HGS Advertising Opportunities

---

Web Ads

An ad on the Houston Geological Society Web site will be seen by many people each day. In recent months, the HGS website has received 1.5 million hits per month. HGS website visits average about 60,000 per month.

You can post an ad to be displayed on the Website or you can post and ad in our monthly email Newsletter sent to over 9,000 registered users.  You can also post a job oportunity on our GeoJob Bank. And last but not least, if you are a member of HGS, you can post a "Business Card" ad or your resume for free on the website. 

 

Click one of the links below for details on your options:

Be a web page Sponsor 

Effective May 4, 2008 you can now have your company logo picture posted on every page  (including Calendar, Articles, Events, JobBank, etc.) of the Website and not just the Entry page like it was before the redesign.  To have an ad posted ,you must provide us with the graphic and give us the URL it should link to when clicked. 

 

All ads appear in the "Our Sponsors" box in the upper left of the page. Each ad is displayed for a short time and replaced by the next ad in the list. Each ad will be randomly displayed on each page. 

We offer 3 rates for Sponsor logo ads (updated May 5, 2008): 

 

One Year - $ 1,000
6 Months - $ 525

3 Months - $ 270

 

In January 2009 we anticipate increasing the ad rate to:

All Sponsor logo images must be 55 x 166 pixels and be no more than 8 bits per pixel with a maximum of 256 colors. The format can be either GIF or JPG, preferably interlaced or progressive. It is important to make the image file size as small as possible so that it will transfer to the users' browser quickly.  Here is an example of the size required.

To arrange to become a web page Sponsor, contact the webmaster@hgs.org

HGS Member Resume 

HGS Members and applicants qualified for membership can post their own resume on the HGS website at no charge. Simply log on to the HGS website under your member user name and go to the resume area. Click on "Add a Resume" and fill out the form. When you are finished, click "Submit Resume." The webmaster will be notified automatically and activate your resume in less than 24 hours, if at all possible.

Non-members whose applications for membership are pending must first register on the website and then ask the webmaster@hgs.org to enable their temporary membership.
Before creating your resume, take a look at the form to see what features you can use. For example, if you have a website where your talents are described or displayed, there is a place in the resume posting to reference a URL. You can also edit your resume later if you need to change something. You are the "owner" of that database entry. And, as the owner, you have access to a record of when your resume has been read.

Your resume will remain posted for one year unless your HGS membership lapses or you request that it be removed sooner. If you want to have your resume posted beyond twelve months, contact the Webmaster or around the time it is scheduled to expire.


Logo ad on HGS Newsletters 

We have space for one advertiser logo at the top of each HGS Newsletter. Newsletters are mailed to over 9,000 members and registered users of the HGS Website at least once a month.
Special events and schedule changes are sometimes highlighted in special editions mailed to a subset of the full list. On average, the HGS sends out two e-mails every month except June and July. Monthly Newsletters are archived on the HGS Website for future reference by both registered and non-registered visitors. 

The cost to add your logo to the HGS Newsletters is:

$250 per month
$650 for three months
$1,200 for six months
$2,000 per year for ten full-list mailings and all incidental mailings during the ten months of the year when the HGS holds events.

If additional newsletters are sent out in the same month, there is no additional charge for inclusion of your ad.

The space available at the top of the Newsletter is 499 pixels wide and about 66 pixels high. It can contain any combination of text and graphics you choose, but it must be no larger than 10,000 bytes and contain no attention-calling features like motion or color change. You must provide us with the URL so that clicking on the logo will send the users to your website.

Contact the HGS Webmaster to reserve Newsletter space or if you have any questions.

Web Business Card 

You can put up to text on our special Business Card web page plus your logo or a color scan of your business card. 

A Web Business Card is free to all HGS members. You create your Business Card ad and you edit it as needed as often as you want. These ads have been optimized for search engines and you will find that Google and other search engines will find your information quickly.  And, as the owner, you have access to a record of how many times your business card has been read.

 

Click here to download a document that shows how you can build your own Business Card.

 

If you want to add one now, click here to go to the Business Card Ad section, then click "Add" to add a new page.

 

Note while we call these ads "Business Card" ads, the database we use on this Website calls these ads "Directories". Please do no confuse these ads with the Member Directory which we also publish.

Job Posting 

You can post an earth-science job opening in the GeoJobBank very inexpensively. Simply go to the GeoJobBank and click "add." The WYSIWYG editor will walk you through the procedure. Payments must be made by credit card at the time the ad is posted. The charge is $50 for 14 days or $100 for 30 days, renewable for a total of up to 74 days.

Your job posting will appear after the Chairman of the HGS Personnel Placement Committee approves it. The HGS reserves the right to reject job postings that are not likely to be of interest to our members. 

To arrange to put your Sponsor ad on our web site or to get more information, contact: Webmaster@hgs.org .

---

Advertising conditions and fees may be changed without notice.
HGS reserves the right to restrict the types of ads placed on the web site.
Ad acceptance does not imply an endorsement by the HGS..

Note that Business Card and Newsleter Sponsor ad rates changed on 9 December, 2004 and not again until in May 2008. The Banner Sponsor ad was introduced in October, 2004 but removed when we redesigned the site in May 2008. The HGS began charging for job postings on October 1, 2005.

---

HGS Event Advertising

Vendor Corner: The Vendor Corner opportunity allows informal commercial presentations at the HGS Dinner meetings. This allows you to convey information to the audience; it also provides a useful focal point for discussions during the social hour. Presentations may be poster-style; or brochures; or they may project onto a wall, screen, or pop-up booth. 

 The vendor will get one linked logo ad in one Newsletter for each event they sponsor.
If for some reason (if we forget) a vendor does not get in the next Newsletter, the vendor will be entitled to receive a logo ad in a later Newsletter.
The vendor must supply the logo to the Webmaster. ( 150x36 pixels)
The vendor must supply the URL to the Webmaster.
This policy can be withdrawn without notice.

Participants in the Vendor' Corner Program are asked for a $250.00 contribution. For further details, please contact Paul Babcock 

TechnoFest: The annual HGS TechnoFest is held late in the summer. It's an opportunity for vendors to exhibit their latest as well as an opportunity to become a sponsor.

Four levels of sponsorship are available (updated May 2008):