artistdirect network advertising and sponsorship opportunities contact: bill wiemann 512-388-2300...

ARTISTdirect Network

Advertising and Sponsorship Opportunities

CONTACT:

Bill Wiemann

512-388-2300

[email protected]

Site Overview

ARTISTdirect Network Information

• Site features Artists/Emerging Artists Video Downloads, Song Streams, Ringtones, Lyrics, Shopping, Tickets, Music News and information on over 600,000 artists

• 13 million unique visitors monthly and growing very rapidly – *Media Metrix

• #4 in the Entertainment/Music category - *Media Metrix

• Sites skews high for 16-35 year olds

• Users are highly mobile and first to market – broadband access, mobile music, newest cell phones/mp3 phones/camera phones.

• Recent advertisers include: Honda Civic Tour, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, Paramount Movies, Nike, DreamWorks, Sprint, Napster, Sega, Universal Movies, Cingular, Army, MSN, and more..

Homepage Units

Target our users as they enter the site with large ad units and rich media. Units can also be Roadblocked together

Advertising Opportunities

• 160 x 600 Gif,Jpeg,Flash


• Eyeblaster, Unicast, Pointroll, Interpolls, Klipmart, Motif

Homepage Opportunities

Banner Units and Road Blocks

Section Sponsorships

Sponsor relevant homepage sections like Videos, Listen, Breaking News and others to help reach your target audience.

Sponsorship Opportunities

• 190x35 Gif,Jpeg

• Sections available to sponsor What’s Hot, Videos, Listen, Breaking News, Ringtones, Featured Releases, Poll of the Day

Homepage Opportunities

Sponsorships

Videos/Watch Units

Section features top, new and emerging artist’s videos, top 100 video lists and movie trailers. Links users to watch in our free media player

Videos/Watch Channel






• Eyeblaster, Unicast, Pointroll, Interpolls, Klipmart, Motif,

Videos/Watch Channel

Sponsorships

Section Sponsorship

Sponsor a relevant channel and reach users that are into videos, movies and streaming content


• 190x35 Gif,Jpeg

Listen Units

Section features top, new and emerging artist’s songs and top 100 song lists. Links users to watch in our free media player

Listen Channel






• Eyeblaster, Unicast, Pointroll, Interpolls, Klipmart, Motif

Listen Channel

Sponsorships

Section Sponsorship

Sponsor a relevant channel and reach users that are into downloading songs and streaming content


• 190x35 Gif,Jpeg

Mobile/Ringtones Channel


Section Units

Section features Ringtones, Wallpaper and Games for your wireless device.





• 570 x 40 Gif,Jpeg

• Eyeblasters, Unicast, Pointroll, Interpolls, Klipmart, Motif

Style/Genre Units

Ad units can be run within certain Genres of the site to help you reach your target audience.

Genres that can be targeted include: Alternative Rock, Rock, Hip Hop, Indie, Hard Rock, Pop, R&B, Punk and Electronica






Styles/Genre


Artist Card Units

ARTISTdirect houses one of the web’s largest directories of music artists with over 600,000 artists. Each artist has an artist card with pictures, bio, songs, videos, albums and more.

Artist Cards







Videos Media Player

The Video Player can be targeted reaching broadband users while they consume streaming media. Video pre-rolls and custom skinning can also be done in the player

Videos Media Player

Banner Units and Sponsorships


• 300 x 250 Gif,Jpeg, Flash


• Custom Skin of Player

• Video Pre-Rolls – 15 or 30 sec




• Custom Skin of Player

• Audio Ads – 15 or 30 sec

Listen Media Player

The Listen Player can be targeted reaching broadband users while they consume streaming media. Audio ads and custom skinning can also be done in the player

Listen Media Player


Video or Audio Pre-Rolls

Target users while they are consuming digital content

There will be a companion 300x250 ad displayed while the video or audio pre-roll is playing.

Media Player

Pre-Roll Units


• Video Pre-Roll – 15 or 30 sec

• Audio Ads – 15 or 30 sec

• Video format provided should be in Windows Media Player or AVI format.

Newsletter Sponsorship

ARTISTdirect sends out a biweekly newsletter to our audience of 500,000+ subscribers that includes content and updates like New Releases, Top Songs and Videos, Breaking News and more.

Newsletter

Sponsorships




• Content Integration - new Artist’s Video, Song, Album release or Movie release/Trailer feature

Network Partner AZLyrics








AZLyrics Units

AZlyrics is one of the web’s top music sites reaching almost 6 million monthly uniques – Media Metrix.

Network Partners RON

Banner Units






RON Units

The ARTISTdirect Network is a great way to reach 13 million unique (non duplicated) music fanatics.

CONTACT:

Bill Wiemann

512-388-2300

[email protected]

The ARTISTdirect Network offers advertisers a wide variety of advertising and sponsorship opportunities including: Homepage Road Blocks, Section Sponsorships, Media Player Units & Skins, Genre Targeting, Custom Sweepstakes, Video & Audio Pre-Rolls and more.

Contact us today to set up an Online Advertising campaign reaching our 13 million monthly unique visitors (unduplicated users – Media Metrix).

artistdirect network advertising and sponsorship opportunities contact: bill wiemann 512-388-2300...

Documents

flash300 x

flash160 x

flash570 x

homepage units

motifstylegenre units

jpeglisten units section

large ad units

links users