Thank you for your time and your interest in the GBO Network. Some may be wondering what the GBO network is. We are the outgrowth of one of the inter-nets more popular hunting, shooting, fishing and outdoors related websites
www.GraybeardOutdoors.com.
For those of you not familiar with us we opened in late 1996 as a personal website dedicated to information on handguns, hunting with handguns and reloading for handguns. We started our forums in 1997 and quickly became a contender in the on-line market for hunters and shooters alike. By 1999 we had grown into a powerful source of information on TC handguns and held an active repeat viewer base of over 10,000. This is also the same year we started the Graybeard Outdoors Product Tests and Reviews which is still very active today. We have since grown into one of the largest and most diverse Outdoors talk forum sites on-line today, and a popular information source for gun owners and outdoor enthusiasts alike.
GBO Quick stats:Over
200 Talk Forums with over
1,340,000 posts by
36,000+ registered members
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Average Weekly Traffic:40,379 Visits, by
16,233 Absolute Unique Visitors, viewing
935,102 Pages and displaying
2,337,755 Banners
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Monthly Average for New Posts:
22,000Monthly Average for New Members:
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Monthly Keywords Indexed and Referred by Search Engines (8,300+)Top 10 Keywords searched:contender (15421 times)
Remington (7932 times)
encore (7870 times)
Winchester (7387 times)
Optics (7339 times)
Taurus (6865 times)
JDJ (6408 times)
Reloading (6342 times)
Bushnell (5783 times)
Freedom Arms (5236 times)
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Monthly Key Phrases Indexed and Referred by Search Engines (6,700+)Top 5 Key Phrases searched: contender barrels (4822 times)
Thompson contender (4771 times)
Remington 750 (4549 times)
Bushnell elite scopes (4531 times)
encore barrels (4219 times)
We could continue to quote our stats all day long, but we think that stats alone are nothing, so we would also like to list a few of the companies that for years now have felt they benefited from GBO enough to advertise with us and/or contribute to our Product Testing Program. A few of these companies include: Barnes, Burris, Buffalo Bore, Bushnell, Crimson Trace, Ed’s TCs, Freedom Arms, HHI, Hornady, Midsouth Shooters Supply, Motorola, Mueller Optics, SSK Industries, Taurus and many more.
The bottom line is if your customer base is comprised of hunters, shooters or outdoors enthusiast and you offer a quality product at a fair price your ROI by advertising with us will be impressive to say the least and can average 500% or more. Our members support those who support their on-line "Home" and have now consistently for over 10 years.
GB NOTE: For those who do not need a banner but want to advertise on the classifieds or on the forums I have a special non banner plan priced at $200 per year. Contact me for full details. Graybeard.To view our current advertising price list
click here or see the table below
Updated 4-19-2010| GBO Link Only Advertising Campaigns | ACL-1 | ACL-2 | | Link on Home Page | X | X | | Link on Links Page | X | X | | Post Links in Classifieds | - | X | | GBO Sponsor Forum Ranking (1) | - | X | | Link in Member Signature (2) | X | X | | Setup Fee (3) | $10.00 | $10.00 | | Cost per year | $100.00 | $200.00 |
1 shows the words "GBO Sponsor" under your username in forums
2 this is your own signature used in the GBO forums and seen on each of your posts
3 one time charge for account creation and link placement
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| GBO Rotating Banner Advertising Campaigns | ACRB-1 | ACRB-2 | ACRB-3 | ACRB-4 | | Link on GBO Home Page | X | X | X | X | | Link on GBO Link Page | X | X | X | X | | Post links in GBO Classifieds | X | X | X | X | | GBO Sponsor Forum Ranking | X | X | X | X | | Link in Member Signature | X | X | X | X | | Unlimited Banner Impressions and Clicks | X | X | X | X | | Number of banner swaps per year (1) | 12 | 24 | NL | NL | | Banner Location (2) | GBO* | GBO* | NR | NR | | Number of banners in rotation (3) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | | Banners Display on Graybeard Outdoors web site (4) | X | X | X | X | | Banners Display on the entire GBO Network (5) | | X | X | X | | Banner size in pixels (width / height) | 468x60 | 468x60 | 468x60 | 728x90 | | Payment schedule | Annually | Annually | Annually | Annually | | Per Banner Design Fee (if needed) (6) | $50.00 | $40.00 | $30.00 | $30.00 | | Parked Ad Page (if needed) (7) | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | | Setup Fee | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | | Cost per year | $400.00 | $600.00 | $800.00 | $1000.00 |
NL = No Limit
NR = No Restrictions
1 This is the number of free times you can have your banner changed in a year additional changes are billed @ $10.00 per change order
2 If the plan has a GBO* for location then the banner must reside on the GBO servers
3 This is the number of banners you are allowed to have in rotation at any one given time. Additional banners are $100.00 per year
4 These banners will only display on the Graybeard Outdoors web site, to include the GBO Home page and all pages linked from it located on the GBO site
5 These banners will rotate on all GBO owned sites to include MyHostedPics.com, GBOFreeForums.com, DidTheyForget.com and any future sites we add
6 If you need a banner created for you our design team can handle most any request
7 If you do not have a website we can park a page for you that your banner can point to with your contact and product information. $25.00 for first page $10 each page after
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ACFSB-1
GBO Forum Sponsorship Banner a 728x90 static banner on a forum of your choice. Prices starting @ $350.00 per year. Subject to availability and on a first come first serve basis only. The banner will display on the selected forum's index page and all threads made in that forum.
Bundled package pricing available on 2 or more packages when purchased at the same time or on renewal.
Again thank you for your time.
Matt Graham
GBO Marketing Director
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