Online Advertising

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Website Banner Advertising

Now you can reach more business people by advertising with us online.

The Gold Coast's only monthly business publication is now online, with each issue's content also going into online archives - allowing for it to be searched and accessed locally and nationally now and in the future. As the Gold Coast's only online business search tool, it will soon become the first port of call for any business research on the Gold Coast.

Advertising Rates

Classified Advertising Rates

Commercial Property
Place your property 'for sale or lease' for only $25 plus GST for 60 days.

Business for Sale
Place your property 'for sale or lease' for only $25 plus GST for 60 days.

Events
List your event for only $25 plus GST for up to 60 days.
 

Advertising Specifications

The following is the technical specifications for advertising on the Gold Coast Business News website.

	1. Full Banner (Above the fold) Displayed on each page (Shared with other advertisers) Dimensions: 728px x 90px Maximum File Size: 30kb SWF, 20kb JPEG Formats Accepted: JPEG, GIF, SWF Cost: $595 per week or 2,000 per month
	2. Island advert (Above the fold) Displayed on each page (Shared with other advertisers) Dimensions: 300px x 250px Maximum File Size: 30kb SWF, 20kb JPEG Formats Accepted: JPEG, GIF, SWF Cost: $595 per week or 2,000 per month
	3. Full Banner Ad (Bottom) Displayed at the top of each page Dimensions: 728px x 90px Maximum File Size: 30kb SWF, 20kb JPEG Formats Accepted: JPEG, GIF, SWF Cost: $295 per week or $1,000 per month
	4. Half Banner Displayed on each page (Shared with other advertisers) Dimensions: 234px x 60px Maximum File Size: 30kb SWF, 20kb JPEG Formats Accepted: JPEG, GIF, SWF Cost: $150 per week or $500 per month
	5. Square Button Displayed on each page (Shared with other advertisers) Dimensions: 125px x 125px Maximum File Size: 30kb SWF, 20kb JPEG Formats Accepted: JPEG, GIF, SWF Cost: $75 per week or $250 per month

Banner Specifications explained

The dimensions of banners are measured in the number of pixels in their width and height, so for instance, a banner that is 468X60 is 468 pixels wide and 60 pixels high.

Banners also have a weight dimension that is determined by the number of kilobytes (K) of data they contain. This is often referred to as the file size. Increasing the number of colours, graphics, animation and words in a banner increases its file size, or weight. The heavier the banner, the longer it takes to appear on screen, which is why online publishers put a limit on how heavy a banner can be.

General image specifications

• URL: Please supply the URL to which your ad is to be linked.
• Transparency: Graphics may be used on many different coloured backgrounds, so don't create transparent backgrounds.
• Web-safe colours: All large flat areas of colour must be from the non-dithering palette of 216 colours. Be especially careful when using jpg's.
• File extensions: Final graphics must be supplied with their correct labelling with the appropriate suffix to denote the format, eg. a JPEG banner called my_image must be labelled my_image.jpeg.
• Animation: Animated (with limited or unlimited looping) or static.

Flash Specifications

The current version of Flash we accept is Flash 6, please ensure your swf is not published in a higher version. File size limitations apply for various ad dimensions. Please refer to our Spec Sheet for further details.

Standard Single Click Flash

Place the following code on a button instance in your movie:

on(release){
getURL(_level0.clickTAG, "_blank");
}

The word clickTAG is case-sensitive. Do not include hard-coded url’s or references to third-party sources from within your Flash creatives.

Exclusive Sponsorship of Gold Coast Business News' News Breaks

Brisbane Business News and Gold Coast Business News news breaks have created a huge impact on our demographic. By breaking news live, we have been able to tap into a new way of communicating with our readers offering them the latest businss news as is breaks. It also send traffic to our websites for each of our marquee titles – Gold Coast Business News and Brisbane Business News.

The news breaks, exclusive to Brisbane Business News and Gold Coast Business News, have spurred a new raft of business owners, investors and executives to access the Brisbane Business News and Gold Coast Business News websites to read the latest news, research business leads and to look for commercial property opportunities.You're now able to boost your profile and sales through this credible business news source reaching this captive audience of business executives maximising the opportunity to increase awareness of your business and the potential to increase your sales.