ADVERTISING WITH ORIOLESHANGOUT.COM

Who is OriolesHangout.com?
We are a Baltimore area based Internet company that produces a daily online newspaper that covers the Baltimore Orioles and their farm system since 1996. Once a fan page, OriolesHangout.com was brought into the profitable Rivals network in October of 1999 and OriolesHangout.com the company was born. The Rivals network went under in April of 2001and OriolesHangout.com was back on their own. Long known for our daily coverage; our coverage of the Orioles minor league system is unmatched on or off the Internet and has become our staple for our success.

Our four regular columnists help spark the debate in our active message board community that features twenty-six message boards. With inside information not found elsewhere on the net, along with frequent appearances by OriolesHangout.com’s staff members on various sports radio shows like WNST’s Bob Haynie Show  OriolesHangout.com has quickly become a daily stop for any Oriole fan.

Why Advertise on OriolesHangout.com?

- Our rates are very competitive when put in comparison to magazine or newspaper advertisements. Coupons offering discounts/free stuff is always a great way to have people view your advertisement and also a great way to get specific feedback from a campaign (ie: how many people print out and use the coupon)

 - OriolesHangout.com is consistently one the stickiest sports sites on the web. By advertising on OriolesHangout.com advertisers you will be able to reach an extremely passionate and loyal group of users who visit this site on a consistent basis. Our site has unique and exclusive minor league information not found anywhere else.

- As a result of advertising with OriolesHangout.com, your company is immediately associated with sponsoring a site dedicated to covering the Baltimore Orioles! This provides excellent branding and imaging for your company.

- OriolesHangout.com is quickly growing in popularity. Publisher Tony Pente and Managing Editor John Domen are heard often on Bob Haynie's Sports Talk Show on WNST 1570AM discussing the Orioles. 

Site information:
On the Net Non-stop since May 1996
Message Board Community: Over 2,800 members and growing with a large guest population. Average 300 users on at one time with peak moments of 500+ users.
Daily page views: Orioleshangout.com averages around 80,000 page views a day, but can do up to 200,000 on a big story day.
Unique Visitors: We average around 100,000 unique visitors a month
 

CURRENT RATES (for 2006)

Our current rates are based on a Monthly rate like a Magazine or Newspaper 

Unique User: A unique visitor to a website where the user identifies himself through registration or is identified or marked by an ID that is attached to their browser. 

Our current rates (Note: these are negotiable depending on the amount bought)                      

Explanations:
Front Page Banner- 468x60 banner no bigger then 12k. Can be JPG or GIF format.
Front Mid- Page Banner- 468x60 banner no bigger then 12k. Can be JPG or GIF format. Same as above but mid-way down the front page.
Front Page Mini Banner- 240x60 banner no bigger then 12k. Can be JPG or GIF format. Located under the Farm Game summaries mid-way down the front page.
TOP RIGHT Front Page Tiles – 120x120 Tiles located on Right hand side of site ABOVE the scoreboard
Front Page Banner – 120x60 Tiles located on Right hand side of site under the scoreboard
Message Board Banners – 468x60 banner on all Twenty-Six message boards. These boards account for over half our traffic. The message board is and extremely popular place to brand yourself. Only one of three left.
NNQ, Major and Minor League Sums Sponsorship- A small “sponsored by” ad on front page and 468x60 banner on the specific sponsored daily updated page.
Article Sponsors – Four regular columnists provide commentary on the Orioles and their minor league system. Guaranteed at least 25 new articles (in season) a month. Your 468x60 banner would adorn each article.

 (The advertiser must submit the artwork for the ad, but OriolesHangout.com does offer a competitive art work team to fulfill this need). 

We hope you’ll choose to advertise at OriolesHangout.com. Thank you for the consideration.

If you have any additional questions or would like to request an Ads insertion contract, feel free to contact the undersigned. We are always willing to make a deal so make us an offer or creative deal.

Tony Pente
Publisher/Executive Editor
publisher-oh@orioleshangout.com

You can e-mail me for a phone number if further information is needed.