Are you interested in promoting your product, band or event? CMCentral.com ad space is a great way to get the word out and in front of nearly 100,000 unique Christian music fans each month!
There are four primary ways to advertise on CMCentral:
Banner Ads | Album Release Packages | Flash Player | Email / Newsletter
BANNER ADS
Please refer to the graphics below to see the locations and placements of each banner size. Pricing information immediately follows.
We offer two types of pricing for Banner Ads: Price by CPM | Exclusive Lease
PRICE BY CPM* (CPM = 1,000 banner impressions):
252 x 104: $5 / CPM (3 spots which run across the top of every page)
Featured Album: $8 / CPM (runs at the top right of homepage and most subpages)
728 x 90: $10 / CPM (2 spots run in the center of the CMC homepage and at the top of every page in the CMC forum) - LAYOUT "A" and Forum
468 x 60: $3 / CPM (runs across the bottom left of every page)
287 x 60: $2 / CPM (runs across the bottom right of every page)
190 x 300: $6 / CPM (runs in the right column, just below the Album Reviews on the homepage, and under the Featured Album on most subpages)
190 x 100: $4 / CPM (there are two of these spots in the right column on the homepage and most subpages) - LAYOUT "A & B"
EXCLUSIVE LEASE* (your banner(s) will run exclusively in the respective banner slot - no other banners will be in rotation):
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2 Weeks
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1 Month
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| 252 x 104: |
$750
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$1,250
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(Every page - 3 spots available) |
| Featured Album: |
$800
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$1500
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(Layout A & B) |
| 728 x 90: |
$750
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$1,500
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(Layout A and Forum - 2 spots available) |
| 468 x 60: |
n/a
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n/a
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| 287 x 60: |
$300
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$500
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(Every page - 1 spot available) |
| 190 x 300: |
$750
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$1,250
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(Layout A & B - 1 spot available) |
| 190 x 100: |
$250
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$400
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(Layout B - 2 spots available) |
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ALBUM RELEASE PACKAGES
We have designed the album release packages specifically to allow record labels to achieve maximum exposure on CMCentral, at significantly reduced prices compared to what it would cost to purchase each of the included options separately. The following packages are available:
PACKAGE #1 - $1,500 (Most popular!)
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Banner Impressions: Beginning on or before street week you will receive:
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125,000 impressions of a 252 X 104 banner (top of every page)
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50,000 impressions of a 190 x 300 banner OR 40,000 impressions of a 728 x 90 banner which runs on the homepage and in the forum.
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Homepage New Music Player: We will load your album into our homepage flash music player (see example  below) featuring 30, 45, or 60-second audio clips or full-length streaming previews of every song on the album. Your album will remain loaded in the homepage new music player for one month, and will be the Featured Album for 5 days on the player (the Featured Album loads first and begins streaming automatically whenever the homepage is loaded).
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CMCentral Cover Story: our Editor will interview your artist and we will publish the interview as a CMCentral Cover Story on street week.* Album Review: your album will be a featured album review on street week*
PACKAGE #2 - $1,000
- Banner Impressions: Beginning on or before street week you will receive:
- 100,000 impressions of a 252 X 104 banner (top of every page)
- 50,000 impressions of a 190 x 300 subpages banner
- Homepage New Music Player: We will load your album into our homepage flash music player for two weeks, including 3 days as the Featured Album.
- CMCentral Cover Story: our Editor will interview your artist and we will publish the interview as a CMCentral Cover Story on street week.*
- Album Review: your album will be a featured album review on street week*
PACKAGE #3 - $750
- Banner Impressions: Beginning on or before street week you will receive:
- 60,000 impressions of a 252 X 104 banner (top of every page)
- 40,000 impressions of a 190 x 300 subpages banner
- Homepage New Music Player: We will load your album into our homepage flash music player for 10 days, including 2 days as the Featured Album.
- CMCentral Cover Story: our Editor will interview your artist and we will publish the interview as a CMCentral Cover Story on street week.*
- Album Review: your album will be a featured album review on street week*
* while CMCentral will feature the interview and album review of your artist on street week, both will be created and presented by CMCentral staff in an objective manner, in keeping with the highest standards of journalistic integrity. CMCentral cannot guarantee a favorable review, and the interview will be transcribed and presented exactly as it happened between the artist and the CMCentral interviewer.
FLASH PLAYER
COMING SOON!
EMAIL / NEWSLETTER
Direct Email / eBlast: This option allows you to send an exclusive email (we can send HTML, text, or both) to our email list. There are currently about 30,000 subscribers to the CMCentral mailing list. We take the privacy of our subscribers very seriously, and we do not sell or rent our list. You simply provide us with the email that you want to send, and once approved we will send it at a pre-determined time. In order to avoid overwhelming or upsetting our subscribers, we allow a maximum of one promotional eBlast per week to be sent, so please contact us to schedule yours at least 2-4 weeks in advance.
Please contact us to inquire about pricing for either of the above options.
Prices are subject to change based on demand and availability, so now is the best time to reserve a spot.
* Discounts are available for multiple ad/banner purchases, or for extended time placements. Please inquire about ad-ons and discounts when you contact us.
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