Introduction
ASAE & The Center Buyers' Guide has proven to be a valuable resource for association members and other industry professionals who use the Internet to locate products and services for the entire association industry. This information resource uses powerful search technology that continually indexes the content of participating supplier Web sites. Users have the option of performing keyword-driven searches that mirror traditional search engines, or a category-specific search. Both methods produce the most relevant results on the Web.
ASAE & The Center members are using the buyers guide on a daily basis. But the directory isn’t limited to association members. Other professionals are using the directory as well. These industry professionals spend billions a year on products and services your company offers.
And when these professionals are ready to buy, they turn to ASAE & The Center Buyers' Guide to cut through the clutter of traditional search engine results.
ASAE & The Center Buyers' Guide has been created specifically for serious buyers of your product or service. Purchasing a listing in the directory ensures that your company’s brand and message are delivered directly to those that matter most to your business. ASAE & The Center is recognized as a leader in the industry. And professionals turn to the association as an informational source in the industry.
Your complete listing in ASAE & The Center Buyers' Guide will feature your company logo and description, contact information and company Web site and e-mail link. The listing will be grouped into categories of your choice to enable efficient searching.
A link to ASAE & The Center Buyers' Guide is prominently displayed on the ASAE & The Center Web site (http://www.asaecenter.org). The directory can also be found at http://asaebuyersguide.com.
The following rates reflect an annual pricing structure. Your company’s listing appears in ASAE & The Center Buyers' Guide year-round.
| $395 | Completed Web-Enabled Listing | A completed web-enabled listing includes your full-color company logo, a corporate description, links to your Web site and e-mail address, and placement in up to 10 predefined headings. Get the visibility in the marketplace that you need! |
| $150 | Priority Placement | This additional fee allows your company to have your completed listing appear on the first page within a single heading of your choosing. |
| $1500 | 1st Place Premium Placement | This additional fee allows your completed listing to appear as the top position within a single heading of your choosing. |
| $1350 | 2nd Place Premium Placement | This additional fee allows your completed listing to appear as the second position within a single heading of your choosing. |
| $1150 | 3rd Place Premium Placement | This additional fee allows your completed listing to appear as the third position within a single heading of your choosing. |
| $350 | Video-enhanced Listing | Add video to your Enhanced Listing – bring your products and services to life with video or post commercials! Want to add more than one video – just $250 for additional videos posted to your listing. |
| $200 | Keyword Search Priority Placement | This additional fee ensures that your company will appear prominently when a specific keyword term is used during a search. |
| $2000 | Region Banner Ad Placement | Banners are located on every page within a region-filtered search, including region landing page and region category results pages. A limited number of banners are available per region. |
| $5000 | Banner Program | The Banner Program includes Banner and Skyscraper Advertisements. Banners are located at the top and bottom of each page of the guide. Skyscrapers are located on the left and right sides of the guide. These large ad formats provides prime real estate to sell your products and services to industry decision-makers. A limited number of Banners are available on the guide. |
Logo guidelines: Your company's logo will appear as part of the completed listing. Logos will be published at 338 pixels x 168 pixels. For best quality, logos should be submitted as JPEGs in RGB format. File size should not exceed 15k.
Video guidelines: Your video(s) will launch from a video icon placed on your Enhanced Listing. Videos should be less than 10 minutes and can be submitted in the following formats: .avi (Audio Video Interleave), .mov (Apple QuickTime Movie). mp4 (MPEG-4 Video File) .mpg (MPEG Video File), .qt (Apple QuickTime Movie), .rm (Real Media File), .swf (Macromedia Flash Movie), .wmv (Windows Media Video File). Video dimensions should be 400 pixels by 300 pixels.
Banner ads: Whether you use our no-cost creative services department or create your own banner ad, a consultation phone call will be conducted. The preferred format for all banner ad submissions is JPEG or GIF with a file size not exceeding 25k.
Banner ads must be 728 pixels x 90 pixels.
Skyscraper ad specifications are 120 x 600 pixels and must not exceed 75k in file size.
For more information about graphic specifications, please contact your sales representative.
ASAE & The Center serve approximately 10,000 associations that represent more than 287 million people and organizations worldwide.
Connecting great ideas with great people!
For additional information, call (972) 402-7000, or e-mail us at asae@multiview.com.
