your advertising needs, we now offer weekly and monthly banner campaign rate plans.

Length of Banner Campaign	Rate
1 week	$25.00
2 weeks	$50.00
4 weeks	$100.00
12 weeks	$250.00	(Save $50!)
26 weeks	$525.00	(Save $125!)
52 weeks	$1000.00	(Save $300!)

  *Please note:  Checks returned for insufficient funds will be accessed a $30.00 returned check charge. Payment for banner advertising is due within 14 business days of signup/renewal date.  Overdue payments will be subject to a 5 percent late charge.



6. Is there a way that I can check the status of my account?

If you choose to become a sponsor, you will have access to a statistics page, which will detail the length of your banner ad campaign, how many times your banner has been displayed thus far and how many times someone has clicked on your banner.

*We have added a new page for our banner sponsors to display each banner in a static format.  This gives your banner extra exposure in addition to the rotating banners featured on each page of the website.  Our Sponsors page can be found here: Our Sponsors         
Please note that clicks to your banner on the 'Our Sponsors' page will not be reflected in your statistics page, so the actual number of clicks will be higher than what is listed in your stats page.


7. Sign up:

To become a SMO sponsor, please send an email containing the following information to Shannon at ShannonA@Surromomsonline.com

Company Name
Contact Name
Mailing Address
Email Address
The URL (Web Page address) that your banner will link to
The length of campaign you would like to purchase
A password for accessing your banner statistics

 

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