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The "Business
News" Page is to spotlight new businesses, businesses
that have added new staff or services. The page is divided
into three sections.
LEFT
At
the far left of the page is the mail menu, which is constant
through all pages at ConnectionsPlanet.com.
Beneath the menu is space for special links and ads. These
are ads for items such as the Connections Planet Dating site,
and other special ads.
CENTER
CONTENT
Business
news is anything you consider newsworthy from the business
community. Talk to businesses in town and ask them to email
you whenever they have news - quick and easy content for
your site, and a whole bunch of potential new advertisers.
HEADLINES
The
headlines are limited to 50 characters (which includes spaces).
If you type more than 50 characters, the additional characters
will be dropped. When you compose a headline, you are not
trying to tell the story. Your goal is to let the reader
know what the story is and to encourage them to read more.
A headline that needs work might be:
3rd
Grade at Main Street School presents a Concert.
A
better headline is:
3rd
Grade Spring Concert Features Jazz, Rock
BODY TEXT
The
stories are limited to 1500 characters each. For most stories
this will be plenty of room. Just remember to cover the "5w's & 1
h" (Who, what where, why, when and how).
Most
importantly is don't worry too much about rules of
journalism. Write as if you were talking to a neighbor.
If you get in a bind, ask yourself, "What am
I trying to say?, and write down your first response.
Write it quick and move on.
SAFETY
Be
careful what you write. Your friends and neighbors are not
the only ones who will be reading your words. There are bad
people out there - people who know how to misuse the Internet
- unfortunately!. Do not write about:
- a
neighbor who is going on vacation for the next 2 weeks.
Bad guys would love to know that the Jones family can
afford a trip to Europe and that no one will be home
for the next 2 weeks.
- a
neighbor has a disease, has had an accident or has had
issues with law enforcement.
LINKS
AND CODE
For
safety reasons, inserting special codes (such as the code
for bold, italics or special fonts) into your titles and
text is not allowed. This is a security precaution to protect
everyone's sites. Sorry, there can be no exceptions.
RIGHT
The
space at the right side of the page is your advertising space.
Every page on your cite can hold up to 12 ads.
PRICING
We
suggest that ads be priced at $25.00 per month. However this
is up to you. A rural zip code with a few hundred people
may not support that price, while a zip code site in downtown
Atlanta, Chicago, D.C. (for example) may support higher rates.
Please... do not set your prices out of reach to your community.
Our primary goal is to serve the community.
COMMISION
Ads
that you sell for your site will earn you 50% commission.
If you were to sell all ads (12 ads per page X 15 pages X
$25.00) would generate $ 4,500.00 per month with your "piece
of the pie" being $2,250 per month.
A
company that sells security system may be interested
in the home page and the "Public Safety" page.
AD SIZE
This
is the headline
Now
is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
their country. Now is the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their country.
Now
is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
their country. Now is the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for
all good men to come to the aid of their country.
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A standard sized ad is about 25 characters for the headline and about 350 characters for the body of the ad.
Up to 50 characters can be used for the headline and 500 for the ad body.
Up to 50 characters can be used for the headline
and 500 for the ad body.
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As
an option, we can scan the advertisers business card or camera
ready copy and insert the graphic into the page.
- There
is no charge for us to scan the card or artwork.
- To
use a scanned image, send us 2 clean copies of the ad /
card ( no smudges, marks or wrinkles).
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