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- Policy updated for January 1992, subject to change.
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- Advertising in SIMPLE and EASY in GIF News, and very very affordable.
- Basically a small ad, roughly under 1/5 the size of a full page, will be
- free of charge. Often times these are ads for Bulletin Board Systems.
- GIF News is read by thousands of readers throughout the world. Besides
- the standard way of distribution through Bulletin Board Systems, GIF News
- travels by means of the worldwide Network of Internet which reaches many
- countries such as Japan, Australia, Norway, Finland, Canada, USA, France,
- Great Britain, Singapore, New Zealand, Mexico, and more. GIF News can also
- be found on the Compuserve Game Magazines download section.
-
- Here are some guidelines to follow for advertising in GIF News:
-
- 1. If short and small, the ad is free of charge. I may add
- some simple graphics to make the ad a little more interesting.
- 2. If advertising a BBS:
- a. Send me a normal-access user acount pre-registered. In
- other words, add an Eric Hsiao to your user roster and
- pick a password and send it to me (along with your ad).
- b. Sysops must let me know before each and every issue comes
- out that they want their ad in it. This will help me keep
- track of which boards are still up and which ones have gone
- down. This will save our readers from the trouble of dialing
- long distance to a board and getting a "Sorry, the number you
- have dialed has been disconnected..." I am unable to accept
- requests that say "Please put my BBS ad for the next 10
- issues." If you want your BBS ad in the next 10 issues, you
- much notify me before the deadline of each of the 10 issues
- that you want the ad in it.
- 3. If contributing money for an ad:
- a. A full page with customized drawn graphics by me will general-
- ly run around $75 - add $25 for each additional issue that you
- want the ad in.
- b. Pre-supplied/drawn graphics full page size will generally
- be around $50 - add $25 for each additional issue that you
- want the ad in.
- c. Half a page of custom graphics will run around $30 - add $10
- for each additional issue that you want the ad in.
- d. Pre-supplied/drawn graphics half size will be around $15 -
- add $10 for each additional issue that you want the ad in.
- e. Please keep in mind that these are only general numbers, I am
- very flexible and will negotiate. Also, unlike the FREE BBS
- ad policy, you can request that your ad be in for a certain
- number of issues (ex. "Please put my full page ad in the
- January issue for a contribution of $50, plus I would like
- to see it in the March/April and May/June issues for an
- additional contribution of $50 (2 x $25). See above for
- contribution guidelines.
- f. Contributions not need be in the form of monetary units
- (money). Instead, products of interest to me such as a
- PostScript Laser Printer, v32Bis Modem, etc. would really
- be appreciated.
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- 4. Any legitimate commercial/non-profit/organization/group/individual
- can advertise in GIF News. GIF News retains the right to refuse
- any advertisement due to content, space considerations, or
- other reasons. We try to screen all advertisers for legitimacy.
- Complaints against advertisers should be directed toward the
- advertiser or the Better Business Bureau, not GIF News.
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