Advertising with iGreatLakes.com
Advertising is available in the form of Banner or Button sized ads. Below is an example of a Banner ad placement and size:

Below is an example of a Button ad placement and size:

Advertising Rates
Advertising can be bought either on a yearly basis on a flat rate or paid for at a rate of $5 per 1000 banner exposures. Since our typical banner ad gets in the neighborhood of 8000 exposures per day and our typical button ad gets way over 10,000 exposures per day buying on a yearly basis is usually a much better deal. Trial purchases of 1/2 year or 1/4 year can be purchased at rates of 65% and 40% of the yearly total respectively.
2008 Rate Card
We offer some of the cheapest targeted advertising on the net. As previously mentioned, Ads can be bought by 1000 exposures at $5 per 1000 with a minimum buy of $50. The rate card below shows our yearly rates:
| Package | Button Ad Rate | Banner Ad Rate |
| Ad over entire iGreatLakes.com website network (includes all sites listed separately below as well as MichiganTroutStreams.com, and MichiganBucks.com) *except on those sub-forums that have an exclusive advertiser, see below. |
$200 | $399 |
| Ad shown on Michigan-Sportsman.com only* |
$175 | $299 |
| Ad shown on OhioSportsman.com only* |
$25 | $100 |
| Ad shown on IndianaSportsman.com only* |
$25 | $100 |
| Ad shown on WisconsinOutdoorsman.com only* |
N/A | $100 |
| Get your ad shown exclusively on a particular forum. This is in addition to the yearly rate to be in the general rotation on website(s) and can really target your ad towards a particular audience. | Email Us | Email Us |
*Your banner ad is shown in a random rotation on all forums except those forums that have an exclusive advertiser. Currently there are less than a dozen forums network wide that have an exclusive advertiser. Email us for details if required.
Banner Requirements
Banners must be 468x64 pixels and no larger than 30k. They can be in gif or jpg formats and may be animated. Buttons ads must be no larger than 120x120 pixels and can be in gif or jpg formats. Banner and button design is available for an additional charge. We recommend that you have multiple banners available as click through rates seem to increase with multiple banners per advertiser.Payments
Payment can be made directly via paypal to steve@michigan-sportsman.com or by check to:iGreatLakes.com
P.O. Box 930291
Wixom, MI 48393
Traffic Statistics
The exact number of impressions per day is not guaranteed and not totally predictable with daily and seasonal fluctuations. Currently our yearly sponsors advertising across the entire iGreatLakes.com network average anywhere from 5000-10,000 impressions per day. Advertising over our entire iGreatLakes.com network really provides a lot of bang for your 'buck". Purchased separately a banner ad run on each of our major sites would cost $599. This can be bought as a package deal across our network for only $399 as shown in the table above.
Below is a report from Google showing the traffic on just the Michigan-Sportsman.com website for a representative month. We have lots of traffic from people who would be interested in your outdoor related product or service.

Growth
Below are graphs of website usage on Michigan-Sportsman.com for January of 2006 and January of 2007. Note the increase in usage between the similar periods in consecutive years:


Product Reviews
Product reviews are another way to promote your product. Reviews of products done on our websites often place on the first or second page of a Google search. Google "dryfly float boat review", "cuddeback noflash review", or "bowtech guardian review" to see three of our reviews that placed on Google's first page on a recent check. Products for evaluation or review can be sent to:
iGreatLakes.com
P.O. Box 930291
Wixom, MI 48393
or by arrangement via email to steve@igreatlakes.com